{"id":2778,"date":"2026-07-04T20:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:40:16","slug":"the-media-keeps-calling-democrats-extreme-trump-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"The media keeps calling Democrats extreme. Trump? Not so much"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are but 122 days from the most important elections of our lifetime, and on the day before our nation\u2019s 250th birthday, those elections are under attack by the anti-American Republican Party and their wannabe king who already violently attacked us once.<\/p>\n

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As a type this on a steaming hot day across much of America, our clean air and water are also under attack by Republicans. A woman\u2019s right to choose what she does with her body is also under attack by Republicans. Our books are also under attack by Republicans. Our vote, the backbone of any Democracy, is also under attack by Republicans. Life-saving vaccines are also under attack by Republicans. Affordable healthcare is also under attack by Republicans. Affordable childcare is also under attack by Republicans. Lower prices overall are also under attack by Republicans, who look the other way while their despicable commander in thief uses his office in our White House to rake in billions of ill-gotten dollars.<\/p>\n

I could go on here for 20 minutes citing examples of the peril Republicans have put our nation in, I really could, but the sharper point is this: If you ask the dying breed known as the moderate Republican or Independent voter in America why, despite the absolute hell we are enduring as a people, they still might not vote for a Democrat in November, you will most likely get some variation of this answer:<\/p>\n

They are worried about the Democrats\u2019 extreme positions.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, I know \u2026<\/p>\n

Go ahead and read again that abbreviated list of Republican positions I laid out above and tell me which one of them isn\u2019t extreme.<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n

The word extreme<\/strong><\/em>is yet another one of those loaded words that the Right has successfully co-opted to hammer the Left, while the Left obediently just sits there and dutifully takes their beating. Hell, some of them<\/em> even repeat it!<\/p>\n

\u201cRadical\u201d is another one of those words that gets disturbingly little pushback when describing Democrats. \u201cLawless\u201d is another. \u201cDangerous\u201d is yet another \u2026<\/p>\n

Sometimes when I read stories that parrot the line that Democrats are too extreme \u2014 often from left-leaning authors \u2014 I want to throw my computer out the window with the hope it will hit them in their fat heads. <\/p>\n

Words and messaging matter, and the patriots of this county on the Left need to get far better at using them, because we won\u2019t survive another election cycle if we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

That means they need to get with it PRONTO. <\/p>\n

So let\u2019s try this:<\/p>\n

If asked to describe the current President of the United States, I\u2019d readily answer this way (please feel free to repeat after me, and share, er, liberally)<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWell \u2026 to start, Donald Trump is a lawless, radical America-attacking convicted felon and bigot, who has lied tens of thousands of times (and under oath), has physically and verbally attacked women countless times, runs with a crowd of Epstein corporate elites who rape women and children and snicker about it, exclusively sides with dangerous and extreme fascist regimes around the world, and has made an absurd profit using the most powerful office in the world to launder our money into his overflowing bank accounts.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can go ahead and fact check that one, but I\u2019m confident after editing it down some for tightness that I hit it right on the nose. <\/p>\n

The man is \u201clawless, extreme, radical, and dangerous,\u201d or everything that the Republicans have successfully lobbed at the Left for decades.<\/p>\n

Every accusation is truly a confession.<\/p>\n

It would be laughable if it wasn\u2019t so sad, and infuriating that they are so easily able to get away with it. <\/p>\n

I guess all of this is worth mentioning on this terribly sad day, because Trump and his slobbering party are exactly what the flawed framers of this country hoped to prevent 250 years ago, as they worked to emancipate their newly minted imperfect nation from a pathetic king. <\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, they failed to fully account for another wannabe king ruling us in the future like Trump because they were writing from the perspective of rich, earnest white guys who had mostly honorable intentions, but were landowners \u2014 and in some cases people-owners \u2014 who never saw a single tax they liked.<\/p>\n

Had women and people of color been a part of crafting our governing charters, based on their hard-earned experiences of dealing with white men in power, they most assuredly would have accounted for the strong possibility that an entitled, violent white devil was going to come along and burn everything to the ground for his gain.<\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t a real reach, and the fact it hasn\u2019t happened more frequently actually speaks to some goodness in the land of the mostly free.<\/p>\n

The South\u2019s secession in 1860 and 1861 was the first attempt to destroy our union. January 6, 2021, was the second, and if Trump and his subservient Republican Orcs get their way and an approving nod from our bought-off Radical Right Supreme Court, November 3, 2026, will be the third.<\/p>\n

The \u201clawless, extreme, radical, and dangerous\u201d Trump does not intend to answer to a Democratic House and\/or Senate, and will do everything he can to protect himself from that. Anybody who doesn\u2019t think he will violently attack us again to prevent that, has somehow missed the fact that he has proven himself to be easily the most dangerous man on Earth.<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> broke out an important story Thursday afternoon headlined:<\/p>\n

The Many Ways Trump is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midterms<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And go ahead and read that headline again, because as we have discussed today, words matter. Why did the editors at the Times use the words \u201ctip the scales\u201d when the word \u201csteal\u201d would have worked perfectly and economically?<\/p>\n

Try this:<\/p>\n

THE MANY WAYS TRUMP IS TRYING TO STEAL THE MIDTERMS<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n

There, better. <\/p>\n

Anyway, in their meaty piece, the NYT lists six ways Trump is continuing his attack on America. (The last six words of that sentence are mine, because the pinky-outs on the editing desk of the paper would never use such plain and accurate language to support their reporters\u2019 hard-hitting work, when beating around the bush is such an attractive option.)<\/p>\n

The Times\u2019<\/em> broke the story into six sections with the following subheads highlighting his plan of attack:<\/p>\n

Taking steps to nationalize elections<\/strong>
Trying to tighten voting restrictions<\/strong>
Pushing for mid-decade redistricting<\/strong>
Cutting election security<\/strong>
Undermining faith in the electoral system by questioning previous results<\/strong>
Punishing those who have worked against election denialism<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of these are pretty self-explanatory, and underway in all 50 states. The Times<\/em>, in so many coded words, is telling us that the ongoing Republican attack on America is gaining steam.<\/p>\n

But Democrats are \u201cextreme\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n

Anytime you hear, see, or read a word like that associated with a Democrat, you need to stop it dead in its tracks \u2014 especially if it is coming from authors and\/or pontificators on the Left. They are either up to no good, or too damn stupid to understand how dangerous this is.<\/p>\n

Because words matter, and we have exactly four months to get our messaging straight. <\/p>\n

So one more time:<\/p>\n

Donald Trump is a lawless, radical America-attacking convicted felon and bigot, who has lied tens of thousands of times (and under oath), has regularly and violently physically and verbally attacked women countless times, runs with a crowd of Epstein corporate elites who rape women and children and snicker about it, exclusively sides with dangerous and extreme fascist regimes around the world, and has made an absurd profit using the most powerful office in the world to launder our money into his overflowing bank accounts.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please spread the word.<\/p>\n

D. Earl Stephens is the author of \u201cToxic Tales: A Caustic Collection of Donald J. Trump\u2019s Very Important Letters\u201d and finished up a 30-year career in journalism as the Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes. You can find all his work here, and follow him on Bluesky here.<\/em><\/p>\n

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