I have unfortunate news for you: I work in healthcare and a LOT of doctors and nurses are Trumpers. Medicine actually tends to be a slightly conservative-leaning profession, for whatever reason. Maybe because it has tended to skew older and male, I don't know. But what I can also say is the younger generations becoming physicians are very concerned about social justice and helping to right the historical wrongs of healthcare. Know hope.
I had a friend, a young man two years older than my oldest child, who's 44. The friend is a doctor. He was a kind hearted young man until he wasn't. He has turned into a radical right wing person I don't even recognize.
It's so very bizarre to me that a doctor — on the front lines of care during the pandemic, caring for Covid deniers, caring for people mislead about the virus and persuaded not to wear a mask by their president — that a doctor could support a man who so casually denied science, who said it would just... disappear, like magic; who politicized a deadly virus with the word China, as if to say "don't blame me for the deaths, in fact [by implication] blame the Chinese, hate them, not me for mishandling a response." That man — fearing to lose political advantage, withheld information that could have saved lives. Those two months of his politically-inspired Covid denial cost an estimated thirty-thousand American lives, 30,000!
I saw refrigerator trucks parked behind a few different hospitals to hold the overflow of bodies waiting for autopsy or burial or whatever, It was truly horrific to witness and cannot be "swept under the rug" Let us not forget that the denial of Covid was only ONE of the astoundingly dangerous actions or NON actions committed by Thump's 4 year reign of terror in the WH! With access to our nuclear codes! That two faced slum lord only made it there because of a total lack of interest in participating in this experiment called Democracy made for the people & by the people.... Only the "people" stopped caring or just don't understand how lucky we all are to live in a free Democracy! Only the brave souls who join the military really get it.. the rest of US are just sucking air. Too cast a vote in an election is a small price to pay to keep our freedom....
The amount of doctors & nurses compared to how many more educated men & women are in this country isn't even close! Please Don't worry too much, we lost alot of medical staff during covid! And they do NOT support Thumpy! My friend works at Kaiser in SF...
Who you vote for is a reflection of your values. In this next election if you vote red you support autocracy and if you vote blue you support democracy. It has never been more clear the difference in party and values. This is why it makes us sad, that people would vote to give up democracy.
How can you look at the work Biden did and NOT see an autocracy in action? He talked about being a “uniter of people” and then proceeded to do ONLY what the far-left wanted in this country. He silenced the free speech rights of US citizens in direct conflict with the Constitution. The list of authoritarian actions he has taken in lengthy. If you’re not willing or able to rationally look at this honestly, then you are being willfully blind to reality.
He directly pressured social media companies to ban, shadow ban, and remove posts of people who questioned the recommendations of the White House in response to Covid. This included licensed physicians and scientists. And then took the step to discredit those same working professionals. This was found to be true in court. His multi-trillion dollar Infrastructure bills are directly linked to the astronomical inflation rates we’ve seen. Savings are at record lows and credit card debt is at a record high. These things 100% affect the ability for families to feed themselves and their children.
Tell me how a candidate says he is going to be a dictator compared to Biden, how is that not autocratic? I would like examples of Biden’s autocratic behavior. You guys that generalize usually have no proof to back up your claim.
The funny part of all this is I’m not a Trumper. I think he’s a political hack, and acts like a petulant baby. I wish he wasn’t candidate for president because, as a person, he’s just not presidential. But there are legitimate reasons why tens of millions of Americans voted for him over Biden. So to lump all those people into one-size-fits-all labels of MAGA and Trumper just because they have both eyes and ears open to what BOTH political parties are doing is just silly. Biden said it himself. Following a single leader blindly is a threat to democracy. This applies to him and the democrats as much as it does to Trump. If you can’t honestly reflect on how Biden performed over the last 4 years and not see some problems, then you’re just as guilty of extremism as that tiny pocket of Trump voters.
Can you fill me in with some details on how Biden silenced the free speech rights of US citizens? Are you possibly referring to social media platforms (private companies) exercising their content moderation policies to protect users from misinformation and disinformation?
I have no problem with private companies exercising their content moderation policies. The problem comes when the Government is telling them which posts or users should be considered misinformation or disinformation.
Actually, he had several BIPARTISAN bills passed, and would have had the BIPARTISAN Border bill passed, of the Florida felon had not blocked it. Think again about how democracy actually works. Then think about PO #1135809 telling us he will be a dictator on day one. Now, consider again what you are actually saying. You have the people reversed!
Of course it does. First of all, it's always sad when some poor soul turns out to be an idiot cultist. Second of all, those people can actually put unqualified people in power. I'm sad as hell about that!
Definitely not the president. Congress writes laws and I want them written by legislators who represent ALL voices of the political spectrum. This is the only way to ensure all Americans are supported and benefit from it, even if the law is watered down or less than perfect for any one group of people. Both parties need to compromise to do this.
Girl bye...you stated your daughter's student loans were forgiven. You mad about that? You say 70 million voted for the wannabe dicktator, well that's not enough voters. You guys know it. Which is why you try so hard to cheat at everything you do. It's why you get your uninformed stooges unto every commission in Congress to stall & disrupt the democratic processes. You folks have deregulated everything and what you couldn't deregulate, you infiltrated with do nothing trumpets (post office, FDA, EPA etc.) You don't own this country. Someone Higher & More Powerful than you is really in charge. You won't win & you won't destroy this country.
I am mad about that. Just because my daughter or myself directly benefit from something doesn’t make it a good thing. Debt that I’m planning to pay off shouldn’t be handed off to the tax payers. How would you feel if tens of thousands of people around the country were given free cars, you included, knowing that everyone else who didn’t get them were going to be taxed to pay for it? That’s how this feels to me; not great.
I can think of specific actions Biden took or laws he signed that did each of these things. So far Harris has only done 2 of these things, but that’s about what I’d expect since she hasn’t really done much.
Susan, you are short on details. Iowa's GOP governor turned down federal money, from Biden's administration, to help feed families. I don't call that helping struggling Iowa families or being decent. Are you being thorough in your news gathering?
Calling citizens who would vote for Donald Trump “a threat to American Democracy” is demonizing people who simply don’t support Biden’s political actions. He called Trump voters “semi-fascist”. That is demonizing language.
Biden demonized anyone who would vote for Trump. If I remember correctly, that was over 70 million people at the last election. Biden took action to silence free speech rights on social media, print media, and newspapers for citizens, doctors, or scientists who disagreed or even questioned Biden’s actions during Covid. Biden forced businesses to close and forced kids to school at home well beyond where other countries were opening up, and Covid danger was long past. Biden’s multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bills have a direct link to the 9.1% inflation rate that killed our economy. American’s savings are at their lowest level in 40 years, credit card use is at a record high, housing prices are almost complexly beyond reach for anyone in their 30’s to get into the market, food prices have gone up; all directly related to Biden’s actions. He keeps forgiving student loan debt which takes tax money directly out of those who never went to college in order to pay off the debts of people who did. And most recently, Biden purposely hid his declining health issues from the country. I haven’t donated a dime to any campaign, and I never will. But I vote in every election. Cheers to you; I wish you the best.
Sorry that you are reaping what you and your liberal ilk have been perpetrating on conservatives for years. Not much fun when it’s aimed at you is it? Look inward at the lunacy you post. “I can’t believe a doctor can support Trump”. What a childish and asinine statement. A little self awareness and respect for others would greatly enhance your experience in the world. You act like a toddler
Nothing justifies threatening a person's life. I can't believe I even have to say it. You thugs are reaping what YOU sow....when your dear cult leader loses the election.
ONLY because Trump told people, on live TV, to shoot Lysol in their veins or try shining "a very bright light" too kill Covid!! And people DIED because they believed him!! That is why it shocks me that a doctor would support Donald Trump. Okay? Not trying to offend anyone, I just remember that press conference when he said that!
You're right! It is on ly politics! Nobody has to even get hurt! If you don't like the present President you can vote for someone else next election! This new threatening kind of politics is a no win policy! And has to stop! We debate our problems instead of fighting about them! Use your BRAIN power!
Just like the Muslims, you only whine and cry about tolerance after you have been attacked. When your side is doing the attacking, you are perfectly ok with that. You guys changed the rules of polite engagement and then whine when you get smacked. Buckle up
You have the gall to come on Jess' page and call her a toddler? Do you know what psychological projection is? If not, maybe look it up before you embarrass yourself further.
Man, do all of you teach at the same socialist school or are all of you in some crazy cat lady club? Serious mental issues. Get out in the world and build something or contribute to society in some way. Please
Interesting! I am nurse who works at an enormous health network. Many of our docs are progressive and have same sex spouses. However, it is a huge network, and while I don't talk politics at work (general practice) there are some nurses I work with who are hard core Trumpers, probably some docs too-don't know. Among the nursing population, I find that the pro Trump crowd is either extremely religious and vote on abortion alone, or just plain old misinformed; these are educated folks, some with masters degrees. I'm not sure what they are thinking-it's actually stunning to me. I understand the conservative view point, but I don't see what they see in Trump or how they're missing the assault on democracy, and how there is anything about Trump that is "ok!" Head scratcher
Just a note here. I have a lot of friends with Master Degrees. Most of them, while good in their fields, couldn’t figure out how to get a cork out of a bottle. So I’m really not surprised.
I was just about to say that most of them never took humanities courses because they are niche oriented to sciences, biology & anatomy. It's the same w engineers. Cutting out humanities has made ppl much less educated. They can do their jobs but they are generally rigid in their thinking & that's bad for our nation.
What this country needs is more English majors! And foreign-language majors. And art majors. And philosophy majors. Etc. But nope, we push STEM. STEM is important, but not more important than humanities.
I agree, even the loss of art & shop classes and team sports all things young people NEED to learn how to either get along or how to agree to disagree without hating anyone!
Yeah! I get what you are saying. What stumps me in the acute care hospital setting is my colleagues, many who are pro Trump, are fast on their feet critical thinkers-can save your ass and will do so, like warriors, in a heartbeat. So, I don’t know, it’s like Trumpism to them has a different meaning.
The nurses I know who were originally Conservative for religious or other reasons really became hardcore MAGA, in the conspiracy theory camp over Covid treatments and anti-vac's and post a lot of articles supporting their views from unknown sources.
They have a lot of like -minded followers who don't trust government.
Yeah, I can count the nurses on one hand who rejected covid treatments (but happily received the first vaccine) when it first became available to us in December of 2020. They all stood on “herd immunity” after the first dose. Their rationale was we (nursing) were still getting covid, albeit very mild self limiting cases. This due to, I believe, vaccines, and other factors we still don’t fully understand. I am 💯 percent confident vaccine and social distancing precautions were the most effective, regardless of the rampant conspiracy theories-that bs is getting really hard to tolerate, and so stale.
They were! Masks don't stop transmission of disease, WHY would surgeons put up with them for long surgeries? Or the other ppl in OR? I think they should ask MAGAs if they mind if they remo e their masks while they breathe on you during surgery! I detest idiots who have no common sense & run with the lemmings.
Trump's appeal is a cult of personality more than conservatism. I know conservatives who are never trumpers and will remain so. They can't understand how someone so absent of integrity can be supported by the GOP. Maybe they like the tax breaks for the wealthy? Doctors can pull in some serious money, more so than your average rural Midwest salary. Let's not discount racism and misogyny. It's sad to bring those two factors to the surface, but they do exist across all income levels.
The thing that annoys me about our never trump allies is their inability to understand that is was conservatism itself that lead to the inevitable rise of a trump. Stuart Stevens is the exception.
Key word u mentioned religion,is it! And that's why the founders made it the FIRST amendment!! The separation of church & state is very important to our Democracy's survival! U could mention that to your educated medical circle! Say something like: any true & righteous American should not only know the constitution but also respect all its laws! The founders may have been elite slave owners but they saw the error of their ways & were smart enough & confident enough to remedy it! Plus nobody stops them from going to church! They just can't force other people too! ✌️💙
There is nothing conservative about the current gop. They basically want to dismantle the government. They want anarchy. Why? I could not pretend to understand why. People have meltdowns about wearing masks during a very serious pandemic. I worked 45 years in healthcare and through the pandemic. IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED in my 45 years. The steps taken were to protect the public and healthcare workers. That was not a freedom taken away. Wearing a mask was a civil responsibility to protect others. The response wasn’t perfect (trump inviting us to inject bleach) but the disease and the severity and voracity of the spread required the attempts at controlling it for the good of all. What the #%^* is wrong with people? Freedom does not mean doing whatever you want despite whether it would harm someone else. Freedom comes with responsibility towards others. Many people in our country need to grow up.
it could be the stock market... when Thump was prez the stockmarket ballooned! but it was all fluff, because it crashed when he left. IDK just a theory of mine. ✌️💙
I am politically and religiously progressive. Yet, I still hold to modesty in dress and speech and try for politeness and basic respect when interacting with others, especially with those who hold less power in the situation than I have. It is so strange that 1) this behavior seems more and more unusual these days and 2) in the past the conservatives held to these ideals and pointed the finger at us "liberals" for not "acting better." The parts of the religious conservatives' behavior that I once appreciated is fading into retribution, "what about-ism," and "glad to be pissing off a lib." I also know that Marjorie Taylor Greene has been swatted more than once. I think our society would be so much better off if we all could get back to basic respect, humility, and politeness and not label it as either liberal or conservative - just kind.
Truth! These are NOT Christians at all! You should listen to Dworkin's interview w Andrea Wilson or Watson who was raised in the Christofascist world & to Politic's Girl's interview w a guy raised the same who also broke free. Real eye openers!
I can’t anymore. I get sick of Christians saying that these people are not christians, they don’t represent the faith, and all the other apologetic s and excuses they use. If it’s your religion you have the responsibility to fix the rot from within. If you continue to claim it and do nothing, then your culpable and just as much to blame. All everyone would have to do is let their local ministers know, and charities know that…while this or that goes on you won’t be seeing me or my dime…..and trust me, once the denomination took a major hit they would shut it all down. Organized Religions and churches, mosques, etc. are nothing but a grab for power and control and a money making grift.
I remember when I first started voting that people really never said what party they were voting for... and I never understood that until now and now I see why it's because it divides us as Americans! it shouldn't matter who we're voting for because we're all on the same team!! You make a good point though! Once we rid US of this maga cancer we should return to that practice! ✌️💙
I am in the same personality as you are, Emma. I say that I’m conservative with myself (modest, saving money, religious, try to be a lady, etc.) but am liberal and live and let live with others. We all come from different walks of life, so what do I know?
My father, a first generation American, was from a relatively poor family. In the mid 1940s, he attended medical school. Because he was Jewish, he was allowed in under a quota. There were and are many poor people who worked, as my father did, to attend medical school. His family was in no position to offer any assistance except for occasional delivery of food.
I worked clinically in a hospital for about a decade and now I work in academia for a medical school and I would say that isn't really true anymore. Medicine is still a very legacy-type field (people become doctors because their parents were, etc), but medical school has started to diversify quite a bit. It is composed of a LOT of foreign students, particulary South Asian and Middle Eastern, and more first gen and ethnic minority students are attending, but not really enough to balance the scales yet in a significant way. We'll get there though. And I'm in the midwest; on the coasts it's probably even more diverse.
Because I work in the field I have ended up with a lot of close friends who are physicians, and I wouldn't say any of them come from wealthy families. They are also all first gen physicians in their 30's and 40's, for what that's worth.
I think, in general with some doctors, and certainly not most doctors, it’s the money. They will tolerate misogyny, racism, and antisemitism in order to get a tax break. It’s the same reason those tech bros like Thiel are backing Trump.
My spouse does the same thing! LOL We are a same sex couple, but he's a long haired redneck, metallica listening redneck from rural upstate NY so no one ever pegs him as Gay. Come to think of it, the gayest thing about him is ME!
Yeah, there were a startling number of health care workers here in rural Oregon who were anti mask and even anti vaccine during covid. It blew my damn mind.
My parents live in Arkansas and there were some doctors down there who refused to use masks in their clinics. I'm in Kansas City and work in healthcare, and even here we had some doctors who trained our students who wouldn't let the students wear masks. It was insane.
It's bizarre that people in a scientific field can be so dogmatically anti-science. I've spent a lot of time around engineers, and some are vociferous climate deniers. It's like, you think math explains circuitry and bridges just fine, but the atmosphere runs on magic?
Like all professions, there can be some numbskulls, but the fact is more education brings less vulnerability to lies and gaslighting. If I wasn't so lazy I'd look up the surveys on this.
I think you’re mostly correct about the conservative lean rationale but I also think medical caretakers don’t have much time to follow politics. They may or may not get news outside of “main stream”, which if network news is any indication totally fails to report specifics re: 45. They mostly failed throughout the end of the 20th century bigly and dismissed him as sort of a “louche” (my new vocab word today) without much commentary on the misogyny & racism & anti-worker behavior of almost everyone back then.
Definitely. Highlighting the work of Dems in states like MO and esp Blue MO's commitment to run in every district, play the long game would be inspiring.
No, please don't become a talking head. Beware of being sucked in by attention and 'fame'. You'll lose all the hard-earned trust you have now on the local level.
Spreading her message is not being tucked in by attention. That would be Jess using their wider platforms, not them using her. Jess Parker is firmly planted, and she has a strong community around her to keep her grounded. She needs the rest of the country to help her change MO. The DNC needs to support her! Having the wider platform will get her the support she needs.
Ummm, my family has been swatted, and the Police are also on the call. They were there right along with the team, so why don't you stop making shit up to somehow gel with your autocratic vision for the world. You make a lot of people sick. Shame on YOU.
It certainly should be labeled as such, I mean it’s terriorist behavior & sounds local to me! I bet there is a way for them to check the dark web to trace that email you rec’d.
I am sorry this happened, but put with that the voter intimidation, it is frustrating, sad and to be honest, not what I think this country is about. Maybe I don't know my country anymore. But, I too am a rural woman and we just band together and get used to it. I am learning to call them out to their faces, "are you trying to intimidate me?" "What do you wish to accomplish by talking to me like that?" It empowers me a bit.
Exactly. The FBI have officers who “live” in the dark web. Local police departments in big cities do too. If Jess goes to the FBI they will find out exactly where it came from.
Jess your courage is to be honored. not sure I could be as brave. particularly I am impressed with what saved you is knowing and being known in your community so another thanks to
I am so angry this happened to you! I am beyond outraged that justice against e- terrorism seems to be unenforceable. This sly dark oppression visited on you is obscene. I was raised in Missouri but I left. I’m gay and it was the 70’s and we were still being jailed. Saying thank you for your bravery, your integrity and intelligence seems weak in the face of this sly dark evil directed at you and yours. You are heroic for every damned word you write. Please don’t stop.
Doing what you do takes lots of courage, something you have plenty of. I'm sorry you were subject to the methods of the "deplorables" of the MAGA movement. It just makes me more proud of what you have achieved and more determined to work towards ending their disruption of our 248 year experiment. #KeepGoing 👏🏻 🇺🇸 💪🏻 ⭐️
I have unfortunate news for you: I work in healthcare and a LOT of doctors and nurses are Trumpers. Medicine actually tends to be a slightly conservative-leaning profession, for whatever reason. Maybe because it has tended to skew older and male, I don't know. But what I can also say is the younger generations becoming physicians are very concerned about social justice and helping to right the historical wrongs of healthcare. Know hope.
I heard from a lot of folks that agree with you. I am so sad to hear this.
I had a friend, a young man two years older than my oldest child, who's 44. The friend is a doctor. He was a kind hearted young man until he wasn't. He has turned into a radical right wing person I don't even recognize.
It's so very bizarre to me that a doctor — on the front lines of care during the pandemic, caring for Covid deniers, caring for people mislead about the virus and persuaded not to wear a mask by their president — that a doctor could support a man who so casually denied science, who said it would just... disappear, like magic; who politicized a deadly virus with the word China, as if to say "don't blame me for the deaths, in fact [by implication] blame the Chinese, hate them, not me for mishandling a response." That man — fearing to lose political advantage, withheld information that could have saved lives. Those two months of his politically-inspired Covid denial cost an estimated thirty-thousand American lives, 30,000!
I saw refrigerator trucks parked behind a few different hospitals to hold the overflow of bodies waiting for autopsy or burial or whatever, It was truly horrific to witness and cannot be "swept under the rug" Let us not forget that the denial of Covid was only ONE of the astoundingly dangerous actions or NON actions committed by Thump's 4 year reign of terror in the WH! With access to our nuclear codes! That two faced slum lord only made it there because of a total lack of interest in participating in this experiment called Democracy made for the people & by the people.... Only the "people" stopped caring or just don't understand how lucky we all are to live in a free Democracy! Only the brave souls who join the military really get it.. the rest of US are just sucking air. Too cast a vote in an election is a small price to pay to keep our freedom....
And our Lil donny got every vaccine he could for himself! What a POS!
Yep. Then, recovered and maskless, he behaved as if his superior physical condition conquered the virus. A real Mussolini.
I had never heard of you before today. I’m so glad to meet you Jess. I pray you stay safe brave lady. 💙
The amount of doctors & nurses compared to how many more educated men & women are in this country isn't even close! Please Don't worry too much, we lost alot of medical staff during covid! And they do NOT support Thumpy! My friend works at Kaiser in SF...
Why are you sad about this? It makes no sense to me to be “sad” about who someone would vote for.
Who you vote for is a reflection of your values. In this next election if you vote red you support autocracy and if you vote blue you support democracy. It has never been more clear the difference in party and values. This is why it makes us sad, that people would vote to give up democracy.
How can you look at the work Biden did and NOT see an autocracy in action? He talked about being a “uniter of people” and then proceeded to do ONLY what the far-left wanted in this country. He silenced the free speech rights of US citizens in direct conflict with the Constitution. The list of authoritarian actions he has taken in lengthy. If you’re not willing or able to rationally look at this honestly, then you are being willfully blind to reality.
How did Biden silence free speech, exactly? What authoritarian actions? How did he take food from children?
I need facts. Convince me.
See my previous comment. Those people cannot be convinced: If Trumpers could be swayed by logic and facts, they wouldn't be Trumpers.
He directly pressured social media companies to ban, shadow ban, and remove posts of people who questioned the recommendations of the White House in response to Covid. This included licensed physicians and scientists. And then took the step to discredit those same working professionals. This was found to be true in court. His multi-trillion dollar Infrastructure bills are directly linked to the astronomical inflation rates we’ve seen. Savings are at record lows and credit card debt is at a record high. These things 100% affect the ability for families to feed themselves and their children.
Tell me how a candidate says he is going to be a dictator compared to Biden, how is that not autocratic? I would like examples of Biden’s autocratic behavior. You guys that generalize usually have no proof to back up your claim.
Oh, you're a Trumper. Never mind. I'll never convince you of a thing. If Trumpers could be swayed by logic and facts, they wouldn't be Trumpers.
The funny part of all this is I’m not a Trumper. I think he’s a political hack, and acts like a petulant baby. I wish he wasn’t candidate for president because, as a person, he’s just not presidential. But there are legitimate reasons why tens of millions of Americans voted for him over Biden. So to lump all those people into one-size-fits-all labels of MAGA and Trumper just because they have both eyes and ears open to what BOTH political parties are doing is just silly. Biden said it himself. Following a single leader blindly is a threat to democracy. This applies to him and the democrats as much as it does to Trump. If you can’t honestly reflect on how Biden performed over the last 4 years and not see some problems, then you’re just as guilty of extremism as that tiny pocket of Trump voters.
Can you fill me in with some details on how Biden silenced the free speech rights of US citizens? Are you possibly referring to social media platforms (private companies) exercising their content moderation policies to protect users from misinformation and disinformation?
I have no problem with private companies exercising their content moderation policies. The problem comes when the Government is telling them which posts or users should be considered misinformation or disinformation.
OMG another troll. You people always show up when you get nervous about losing an election.
Sorry, just because you leftists can't deal with the truth doesn't mean the person telling it to you is a troll.
In response to your musings…😩
Actually, he had several BIPARTISAN bills passed, and would have had the BIPARTISAN Border bill passed, of the Florida felon had not blocked it. Think again about how democracy actually works. Then think about PO #1135809 telling us he will be a dictator on day one. Now, consider again what you are actually saying. You have the people reversed!
Of course it does. First of all, it's always sad when some poor soul turns out to be an idiot cultist. Second of all, those people can actually put unqualified people in power. I'm sad as hell about that!
wow. your vote can be consequentisl. Who do you want making the laws that shape your country & your children's future?
Definitely not the president. Congress writes laws and I want them written by legislators who represent ALL voices of the political spectrum. This is the only way to ensure all Americans are supported and benefit from it, even if the law is watered down or less than perfect for any one group of people. Both parties need to compromise to do this.
I agree with this statement but news flash, you can’t compromise with a conman.
Girl bye...you stated your daughter's student loans were forgiven. You mad about that? You say 70 million voted for the wannabe dicktator, well that's not enough voters. You guys know it. Which is why you try so hard to cheat at everything you do. It's why you get your uninformed stooges unto every commission in Congress to stall & disrupt the democratic processes. You folks have deregulated everything and what you couldn't deregulate, you infiltrated with do nothing trumpets (post office, FDA, EPA etc.) You don't own this country. Someone Higher & More Powerful than you is really in charge. You won't win & you won't destroy this country.
I am mad about that. Just because my daughter or myself directly benefit from something doesn’t make it a good thing. Debt that I’m planning to pay off shouldn’t be handed off to the tax payers. How would you feel if tens of thousands of people around the country were given free cars, you included, knowing that everyone else who didn’t get them were going to be taxed to pay for it? That’s how this feels to me; not great.
Because she's in a cult.
Demonized others - Biden
Took rights away from people - Biden
Took money from struggling families - Biden
Steal food from children’s mouths - Biden
Goal to destroy decent people - Biden
I can think of specific actions Biden took or laws he signed that did each of these things. So far Harris has only done 2 of these things, but that’s about what I’d expect since she hasn’t really done much.
Susan, you are short on details. Iowa's GOP governor turned down federal money, from Biden's administration, to help feed families. I don't call that helping struggling Iowa families or being decent. Are you being thorough in your news gathering?
Demonized others?
You’re in a battle of wits, with an unarmed person.
Calling citizens who would vote for Donald Trump “a threat to American Democracy” is demonizing people who simply don’t support Biden’s political actions. He called Trump voters “semi-fascist”. That is demonizing language.
So name these "specific actions."
Biden demonized anyone who would vote for Trump. If I remember correctly, that was over 70 million people at the last election. Biden took action to silence free speech rights on social media, print media, and newspapers for citizens, doctors, or scientists who disagreed or even questioned Biden’s actions during Covid. Biden forced businesses to close and forced kids to school at home well beyond where other countries were opening up, and Covid danger was long past. Biden’s multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bills have a direct link to the 9.1% inflation rate that killed our economy. American’s savings are at their lowest level in 40 years, credit card use is at a record high, housing prices are almost complexly beyond reach for anyone in their 30’s to get into the market, food prices have gone up; all directly related to Biden’s actions. He keeps forgiving student loan debt which takes tax money directly out of those who never went to college in order to pay off the debts of people who did. And most recently, Biden purposely hid his declining health issues from the country. I haven’t donated a dime to any campaign, and I never will. But I vote in every election. Cheers to you; I wish you the best.
Sorry that you are reaping what you and your liberal ilk have been perpetrating on conservatives for years. Not much fun when it’s aimed at you is it? Look inward at the lunacy you post. “I can’t believe a doctor can support Trump”. What a childish and asinine statement. A little self awareness and respect for others would greatly enhance your experience in the world. You act like a toddler
Nothing justifies threatening a person's life. I can't believe I even have to say it. You thugs are reaping what YOU sow....when your dear cult leader loses the election.
ty , strength in numbers not violence!✌️💙
ONLY because Trump told people, on live TV, to shoot Lysol in their veins or try shining "a very bright light" too kill Covid!! And people DIED because they believed him!! That is why it shocks me that a doctor would support Donald Trump. Okay? Not trying to offend anyone, I just remember that press conference when he said that!
What an ugly and vile comment. You talk about "respect for others," what a joke.
No attacks or threats from either "side" should be tolerated, much less supported, again, from either side of the political isle. Just stop!
You're right! It is on ly politics! Nobody has to even get hurt! If you don't like the present President you can vote for someone else next election! This new threatening kind of politics is a no win policy! And has to stop! We debate our problems instead of fighting about them! Use your BRAIN power!
Just like the Muslims, you only whine and cry about tolerance after you have been attacked. When your side is doing the attacking, you are perfectly ok with that. You guys changed the rules of polite engagement and then whine when you get smacked. Buckle up
You have the gall to come on Jess' page and call her a toddler? Do you know what psychological projection is? If not, maybe look it up before you embarrass yourself further.
Man, do all of you teach at the same socialist school or are all of you in some crazy cat lady club? Serious mental issues. Get out in the world and build something or contribute to society in some way. Please
So, since you are an expert, please share your credentials to assess my mental status. Go troll elsewhere Russian bot.
Interesting! I am nurse who works at an enormous health network. Many of our docs are progressive and have same sex spouses. However, it is a huge network, and while I don't talk politics at work (general practice) there are some nurses I work with who are hard core Trumpers, probably some docs too-don't know. Among the nursing population, I find that the pro Trump crowd is either extremely religious and vote on abortion alone, or just plain old misinformed; these are educated folks, some with masters degrees. I'm not sure what they are thinking-it's actually stunning to me. I understand the conservative view point, but I don't see what they see in Trump or how they're missing the assault on democracy, and how there is anything about Trump that is "ok!" Head scratcher
Just a note here. I have a lot of friends with Master Degrees. Most of them, while good in their fields, couldn’t figure out how to get a cork out of a bottle. So I’m really not surprised.
I was just about to say that most of them never took humanities courses because they are niche oriented to sciences, biology & anatomy. It's the same w engineers. Cutting out humanities has made ppl much less educated. They can do their jobs but they are generally rigid in their thinking & that's bad for our nation.
What this country needs is more English majors! And foreign-language majors. And art majors. And philosophy majors. Etc. But nope, we push STEM. STEM is important, but not more important than humanities.
you are spot on! We Americans need more depth! ✌️💙
Precisely! Stem is fine but there should be a good foundation in the humanities.
I agree, even the loss of art & shop classes and team sports all things young people NEED to learn how to either get along or how to agree to disagree without hating anyone!
Many talented people out here in America. But their collective IQ goes down 50 points when discussing politics.
That saying "never discuss religion or politics at family gatherings" makes more & more sense nowadays!
Yeah! I get what you are saying. What stumps me in the acute care hospital setting is my colleagues, many who are pro Trump, are fast on their feet critical thinkers-can save your ass and will do so, like warriors, in a heartbeat. So, I don’t know, it’s like Trumpism to them has a different meaning.
Your jealousy is showing.
Substack needs an unlike button
Thinking the same thing.
UNLIKE !
To KL 👆🏻
Are you assuming that Jeff doesn't also have a Master's Degree?
The nurses I know who were originally Conservative for religious or other reasons really became hardcore MAGA, in the conspiracy theory camp over Covid treatments and anti-vac's and post a lot of articles supporting their views from unknown sources.
They have a lot of like -minded followers who don't trust government.
I will never understand nurses who were against masks. Covid was health related. I don't call up my state Senator for a doctor appointment.
RN here. I agree. I refuse to discuss politics with any maga. It’s not worth my time. 🤮
Yeah, I can count the nurses on one hand who rejected covid treatments (but happily received the first vaccine) when it first became available to us in December of 2020. They all stood on “herd immunity” after the first dose. Their rationale was we (nursing) were still getting covid, albeit very mild self limiting cases. This due to, I believe, vaccines, and other factors we still don’t fully understand. I am 💯 percent confident vaccine and social distancing precautions were the most effective, regardless of the rampant conspiracy theories-that bs is getting really hard to tolerate, and so stale.
They were! Masks don't stop transmission of disease, WHY would surgeons put up with them for long surgeries? Or the other ppl in OR? I think they should ask MAGAs if they mind if they remo e their masks while they breathe on you during surgery! I detest idiots who have no common sense & run with the lemmings.
Trump's appeal is a cult of personality more than conservatism. I know conservatives who are never trumpers and will remain so. They can't understand how someone so absent of integrity can be supported by the GOP. Maybe they like the tax breaks for the wealthy? Doctors can pull in some serious money, more so than your average rural Midwest salary. Let's not discount racism and misogyny. It's sad to bring those two factors to the surface, but they do exist across all income levels.
The thing that annoys me about our never trump allies is their inability to understand that is was conservatism itself that lead to the inevitable rise of a trump. Stuart Stevens is the exception.
It is a fucking head scratcher, I’ll give you that.
Key word u mentioned religion,is it! And that's why the founders made it the FIRST amendment!! The separation of church & state is very important to our Democracy's survival! U could mention that to your educated medical circle! Say something like: any true & righteous American should not only know the constitution but also respect all its laws! The founders may have been elite slave owners but they saw the error of their ways & were smart enough & confident enough to remedy it! Plus nobody stops them from going to church! They just can't force other people too! ✌️💙
agreed
There is nothing conservative about the current gop. They basically want to dismantle the government. They want anarchy. Why? I could not pretend to understand why. People have meltdowns about wearing masks during a very serious pandemic. I worked 45 years in healthcare and through the pandemic. IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED in my 45 years. The steps taken were to protect the public and healthcare workers. That was not a freedom taken away. Wearing a mask was a civil responsibility to protect others. The response wasn’t perfect (trump inviting us to inject bleach) but the disease and the severity and voracity of the spread required the attempts at controlling it for the good of all. What the #%^* is wrong with people? Freedom does not mean doing whatever you want despite whether it would harm someone else. Freedom comes with responsibility towards others. Many people in our country need to grow up.
it could be the stock market... when Thump was prez the stockmarket ballooned! but it was all fluff, because it crashed when he left. IDK just a theory of mine. ✌️💙
Ditto!
I am guessing that until fairly recently -- or maybe even still, you tell me -- only wealthy families could send their kids to study medicine.
But still -- old-fashioned conservatism and MAGA are NOT the same thing.
I am politically and religiously progressive. Yet, I still hold to modesty in dress and speech and try for politeness and basic respect when interacting with others, especially with those who hold less power in the situation than I have. It is so strange that 1) this behavior seems more and more unusual these days and 2) in the past the conservatives held to these ideals and pointed the finger at us "liberals" for not "acting better." The parts of the religious conservatives' behavior that I once appreciated is fading into retribution, "what about-ism," and "glad to be pissing off a lib." I also know that Marjorie Taylor Greene has been swatted more than once. I think our society would be so much better off if we all could get back to basic respect, humility, and politeness and not label it as either liberal or conservative - just kind.
I'm sorry, but in MY own experience , Conservative Religious people have never been kind.
Truth! These are NOT Christians at all! You should listen to Dworkin's interview w Andrea Wilson or Watson who was raised in the Christofascist world & to Politic's Girl's interview w a guy raised the same who also broke free. Real eye openers!
I can’t anymore. I get sick of Christians saying that these people are not christians, they don’t represent the faith, and all the other apologetic s and excuses they use. If it’s your religion you have the responsibility to fix the rot from within. If you continue to claim it and do nothing, then your culpable and just as much to blame. All everyone would have to do is let their local ministers know, and charities know that…while this or that goes on you won’t be seeing me or my dime…..and trust me, once the denomination took a major hit they would shut it all down. Organized Religions and churches, mosques, etc. are nothing but a grab for power and control and a money making grift.
I remember when I first started voting that people really never said what party they were voting for... and I never understood that until now and now I see why it's because it divides us as Americans! it shouldn't matter who we're voting for because we're all on the same team!! You make a good point though! Once we rid US of this maga cancer we should return to that practice! ✌️💙
I am in the same personality as you are, Emma. I say that I’m conservative with myself (modest, saving money, religious, try to be a lady, etc.) but am liberal and live and let live with others. We all come from different walks of life, so what do I know?
My father, a first generation American, was from a relatively poor family. In the mid 1940s, he attended medical school. Because he was Jewish, he was allowed in under a quota. There were and are many poor people who worked, as my father did, to attend medical school. His family was in no position to offer any assistance except for occasional delivery of food.
My parents were liberal Democrats all their lives who supported people in the margins. So do I.
I love the Jewish community.
I worked clinically in a hospital for about a decade and now I work in academia for a medical school and I would say that isn't really true anymore. Medicine is still a very legacy-type field (people become doctors because their parents were, etc), but medical school has started to diversify quite a bit. It is composed of a LOT of foreign students, particulary South Asian and Middle Eastern, and more first gen and ethnic minority students are attending, but not really enough to balance the scales yet in a significant way. We'll get there though. And I'm in the midwest; on the coasts it's probably even more diverse.
Because I work in the field I have ended up with a lot of close friends who are physicians, and I wouldn't say any of them come from wealthy families. They are also all first gen physicians in their 30's and 40's, for what that's worth.
Bingo!
I think, in general with some doctors, and certainly not most doctors, it’s the money. They will tolerate misogyny, racism, and antisemitism in order to get a tax break. It’s the same reason those tech bros like Thiel are backing Trump.
I’m in healthcare too and have the same experience. I turn off F*x news every time I go to the providers lounge.
My spouse does the same thing! LOL We are a same sex couple, but he's a long haired redneck, metallica listening redneck from rural upstate NY so no one ever pegs him as Gay. Come to think of it, the gayest thing about him is ME!
Yeah, there were a startling number of health care workers here in rural Oregon who were anti mask and even anti vaccine during covid. It blew my damn mind.
My parents live in Arkansas and there were some doctors down there who refused to use masks in their clinics. I'm in Kansas City and work in healthcare, and even here we had some doctors who trained our students who wouldn't let the students wear masks. It was insane.
The MAGA death cult seems to be capable of cutting through medical knowledge.
That’s surprising… and then I think of doctor salaries, and I think about tax cuts…
(Greed is so weird.)
In Chicago, many are from the Philippines and/or members of the LGBTQIA+ Community. In rural areas, though, you are 3 million percent correct.
It's bizarre that people in a scientific field can be so dogmatically anti-science. I've spent a lot of time around engineers, and some are vociferous climate deniers. It's like, you think math explains circuitry and bridges just fine, but the atmosphere runs on magic?
Oh my gosh, that’s terrible that medical professionals (or anyone) could fall for Trump, nothing but the lowest PT Barnum and snake oil salesman.
They may have the money, BUT we have the numbers!! So bring friends to the polls and we will vote them all out together!
Like all professions, there can be some numbskulls, but the fact is more education brings less vulnerability to lies and gaslighting. If I wasn't so lazy I'd look up the surveys on this.
Sickening, maddening, frustrating…all at the same time!
I think you’re mostly correct about the conservative lean rationale but I also think medical caretakers don’t have much time to follow politics. They may or may not get news outside of “main stream”, which if network news is any indication totally fails to report specifics re: 45. They mostly failed throughout the end of the 20th century bigly and dismissed him as sort of a “louche” (my new vocab word today) without much commentary on the misogyny & racism & anti-worker behavior of almost everyone back then.
My daughters both work with the US military and say the same thing.
You are a warrior, Jess. How can you elevate this story to a national level? Rachel Maddow?
Maddow should be having Jess on every couple of weeks.
Definitely. Highlighting the work of Dems in states like MO and esp Blue MO's commitment to run in every district, play the long game would be inspiring.
She should be also on Occupy Democrats, Luke Beasley, etc.
No, please don't become a talking head. Beware of being sucked in by attention and 'fame'. You'll lose all the hard-earned trust you have now on the local level.
Spreading her message is not being tucked in by attention. That would be Jess using their wider platforms, not them using her. Jess Parker is firmly planted, and she has a strong community around her to keep her grounded. She needs the rest of the country to help her change MO. The DNC needs to support her! Having the wider platform will get her the support she needs.
It's Jess Piper, not Parker :)
All kinds of autocorrect goofiness going on in that comment. Apologies!
It's not Rachel, but Jess we be at the Network Nova lunch Friday Noon, est. Its always a fun event, but the Friday should be amazing
Medias Touch. They are great!
Ummm, my family has been swatted, and the Police are also on the call. They were there right along with the team, so why don't you stop making shit up to somehow gel with your autocratic vision for the world. You make a lot of people sick. Shame on YOU.
Libs of TikTok and the Nazis they support are terrorist orgs. No two ways about it.
I'm really sorry this happened to you. No one deserves this kind of treatment!
I’m an 81-year-old grandmother who is outraged that this happened to you. Keep up your good work and stay safe.
It’s not harassment it’s terrorism.
I was wondering if that could be pressed as domestic terrorism
It certainly should be labeled as such, I mean it’s terriorist behavior & sounds local to me! I bet there is a way for them to check the dark web to trace that email you rec’d.
Should be!
I am sorry this happened, but put with that the voter intimidation, it is frustrating, sad and to be honest, not what I think this country is about. Maybe I don't know my country anymore. But, I too am a rural woman and we just band together and get used to it. I am learning to call them out to their faces, "are you trying to intimidate me?" "What do you wish to accomplish by talking to me like that?" It empowers me a bit.
Those are great phrases I'm going to put in my back pocket. Civility say's a lot about a person and their beliefs.
"This is why officers should be part of the community they police."
No truer words spoken. Err, typed. Police like to consider themselves shepherds, yet they sometimes act as if they're stockyard drivers.
I “liked” this only because there’s no other option. No one should like what happened to you.
Our MAGA State Superintendent of Schools has hired this hateful, violence monger to do PR for our department of ed. Help! Oklahoma is not okay.
Omg! Right?
I couldn’t recall which state, so thank you for reminding me. Craziest thing I ever heard!!!
Vote them out.
😳
I am SO sorry you have to go through this for standing up for your (our) beliefs.
Thank you for your willingness to keep facing down those who would silence you - and the rest of us who believe in progressive values.
The ‘dark web’ might be a ‘real thing’, but Deputy Neighbor foes not know what it is or where the e-mail came from. @FBI if you want to find out.
Exactly. The FBI have officers who “live” in the dark web. Local police departments in big cities do too. If Jess goes to the FBI they will find out exactly where it came from.
Or, it’s just a cover for we’re not going to investigate who sent this email.
Benefit of the doubt, but certainly he didn’t investigate and find ‘the dark web.’
Relieved to know that you and your family are safe. Grateful for your strength, perseverance, and voice.
People have lost their damn minds. It’s wrong when it happens to you or MTG.
MTG just teaps what she sows!
No… I hear you, but no one should be doing this to ANYONE. NO ONE.
Agree!!
Jess your courage is to be honored. not sure I could be as brave. particularly I am impressed with what saved you is knowing and being known in your community so another thanks to
your level headed sheriff,
I am so angry this happened to you! I am beyond outraged that justice against e- terrorism seems to be unenforceable. This sly dark oppression visited on you is obscene. I was raised in Missouri but I left. I’m gay and it was the 70’s and we were still being jailed. Saying thank you for your bravery, your integrity and intelligence seems weak in the face of this sly dark evil directed at you and yours. You are heroic for every damned word you write. Please don’t stop.
Solidarity.
🙏💙🙏💙🙏
Doing what you do takes lots of courage, something you have plenty of. I'm sorry you were subject to the methods of the "deplorables" of the MAGA movement. It just makes me more proud of what you have achieved and more determined to work towards ending their disruption of our 248 year experiment. #KeepGoing 👏🏻 🇺🇸 💪🏻 ⭐️