Subject: Re: A Conversation with our Yard Guy
BHM: <<You can't understand why so many reject your ideas about trans kids, men invading women's sports, parental rights, absurd levels of criminal leniency, cash bail, defund police, disband ICE, etc. ...Trump is ruining out democracy you scream. You never say what your policies would be. ...We know all about his odious character being Hitler and all, but his governance is excellent.>>

If you're satisfied with PR stunts that air on Fox regarding "trans kids, men invading women's sports," etc., there's really not much to say to you. Those are culture-war memes that resonate with an impermeable minority of Americans, such as yourself, but not with the vast majority of us.

Trump was elected to, in your past words, secure peace and prosperity. But after only 6 month's in office, he is wrecking both of those. He is alienating our core allies and sending them into the arms of our enemies. His administration's ruinous tax, tariff, and immigration policies will add trillions to the national debt, raise costs for ordinary Americans, and strip health insurance from millions of U.S. citizen households. And he's undermining our justice system relentlessly and ruthlessly. These are hard facts.

But Trump doesn't care about any of that. He can and does change his "policy" pronouncements on a dime (other than his core racist and misogynist ones). For decades, his MO has been to disrespect and disregard the justice system. As his actions to date demonstrate beyond any doubt, his sole concern is how to extract as much personal wealth from his position of power as he can in the time he has left. His lifelong heroes are literally mobsters, and he "governs" as a mob boss.

If you call that "excellent governance," there's really not much anyone can say or do to get you to open your eyes ... until, like Charlie, MAGA "governance" finally bites you directly in your big hairy ass. You think he gives a shit about you or his MAGA base? Get real. You're simply marks for his next grift. Go buy some Trump boots or meme coins or whatever.

You're right about one thing, though: you can't beat something with nothing, and so far the establishment Dems haven't offered much. Part of the reason may be that they're allowing MAGAs to grab enough rope with which to hang themselves. But I suspect it runs deeper than that. Too many establishment Dems have lost touch with ordinary middle-class Americans. That's fixable, but they need to do a better job of fixing it than they have so far. It's not about "messaging" better. It's about listening better, and then responding accordingly. And the clock is ticking.