I so wanted to finish watching this…but I’m staying with my MAGA mother to help her out (God help me 😬😂), and if she hears anything against her Dear Leader she’ll lose her mind! But, I’m working on her! She’s now (finally) seeing that Faux News is not telling the truth—-like “No, Ma…Iran did NOT attack Ireland “🙄🤭
omg - u help someone who stands for everything and everyone that hates you and your values? why????
it should be an ultimatum to her, no sympathy for others - no food! no truth -no vacuuming. no acceptance of my values - no rides to the doctor .
changing the tv channel is 1 way to force her to watch what's happening in the real world.....
i stopped talking to my mother when she disparaged a gay friend of mine behind his back and then to his face....she came round after 7 months of not seeing or speaking to me, and apologized. mother's are NOT right all the time and sometimes their tough love works on us, and hopefully our tough love will work on them...
otherwise we end up seeing the hypocrite in our mirror each day....
My mother and I are not close. Never have been. But she is my mother. She’s caught up in this cult. These people only get their information from Faux News… but at least now she’s starting to see the real truth. I did go “no contact” with other MAGA relatives… and I had decades long friendships end because I voted for Biden 🤷♀️
Do you have children of your own Laura? If you keep bending your knee to those who through their ignorance are going to destroy the future of your own children, then you are as guilty as they are!
I hear you. However, can I encourage you to visit the latest post by @ifloz on this site, the handle is I Fucking Love Australia. @ifloz reflects on what is meant by duty and the price one pays, in deed, not words, in being truthful about the calamity that is lying in wait for America under Trump.
Again, you don’t know me, I don’t know you…. And you don’t know who I subscribe to ( FYI, I actually subscribe to that ). I am very well aware of what awaits this country. And I also know how to treat my mother. Thank you for your concern. Best wishes
Dealing with one too. Dementia and MND. I have to remind myself of what a wonderful mother she was when I was growing up, and how she helped me immensely when my babies were small.
It’s THOSE things that prompt me to repay her as much as I can with kindness now. I’m not always good at it. She pushes my buttons, and as my best friend says, “Of course she does. She installed them.”
I admire you for your efforts with your mum. And I sympathise. It’s not easy.
Do you have an elderly mother, Peter? Perhaps one not in good health? Since you know nothing about me, I’ll thank you to keep your judgment to yourself!
I did and I came from a family of seven siblings. My parents worked very hard and both lived until each passed: from cancer in the case of my Dad and kidney failure for Mom. Both died at 87.
We cared for them as you are for your Mom and you are right to do so. If you have siblings, I hope you have people who share the load. We were fortunate in having seven of us and grandchildren too.
Maybe what is different between our parents is that mine thought about the wellbeing of not only their own offspring, but also their grandchildren and great grandchildren and future generations. They put their interests ahead of others no matter what. As a parent, surely that is what we all want.
My concern, poorly expressed, is that anyone who supports Trump and his minions like Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Ken Paxton, Max Miller, and a cast of so many others parading as radical far white right Christo-supremacists is one who cares not for the future, but wants to return the nation to its darkest past.
Clearly you understand that and I regret that your insightfulness has caused you intolerable grief within your own family and friendships. You have had to make some hard and emotionally challenging decisions to stand up for what you value for your nation and what it means for its future.
I apologise for not being as respectful as I should have been. By no means do I belittle the fact that your mother (and father) yielded you into the world and it is clearly a better place with you than without. I hope, by the same token, your Mom appreciates that too. Both my Mom and Dad did and my siblings and I are so grateful for their love, their mindfulness of the lives of others and the fact they were not trapped by the madness of people like Trump.
No difference… my mother has always put the well being of her grandchildren and great grandchildren ahead of her own. She has “memory issues” and I’m going to leave it at that. Unless and until you know someone’s situation, you really shouldn’t assume and jump to conclusions. I’m glad you had so many siblings to care for your parents, and I’m truly sorry for your loss. ☮️
Family is complicated and not everyone can just walk away like with abusive relationaships. People always say you can just walk away from a bad relationship, but it's not always that black and white.
100 per cent agree! One should care more for their children than themselves. It is their future that is at stake and it is a mistake to molly coddle those, including one’s own parents, who threaten that future simply because of their ignorance!
I agree but it sounds like Laura is doing gentle "education". Doing it any other way would just be a brawl. I don't think being decent is molly coddling unless the parent has been/is abusive. Then, it would be wise to leave.
Thank you. Yes, it is a gentle education… when someone is caught up in a cult, it’s almost like a gentle reprogramming. Donald Trump didn’t do this alone; almost every Republican Senator backed everything he said. A lot of older people were kind of brainwashed by that and Faux News. She’s starting to realize… but it’s difficult to admit that you were fooled, especially when you’re older. Faux News doesn’t show what’s really happening. If I came in demanding and dictating, she’d never listen, and the door would be slammed. It will break her heart to learn the damage that was caused. So I think it’s more important to have a dialogue, and open communication between us.
Yes, no blaming, no shaming. Blame the ones who lied. What didn't happen that she voted for? If she would listen to Jon Ossoff she might find him comforting. Anyway, I am not lecturing - just trying to support you in a small way. Carry on and the best of luck.
yes, the future is forward- for the next generation, not backwards to the generation that wants it to be all about them…. and their f**king “good old days”.
the chain reaction of a vote is what so many ppl choose to ignore…. there are poor kids starving because trump repugnicans have taken away the benefits to snap, and many other food programs for the poor….are the old generation ok with that? is their selfishness that disgusting?
and many poor people have been thrown off medicaid….how many people have/will die because of that action? the people who voted for their own selfish benefits above those in more dire need, need to think about ‘how horrible they are’ when they look in the mirror or say their prayers at night…
the wealthy repugnicans have zero understanding for how their constituents live, and what they need to survive…and it’s not all about minorities, MTG discovered that a lot of her magat white voters are dependent upon medicaid, snap. and other ‘caring’ programs for the needy…..
therefore, people who voted for trump and the accompanying magats, voted directly to hurt other families, breaking support networks and leaving them defenseless against the continued hatred that trump manifests in his magats….
zero sympathies for trump voters who found their spouse and children deported, or beaten up by trumps icestapo….seems they were ok with other ppl being traumatized but not their own selfish asses…
if ppl are not prepared to admit that they have helped make poor families lives even worse, then they are beyond disgusting and reprehensible…..
a lack of any semblence of intelligence in magat voters has made a lot of our country poorer, broken up families, and made hatred of others a central repugnican family value…..while they pretend to be fake christians…
if one’s ‘loving’ parents and family/friends can answer how they feel about trumps policies affecting children, the poor. the needy, the sick. the weak, then one will get to make an easier decision on how worthwhile it is to feel guilty about telling them they should go ask their magat friends for help…
as CSNY sang…teach your parents well, of their children's hell…
I will agree with you, for the most part. I have never voted for that evil man!! Never even considered it, as I saw who/ what he was before he even ran. That said, I have discovered another group: much older people, who saw all of the enablers on Fox (Faux) News, and the Trumplicans in the Senate, who convinced them that the Democrats were lying. These older people often live alone, widowed, and don’t get out much, so they don’t see what’s really happening (Fox News doesn’t show it). I, too, have zero sympathy for people who voted for what they wanted to have happen to other people… the racist haters!! The others that I met would be heartbroken, and grieving over it. It is difficult for me to not scream,” Look at what you’ve helped do😡!!” But truly they don’t realize. I fully blame the enablers for that. I am trying to be gentle, in my talks with them, not to hurt them, but to help them see that they were lied to. This didn’t happen overnight…it was years of “conditioning and brainwashing” by the Faux News media. I know that none of these people would have ever voted that way in their younger years. I know that the orange man cannot run again…. But there are far too many of them in our government. If we want change, then we need to unite people together, to stand up against them, so that none of those ilk remain, and that they’re all held accountable!!
You are working behind enemy lines while taking care of your Mom.
Caring for an aging parent is difficult enough. It's more difficult when they have been brainwashed by Fauz Snewz. With you in spirit if not the flesh. You are helping her more than she may ever realize. ❤💙❤
Jeffries and Schumer have to lead and support younger progressive candidates that are winning over independents and nonviters or get out of the way. They can start by not taking Israelli bribes and start standing up, forcefully calling out GOP traitorous madness.
This is what he wants, then he would win. By the women staying it shows how strong they are. Now if everyone walked out and not giving him a podium I would support this.
When those women reporters keep showing up and keep the pressure on, they let him know that bullying them will NOT stop them! Imagine if the suffrage women backed down! Women would have no voice, no vote and would be nothing more than baby-making servants in their own homes (which they wouldn’t own)!
Melania probably just had cosmetic surgery. While she makes up stories about how she personally is helping Ukranian children. When all she cares about is her ugly, stupid movie and worthless series.
Open your eyes. Both Schumer and Jeffries are both Republican. They label themselves as Democrats, but their policies and allegiances are to corporate special interests, not to the American people, especially their constituents. That's why you have to vote for the person, not the party.
All Dems, independents and disgruntled repubs, MUST unite at the midterms to crush this regime at the congressional level by voting blue. That would be the start of the downfall of the current drive by THIS ADMINISTRATION towards a fascist niegh, dare I say communistic controlled government, because from where I sit, that's where we're headed.
The problem is that these MAGAts are not educated and cannot be reasoned with as they lack critical thinking skills and honesty.
33% is still too much. It should be ZERO support for that orange creature.
I couldn't agree more, anyone that chooses to support this guy must not be "all there."
It’s really 19% don’t be fooled.
Which is roughly the same % of malignant narcissists & their hardcore followers.
https://samray.substack.com/p/the-hidden-psychology-of-maga
🎯 We don't need to be evil to fight evil but we do need to fight 🔥 with 🔥
Sorry buf fighting back is not evil.... tolerating abuse and being a bystander, though? I think evil... enough from me, gonna shut up now
There is a chasm between tolerating abuse & not knowing how to stop it.
Good point and I don’t have the answer… you’re right….
The answer is try to be careful not to conflate the two.
I so wanted to finish watching this…but I’m staying with my MAGA mother to help her out (God help me 😬😂), and if she hears anything against her Dear Leader she’ll lose her mind! But, I’m working on her! She’s now (finally) seeing that Faux News is not telling the truth—-like “No, Ma…Iran did NOT attack Ireland “🙄🤭
omg - u help someone who stands for everything and everyone that hates you and your values? why????
it should be an ultimatum to her, no sympathy for others - no food! no truth -no vacuuming. no acceptance of my values - no rides to the doctor .
changing the tv channel is 1 way to force her to watch what's happening in the real world.....
i stopped talking to my mother when she disparaged a gay friend of mine behind his back and then to his face....she came round after 7 months of not seeing or speaking to me, and apologized. mother's are NOT right all the time and sometimes their tough love works on us, and hopefully our tough love will work on them...
otherwise we end up seeing the hypocrite in our mirror each day....
My mother and I are not close. Never have been. But she is my mother. She’s caught up in this cult. These people only get their information from Faux News… but at least now she’s starting to see the real truth. I did go “no contact” with other MAGA relatives… and I had decades long friendships end because I voted for Biden 🤷♀️
You’re doing the right thing. She’s your mother and you’re working on her MAGA perspective. You’re fighting for anti-MAGA opinion. 👍💙
Thank you 💕
Do you have children of your own Laura? If you keep bending your knee to those who through their ignorance are going to destroy the future of your own children, then you are as guilty as they are!
She’s not ‘bending the knee’. She’s demonstrating love and duty. Her kids will see that and honour it.
I hear you. However, can I encourage you to visit the latest post by @ifloz on this site, the handle is I Fucking Love Australia. @ifloz reflects on what is meant by duty and the price one pays, in deed, not words, in being truthful about the calamity that is lying in wait for America under Trump.
Again, you don’t know me, I don’t know you…. And you don’t know who I subscribe to ( FYI, I actually subscribe to that ). I am very well aware of what awaits this country. And I also know how to treat my mother. Thank you for your concern. Best wishes
Well aware of that account. I’m Australian myself, and can proudly state I do not ever require the translator at the bottom of each post. 🤣
Thank you for that💕
Dealing with one too. Dementia and MND. I have to remind myself of what a wonderful mother she was when I was growing up, and how she helped me immensely when my babies were small.
It’s THOSE things that prompt me to repay her as much as I can with kindness now. I’m not always good at it. She pushes my buttons, and as my best friend says, “Of course she does. She installed them.”
I admire you for your efforts with your mum. And I sympathise. It’s not easy.
Do you have an elderly mother, Peter? Perhaps one not in good health? Since you know nothing about me, I’ll thank you to keep your judgment to yourself!
I did and I came from a family of seven siblings. My parents worked very hard and both lived until each passed: from cancer in the case of my Dad and kidney failure for Mom. Both died at 87.
We cared for them as you are for your Mom and you are right to do so. If you have siblings, I hope you have people who share the load. We were fortunate in having seven of us and grandchildren too.
Maybe what is different between our parents is that mine thought about the wellbeing of not only their own offspring, but also their grandchildren and great grandchildren and future generations. They put their interests ahead of others no matter what. As a parent, surely that is what we all want.
My concern, poorly expressed, is that anyone who supports Trump and his minions like Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Ken Paxton, Max Miller, and a cast of so many others parading as radical far white right Christo-supremacists is one who cares not for the future, but wants to return the nation to its darkest past.
Clearly you understand that and I regret that your insightfulness has caused you intolerable grief within your own family and friendships. You have had to make some hard and emotionally challenging decisions to stand up for what you value for your nation and what it means for its future.
I apologise for not being as respectful as I should have been. By no means do I belittle the fact that your mother (and father) yielded you into the world and it is clearly a better place with you than without. I hope, by the same token, your Mom appreciates that too. Both my Mom and Dad did and my siblings and I are so grateful for their love, their mindfulness of the lives of others and the fact they were not trapped by the madness of people like Trump.
Best wishes.
No difference… my mother has always put the well being of her grandchildren and great grandchildren ahead of her own. She has “memory issues” and I’m going to leave it at that. Unless and until you know someone’s situation, you really shouldn’t assume and jump to conclusions. I’m glad you had so many siblings to care for your parents, and I’m truly sorry for your loss. ☮️
And good riddance
Family is complicated and not everyone can just walk away like with abusive relationaships. People always say you can just walk away from a bad relationship, but it's not always that black and white.
That is very true! 👍
Get her to watch Jon Ossoff's recent rally speech. Maybe just say, "Mom, I want to get your opinion on this guy".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLzL50c9IY
With you on that, absolutely . Still be respectful to your mother.
100 per cent agree! One should care more for their children than themselves. It is their future that is at stake and it is a mistake to molly coddle those, including one’s own parents, who threaten that future simply because of their ignorance!
I agree but it sounds like Laura is doing gentle "education". Doing it any other way would just be a brawl. I don't think being decent is molly coddling unless the parent has been/is abusive. Then, it would be wise to leave.
Thank you. Yes, it is a gentle education… when someone is caught up in a cult, it’s almost like a gentle reprogramming. Donald Trump didn’t do this alone; almost every Republican Senator backed everything he said. A lot of older people were kind of brainwashed by that and Faux News. She’s starting to realize… but it’s difficult to admit that you were fooled, especially when you’re older. Faux News doesn’t show what’s really happening. If I came in demanding and dictating, she’d never listen, and the door would be slammed. It will break her heart to learn the damage that was caused. So I think it’s more important to have a dialogue, and open communication between us.
Yes, no blaming, no shaming. Blame the ones who lied. What didn't happen that she voted for? If she would listen to Jon Ossoff she might find him comforting. Anyway, I am not lecturing - just trying to support you in a small way. Carry on and the best of luck.
Thank you. I was just starting to listen to his speech… I think she’ll listen to him.
yes, the future is forward- for the next generation, not backwards to the generation that wants it to be all about them…. and their f**king “good old days”.
the chain reaction of a vote is what so many ppl choose to ignore…. there are poor kids starving because trump repugnicans have taken away the benefits to snap, and many other food programs for the poor….are the old generation ok with that? is their selfishness that disgusting?
and many poor people have been thrown off medicaid….how many people have/will die because of that action? the people who voted for their own selfish benefits above those in more dire need, need to think about ‘how horrible they are’ when they look in the mirror or say their prayers at night…
the wealthy repugnicans have zero understanding for how their constituents live, and what they need to survive…and it’s not all about minorities, MTG discovered that a lot of her magat white voters are dependent upon medicaid, snap. and other ‘caring’ programs for the needy…..
therefore, people who voted for trump and the accompanying magats, voted directly to hurt other families, breaking support networks and leaving them defenseless against the continued hatred that trump manifests in his magats….
zero sympathies for trump voters who found their spouse and children deported, or beaten up by trumps icestapo….seems they were ok with other ppl being traumatized but not their own selfish asses…
if ppl are not prepared to admit that they have helped make poor families lives even worse, then they are beyond disgusting and reprehensible…..
a lack of any semblence of intelligence in magat voters has made a lot of our country poorer, broken up families, and made hatred of others a central repugnican family value…..while they pretend to be fake christians…
if one’s ‘loving’ parents and family/friends can answer how they feel about trumps policies affecting children, the poor. the needy, the sick. the weak, then one will get to make an easier decision on how worthwhile it is to feel guilty about telling them they should go ask their magat friends for help…
as CSNY sang…teach your parents well, of their children's hell…
I will agree with you, for the most part. I have never voted for that evil man!! Never even considered it, as I saw who/ what he was before he even ran. That said, I have discovered another group: much older people, who saw all of the enablers on Fox (Faux) News, and the Trumplicans in the Senate, who convinced them that the Democrats were lying. These older people often live alone, widowed, and don’t get out much, so they don’t see what’s really happening (Fox News doesn’t show it). I, too, have zero sympathy for people who voted for what they wanted to have happen to other people… the racist haters!! The others that I met would be heartbroken, and grieving over it. It is difficult for me to not scream,” Look at what you’ve helped do😡!!” But truly they don’t realize. I fully blame the enablers for that. I am trying to be gentle, in my talks with them, not to hurt them, but to help them see that they were lied to. This didn’t happen overnight…it was years of “conditioning and brainwashing” by the Faux News media. I know that none of these people would have ever voted that way in their younger years. I know that the orange man cannot run again…. But there are far too many of them in our government. If we want change, then we need to unite people together, to stand up against them, so that none of those ilk remain, and that they’re all held accountable!!
You assume a lot.
It’s her Mum. Families are complicated.
Nothing wrong with being a DSA candidate!
You are working behind enemy lines while taking care of your Mom.
Caring for an aging parent is difficult enough. It's more difficult when they have been brainwashed by Fauz Snewz. With you in spirit if not the flesh. You are helping her more than she may ever realize. ❤💙❤
Two of my faves right here!! Do it MORE, you guys!
I understand and sympathize with.
Maybe she needs to hear this!
Jeffries and Schumer have to lead and support younger progressive candidates that are winning over independents and nonviters or get out of the way. They can start by not taking Israelli bribes and start standing up, forcefully calling out GOP traitorous madness.
Chuck Schumer stated in February that his “number one priority was supporting Israel “. He won’t stand up…and he’s not going to change. Unfortunately.
Why don't the News women walk out when he keeps disrespecting them??
This is what he wants, then he would win. By the women staying it shows how strong they are. Now if everyone walked out and not giving him a podium I would support this.
You're right! But wouldn't it be grand if the MEN would stand up & walk out with the women?
When those women reporters keep showing up and keep the pressure on, they let him know that bullying them will NOT stop them! Imagine if the suffrage women backed down! Women would have no voice, no vote and would be nothing more than baby-making servants in their own homes (which they wouldn’t own)!
and that humongous fat face Steven Cheung responded to Ossoff by calling him Jon Jackoff. Classy POS.
The Fat Slob Orange Felon’s staff is full of slobs. Steven Cheung is the #2 Fat Slob.
They are all childish and obnoxious. So tiresome.
Melania probably just had cosmetic surgery. While she makes up stories about how she personally is helping Ukranian children. When all she cares about is her ugly, stupid movie and worthless series.
Ossoff--"Enough is Enough!"
Hope is back.
Anyone taking money from Israel has chosen them over the US
I think we are at that point where maga doesn’t care now. I fully expect Blanche to refuse to comply with Sullivan order
If so he needs to be jailed for Comtemt of Court!! If it was you or I we would be!!
Absolutely
Open your eyes. Both Schumer and Jeffries are both Republican. They label themselves as Democrats, but their policies and allegiances are to corporate special interests, not to the American people, especially their constituents. That's why you have to vote for the person, not the party.
If either my left or right thumb looked like Steven Cheung I'd cut it off. My cat hissed and ran out of the kitchen when I brought up his image.
May the Force be with you Wajahat Ali. I agree with your general message of, "know your audience".
Adam don’t scroll on your phone when you’re on a podcast
You ARE NOT CRAZY!!! You're nailing it on all points. And agree that Adam is a very sharp young man. Glad you are collaborating with him. 😉
Hakeem Jeffries is a joke!
I choose Osoff, Talarico, and Sayed... they get what direction we need to go to unite this country.
All Dems, independents and disgruntled repubs, MUST unite at the midterms to crush this regime at the congressional level by voting blue. That would be the start of the downfall of the current drive by THIS ADMINISTRATION towards a fascist niegh, dare I say communistic controlled government, because from where I sit, that's where we're headed.
Much pearl clutching happening