By Scott Etkin
“Fear made me show up,” said Lincoln Square resident Lee Honickman, explaining why he joined a capacity crowd of 800 on Monday night for a town hall about resisting the Trump agenda, organized by Rep. Jerry Nadler and State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, both of whom represent the Upper West Side.
Before the doors opened at the Society for Ethical Culture for Honickman and the rest of the crowd, the line snaked halfway around the block. “I thought that line outside was for the new Absolute Bagels,” quipped Hoylman-Sigal, in one of the night’s few moments of levity.
There was strong applause and united crowd reactions during opening remarks by the two Democratic politicians, in which they explained what they’re doing to oppose President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to government programs and his efforts to deport thousands of immigrants – and what efforts are underway to defend nonprofit groups, universities, scientists, the transgender community, and others.
But emotions escalated and the energy in the room became increasingly tense when the program shifted to the audience Q&A. Several people shouted out, interrupted the speakers, or stated plainly in their comments that whatever resistance the politicians have shown, it wasn’t enough. Overwhelming anger and frustration appeared to be the prevailing emotions throughout the evening.
Audience members pushed Nadler in particular to “think outside the box,” to hold rallies in Republican districts, to amp up his messaging, and to “throw sand in the gears” of the Trump administration.
Nadler, in defending the record of opposition, noted that some 130 lawsuits have been filed against Trump and his policies. He also stressed the importance of blocking Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which would cut programs like SNAP (food stamps) to help fund tax breaks for corporations, and promised to “make the process miserable for them.”
Using the legal system to stop Trump’s actions was a recurring theme. Hoylman-Sigal at one point referred to Nadler as the “general counsel of the resistance” for his efforts on this front. He also encouraged audience members to donate to legal organizations, such as the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, whose CEO, Neera Tanden, joined Nadler and Hoylman-Sigal in addressing the crowd.
Nadler vowed additional legal action when asked about Elon Musk’s role in the federal government. Musk is designated as a special government employee, Nadler said, which means he can serve for 130 days as head of the Department of Government Efficiency. If he isn’t out by mid-May, Nadler said he would bring the issue to court and was confident in a ruling in his favor.
“The law is clear,” he said.
Another theme was the importance of mass protests to demonstrate the public’s opposition to Trump and encourage others to stand up for their rights. Tanden, who was a policy advisor to President Joe Biden, said that the recent Hands Off protests were larger than those organized in 2010 by the conservative Tea Party movement.
“This administration wants people to feel alone and scared,” Tanden said. Showing a “united popular front” is vital to stopping institutions, like law firms and universities, from kowtowing to Trump’s demands.
Tanden also urged the town hall audience to share their passion and views on social media, where Republicans have gained messaging inroads. And she said it was vital to make people understand Trump’s responsibility for policies like new global tariffs that many economists predict could lead to a recession. “We’ve never had a recession driven by the policies of one guy,” she said.
When some audience members got hostile during the Q&A, Tanden tried to redirect the anger – though she drew boos at first for suggesting that part of the problem was people in attendance who weren’t showing a united front. “What [Republicans] really want is a divided opposition,” she said.
Turning to the subject of next year’s midterm elections for Congress, Nadler said that recent voting outcomes in Wisconsin and Florida showed a 15-20 point swing in Democrats’ favor since Trump’s election last November. Nadler expressed optimism that the party would be able to retake the majority of seats in the U.S. House and maybe even the Senate.
“This is the most unpopular president at this point in an administration,” said Tanden. “Except for his first term.”
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Too bad that Ms Tanden was invited, she’s a big part of the reason Trump won.
Seriously? I doubt swing voters have any idea who Neera Tanden is.
How so??
Out of touch corporate Democrat who has no interest in doing things for workers or doing anything to reign in the Democrats’ propensity for starting wars.
That was easy.
That’s a good thing.
Maddie,
It’s a good thing that Tanden spoke at this event?
Or do you mean, you like the fact that DJT is president?
That’s the first thing I thought when I saw her name.
I support trump uws
You support higher taxes on average consumers? You support a genocide in Gaza, you support the destruction of freedom of speech?
OMG. IT’S NOT POSSIBLE! Are you trillionaires? My 401K is not going to support me through my aging! This is because of TFG who you support. What are your values? No due process? Let poor people be abandonned? Don’t support science that finds cures? Cancer? ALS? Diabetes? Heart disease? I’m sickened by those that support such a cruel and stupid man who only likes to bully and hurt. Sickened!
Politics seems to bring out some people’s minds, and others’ hearts.
I’m not worried about my 401 The President is fixing decades of decline in our country
How is Trump doing that by raising taxes on workers? By destroying the environment, by selling off public lands?
I am against open borders, which lead to lower wages, higher housing costs, crowded schools and longer wait times at hospitals.
So you don’t support Charles Koch nor are you a Trotskyist.
Thank God Trump won !
Asking purely out of curiosity, why? Would you expound on your view?
Kamala Harris is one great reason why…
you must be a billionaire.
Not necessarily; there are other possible explanations … but I’m trying to be polite, believe it or not.
You have to stop continuously insulting and putting down people who don’t agree with your points of view. Otherwise you are not much different from the person you despise.
On the contrary. People deserve an explanation because the problems are so obvious. See my comment above.
Being civil is something you don’t agree with?
Talk to doormen and taxi drivers, you’d be shocked how many working class voters support the President. I would imagine though that comment would get censored, the same way that my previous comment remarking on the cost of immigration was.
Why “shocked”? It’s totally logical for the working class to support Trump. The people who support the other side are rich, white-collar elitists who live on the coasts (especially the upper west side!).
But when you hear their reasons for supporting Trump (almost never based on actual political issues), yes you can go back into shock. I’ve not felt animosity towards Trump – we all have known who he is since the 1980s. The problem is not Trump but rather the people who support him based on what they perceive as issues (e.g. “more manly”).
people that support Trump, roughly 50% of the nation, are ‘the problem’.
Who is the bully here?
This is a truly bizarre reading of what is actually HAPPENING.
Please read something.
Please take a look at photos of the inauguration. Who was in the front row?
Billionaires.
This administration does not care a whiff about the working class. They want power and money for the super wealthy. Period.
And precisely would would that be?
So flummoxed I couldn’t even type straight! The question was: And precisely WHAT would that be? Don’t let me discourage you from answering.
I think the crowd was more than willing to listen to Congressman Nadler. He mentioned some important things he was doing and had done. But there was so much more that the audience wanted to hear that they didn’t. There was no mention of Ukraine. Or social security and the enormous cuts that were made to the SS Administration making it very difficult to communicate with them, etc. The audience was angry and feeling generally as in other Town Halls that the responses of the Democratic Party have not been strong enough. Someone said “you need to think outside the box” and was cheered. Another person said “the things they’re trying to do will take 2 years. In 2 years the country will be gone.”
The feeling seemed to be that there is a lack of urgency among the Democrats in what is such an urgent situation. Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen were praised by audience members. Nadler and Tanden who was speaking more than Nadler took questions from the audience briefly and then Nadler was whisked off the stage. The audience had so many more questions which went unanswered and were clearly frustrated at the brief Q & A.
Best not to mention Ukraine, such talk basically allies the US with Nazis.
Right, and Nadler knows better, but he’s not going to say that Trump is trying to destroy Social Security.
Thinking outside the box isn’t what this kind of event is about, these gatherings are mostly about self congratulations.
Tanden should have been booed off the stage. But I guess I don’t expect that from voters who attend such confabs.
Chris Van Hollen is my hero,
He needs to visit more foreign prisons.
Nadler was whisked off because the stench was becoming too much.
I have always wondered what makes people act childish. I don’t agree with the politicians in my state but I don’t act like a child.
We are in debt $36 Trillion and counting. The country is going broke. It is not sustainable. Of course, cuts need to be made. $8 Trillion for wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
NYC has spent over $5 Billion on “migrants” while our schools are failing, violent random crimes are a regular occurence, our mass transit is a mess, our streets are filthy, our health system is terrible, we are being ripped off by the homeless industrial complex and the mental health scammers, etc etc. This is the city that the people shouting out and these very politicians have made! They all need to be swept out.
The reality is that fraud, waste and abuse in the Federal Government which even President Obama wanted to get under control is being addressed. Is it perfect? No. But it is finally being addressed. Yes! That benefits all of us. If fraud and abuse within an agency like Social Security can be found that makes the system more solvent for us. Peace talks are at least underway in Ukraine. The border has been effectively closed.
27 TDA members arrested in NYC TODAY!!!
It has not even been 100 Days yet. Perhaps it is time to stop the grandstanding and actually try and work with The President to solve problems. That used to be the way.
Time to raise taxes to the level of 1960. Time to shrink the military massively.
No, the fraud aligned Elon, is not finding and addressing fraud in the federal government, he is using his investigation to cut services and research, if he were interested in fraud, he’d go after the miliary, Wall Street welfare, and corporate welfare for the likes of Tesla and SpaceX.
“Fraud in Social Security” accusations are nearly baseless, but a way to further undermine Social Security.
You might note that the very right wing, capitalist Wall Street Journal has exposed that despite Trump’s slash and burn of the government through Musk, he has outspent Biden on both 2023 and 2024. So, it’s all billionaire smoke and mirrors; and there is, and has never been, any reason to support a sociopath who tried to overturn democracy on January 6 and is a convicted felon and compulsive liar.
Amen!
I’m thinking before this plays out Bragg and James are not only going to be convicted felons but in jail.
Bill, you talk about trillions in debt. Do you know that every Republican since 1981 has left office with a higher annual deficit than when he started (4 presidents). Do you know that every Democrat since 1981 has left office with a lower annual deficit than when he started (3 presidents). One, Bill Clinton, left with a surplus, but your people wouldn’t ever give him credit. The answer and solution- don’t keep cutting taxes on the super rich and corporations. Believe me, billionaires will get by with higher taxes.
Yes, but that was when the presidents were not vengeful and disturbed.
I’m LOLing that there are still people who think Republicans stand for fiscal responsibility, cutting the deficit, or anything other than enriching themselves at the highest levels. Absolutely bonkers.
My man, the president has shown absolutely no willingness to work with anybody. This includes my Republicans as well as Democrats. He picked fights with everyone, friends and enemy foreign and domestic. How on earth can any rational human being work with this lunatic?
Please don’t try to convince anyone that the Dems have been reasonable and geared toward bipartisanship. Screaming that everything Trump does portends the end of the world is moronic.
Biden tried to pass a very bi-partisan immigration bill and Trump called all his GOP toadies and told them to reject it. And Biden passed 400 pieces of bi partisan legislation. History has proven you wrong, already.
Impossible to be rational in the face of irrationality. Just saying
I’d certainly love to work with THE KING to help him solve the nation’s many pressing problems, but somehow I doubt he’d be very agreeable to my suggestion that he resign immediately and report to The Hague along with his cronies.
Yes, not even 100 days … yet even so, the nation is not so broken that THE KING can’t break it further; e.g., https://meidasnews.com/news/dow-jones-on-pace-for-worst-april-since-1932 .
Decrease crime, dirt, pollution. Repeal bail reform. Refund the police.
The police were never defunded, they just got a stern talking to which they didn’t appreciate, so they had a slowdown in response.
Where is your evidence to support such a ridiculous statement?
DiBlasio cut one billion from the NYPD.
Did you know the majority of the NYPD does not live in NYC, they live in safe areas where the police are supported. So how did that Stern talk work out for you?
Oh we’re all well aware. I lived in Nassau County for a time where the kids of local police officers walked away from drunk driving accidents because they flashed a PBA card and their dad made a phone call. I find the suburbs infinitely more hostile and dangerous than the most underfunded and drug drenched neighborhoods in any city.
they responded like babies and stopped doing their jobs. thats how it worked out.
High crime equals lots of overtime. Every cop you see standing in the subway and is smiling, is making bank. Cops went into a defensive posture because they don’t trust liberal New Yorkers who attacked them. People thought it was great to attack and protest the NYPD, you made your bed sleep in it. Protest again, More songs, more rhymes, more Police Overtime. Cops don’t live in the city.
And how is that working out for YOU?
Yes, by all means, dirt must go! And we really do deserve a refund on the police — perhaps we can even get an exchange somehow.
Oppose and fight all of Trumps agenda.
Count me in!
So completely reopen the borders?
I doubt preaching to the choir will be of much use in NYC especially on the UWS..
All that anger from UWSers is more feel good than going to accomplish anything given who our nation’s leader and his minions are.
Interesting that, if you look at up votes on comments here, the Trump supporters, plus those who are willing to give President Trump time to make changes, are the majority. Even among readers of the WSR. But go ahead and label the majority of your neighbors “minions.” If that makes you feel better while the country moves on from the failed policies of the Biden years.
Nadler is doing this to save his own seat. Reality is is that these old guys in the Democratic Party need to go and the party needs fresh blood. I’m not saying that blood needs to be progressive because those guys also are too far left and have no ability to govern and have ideas that are just not practical. But too many of these old guard, Democratic politicians are very comfortable in their seat, and the only reason that this event even happened is because Nadler knows this and is trying to save his own butt
Nadler wins on nostalgia alone because seniors in his district are reliable voters whose turnout is higher than other demographic groups. Can understand why any others would continue to vote for him.
I believe he and all electeds are required to hold one per year. He is filling an obligation. Don’t confuse this for caring.
I used to attend but it always felt like he was tolerating it until he could get whisked off as someone said. It is a big part of the problem IMO with many of our elected officials. While I don’t always agree with Gale Brewer, she does her job in a way that shows she listens and cares what voters have to say. Granted, she has her agenda which may not reflect your beliefs but I have seen her show up to gatherings knowing she would be taking flack and she faces it like a champ. I give her credit for that. With Nadler, just watch his facial expressions and body language. It seems apparent to me we are beneath him.
Yeah, you’re probably right — we should all just give up already and kiss our collective tuchus good-bye.
The far left Dems need to moderate themselves. Make the Democratic party more welcoming to Republicans who are anti-Trump.
There are so many Americans who think Trump is a childish buffoon but think much of the Democratic party is too far left for them so still vote Republican.
Dems need to leave their bubble and listen to the rest of America. And stop virtue-signaling and acting like you are smarter.
I’m guessing most of the people at this event have not been in a purple or red state in decades (not counting visiting bubbe in Boca).
Spot on! I never would have voted for Trump but this city fell apart once Biden got in and everything went way too far left. And no matter what people think about Trump, once he got in he’s been trying to do exactly what he said he was going to do. Dems need to focus on cleaning up their own house.
Not really. It’s just 100% deflection, excuses, victim blaming, victim shaming, and rewriting facts and history for the GOP to blame everyone but themselves. They preach law and order and defy the Constitution and common decency at every turn. They sent 150 cops to the hospital on January 6 and now pardon the criminals and even want to give them money for their “troubles.” Most Americans are tired of listening to the compulsive baby whiner insult more than half the nation every day, and even at Easter. If you have not read Trump’s vile and disgusting Easter rant, I suggest you do and then go back and clean up your party’s sickness.
“Make the Democratic party more welcoming to Republicans who are anti-Trump.”
That’s not going to beat continuing to make the Republican party more welcoming to Democrats who are pro-Trump. The polls don’t lie, and Trump comes out ahead in many variations of them per demographic group.
The idea of a MAGA supporter telling anyone to “leave their bubble” is hilarious. Harris campaigned with Liz Cheney for crying out loud. If Cheney, who I guarantee is more conservative than you in EVERY way, could be enough of a patriot to put country over party then you could have, too. Maybe you should leave your “bubble.”
One need hardly even be a Democrat to oppose dictatorship and disaster. Anyone can — and should.
What actual disaster have you witnessed so far during the first 100 days, in the practical reality?
Seriously??? You must be living in a no news cocoon of your own making.
Seriously. Regale me. Define “disaster,” analyze the practical long-term outcomes to date to the extent there are any at all.
Disaster #1: Social Security is not resourced to help the elderly & disabled access benefits.
Disaster #2: Medical research has been defunded so that advances in healthcare will stall.
Disaster #3: The stock market’s volatility & drops have cost real people money while making money for insiders.
Disaster #4: Masked men whisking people off the street into unmarked cars for destinations unknown is unconstitutional & meant to create fear in the general populace.
Disaster #5: Thousands of hard-working federal workers have lost their jobs & benefits without any notice.
Disaster #6: The Executive branch is ignoring valid court orders bringing us to a crisis.
Disaster #7: The rest of the world is laughing at us – all good will is gone.
Disaster #8: Experts in health, agriculture, & defense have been purged to the point that the systems keeping us safe will very soon fail.
AOC,the left wing darling said it’s ok to ignore a court decision if you believe the court is too partisan. Do you agree with her? Are you ok with Trump ignoring the courts?
Good try – like I surmised, all based on “will”, “will soon”, “likely” and other fear, anguish and sentiment that has no bearing in reality to date. If you (or any of us) were any good at predicting the future…well, you know….
1. It’s been under-resourced and on the path to bankruptcy for loooong, looong time.
2. “Might” stall, Or they might not. I doubt you’re anywhere close to the cutting edge of research to know if something on the brink of discovery was just delayed 10 years because of some grant shortage.
3. I’m in the stock market. It’s down 10% from Nov 5. Corrections like that happen every 2 years for absolutely no reason at all. If you put your entire wealth in at the recent Feb 18 peak, noone can help you and you shouldn’t be investing.
4. There’s nothing “unconstitutional”, per se, about masked LE agents arresting people, depending on how it’s done and what happens after – which becomes a DOJ matter on which none of us have a perfect view. SWAT and SOF teams do it all the time.
5. And….? The private sector fires people left and right every year with zero notice. Haven’t seen Morgan Stanley or Facebook suffer from culling their bottom 5% every year, but I guess we must only have outperformers in the Federal Govt.
6. Again, what crisis has affected our daily lives? And no, I’m not interested in the “rights” of illegal aliens, members of violent foreign crime syndicates to remain in this country illegally.
7. “Laughing at us” – that’s it? Take a trip, They laugh at America every day for everything from working too much, to being too fat, to being dumb cowboys. And yet….we’re the first call in a crisis. “Good will” will return – and I CAN guarantee you this – at a moment’s notice with the right social media post. I can hear the “Pfew, thank god we won’t have to finance NATO alone forever” already coming out of Europe.
8. Armed with this, not sure why you (or the experts) didn’t predict COVID. Ah yes, the very systems designed to keep us safe by outsourcing gain of function research to NIH-funded facility in distant Wuhan, China, somehow managed to fail noticing that it’s escaped…
You won’t get any answers because they have no examples.
I can’t stand Trump but vowing to push for a lefty agenda will only strengthen him.
Trump’s victory was largely a backlash against big city liberals.
I still think that Trumps whole appeal was that he isn’t Obama, and there were many people around this country who were livid that a black man made it to the oval office. I don’t think most Americans have the comprehension to truly understand policy, and if you asked them about a true liberal policy, how they’re organized and implemented, they couldn’t tell you. I guarantee you Kamala Harris’ gender and skin color played more a role in people not voting for her, than anything to do with her politics She is a veteran member of the police department and was probably the most centrist democrat to run on the ticket in 20 years, yet she couldn’t win the election. You could have put Pauly Shore on the ballot and I guarantee you he would have performed better. Face it, most Americans don’t want to see their neighbors doing well, especially if they feel they aren’t deserving of it, and they really don’t like it if those neighbors are black or brown. Whiteness and winning are all Americans care about.
So true, Mark. Thank you for putting it out there even though people will not admit it.
Maybe we need a strong and qualified candidate to run who ALSO happens to represent a different race, gender,, religion, sexual orientation, etc. who makes their campaign solely about policy? Maybe the reason these candidates lose is because their messaging focuses more on why they are deserving or it being and “their turn” solely based on their minority affiliation? You know, like what they can do for America if they get this job other than checking off some box that they feel represents progress? I think you insult and underestimate a lot of voters with what you say. Many just want someone who is willing to represent them, make a difference in their lives, and those of their friends and family.
Look at the many successful and high achieving people in this country who have succeeded based upon their talents and skills. Nobody typically cares about their DEI box.
A mindset like this is why democrats lost, and will keep losing.
Disagree. Kamala never stood a chance because she was an unelected impostor put in place as a result of a palace coup (and no, noone voted *for her* in 2020, they voted for Biden). She has no charisma, no substance and was not likeable – even to women or people of color. She wasted her 4 years as VP, achieving literally nothing of substance that anyone would remember or view positively. She was there to toe the woke line and parrot trite far-left nonsense that even many Democrats or liberal people of common sense don’t believe. The selection of another anonymous person for her VP pick was yet another disaster. The people who put her in that position are responsible for what transpired. In their panic to address and hide Biden’s decline, they made an even worse choice.
Denigrating most Americans as stupid, racist and sexist is exactly why Trump managed to win twice.
3 times actually.
Twice. Trump never had any proof of any fraud, and not only was he thrown out of court by Republican judges 70 times for having no proof, Fox News had to pay $787-million for lying in his support. He’s a compulsive liar. Stop it already. He LOST. That’s all. Lying is never going to stand the test of historical research.
60 minutes is going to pay for Trumps Presidential Library because they edited Harris’s answers during the “interview” Billions of dollars.
Wow that was something. I’m sorry did you say Harris is a veteran member of what?
Totally agree going far left is going to solve nothing. I would love to see some moderate competent people running in deep blue states and cities to solve actual problems rather than grandstanding and talking about crazy things That are of no practical benefits to a majority of New Yorkers or other blue state residence. The best antidote to a crazy right wing Trump agenda would be actual good governance.
What are some examples of the crazy right wing Trump agenda that haven’t also been proposed/enacted by past Democrats when they were in office?
Denying women their body rights; firing people without cause; deporting people without due process just to name a few.
(That, of course, being precisely the sort of thing Trumpists would love for us to believe.)
Why do you have to use childish terms like Trumpist? Are you a Bidenist? or a Harrisist? of course not I don’t think many people actually like Biden or Harris they have been told by the media Trump is bad and they follow like sheep.
This is what I get for trying to inject a little nomenclatural variety into the discussion. Okay, then — henceforth, MAGAt.
Very funny how much everyone attributes Trump’s win as a reaction against whatever policies they are annoyed by.
Anyway, Trump’s win was CLEARLY a backlash against UWS NIMBYs.
UWS Dad,
That kind of sounds like you are ok with Trump?
Is that the case?
I agree with ecm.
I tried to attend but couldn’t get in, as the place was over capacity. But there will be a video of the town hall, which you can get if you contact Senator Hoylman-Segal’s office.
Anger, fear and frustration is all the left has to offer. The left has ruined this country, The country has been run by unseen people who controlled Biden and used an auto pen to do whatever they wanted. The left and the currupt media must be stopped the are the true threat to democracy.
There is no such thing as an “autopen.” Electronic signatures were controlled by Biden. It’s th same stuff used at any doctor’s office now. You’re conspiracy theory nuttiness is what is drove support for a psychopath we now have in office. The spelling is “corrupt” and the only corrupt media are the far right wing, trash talkers like Alex Jones. Stop your nonsense already. It’s inane.
Sounds like something MS13 would say, right to El Salvador with you!
MS 13 are rapist, killers and criminals, You want them in your neighborhood?
PG-13 is good, MS-13 is bad.
No one does, but name calling isn’t proof that someone is in a gang. It requires actual forensic evidence.
The Biden administration let 20 million illegal aliens in this Country, in 4 years President Trump will use all means necessary to get them all OUT. I don’t give a damn if they are a father trying to provide a better life for his family or the head of MS 13 illegal is illegal get the hell OUT,
Nadler is a cartoon character of what is wrong with DC
“.. his efforts to deport thousands of immigrants”
Nadler is opposing deportation of thousands of illegals, starting with criminals?
That’s why Trump won to start with. Apparently Nadler and the rest are so out of touch they don’t see the most obvious issues that concern their constituents. The only thing that matters to them is the party elite crazy ideology.
Millions of illegal aliens. not thousands.
Relatedly, my multi-generational family went to both marches protesting President Trump’s actions.
Hard not to notice the demographics – mostly people over age 50.
Really disturbing it was mostly older people.
This was a rally, not a town hall. And some of the statements should be fact checked accordingly, such as:
“He also stressed the importance of blocking Trump’s budget reconciliation bill, which would cut programs like SNAP (food stamps) to help fund tax breaks for corporations, and promised to “make the process miserable for them.”
Corporate tax rates changed during the 2017 TCJA are permanent and not explicitly on the table for the latest proposed tax bill.
More generally, no one really knows what’s in the bill yet. I certainly don’t think Nadler does as he’s not part of the majority conference in the House. Again this was a rally full of it’s own misinformation, not a town hall.
Nadler hasn’t had a new idea since the days of Moses. Why do we keep electing him.
The largest pearl clutching festival I have seen in years. Both politicians are useless and this event was singing to the choir…..the majority have spoken whether you like it or not….focusing on the USA first and removing government waste is the priority
When you win the executive and both houses it does appear to be a mandate from the people.. But instead of the Democrats taking a critical eye towards what they need to be doing differently that focus on blaming, shaming, resisting, and making it about race. Why is voter turnout so poor? Maybe if they listened to their constituents more would show up to vote? One person one vote and I do suspect purely number-wise there are more registered dems than reps or independents. That is where I would start.
The reason to be afraid is simple: Trump is setting up a parallel government. The rule of law and the Constitution do not matter. The Supreme Court (and the high federal courts in general) do not have the power of enforcement. Think about this. Trump’s high command is relying on the fact that most people are comfortable enough and/or disinterested in politics to care. “What Trump does won’t affect me or my family.” He is then given the pass to attack and demean those minorities and immigrants who do not have the means, money, or resources to resist. There’s an excellent article in The Atlantic about this.
The Atlantic is an excellent source of news.
It is top-notch.
I agree with OPOE.
Lol..lol..lol
Of course it’s top notch. The Atlantic’s editor in chief is even invited to sit in on discussions of military strategy at the highest levels of the Administration.
Seemed more like a religious experience for the congregation. I hope that we can treat all people with dignity and respect, no matter their political beliefs. That is how my liberal parents raised me. You beat Republicans with better policy, not by shouting more loudly.
TDS is a more severe disease on the UWS than Covid ever was. Just remarkable.
This is just sad. I didn’t like the policies of previous Republican administrations, but at least they had underlying values behind what they did. Here it’s just nihilism.
TDS is a slogan. And then there is reality: facts are facts.
There is an ICD code for it now.
2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F48.9
Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified.
No, there is not. It’s trash talk from the AI memes of Russia. There is no code for anything that has to do with The Donald. It’s childish like he is. The psychiatric community has already diagnosed the Cult Leader as a sociopathic, infantile, malignant narcissist. The code you are referring to has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with the inability of Trump supporters to process actual facts, so they hide behind insults. Yeah, we get it. It won’t help your bank account.
I think you just proved my point.
People who have been voting democrat, please stop faking your existence all the time. I promise, to most of you, you have a real person / personality behind your cloak of liberalism that if shed, would reveal a real person underneath. Just be American (love this country, love its people, let good, HONEST, SUSTAINABLE things flourish.
What? What is that supposed to mean? “Faking existence?” Liberal means “generous” and “inclusive.” You can check any dictionary. What exactly are you trying to say? Love of country means putting the nation and the Constitution before a psycho dictator. That’s precisely what the Democratic Party is doing.
It is truly amazing to me how some people simply cannot believe that others might legitimately believe in the rights of those who look different from them and supporting and uplifting everyone in their communities. Like they can only understand it as a lie or hypocrisy or whatever “virtue signaling” is supposed to be. Were you raised in one of those Romanian orphanages, so that you were never exposed to human decency and kindness and find them beyond your imaginative grasp? Crawl out of whatever hellpit you’ve been spending the past ten years in and you’ll find us normal folks, just trying to take care of everyone around us.
Trump 2028!
Donald Jr 2032.
That would be impossible. Only two terms are allowed. It’s also insane. Unless you can come up with good reasons to want a Great Depression, why would anyone want to elect man who already made the stock market tank the world over.
I’m sorry but the name says it all. Ethical Culture Center/School/Society is the sort of word salad name that’s prime for mocking from the right. What does it actually mean? Whose Ethics? Whose Culture?
Trump is here. He’s in the oval. He won by a landslide because a lot of people want common sense things like border security, not paying for someone else’s BA in Basket Weaving, and no boys on girls’ soccer teams. Those ethics and culture won. Go to whatever meeting helps you sleep at night, but venturing out of the deep blue UWS occasionally would really be progress.
Yeah, so lawsuits are worthless , since we know there is no enforcement, right. Trump defied his handpicked Supreme Court Justices. No it’s not going to be won in court. We have do what must be done to ensure we have midterm elections. And even then, we don’t know if Democrats will be seated, do we?
It’s amazing to me that no-one in any of these forums of discussion mentions the situation in Gaza, the deliberate policy of genocide by Netanyahu and his backers, and the US complicity both in the past administration and certainly more forcefully and greedily, under Trump. Netanyahu and Trump are hand in hand – Gaza and the West Bank for Israel and Trump’s development of a new tourist resort, $ signs flashing before his eyes: “We’ll own it,” he said, “Gaza will be the Riviera of the Middle East.
Where is the compassion for the Palestinians? Why has the Democratic Party been silent and complicit in its support of Israel, sending 5 billion dollars of foreign aid each year to a country that doesn’t need it, along with a seemingly endless supply of arms. We are guilty of supporting a genocide. There have been open discussions of displacing the Palestinians who haven’t been killed, but who are homeless and without food, hospitals, sanitation, clean drinking water, or a way to escape the daily bombings. The World Court has declared Netanyahu a war criminal.
Why, is the Democratic Party supporting this deliberate humanitarian catastrophe? Why is every objection to what is happening declared “anti-semitic?
Gaza’s population is up 50 fold in the past century, not exactly genocide. I have compassion for civilians of Gaza, and that is why I call for Hamas to surrender.
The biggest issue is that elected officials on the UWS who want to resist Trump are not doing enough to reassure those discriminated against that there is a place for them on the UWS as long as they aren’t doing anything wrong. Brad Hoylman releases a statement defending Mahmoud Khalil but he will not come to the defense of Muslims on the UWS who aren’t ripping down the kidnapped hostage posters and aren’t protesting at Columbia.
Some serious TDS here.
Therapy is encouraged
Democrat Billionaires
Michael Bloomberg
Reid Hoffman
Sheryl Sandberg
Steven Spielberg
Haim Saban
Dustin Moskovitz
Vinod Khosla
Mark Cuban
Reed Hastings
Ron Conway
Laurene Powell Jobs
Melinda French Gates
George Soros
James Murdoch
Marc Benioff
Bill Gates
Mark Cuban
Tim Draper
But their billionaires are different. They are good billionaires.