Yup. It's pretty easy to spot avid consumers of Fox Faux News and their inbred cousins of anger/hate/fear/lie radio and internet indoctrination centers.

My corner of the pasture happens to be ground zero in a bastion of redneck alternate reality. The sad little Trumpesque clowns, moseying along the rutted roads and broken sidewalks of our one-paper town, even dress up for the minor part they play as one dimensional characters in a fictional narrative of a poorly written dime novel. Somewhere north of middle age, white, male, look-alike ladies, gun belts tucked under big bellies, lots of camo, funny hats, wrapped in flags, and carrying crosses, these poor souls always seem so angry, hateful, fearful.

It's a struggle to see into the real human being past the glaze of hollow eyes and adopted attitude. Forget having meaningful conversation; once they open their tobacco-stained lips, belch out beer breath, and begin grunting the monosyllabic monotones of their narrow worldview, it is obvious right away where they get their ...ah... "information." It doesn't even matter which character on the stage is repeating his or her rehearsed lines; it all sounds the same.

One must love and respect the innocent souls hiding behind the cartoonish facades, of course, but the universal thought waves of wing-nuttery, which their over-stimulated, solidifying cerebral cortexes have naively absorbed from the non-news sources of "alternative facts," are certainly fair game for much mirth, merriment, laughter, and ridicule. It is so well deserved!

Rarely do they see the humor they inspire, which is too bad. It would be good for them to lighten up and look around at the wider pond in which their tiny bubble floats.

Come the revolucion!, this faction of fascist followers will no doubt be on the wrong side of the yellow police tape.

Sad.

Thank you Mr. Ed. You just made it another Christmas morning.

The not so "Great" White Chief, after only one week on his toy throne, has to order boxes of new pens from China for his tiny pussy-grabbers to keep on signing executive orders against the whole disgusting existence of all those gawdamn little black, brown, olive, yellow, red, purple, green-skinned alien invaders, and anyone else who is not a rich, privileged, bigoted asshole or who doesn't look like him and a bowl of mashed potatoes.

Sooo ... where is all the same hue and cry of outrage when the "Black King" (who actually signed less executive orders than most modern-era Republican presidents) was supposedly "ruling by degree" -- according to rabid dogs howling at the moon?

Nothing but crickets heard from the swamp now...

Thom: When the first sentence in your post is totally incorrect, how are we to believe you?

Presidentt Trump did nothing to make mortgages more expensive from what they are currently.

One of my friends came up with the name Twitler, or Herr Twitler. I like that one, or, well, I don't LIKE it but I think it fits pretty well, and more and more as time goes by.

There's gotta be a really easy to say, memorable, tow-to-three syllable catchy name that says it all. Anyone??

Hoping some can help me out here. When America goes into debt, almost 20 trillion now who do they owe that money to. When I google it, it says mostly forgein countries so what does this mean Thom said " the national debt is a place for private savings" is the debt raised by some kind of bond or something

Hi Thom- Another terrific piece. After your last piece about voter purging & crosscheck scandal and the video of you and Palast- I forwarded your piece on to Emily's List, Sierra Club, LCV, Wilderness Society, Move On, Our Revolution, Diane Russell (in Maine). I did this after the revelation of the letter sent by the Black Caucus to the Justice Dept. What if all the progressive organizations actually informed their members about what Greg Palast has uncovered and if they thought they should find out the truth all sent in similar letters to the Justice Dept?? My point is that we need to have a way to communicate directly- share info/news like your Greg Palast story with people at these organizations that will actually read them and watch the video. I have a small group of friends and family here in Maine who I share your opinion pieces with- My brother John, who lives in Seattle, says he is, like me, an ardent fan of yours. Keep it up Thom- Keep hammering it. I honestly believe that the interstate crosscheck scheme is grounds for impeachment. D

Thom, what is happening to your country and, therefore, the whole world!! Can't something be done to stop this maniac? I'd vote for you, Thom, if I lived there. When are you going to run for President? Everyone I talk to is so scared about what he will do - sorry, is doing. (I'm from Australia)

No,

The surfs ,Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnel ,are foaming at the mouth to put together bills and laws that he does not understand nor will he.None of his team are smart enough to realize that he can NOT be a King only a knight.

What a sad scenario we have to live through.

I am 64 and have never been more frightened in my life.

I am also a white male.

Go Figure.

Please help us Thom!!!

The best suggestion I have heard lately was: 1) decide which issue or two you are passionate about; 2) find a local organization concerning those issues and physically show up and join; 3) if you have no local organization join and give online. Check out <justicedemocrats.com>.

There are so many vital concerns to consider, I do not believe any one person can grasp it all ..., a quick update, if I may:
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“These are attacks on our ancestral homelands,”

"... These orders demonstrate that he is more than willing to violate federal law that protects the environment and protects our communities and protects indigenous rights for the benefit of oil and gas.”

“You can’t drink oil. It’s so sad,”

"... Still, the tribal elder continued to hold out hope that his prayers would be answered."

“Have we as Native people ever been given a fair shake?” he asked.

“Nah. But this time, the whole world is watching.”

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