Lots of Republicans are bailing on Trump.

 

Harris-Walz Campaign Event, August 2024 
[Image via BBC News]

The dumpster fire full of crazies that is otherwise known as the Trump-Vance campaign is losing the support of normal, sane Republicans. In fact, many Republicans are openly vowing to vote for Harris-Walz, rather than support the fascist loony a.k.a. Donald Trump. These members of the GOP are giving freedom, democracy and patriotism a higher priority than loyalty to their former party leader.  

The articles below provide details. If you know any folks who are blindly following Trump, whom many consider the number one enemy of U.S. democracy, you might want to share these articles with them. 

Lincoln Project Drops First Ad Supporting Kamala Harris: "The Warrior America Needs"

"Harris is the warrior America needs to soundly defeat Donald Trump and Project 2025. While we thank President Biden for his outstanding presidency and tenure of service, it’s time to turn a new leaf and re-energize voters towards achieving the goal Lincoln Project has held from Day 1–stop MAGA once-and-for-all at the ballot box this November."

More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney alums endorse Harris for president, criticize Trump [from USA Today]

"More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY... At least five former aides to former President George H.W. Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all... A similar group of about 150 anti-Trump former staffers of Bush, McCain and Romney pledged support for President Joe Biden in the 2020 election."

See the open letter here:  "Bush, McCain, and Romney Alumni for Harris Statement"

Republicans who have endorsed Kamala Harris and spoken out against Trump [from CBS News]

"Vice President Kamala Harris has seen a growing number of Republicans endorse her in the 2024 election in the days leading up to and following the presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, as the two candidates are locked in a tight race..." 

Action Item: 

Share the links above and spread the word, especially among your right-leaning friends, that a whole lot of very smart, conservative members of the GOP are bailing on Trump and supporting Harris-Walz with their votes. So they should consider doing the same. And, while you're at it, consider getting involved in GOTV (get out the vote) efforts in your area. Remember, when Democrats turn out and vote in large numbers, we inevitably win. As Kamala says, FREEDOM is on the ballot!

Summer Reruns: Six Articles You Might Have Missed

This month I'm taking a break from creating a new article. Instead, I'm re-sharing my most recent six articles that you might have missed. I hope you find them entertaining, informative or thought provoking. 

• PLAN TO VOTE & STOP TEAM TRUMP from Implementing Their "Fascist Playbook!"

John Oliver dug into the "Project 2025" strategy document put together by Trump's supporters and then put together an engaging (fun!?) and enormously informative look at the real dangers that a second Trump term poses for our democracy. 

• From fear-driven anger to understanding: It takes effort.

"... when fear gets a glimpse of itself it often begins blustering and posturing to hide its true nature. In an effort to maintain its dignity, fear morphs into quasi-ferocious anger... like a chihuahua about to be sniffed by a Great Dane..."

• A Frank Zappa Sampler: Meet My Favorite Musical Genius

To know Zappa's stuff you have to pop in your earbuds, get comfortable, close your eyes and just enjoy the ride. Here's my curated playlist to get you started.

• 10 of My Most-Accessed Items at Internet Archive

I have uploaded over 90 items to the Internet Archive. Some of them are downloaded and used more than others. This article links the top 10 items accessed there.

• On AI Authorship: What's the meaning of this? 

In this article I share the results of my experimenting with the AI authoring tool ChatGPT. It was a fascinating process.

• 11 Apps I Use Almost Every Day

... the apps that I find indispensable and use almost everyday... sometimes many times a day.

PLAN TO VOTE & STOP TEAM TRUMP from Implementing Their "Fascist Playbook!"

 

John Oliver on the Dangers of a Trump Second Term

Background

When Trump was president, career civil servants (typically experts in many scientific and legal specialties such as weather forecasting, constitutional law, medicine, etc) at the environmental protection agency, Department of Justice and other agencies stopped him and his right wing cabinet members from breaking laws that were meant to protect the environment, civil rights, healthcare and more. Team Trump was so frustrated by this that they resolved to develop a plan to neutralize these experts as soon as they take office. Project 2025 is their detailed strategy to dismantle the administrative entities and the laws that protect our civil rights, the environment, abortion access, the healthcare system and more. Project 2025 is supported by all sorts of special interests such as the Koch brothers, big oil, white supremacists and others. If it's implemented, it could destroy our democracy. 

Forewarned is Forearmed!

Critics are calling it the fascists' playbook!

They say the devil is in the details. So what devilish evils await us in a second Trump presidency? 

Project 2025 playbook

The detailed plans of those who hope to capitalize on a Trump victory in November are laid out in black and white for all to see in a document called Project 2025. Input from white supremacists, misogynists, and all manner of right-wing nut-jobs are represented in this detailed strategy document to be implemented following Team Trump's takeover. John Oliver has dug into this document and put together an engaging and enormously informative look at the real dangers that a second Trump term poses for our democracy. 

John's video is fun, yet it's fact-filled. Check it out and then please share it with everyone you know! 

Go Deeper & Share:

• What is project 2025 and why is it dangerous? [4:33 video]

• It's a manifesto: the most terrifying details in project 2025 [8:36 video]

• Wikipedia's detailed overview of Project 2025