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As for barbaric regimes, look no closer than your own home. 160 children...how are you going to spin that from your moral high horse? Pathetic excuse of a man...you care about manners yet excuse everything this fascist regime is doing. Spare me the hypocrisy. ------------------ Horrifying new footage proves Trump is LYING and it was the United States that fired the Tomahawk missiles that hit a girl’s elementary school in Iran, killing 160 kids and all of the teachers! Last night, Donald Trump spoke to the media and blamed Iran for the gruesome massacre of Iranian schoolchildren, claiming that one of their own munitions had fallen on the school. Now, new video footage reviewed by the Bellingcat war monitoring organization definitely proves that it was American Tomahawk missiles that hit the school – which Israel does not have. This means that Trump and Pete Hegseth are responsible for one of the worst war crimes in America’s long, brutal military history. “By the time we arrived, the entire school had collapsed on top of the children,” said one grieving mother to NBC News. “People were pulling out children’s arms and legs. People were pulling out severed heads.” Not only did we bomb the school, they did it TWICE – 40 minutes later. You don’t bomb something twice by accident. The second strike was clearly intended to kill the rescuers. This is an act of unspeakable evil and moral depravity. To slaughter children by the hundreds and then LIE ABOUT IT is a monstrous crime, and Trump and Pete Hegseth must be held accountable for this. Donald Trump is credibly accused of raping children. Now he’s murdered them too, and America’s evangelicals will go to church today and pray for him. Despicable.

"Principles" is clearly what you lack. You condemn one whole country for their government yet happily support a genocidal one with an actual nuclear arsenal that is starting wars left and right with the help of the most belligerent country in the world of the last 100 years. These warmongers are the real savages. Yes, PRINCIPLES and MORALS. Something you have no idea about.

Holy crap, can your moral bankruptcy be any more obvious? Despicable.

I'm sharing this article to raise an important question: How much of this behaviour can you excuse, defend or just turn a blind eye on in order not to face the corruption of morality it demands? By ignoring this and being silent about it, you effectively support it. There really is no gray area here. I'm sure there will be several die-hard Maga nuts claiming it's all radical marxist propaganda. I'm not worried about them...they are too far gone in the cult. This is for those who are still battling between their political views and their moral standards. Over the past four decades many women have come forward, both on and off the record, to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, inappropriate touching, sexual harassment, unwanted advances, and rape. These are the stories of 31 of those women. 1985 - Jessica Leeds (38): Leeds had been flying from the Midwest to New York when a flight attendant offered to upgrade her seat to first class. She sat next to Donald Trump, who asked her if she was married. She told him she was divorced. When their food was taken away Leeds said Trump assaulted her, grabbing her breasts and trying to put his hand up her skirt. "His hands were everywhere. It was an assault." 1989 - Ivana Trump (40): Trump physically and sexually assaulted Ivana in a fit of rage, ripping hair from her scalp. She confided with friends that he had raped her, but would later recant her statement in Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald Trump. Early 1990s - Kristin Anderson (~20): Anderson, an aspiring model, said Trump groped her underneath her skirt, touching her through her underwear at the China Club in New York City. 1992 - Jill Harth (22): During a dinner with Donald Trump and her longtime boyfriend, Harth, a makeup artist, said she felt Trump's hands reaching up her skirt to touch her crotch. She escaped to the bathroom. A year later he invited the pair to Mar-a-Lago to sign a contract and gave Harth a tour of his daughter Ivanka's bedroom. "Next thing I know he's pushing me against the wall and has his hands all over me. He was trying to kiss me. I was freaking out." She said no, and ran out of the room. She didn't report, and continued to meet Trump for business. He would try to get her to lie down "and it would turn into a wrestling match. I remember yelling 'I didn't come here for this.' He'd say, 'Just calm down.'" “It would turn into a wrestling match. I remember yelling 'I didn't come here for this.' He'd say, ‘Just calm down.’” - Jill Harth The interactions continued and Harth taught herself to vomit as a defense mechanism, to keep him from raping her. She eventually filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, which included attempted rape, but withdrew the suit as a "condition for settling a contract dispute" with Trump. 1993 - Beatrice Keul (22): Trump "jumped" Keul, runner-up Miss Switzerland, first inviting her up to a suite in the Plaza Hotel for a "private meeting," then kissing her on the lips and neck and trying to lift her dress. "He was grabbing and touching my body everywhere he could." 1993 - Stacy Williams (25): Former Sports Illustrated model Stacy Williams said Trump groped her in Trump Tower while Jeffrey Epstein looked on. He put his hands "all over my breasts" as well as her waist and butt. Trump later sent her a Mar-a-Lago postcard with the words "Stacey, Your home away from home. Love Donald." 1994 - Katie Johnson/Jane Doe (13): Both Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were accused of forcibly raping the young girl, an aspiring model, at four different sex parties in Epstein's home. "I loudly pleaded with [Trump] to stop, but he did not. [Trump] responded to my pleas by violently striking me in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted." - Jane Doe The woman came forward in 2016 with a federal lawsuit, but later dropped the suit due to threats. New York Magazine on X: "In next week's cover story, E. Jean Carroll shares for the first time her violent encounter with Donald Trump. The coatdress she was wearing that day has 1996 - E. Jean Carroll (52): Trump sexually assaulted Carroll in the dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, a New York department store, forcibly kissing her and pulling down her tights before raping her. She escaped and immediately called her friend, Lisa Birnbach to report the incident. "I said 'Jean, he raped you. You should go to the police.' She said, 'No, no. I don't want to go to the police.'" Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit in 2019, claiming Trump had damaged her reputation and caused emotional pain. "Decades ago, the now President of the United States raped me. When I had the courage to speak out about the attack, he defamed my character, accused me of lying for personal gain, even insulted my appearance. No woman should have to face this." - E. Jean Carroll A judge and jury agreed with Carroll, awarding her a total of $88.3 million and finding Trump had committed sexual abuse. 1997 - Amy Dorris (24): Former model Amy Dorris said Trump groped and kissed her at the U.S. Open, forcing his tongue down her throat and ignoring her pleas to stop. "His hands were very gropey and all over my butt, my breasts, my back, everything. I felt trapped. I was trying to get his arms off of me...I wasn't strong enough." 1997 - Cathy Heller (44): Heller was attending a Mother's Day brunch with her extended family, including her husband and three children, when she said Donald Trump came by their table. Without asking, he leaned in to kiss her. "He took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips." She leaned backward, almost losing her balance. "Oh come on," he said, kissing her. "He kept me there for a little too long, and then he just walked away." A relative noticed. "He was very forceful...very aggressive toward her." 1997 - Mariah Billado (and 4 others) (15-18): During her time in the Miss Teen USA pageant, Billado claimed that Trump would walk through the dressing rooms while she and the other girls, as young as 15 years-old, were undressed. "I remember putting on my dress really quick, because I was like, 'Oh my god, there's a man in here.'" Trump said, "Don't worry ladies, I've seen it all before." 1997 - Temple Taggart McDowell (21): While at a Miss USA pageant in Shreveport, LA, McDowell was introduced to Donald Trump by her father, who was a fan. Trump allegedly leaned in and gave the woman a long and passionate kiss. "I remember feeling kind of embarrassed, like wanting to turn and wipe my mouth, like, 'What happened?'" Her chaperone was so uncomfortable that she told McDowell not to be alone with Trump. 1998 - Karena Virginia (27): Virginia was waiting for a car service when Donald Trump approached her. "Hey, look at this one, we haven't seen her before. Look at those legs." She says he reached up and grabbed her arm, then her breast. When she flinched he said, "Don't you know who I am?" She quickly got into a car and drove away. Early 2000s - Karen Johnson (?): Johnson, a former dancer, was on the way to the bathroom at a Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party with her husband, when she says she was grabbed by Trump and pulled behind a tapestry, where he groped and forcibly kissed her, grabbing her genitals. He left messages on her phone for days after. "I was so scared because of who he was. I don't even know where it came from. I didn't have a say in the matter." - Karen Johnson 2000 - Bridget Sullivan (19): The former Miss USA contestant was in a backstage dressing room at a pageant when Trump walked in unannounced. "The time that he walked through the dressing rooms was really shocking. We were all naked." Prior to the incident Sullivan had had misgivings about Trump after meeting him at a party in New York. "He'd hug you just a little low on your back, and give you a squeeze that your creepy uncle would." 2001 - Unnamed Miss USA contestants - Two more contestants claimed Donald Trump walked in on them while they were naked backstage, getting dressed for a rehearsal. Just before he barged in, one woman heard the security guard outside say that the women were undressing. "Mr. Trump just barged right in, didn't say anything, stood there and stared at us. He didn't walk in and say, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I was looking for someone.' He walked in, he stood and he stared. He was doing it because he knew that he could." - Anonymous Miss USA Contestant 2001 - Tasha Dixon (18): Former Miss Arizona, Dixon also stated that Trump would come in their dressing rooms when they were "half-naked," and that the women were told to "fawn all over him." She said it was their introduction to the owner of the pageant. "Who do you complain to? He owns the pageant. There's no one there to complain to. Everyone works for him." 2003 - Mindy McGillivray (23): McGillivray was attending a Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago with a friend when she said she felt someone in the crowd grab her bottom. She thought it was her friend's camera bag that might've been pushed up against her, but when she turned around it was Donald Trump. "He said nothing. He knew what he did. I could see it in his face, the look of guilt." When he walked away she turned to her friend. "I said, 'Donald just grabbed my caboose.' Donald Trump Claims He 'Never Met' Accusers Like PEOPLE's Natasha Stoynoff, But We Have the Photo 2005 - Natasha Stoynoff (?): Stoynoff, a journalist at People Magazine, had gone to Mar-a-Lago to interview Donald and Melania Trump for a story about their first wedding anniversary. But when Melania went upstairs, Stoynoff says, Trump pushed her, forcibly kissing her. "Trump is much bigger [than me] - a looming figure - and he was fast, taking me by surprise and throwing me off balance. I was stunned." The butler walked in, eyeing the situation and informing them that Melania was on her way down. Trump looked at her. "You know we're going to have an affair, don't you?" Stoynoff told her editors she would never do a story about Donald Trump again. 2005 - Rachel Crooks (22): Crooks, a receptionist at a real estate investment firm in Trump Tower, encountered Donald Trump in an elevator one morning. She says she turned to introduce herself, and he leaned in and kissed her on the mouth. "It was so inappropriate. I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that." - Rachel Crooks She returned to her desk and called her sister, who was quite shaken. "Are you sure he didn't just miss trying to kiss you on the cheek?" "No," Crooks said, "he kissed me on the mouth. That is not normal." Days later he requested her phone number, to "pass along to his modeling agency." She spent the rest of her time there avoiding him. 2006 - Jessica Drake (32): Drake, an adult film actress and sex education advocate, was attending a charity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe when Trump invited her up to his hotel suite. She felt uncomfortable and brought along two friends. While there, she claims, Trump hugged and kissed all three women "without asking permission." Later Drake received a phone call asking her to come back to the suite for $10,000 and a ride on his jet back to Los Angeles. She declined. 2006 - Ninni Laaksonen (20): Laaksonen, Miss Finland 2006, had appeared with Donald Trump on the Late Show with David Letterman. Just before going on stage, she says, he reached back and grabbed her bottom. "He really grabbed my butt. I don't think anybody saw it but I flinch and thought; 'what is happening?'" Someone mentioned later that Trump "liked her because she looked like his wife, Melania, when she was younger." 2010 - Anonymous friend of CNN anchor Erin Burnett (?): The woman met Trump in a boardroom in Trump Tower. "Trump took Tic Tacs, and suggested I take them also. He then leaned in, catching me off guard, and kissed me almost on the lips. I was really freaked out. ... After (the meeting) Trump asked me to come into his office alone. I was really unsure what to do. ... Figured I could handle myself. Anyway, once in his office he kept telling me how special I am and gave me his cell, asked me to call him. I ran the hell out of there." - Anonymous Trump Accuser Donald Trump sexually accosted me, says 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos – Press Enterprise 2011 - Summer Zervos (37): Zervos, a contestant on the 5th season of The Apprentice, contacted Donald Trump about a job after the show wrapped. He invited her to meet him at the Beverly Hills Hotel. During the meeting, she says, he began kissing her with an open mouth, grabbing her breasts, and rubbing his penis on her. She tried to confront him about it, giving him an opportunity to "clear the air," and stating how hurt she had been by his actions. He called her a liar. So in 2017 she filed a defamation lawsuit against him, which moved forward until 2021. Then she withdrew from the case without compensation. 2013 - Cassandra Searles (24): Searles, 2013 Miss Washington USA, says she was invited by Donald Trump up to his hotel room. She said no, but he grabbed her bottom and kept asking. "He probably doesn't want me telling the story about the time he continually grabbed my ass and invited me to his hotel room." 2016 - Alva Johnson (?): Johnson, a former Trump campaign staffer for the 2016 election, was helping him meet with volunteers and sign autographs inside an RV in Florida. When she urged him to "go in there and 'kick ass,’” she says he grabbed her hand and tried to kiss her on the lips. When she turned her head, he leaned in more and kissed the side of her mouth. This was witnessed by then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and then-State Director Karen Giorno, she says, as well as three regional directors. Johnson filed a lawsuit in 2019, but dropped the suit a few months later because she was "facing a judge who openly questions whether the kiss is worthy of a federal lawsuit and has determined that Mr. Trump's history of such behavior is not relevant, and I've endured ongoing threats to my safety." On October 22, 2019 Barry Levine published his book All the President's Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator, in which he claimed that (at that time) 43 women had come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual misconduct "dating back to his childhood and high school days through his rise in real estate, reality TV, and politics." ----- Written By Ellie Leonard

Sorry, but that didn't answer anything. I can see why the nazis did what they did as well, their motivations. Poor guys just wanted to restore Germany's dignity, bring it back to its golden age, give their country back to Germans, expel the undesirable, control the corrupt media, increase the Lebensraum etc. But shoot....I kinda disagree with their leader and some of their methods. But hey, if we get results, then who cares, right? Sounds familiar? My post was directed at Trump and his fascist minions, but it goes well beyond that. It's about the kind of moral corruption I highlighted here. People ready to swipe all that under the carpet for some fantasy benefits, ready to excuse immoral, undignified behaviour because it makes them feel they finally matter, ready to decry the loss of "traditional values" when they are the first in line to undermine true human values of unity and compassion. Traditional values are not just values for red hat wearers, but for all of humanity. Anything less than that, is hypocrisy. You know me. I don't mince my words and I say it as I see it.

There were many, many more such people in the past 150 years. Ramana Maharshi, Paramhansa Yogananda, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, Anandamayi Ma, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Neem Karoli Baba just to name the most famous ones.

If this is true, then I must wonder if you consider the current changes smooth and delicate? You are tip-toeing around the fact that the party you like to associate with is destroying traditional human values by creating an enemy to fight and destroying institutions meant to further human evolution (medical and academic research, institutions founded to protect minorities and minimize poverty around the world). What do you say about the obvious corruption? (crypto, insider trading, "gifts") What do you say about the so proudly displayed racism and misogyny by Trump? (Shut up Piggy. They should go back where they came from.) What do you say about the pathetic attempt by Trump to "move on" from the Epstein case? Whishing Maxwell well and putting her in a 5star prison? Redacting the perpetrators names but publishing the victims names. How do you fit all that in your worldview? Can you simply forget morals and ethics in favour of your political ideology? Would you accept anyone talking like this to your wife or child? You can be a conservative without losing your moral compass. You can be a republican without subscribing to the "law of the strongest". Please don't give me spiritual platitudes. Answer these specific questions.

I disagree. Change is ALSO political (as politics is just a mirror of the level of consciousness of societies) and it ALSO comes about by talking and calling things by their names. Maga always decried the (unhealthy) woke extremism as fascist and I agree with that. But let's call a spade a spade and acknowledge that the Maga extremism is just as (if not worse) fascist. I don't remember wokes forming heavily armed militias and invading cities to purge and execute civilians on the streets. I don't remember any other president calling for imprisonment and execution of political adversaries. I don't recall any other president calling for the silencing of opposing media. Do you? Are these not the typical fascist MO of extremist groups, both left and right? And let's have a plead for some intellectual honesty here. If Biden or Obama had done just 1% of what Trump did (the sex scandals, the corruption (crypto coin, accepting bribes for favours, the lying, the <deleted>ting on the constitution etc etc)), the Maga minions would have been foaming at their mouths, call for treason and impeachment. And yet, here they are defending this crap (times 100), spinning it using truly incredible mental gymnastics. "Oh, the others did the same, but Trump has the balls to do it in the open." REALLY?!? Do you hear yourselves?? Now they are foaming for a different reason. They think they are winning, when in reality they are suffocating the chick, AKA themselves. So, good riddance, I guess. Problem is, they want everyone else to meet the same fate.

95%? Where did you get that statistic? Yes, the attitude can be found across the political spectrum, but that doesn't mean anything. Being "open" about it only matters in the sense that we can see the dichotomy more clearly, so instead of praising this "openness" (which is just another word for blatant fascism), this should show us what we DON'T want in our society, not simply accept it as "a fact of life". This isn't about left-right, democrats-republicans or progressive-conservative....they all have their rightful, healthy place. It's about unhealthy extremism on all sides. I support "woke" values like inclusion and justice and at the same time hated the extremist foolishness within the woke movement. I have no issues with conservative values like law and order, family, love for one's country, but hate the extremism coming out of that: divisiveness, mistrust and hatred for the "other side", us VS them, the rule of force. These things belong in the past. We need to look at the bigger picture. There is only us. We are all members of the same family and should treat each other accordingly. We (all of mankind) are currently like a chick inside its egg. The eggshell has been giving us life, nourishment and protection, but staying within it past the natural time would mean certain death. The chick needs to break through the old limitations. The Maga movement praise the values of the shell and want it to be there forever to protect them. They want to go back to the golden age when they felt safe, when life was simple and predictable. But nature has other plans, thankfully. Evolution means dissolution of the old and creation of something new. If Maga has its way, the chick will asphyxiate inside the shell. Maga is a symptom and the cause is fear. Am I supposed to praise a fear-based belief just because it proudly displays this fear to the world? Certainly not. Change is inevitable. How we approach this change makes all the difference.

Hi Hummin Doing well, thank you. How about you? For me, lots has changed since the times I posted here. There seemed to be a big change in perspective, but there is no resting place....just another transition waiting to happen. Yesterday my wife asked me if what is happening now (USA/Israel starting yet another war) is bad and if we will be affected. I got an image in my head of a caterpillar struggling to exit its cocoon. Without that struggle its wings wouldn't be strong enough to allow it to fly. The cocoon is not bad, it's necessary. The conflict we're seeing is not good VS evil....it just is. It's the old VS the new. It's the chick breaking free from the shell. The shell gave life, protection, nourishment....but there comes a time when continuing to stay in the shell would mean certain death. The world is in labour, the birth is a difficult one, the baby will be beautiful. I can see this, it's blatantly obvious to me...and yet, I get frustrated when I see how so many well-meaning people still hold on to the protective cocoon and would rather die with it than allow the new to emerge. Fear...that's what it's ultimately about. Fear and ignorance about our true identity. On the other hand, I can't but be optimistic in the long term.

Hello old friend! I wouldn't expect anything less. You're always so keen on reminding us how our beliefs shape our reality. And I agree. This is what Steven Miller and Maga believe: "We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world that have existed since the beginning of time." By "international niceties" he means international law. This is the "real world" according to him and his followers, which are Trump's followers. This is the caveman mentality that has brought us yet another war. This is the foundation of fascism. Is this what you're defending? Since we're living in an upsidedown world, Trump will finally get his coveted Nobel prize. Coz, you know, what promotes peace more than starting another war alongside a wanted war criminal? Makes total sense...

You mean like ICE in Minnesota?

Nothing AI there. The 14 point list was compiled by Umberto Eco (Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.) The annotations are mine and I'm not artificial, just intelligence. 😁

The usual Maga checkpoints. You say Antifa (anti fascists) as if that were a bad thing. So if you're anti-antifa, then you're pro-fascist, right? As for paid protestors...this doesn't even deserve a reply. 🤣

The fascist worms are coming out of their putrid hole it seems. The 14 Characteristics of Ur-Fascism The Cult of Tradition: Rejection of modernism and intellectualism, embracing pre-Enlightenment traditions. "We need to go back to the golden age of the USA. Back to coal! Back to a time before women and blacks were allowed to vote. Back to teaching the only true religion. Back, back, back" The Rejection of Modernism: Viewing the Age of Reason as the beginning of modern depravity. "Let's defund universities, scientific research and medical research! They're all commies anyway." The Cult of Action for Action's Sake: Action is valued over reflection; thinking is considered a form of emasculation. ICE ICE ICE BABY Disagreement is Treason: Critical, analytical, and scientific thinking is viewed as a threat to unity. "Vaccines are a left wing conspiracy! Let's bring back measles!" Fear of Difference: Exploiting xenophobia and racism to unify the in-group. "Americaaaa must be for REAL Americans! White ones, preferably Christian ones" Appeal to a Frustrated Middle Class: Mobilizing those feeling socially or economically displaced. "Hey Kenny. All your problems come from that brown neighbor who works as a gardener. He's taking your job. He's the source of it all. No, don't look at the super elite and their tax cuts. Nothing to see there..." Obsession with a Plot: Creating a sense of being besieged, often by highlighting internal/external enemies. "The Dems are out to get us! Trans people are invading our schools! They are eating our pets!" The Enemy is Both Strong and Weak: Enemies are simultaneously deemed too strong (to foster fear) and too weak (to encourage contempt). "The radical leftists are domestic terrorists! Antifa's network is worldwide. But we will prevail because God is on our side" Life is Lived for Struggle: A permanent state of war or struggle against enemies. "Immigrants, socialists, Canadians, blacks, Mexicans.....oh, the fight never ends" Contempt for the Weak: An aristocratic, elitist view that despises the weak. "We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world... that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power." S. Miller Everybody is Educated to Become a Hero: The "cult of heroism" is linked to a "cult of death" where one seeks a glorious, often violent, end. "Jan 6th insurrectionists are the real heroes." Machismo: Disdain for women, nonconformist sexual habits, and the "phallic substitute exercise" of playing with weapons. "Let's grab them all by the pu**y. Shut up piggy" Selective Populism: The "People" are viewed as a monolith; individual rights are replaced by a "voice of the people" often channeled through a leader. "Truth Social is the only source of truth because all other media outlets have fake news" Newspeak: Using an impoverished vocabulary and limited syntax to prevent complex, critical thought. Literally every speech Trump has ever had.