This was a very enjoyable podcast and it flew by. This was my introduction to Tom LoBianco and I am so glad I finally got to listen to him. I heard nothing but great things about him and they are all true. I think the reason why I liked it so much was you two had a conversation and spoke in normal tones about the batshit crazy things happening in our country !
America isn't what it once was. Maga has destroyed it. Bless Indivisible and finding our roots in the constitution and basing our protests on its truth. The Constitution is one thing trump has no relationship with. He is clueless. So keep the protest focused on our USA and democracy. Thanks for the honest discussion and seeing how things are happening.
I’m a liberal, pretty firmly left, with a sprinkle of center, but not far left, and also love the centrists and center-right, but I don’t think Charlie’s statements about the transgender issue are as problematic as you think! I think those statements are 100% valid! You guys aren’t saying the issue isn’t important, you’re simply saying “hey let’s take a step back and look at this pragmatically and in an electoral way!” The left (myself included) needs to be okay with having honest dialogue about the touchy subjects!
You can say you want to give up but that assumes you are separate from what is going on. You can ignore the forces of repression but the forces will not ignore you. Giving up is not an option.
I get that. It is not that you are unimportant or that I don’t support you. It is just a loser issue to keep hammering on from a political perspective. Why do you think republicans keep trying to goad us into talking about it?
Democrats believe that government is there to provide services to the people. We are paying them to do stuff for us. We are not paying money so that it gets handed over to rich people. We are NOT, at all, or ever have been in favor of the president having concentrated power. That’s a republican thing. And republicans are the ones who fucked up the filibuster.
I always agree with Charlie, but we Democrats, leftists, whatever, believe NOT in an “imperial presidency” but in the belief that GOVERNMENT itself can be a good thing, which includes Congress…
Fair, but I’ll add a layer here: a lot of what Trump and his team have legally exploited (big big caveat in the use of legally) has been using homeland security/war on terror provisions put in law during Bush and Obama
Broadly agree re: Democrats’ belief system re govt (Big FDR/LBJ Great Society roots there)
I think my favorite Charlie observation (of many) was him pointing out just how much every piece of the old structure of things has been flipped on its head
In a nutshell, these folks have always been consummately corruptible, and now they are full-blown corrupt and self-serving!
This was a very enjoyable podcast and it flew by. This was my introduction to Tom LoBianco and I am so glad I finally got to listen to him. I heard nothing but great things about him and they are all true. I think the reason why I liked it so much was you two had a conversation and spoke in normal tones about the batshit crazy things happening in our country !
America isn't what it once was. Maga has destroyed it. Bless Indivisible and finding our roots in the constitution and basing our protests on its truth. The Constitution is one thing trump has no relationship with. He is clueless. So keep the protest focused on our USA and democracy. Thanks for the honest discussion and seeing how things are happening.
Gold plated horse s* lol
I’m a liberal, pretty firmly left, with a sprinkle of center, but not far left, and also love the centrists and center-right, but I don’t think Charlie’s statements about the transgender issue are as problematic as you think! I think those statements are 100% valid! You guys aren’t saying the issue isn’t important, you’re simply saying “hey let’s take a step back and look at this pragmatically and in an electoral way!” The left (myself included) needs to be okay with having honest dialogue about the touchy subjects!
Great & honest discussion💙💙
You can say you want to give up but that assumes you are separate from what is going on. You can ignore the forces of repression but the forces will not ignore you. Giving up is not an option.
Yeah leave it to the states. States have government too. So problems will be x52
💯 on the trans issue. It’s a LOSER issue. We need to get off of it.
I get that. It is not that you are unimportant or that I don’t support you. It is just a loser issue to keep hammering on from a political perspective. Why do you think republicans keep trying to goad us into talking about it?
We are Citizens, taxpayers, voters. I do not dismiss you. Kindly return the favor.
Can one person destroy an entire country? After Trump, the answer is yes.
It's not just extreme left wingers fomenting violence, there are violent individuals looking for trouble - apolitical people.
AND dump is the one who is lawlessly pulling all this shit. You guys own this mess.
Democrats believe that government is there to provide services to the people. We are paying them to do stuff for us. We are not paying money so that it gets handed over to rich people. We are NOT, at all, or ever have been in favor of the president having concentrated power. That’s a republican thing. And republicans are the ones who fucked up the filibuster.
I always agree with Charlie, but we Democrats, leftists, whatever, believe NOT in an “imperial presidency” but in the belief that GOVERNMENT itself can be a good thing, which includes Congress…
Fair, but I’ll add a layer here: a lot of what Trump and his team have legally exploited (big big caveat in the use of legally) has been using homeland security/war on terror provisions put in law during Bush and Obama
Broadly agree re: Democrats’ belief system re govt (Big FDR/LBJ Great Society roots there)
I think my favorite Charlie observation (of many) was him pointing out just how much every piece of the old structure of things has been flipped on its head
agree
not arbitrary— transactional