Thanks you for responding , and you are probably right, I'm sure we do agree on far more than we disagree. My wife made a valid point the other day and it was directed at what you just said about blind loyalty. She said that the 2 party system has become more of a dividing force than a way for people to come together and debate topics openly and honestly without fear of someone attacking you in pure hatred. I feel especially on the left it seems that , whether by design or purely just accident, there is this disdain or disgust that exists. Whenever a person tries to have a civil debate over topics that are important to all of us or simply just displaying a political shirt, hat or flag that depending on the location , that person should have genuine worry about a possible attack either verbal or physical. Don't get me wrong there is crazies in all parties, but you should agree, that the radical left is ripe with those cut from a different cloth. and not for the better! Now back to my wife, she said that maybe we need to lose the reds and blues the Rs and Ds, the elephants and donkeys and vote on the content of a person's character. I believe that's what MLKJR said something to the effect that one day men will be judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character. Well same here, maybe Presidents,and the rest of them as well , should be elected based on their character, moral compass, and the platform they stand behind. Too many votes are cast in hatred rather than our children's future. She is definitely on to something there. Obviously being a Democratic Republic the parties are built right in to the name. This would also open the door for a 3rd candidate to join without the other parties trying to sabotage their ability to be placed on a ballot. I mean We the People are supposed to be in charge of this process not some unelected bureaucrat thats part of the blind loyalty squad. Anyways I'm rambling, something to think about if only it was doable but change is hard to create when the seeds of hate and evil are imbedded so deeply. Anyways thanks again, and I know you're not a journalist per se, but I would say you have more integrity than alot of them these days!!! Feel free to reach out if you want some honest input from "across the aisle" lol. Good day to you!
So if I was a liberal I would just yell at you for making a point that I disagree with but since I am not, I am a strong Conservative, I will engage in clean discourse to make MY point to you!
First off I agree with your point on insider knowledge. Trump is very , very smart and he also doesn't have a filter or necessarily know when he should keep his mouth closed. So with that maybe he did, or someone close to him, said something about the china tariff plans.
That's all speculative.
There is a very small percentage, albeit growing rapidly, of people that follow crypto in comparison to the stock market, so something like this could go without notice to the vast majority.
Now my argument comes with the fact that you say Trump has monetized the Presidency, not true, the Presidency or rather the entire American political system was monetized a long time ago. If you follow the stock market then you would notice the direct correlation between Biden getting involved with the Ukraine conflict and the influx of US defense stocks and ETFs that were purchased just prior to his announcement of our involvement. I had a sneaking suspicion of this the minute I heard about Russian troop mobilization. I knew with the backdoor dealings with Hunter and Joe and burizma that there was a good chance he would get involved if Russia invaded. So I took that suspicion and bought into 6 large defense stocks. Well needless to say those stocks all skyrocketed the moment Joe announced our involvement.
In conclusion I just want to say. I don't agree with Trump on every decision, but I do believe he is making the right moves to free us from the burden of excess foreign aId, the big shaft we have been getting from all these countries sticking it to us with tariffs and now we are getting what's rightfully ours after years of Democrat knee bending to every nation on Earth. Illegal Immigration about killed us and his actions on that front are great. Unfortunately Democrat gaslighting has given a lot of armchair social justice idiots the balls to confront agents and obstruct official business. That's not smart ever. Not with ICE or any law enforcement. So I really don't have remorse for Idiocracy. You may not agree with his methods, but you can't deny that the Biden importing of illegals created a world of problems for America. There are numerous interviews with radical Muslim leaders talking about their plans to infiltrate the American political system via the exploitation of Liberal Democrat politicians and "useful idiots" spreading of propaganda that is dangerous and detrimental to the safety of the nation. Look at MN , it's been overun by Somalis that are stealing from our pockets , yours included, and already using unconstitutional voting tactics to akew elections in favor of very bad candidates, I think you know which ones I am referring to. But anyways a little off topic but in conclusion I would just say that in order to be an impartial journalist you should mention the fact that we had 12 years or Democrat control that was full of corruption, big government wasteful spending , and above all else insider trading and what I call "money laundering via proxy war" If you really look back at the Democrat party vs the Republican party you can see a definite position swapping as far as core values goes. Today's Dems are not the Dems of our parents and grandparents. My parents core values from back then are more aligned with the Republican party. Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss anything further. It's obvious you do research with your posts and that's commendable especially today, but your ommision of the facts I spoke about could lead those that don't know to assume Trump did this maliciously, if he did at all, and that this had never happened before in our government. God Bless!
Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful, civil response. I genuinely appreciate that you engaged with the argument instead of attacking it.
Let me clarify what I was doing with that piece. This was a critique of the current Trump administration. It was not an attempt to write a comprehensive history of corruption across every presidency. That history exists, it’s real, and I’ve written and spoken about it before. I don’t play one-side politics when it comes to corruption.
Where I may differ from you is this: I believe Trump has made the process more sophisticated and more widespread. That doesn’t mean corruption started with him. It means the scale, openness, and normalization of it have escalated during this administration.
You’re absolutely right to raise questions about Hunter Biden. Why was he on the board in Ukraine? Why were his paintings selling for millions of dollars? The obvious answer is access and proximity to power, not artistic merit. The same applies to a number of Biden-era decisions and pardons that deserve scrutiny. There is plenty of material to criticize on that side, and I don’t deny any of it.
But that wasn’t the argument I was making here.
I also want to be clear about something else: I am not a journalist. I’m not bound by journalistic conventions, neutrality frameworks, or “both sides” obligations. I don’t get paid to do this in any meaningful way. I’m not conducting formal investigations. I write from my own integrity, not institutional rules. I wake up, look at what’s happening, connect dots, and write what I think and feel.
That’s also why I reject whataboutism entirely. To me, it’s the laziest and most frustrating form of argument. If someone says Trump is corrupt and the response is “what about Biden,” or vice versa, it does two things at once. First, it implicitly admits corruption exists on both sides. Second, it uses that admission to pretend corruption doesn’t matter at all, as if wrongdoing cancels itself out. I reject that logic completely.
Corruption doesn’t stop being corruption because someone else did it too.
As for the name “The Angry Democrat,” that’s something I’ve been actively reconsidering. The name reflects my anger at the Democratic Party, not blind loyalty to it. But I’m aware it causes people to assume I’m partisan in a way that shuts out other ideas, which isn’t true and may no longer be useful.
At the end of the day, I think we agree on far more than we disagree on. I appreciate you raising these points in good faith, and I’m always open to continuing the discussion without turning it into a team sport.
Thanks you for responding , and you are probably right, I'm sure we do agree on far more than we disagree. My wife made a valid point the other day and it was directed at what you just said about blind loyalty. She said that the 2 party system has become more of a dividing force than a way for people to come together and debate topics openly and honestly without fear of someone attacking you in pure hatred. I feel especially on the left it seems that , whether by design or purely just accident, there is this disdain or disgust that exists. Whenever a person tries to have a civil debate over topics that are important to all of us or simply just displaying a political shirt, hat or flag that depending on the location , that person should have genuine worry about a possible attack either verbal or physical. Don't get me wrong there is crazies in all parties, but you should agree, that the radical left is ripe with those cut from a different cloth. and not for the better! Now back to my wife, she said that maybe we need to lose the reds and blues the Rs and Ds, the elephants and donkeys and vote on the content of a person's character. I believe that's what MLKJR said something to the effect that one day men will be judged not by the color of their skin but the content of their character. Well same here, maybe Presidents,and the rest of them as well , should be elected based on their character, moral compass, and the platform they stand behind. Too many votes are cast in hatred rather than our children's future. She is definitely on to something there. Obviously being a Democratic Republic the parties are built right in to the name. This would also open the door for a 3rd candidate to join without the other parties trying to sabotage their ability to be placed on a ballot. I mean We the People are supposed to be in charge of this process not some unelected bureaucrat thats part of the blind loyalty squad. Anyways I'm rambling, something to think about if only it was doable but change is hard to create when the seeds of hate and evil are imbedded so deeply. Anyways thanks again, and I know you're not a journalist per se, but I would say you have more integrity than alot of them these days!!! Feel free to reach out if you want some honest input from "across the aisle" lol. Good day to you!
Your wife sounds like a smart woman.
So if I was a liberal I would just yell at you for making a point that I disagree with but since I am not, I am a strong Conservative, I will engage in clean discourse to make MY point to you!
First off I agree with your point on insider knowledge. Trump is very , very smart and he also doesn't have a filter or necessarily know when he should keep his mouth closed. So with that maybe he did, or someone close to him, said something about the china tariff plans.
That's all speculative.
There is a very small percentage, albeit growing rapidly, of people that follow crypto in comparison to the stock market, so something like this could go without notice to the vast majority.
Now my argument comes with the fact that you say Trump has monetized the Presidency, not true, the Presidency or rather the entire American political system was monetized a long time ago. If you follow the stock market then you would notice the direct correlation between Biden getting involved with the Ukraine conflict and the influx of US defense stocks and ETFs that were purchased just prior to his announcement of our involvement. I had a sneaking suspicion of this the minute I heard about Russian troop mobilization. I knew with the backdoor dealings with Hunter and Joe and burizma that there was a good chance he would get involved if Russia invaded. So I took that suspicion and bought into 6 large defense stocks. Well needless to say those stocks all skyrocketed the moment Joe announced our involvement.
In conclusion I just want to say. I don't agree with Trump on every decision, but I do believe he is making the right moves to free us from the burden of excess foreign aId, the big shaft we have been getting from all these countries sticking it to us with tariffs and now we are getting what's rightfully ours after years of Democrat knee bending to every nation on Earth. Illegal Immigration about killed us and his actions on that front are great. Unfortunately Democrat gaslighting has given a lot of armchair social justice idiots the balls to confront agents and obstruct official business. That's not smart ever. Not with ICE or any law enforcement. So I really don't have remorse for Idiocracy. You may not agree with his methods, but you can't deny that the Biden importing of illegals created a world of problems for America. There are numerous interviews with radical Muslim leaders talking about their plans to infiltrate the American political system via the exploitation of Liberal Democrat politicians and "useful idiots" spreading of propaganda that is dangerous and detrimental to the safety of the nation. Look at MN , it's been overun by Somalis that are stealing from our pockets , yours included, and already using unconstitutional voting tactics to akew elections in favor of very bad candidates, I think you know which ones I am referring to. But anyways a little off topic but in conclusion I would just say that in order to be an impartial journalist you should mention the fact that we had 12 years or Democrat control that was full of corruption, big government wasteful spending , and above all else insider trading and what I call "money laundering via proxy war" If you really look back at the Democrat party vs the Republican party you can see a definite position swapping as far as core values goes. Today's Dems are not the Dems of our parents and grandparents. My parents core values from back then are more aligned with the Republican party. Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss anything further. It's obvious you do research with your posts and that's commendable especially today, but your ommision of the facts I spoke about could lead those that don't know to assume Trump did this maliciously, if he did at all, and that this had never happened before in our government. God Bless!
also this is more substantive
https://theangrydem.com/p/greenland-the-monetization-of-the
Thank you for taking the time to write a thoughtful, civil response. I genuinely appreciate that you engaged with the argument instead of attacking it.
Let me clarify what I was doing with that piece. This was a critique of the current Trump administration. It was not an attempt to write a comprehensive history of corruption across every presidency. That history exists, it’s real, and I’ve written and spoken about it before. I don’t play one-side politics when it comes to corruption.
Where I may differ from you is this: I believe Trump has made the process more sophisticated and more widespread. That doesn’t mean corruption started with him. It means the scale, openness, and normalization of it have escalated during this administration.
You’re absolutely right to raise questions about Hunter Biden. Why was he on the board in Ukraine? Why were his paintings selling for millions of dollars? The obvious answer is access and proximity to power, not artistic merit. The same applies to a number of Biden-era decisions and pardons that deserve scrutiny. There is plenty of material to criticize on that side, and I don’t deny any of it.
But that wasn’t the argument I was making here.
I also want to be clear about something else: I am not a journalist. I’m not bound by journalistic conventions, neutrality frameworks, or “both sides” obligations. I don’t get paid to do this in any meaningful way. I’m not conducting formal investigations. I write from my own integrity, not institutional rules. I wake up, look at what’s happening, connect dots, and write what I think and feel.
That’s also why I reject whataboutism entirely. To me, it’s the laziest and most frustrating form of argument. If someone says Trump is corrupt and the response is “what about Biden,” or vice versa, it does two things at once. First, it implicitly admits corruption exists on both sides. Second, it uses that admission to pretend corruption doesn’t matter at all, as if wrongdoing cancels itself out. I reject that logic completely.
Corruption doesn’t stop being corruption because someone else did it too.
As for the name “The Angry Democrat,” that’s something I’ve been actively reconsidering. The name reflects my anger at the Democratic Party, not blind loyalty to it. But I’m aware it causes people to assume I’m partisan in a way that shuts out other ideas, which isn’t true and may no longer be useful.
At the end of the day, I think we agree on far more than we disagree on. I appreciate you raising these points in good faith, and I’m always open to continuing the discussion without turning it into a team sport.