For us To Win


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“For Us To Win”

I keep hearing Democrats using that phrase regarding the upcoming elections. Lawmakers, candidates, influencers, liberal podcasters, bloviators and more talk about what Democrats need to do to persuade voters. What they need in order to get elected. Here’s the problem.

We The People don’t give a damn about those Democrats.

We care about our lives, our safety and our freedom. We care if there is equal justice under law for all, so that rich guys, elite guys and brutal cruelty dispensers get what they’re due. We care that the lawless, criminal ICE thugs are prosecuted and that lying, self-serving officials are prosecuted for their reprehensible and often illegal, un-constitutional behavior.

We care that Epstein’s buddies, the abusers, pedophiles and sex traffickers of girls, some of them little girls as young as 9 years old, get skewered by an aggressive Department of Justice that actually does its job. And I don’t mean their job of sucking up to Trump.

There is little as abhorrent as children being violated. Even MAGAs are all in on getting the perps. And they’re angry as hell that Trump lied to them, promising to make the evidence of those crimes public and then doing everything he can to keep the evidence from them, to cover up the wrongdoing. Still, millions of them stand with the felon.

We know what “fair” means, and what we see is so blatantly unfair and offensive to our values that we want things set right. Finger pointing doesn’t get the job done and neither do toothless bromides like, “We must,” blah, blah, blah.

We care if we can afford to feed our families, provide healthcare and keep the house warm in winter. We care about saving our democracy, too, but that’s a rather esoteric thing, so for some it isn’t a compelling argument to get out and vote – except for those voters already feeling the violations of their citizenship, like the citizens of Minneapolis and others around the country who care and show up to protest.

Voting for Democrats carries the implication of voting against Trump and his criminality and cruelty and that’s good. There are lots of us who find that motivating. In fact, much of the anticipation for a blue wave in November is not about electing Democrats, but about defeating Trump. Just watch what happens on March 28 for the next No Kings rally. And do more than watch. Show up! Speak up! You’ll see unlimited energy for deposing the tyrant.

So please, Democrat promoters, stop telling us what you need – donations – and whatever you think will tweak us to send more. We might like some of you, but honestly we’re not at all about you. We’re about us.

We care about We The People. Focus on that, on what we need, not what you need. Perhaps then we’ll listen and maybe donate – after you’ve listened to us. Then we just might show up on November 3rd, vote for Democrats and make a blue wave.

Your Wednesday Assignment

Read Andy Borowitz’s post of February 18, Will Pam Bondi Go to Prison? This is a well reasoned examination of our abhorrent Attorney General. And it will remind you, too, of other felonious incidents and perps that we must prosecute as we move forward to save our freedoms and as we continue to insist upon justice for all.

Quote Of The Week

Speaking to coal workers at the Champion of Coal meeting at the White House last week to accept a childishly made up award, your president broke news, saying,

“I’m proud to officially name the .  .  . undeshibly dishowen .  .  . when did this come out, Mr. Speaker .  .  .”

That is neither snark nor satire. It’s an accurate representation of Trump’s gibberish-speak. Some people are saying that someone must have implanted unintelligence nodules into his brain by blending them into his Big Macs. Or perhaps there is something degenerative going on.

White House spokesperson Davis Ingle boasted – and this is word for word what he said:

“President Trump is the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in American history.”

A confidential source inside the White House who understands Trump’s gibberish-speak explained that “The President takes daily shushems, eats organanic frendoom and garglesh fifadon eshtrank to stay ready for the world schtage.” When asked if President Trump is suffering from dementia, the source reported that Trump doesn’t seem to notice it.

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3 Responses to For us To Win

  1. Kirk Landers February 18, 2026 Reply

    One thing the MAGAs got right was their preparation for taking action as soon as they took office. Yes, it was a Nazi agenda, but they created a model for democracy advocates to follow: a list of changes the President can invoke by himself, with the wording ready to go on Day #1; a list of Congressional bills in order of priority, with submittable language ready to go on Day #1. Etc.

    My personal list of Day #1 priorities:
    1) fill key cabinet posts immediately
    2) demolish the ballroom and restore the East Wing.
    3) sue the donors who paid for the ballroom to cover demolition and restoration costs.
    4) Remove Trump’s name from everything in Washington DC and all federal properties, including the the White House.
    5) Contravene every single Presidential order issued by Trump by restoring prior regulations. Every single one.
    6) Name a blue-ribbon panel of serious judicial minds to immediately begin reviewing candidates for six new Supreme Court justices. This panel would include liberals, conservatives and moderates, but all will have a proven track record of judicial gravitas and none will be advocates of screwball theories about how the constitution is to be interpreted.

    There’s more, but that’s Day 1.

    First month:
    1) Create and fund a special counsel to investigate and prosecute illegal actions taken by Trump and his administration.
    2) Create and fund a special court to hear cases against Trump administration people charged with crimes against humanity.
    3) Offer to cooperate with legitimate International courts pursuing charges against American officials, including military leaders, who participated in the various murders on the high seas of people who had not been tried for a crime.
    4) Add six new justices to the Supreme Court.
    5) Fund a task force to investigate corruption on the Supreme Court
    6) Pass huge tax increases for the Epstein class.
    7) Pass bills that restore environmental norms for the country.
    8) Initiate legislation to nationalize the holdings of the tech bros. Just to fuck with them.

    There’s more, but you get the idea. No more four-year, sloth-like ‘progress’ at correcting the hideous mess these Nazi bastards created.

  2. Barry Saffrin February 18, 2026 Reply

    The time we are facing today is more and more reminiscent of the start of the French Revolution as King Louis XVI and his Court of over privileged lords and ladies and other nobles suck the life out of the citizens by taxes and just plain ignoring the terrible conditions they were living under until they had had enough and eventually brought out the guillotine and publicly beheaded them to the screaming cheers of all who gathered to witness.

    The increased everyday deadly violence we see today AND the killing of Charley Kirk because of easy access to him was perhaps a harbinger of worse to come. The discontent in the country is palpable. The corruption in the highest office in the land is an international DISGRACE! The toadying of venal billionaires who care for nothing except their increasing wealth further driving apart the haves from the have nots is glaringly apparent as it was so long ago in France.

    There is a reckoning coming and heads will roll as those prone to violence will begin the second American Revolution. Most will then join in and perhaps we will have our own Guillotines in the public square.

  3. Mardy Grothe February 18, 2026 Reply

    Another great column. Jack. Your final paragraph was the best!