Election of the Century
Dear Jack Hassard, I write to you again 1 from a future that fills me with dread and a glimmer of...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Oct 28, 2024 | Autocracy, Democracy
Dear Jack Hassard, I write to you again 1 from a future that fills me with dread and a glimmer of...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Oct 27, 2024 | Voting
At a rally in Kalamazoo, WI for Kamala Harris, Michelle Obama said, “Never again, Never again.” Her speech was a scathing indictment of Donald Trump. She called Trump an existential threat, as I did in The Trump Files.
Her speech was also excellent, brilliant, and emotional. I invite you to listen and watch her talk about America’s future and why we must never again let Trump near the White House.
Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 26, 2024 | Voting
Donald Trump asks his cult of followers, ” Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” For them, the answer is whatever Trump wants to hear: They shout “NO!”
But the truth is that the answer is YES! Let’s see why.
My book, The Trump Files, is based on my blog posts written between mid-August 2015 and February 14, 2021. During these years, my writing aimed to bear witness (based on Robert Jay Lifton’s research) to Trump’s malignant normality by documenting what I saw and witnessed during this period. I am still writing and bearing witness to Trump’s attempt to con the American electorate to put in back in office.
He should never enter the Oval Office again.
Here is a summary of what I observed in this list of my book’s central themes or findings. These will be helpful if you’re still wondering who you’ll be able to vote for. The findings I report here reflect the damage that Trump and his allies did to the United States. Keep in mind that Donald Trump finished his presidency by instigating the violent January 6 attack on the United States Congress.
Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 22, 2024 | Trump Contagion
I saw this question today, “Why do Trump supporters not see what I see?” in Bandy Lee’s Substack newsletter. For years, many people I know and I have asked similar questions
To try and answer this question I want to introduce two people who have studied, given speeches, and written books on violence, aggression, Trump contagion, and malignant normality to this conversation. Let me introduce Dr. Bandy X. Lee and Dr. Robert Jay Lifton. Their writing was important sources for me as I wrote my recent book, The Trump Files. Trump has spread a contagion of hate and violence to which a cult of Maga bobble heads shows complete allegiance. Influenced by the failure American media, print and digital to call out Trump, they have perpetuated what Robert Jay Lifton defines as malignant normality. The press is normalizing Trump’s malignant behavior. His cult further reinforces this normality at his rallies. No wonder Trump supporters don’t see what I see. They can’t
Posted by Jack Hassard | Oct 15, 2024 | Voting
I voted on the first day of advanced voting today at the Boots Ward Recreation Center on Dallas Highway, Marietta, Georgia. The line was short, but one of the election staff members said my wife and I could go to the front if you are 75 or older. He assumed we were old. We are. We’re in our 80s. So we strolled down the lawn to the door and went right in. I asked another election staff if we could keep hold of our Starbucks coffees. He said, as long as the lid is on. I was amazed. Georgia has a rule that you can’t give out water to others, but you can carry a bottle of water.
The ballot wasn’t wrong, except for the first page. At the top of the vote for president was Donald Trump’s name. A convicted felon, rapist, and fraudster, his name is on the ballot, and millions of people will vote for the guy. In some states, you can’t vote if you are a felon. Yet, felon Trump is on the ballot.