From the New York Times:
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IndieDems comment: Trump exponentially escalates GOP war on democracy and the Constitution.
From the Atlanta-Journal Constitution:
- A Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon to help the party leverage technology to reach new voters has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review.
- Brad Barnes, who describes himself online as a “national populist,” has amplified white nationalist social media messages claiming “ethnonationalism is the social norm” and made an antisemitic remark mocking Mexico’s Jewish president in a now-deleted post.
- He has also shared posts stating that “culture is the social expression of genetics,” echoing a scientifically debunked ideology promulgated for decades by white supremacists that racial groups were genetically predisposed to certain behaviors.
- He also has promoted a call for “remigration” of the United States, a term widely used in far-right circles as a euphemism for large-scale deportation or repatriation of immigrants.
IndieDems Comment: Were you under the opinion that the Georgia Republican Party is in the moderate position?
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A message from a constituent to Rep. Barry Loudermilk and his staffers Rob and Ashley Adkerson, Ashleigh Padgett, Nick Petromelis: Have you no shame about standing with your Trumpist colleagues’ pursuit of the false charges against former FBI Director James Comey, even after the brazen malfeasance and incompetence in the case has been publicly revealed?
- On Nov 17, a federal magistrate judge involved in the case released an opinion about a series of staggering procedural irregularities that originated with Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s handpicked prosecutor.
- On Nov 19, Justice Department lawyers in a court hearing acknowledged that a full grand jury never reviewed the indictment filed against Comey. This case has taken to a new level Loudermilk & staffs contempt for the rule of law, most notably demonstrated by their support for Trump’s granting unreserved pardons to criminals convicted for acts during the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.
What warped mentalities you people have to join in this assault on America’s basic principles.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a rare “Special Message” on Nov 13, during its annual gathering, saying they were disturbed by the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown and mass deportation of undocumented migrants. In a clear rebuke of President Trump, the Bishops expressed concern about the “climate of fear and anxiety” stemming from the enforcement methods. They went on to say they:
- Were “saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants.
- Raised concerns about the condition of migrant detention centers, “the lack of access to pastoral care,” and the arbitrary loss of legal status for some immigrants.
- Were “troubled by threats against the sanctity of houses of worship and the special nature of hospitals and schools.”
The statement noted that immigrants have made “enormous contributions to the well-being of our nation,” and the bishops felt “compelled now in this environment to raise our voices in defense of God-given human dignity.”
Forbes magazine stated:
“The catholic bishops’ remarks echo recent criticisms Pope Leo XIV has made against the treatment of migrants in the U.S., especially those being held in detention centers. The Pope earlier this month urged faith leaders to be granted access to migrant detention facilities. Before his death earlier this year, the late Pope Francis had written to American bishops in February criticizing Trump’s mass deportation agenda.”
IndieDems Question to Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) and his staffers Rob and Ashley Adkerson, Ashleigh Padgett, Nick Petromelis: You obviously are unmoved by the bishops’ call to treat immigrants with Christian compassion, and remain devoted to continuing Trump’s cruel and inhumane treatment that the bishops condemn. Do you really believe you and Trump are better exemplars of Christianity than the bishops?
Nicholas Ktristof writes in the New York Times:
"Trump has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there, and the Pentagon has obligingly prepared plans for attack. Trump’s concern for Nigerians is welcome, but here’s the awkwardness: Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are."
"So if Trump wants to save the lives of Nigerian Christians, the good news is that he doesn’t need to spend billions of dollars on charging (as he put it) “into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing.’” Rather, all Trump has to do is restore the American aid that was estimated to be saving the lives of more than a quarter-million Nigerians each year."
Trump's own administration appears to be killing tens of thousands of Nigerian Christians.
The Center for Global Development in Washington calculated earlier this year that before Trump took office, American humanitarian aid was saving about 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria.
It’s too soon for hard predictions of just how many Nigerian Christian children will die because Trump cut off their access to vaccines, AIDS medications, food assistance and other essentials. "But the number killed by jihadists is very likely to pale beside the number dying from Trump aid cuts. So if Trump cares about Christians or anyone else in Nigeria, all he needs to do is restore aid and let babies live."
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IndieDems Comment:
Nowhere is the innate Republican inhumanity to man more evident than in Trump’s abrupt termination of U.S. aid programs providing basic health care to millions of foreigners, including programs helping to control AIDS. Hundreds of thousands of human beings, at a minimum, are suffering serious illness or are dying because of those inhuman decisions by Trump. This article reflects those facts.
From CHATGPT:
Major Statewide Races & Candidates
Office Party Declared / Running Notes
Governor Republican Burt Jones (Lt. Gov.) Has Trump’s endorsement
Republican Chris Carr (current AG)
Democrat Michael Thurmond
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms
Democrat Ruwa Romman
Office Party Declared / Running Notes
Attorney General Republican Bill Cowsert (State Senator)
Republican Brian Strickland (State Senator)
Democrat Tanya F. Miller (State Rep)
Democrat Bob Trammell (Former House Minority Leader)
Office Party Declared / Running Notes
Secretary of State Republican Tim Fleming (State Rep)
Republican Kelvin King
Republican Gabriel Sterling
Democrat Penny Brown Reynolds
Democrat Adrian Consonery Jr.
Office Party Declared / Running Notes
State Superintendent of Schools Republican Richard Woods (incumbent)
Republican Bubba Longgrear
Republican Mesha Mainor (former State Rep)
Republican Randell Trammell
Democrat Otha Thornton
Office Party Declared / Running Notes
Labor Commissioner Republican Bárbara Rivera Holmes (incumbent)
Republican Ross Williams
Some U.S. House Races & Other Notable Ones
Republican: Houston Gaines has declared for the open seat (incumbent Mike Collins is running for Senate).
Democrat: Lexy Doherty declared; also Dantwan Watkins filed paperwork.
Incumbent Barry Loudermilk (R) and Chase Laminack (D) are in the general election field.
Indiedems Comment:
Republicans are in control of the three branches of the federal government. It’s these Republicans—from President Trump, Senate leader Thune, House Speaker Johnson through Representatives like Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) who could take action to relieve this horror. It is the indifference of these Republicans to the suffering of non-white and non-rich human beings that allows the horror to continue. When did Republicans lose their moral conscience? Or were they born without one?
A Few of Trump's Acts to Establish a Dictatorship in the United States
What person with an ounce of intelligence would listen to moralistic sermonizing from the same people who told us that Covid-19 would not be a problem, then told us that Clorox and hydroxychloroquine would cure it, have been convicted of sexual assault, said it would be legitimate to murder a retired Army general, told a lie that wrecked the lives of two Georgia poll workers, are congenital liars, demeaned the military service of John McCain, committed multiple adulteries, called political opponents vermin, and called women fat, ugly, Miss Piggy, bimbo, and dog?
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So it’s probably illegal to fire federal workers en masse without due cause. Gee, Republicans will say. what has the rule of law got to do with us? Why, look at the pardons Trump has given convicted criminals in both his Administrations, including the criminal thugs who invaded the U.S. Capitol and brutally attacked the Capitol police, with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the U.S. Government. How much concern do Trump’s Republicans have for, say for employees of the Social Security or veterans agencies? Trump and Musk have already decimated them. The law means nothing to Republicans, like GOP U.S. Representatives from Georgia.
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As many of us predicted early on: Trump is not just an authoritarian. He is a full-throated totalitarian, i.e., a replica of Adolf Hitler. The Kennedy Center under his thumb, and now the Eisenhower Library? In the name of heaven. And Republican satraps like Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) stand on their feet applauding. Republicans under Trump. Germans under Hitler. Cut from thje same cloth.