I love seeing Carter in the background showing his support for what Dave said.
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I love seeing Carter in the background showing his support for what Dave said.
@jollygoodginger.bsky.social is in DC with other vets right now standing up for democracy. He's playing General Milleys speech on repeat for them today š #LoveTheVets!
In TX, an attorney gets nice nasty in city hall giving a lesson about the 1st Amendment. Letās get into some good trouble.
Itās unlikely the Republicans care about anyone being put at risk. Theyāve all sold out whatever morals and ethics for an Authoritarian felon. The hard reality is the GOP is the American Fascist Party and should be labeled as such.
Thereās a pretty good chance that Iād ignore that guy. Public sidewalk, no expected right to privacy with videotaping and all that. Maybe he gets all froggy and assaults. That would be the start of his FO adventure.
Weāre going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes weāre bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: āThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.ā
Itās a cult.
I froze mine last December. Iām more than a bit pissed off that those DOGE criminals put our data into a cloud environment. Even if it was only for temporary storage what are the chances it was done to provide bad actors access to the data.
One more time for the people who didnāt understand the mission in November.
Itās a taped circle jerk, and her nose must be covered with the orange guyās fecal matter.
He.Does.Not.Care. Trump uses the word in pressers now. Stating heās not this word, while stating āmany peopleā want this word. Trump.IS.A.Dictator. By his own denial (admission), and through his acts he is proving my assertion. There will be an uprising if you folks in Congress donāt impeach.
Both is the way.
Donald Trump is a radical domestic terrorist who must be stopped.
The only good dictator is a dead dictator
His days upright and breathing will significantly diminish if he goes any further down his dementia riddled fantasy.
Heās not wrong. Peeps, you should know, understand, and embrace the mission. Itās not going to be easy for most, but itās necessary.
Itās becoming clearer: the real fight against Trump isnāt going to come from party leadership in DC; itās going to come from blue state governors.
The national/federal level Ds have one hand tied because they are minority in Congress. Real, potentially meaningful pushback will have to come from the State Governors, legislators, and us.
Heās trying everything he can to push citizens toward something he can then label ācivil unrestā. He wants violence to seal the deal. Fascism and Authoritarianism end only one way. Itās never been peaceful.
If the mad orange one federalizes the Illinois Guard, then that move wonāt be available. Sadly, the federal government overrides the State in that regard. He now wants drunk guy Pete to put together a āspecialā Guard unit to deal with deployment to cities to address ācivil unrestā speaks volumes.
Pritzker needs to play those cards now. Itās not an if scenario. It will happen. I think his only play though will be to ensure Chicago PD and any sheriffs offices are loyal to the city and its citizens and not federalized occupation armies, which is what NG is being turned in to.
You can try to put lipstick on Fascism, but itās still Fascism. Welcome to the USA, the Unconstitutional State of Authoritarianism.
Yes. Yes they are.
The only good dictator is a deceased dictator. Truth hurts, but itās still the truth.
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@thehill.com Looks to me like Harrisā statement was not a lie. Hope that helping to destroy this country brings you all the karma you deserve.
Charge Trump with #Treason
It isnāt normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.
Do these actions border on treason, or do they cross that line? The āemergenciesā are all fabricated. His orders are malicious in intent. I say he crossed the line and should be impeached for treason against the US and its inhabitants. Put the entire regime on trial.
#BelieveTheVictims What is so hard about that?
Having more firepower doesnāt necessarily mean they are unstoppable. Look toward Afghanistan for proof. War of attrition with Russia and the US. There will be ways to acquire some of their hardware. It just takes victory in small skirmishes here and there. Organize, crawl, walk, then run approach.
I canāt trust them at this point. They had a chance to ignore the order to deploy. If they chose to, knowing what theyād be used for, then theyāre on board with fascism.
He can declare whatever he wants, but the reality could be we ignore his decree. The orange one ignores law and the Constitution. Why should we be any different for the time being? Gloves will come off, elbows will come up, and itās possible that shots will be fired.
Instead of listening to the woman who is in prison for human trafficking and sex crimes, why are we not listening to the victims? Let the people harmed by these monsters be heard! Stop listening to the people who are already known liars who will do anything to get out of and/or stay out of jail.
I promised Texas would be sued. And I don't bluff. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Time to organize!
The Resistance in DC is understated but pervasive.
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA. I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe. What's going on right now is not normal.
Is it likely that Trump is trying to force conflict in DC by now having Hegseth order NG to carry firearms, and his recent comment about deploying troops to Chicago? It certainly appears that way to me.
Not technically. However, I can see Trump making moves to take a majority ownership by the Federal Government, which would make Intel the first SOE. China, much?
What if Trump wasnāt just a client - but actually a core part of Epsteinās trafficking machine itself? Trump owned Miss Teen USA. He ran an international modeling agencyā¦ decades of access to underage girlsā¦ why isnāt the media asking about this?
Interesting to see others catching on to this possibility. I posted this question in a reply earlier today:
This. Is. The. Way.
That has been, in theory, how itās supposed to work. It hasnāt for decades though. Pols arenāt going to suddenly become altruistic. End Citizens United. Ban professional lobbyists. Put an end to PACs, and limited campaign contributions to individuals only capped at $2k. Open primaries.
It became authoritarian when the IGās office was gutted and any agency or individual seen as a guardrail was eliminated. Basically, within 1 month of the felon being sworn in.
In other news, the complete Epstein investigation files have yet to be released to the public.
This is why they mask up. Itās not out of shame, or fearing of being doxxed. They know there will likely be prosecutions down the road and anonymity is their only tactic right now.
I donāt believe theyāre ashamed. If what they ate doing caused them to feel that way, Iād expect they would resign from their position. They arenāt ashamed, theyāre fully on board.
Questions for all: Whatās the likelihood that Trump was more than just a client of Epsteinās? Whatās the likelihood he was a business partner?
Itās probably just a coincidence that Boltonās home was raided on the day some of the Epstein files are due to finally be released to Congress. Is this that lawfare I keep hearing about?
Trump wasnāt simply a client. He was likely involved in the operations. Why else would Epstein end up dead, and the DOJ spend resources on scrubbing the investigationās files?
Fairly standard crime boss language coming out of the felon in chiefās pie hole.
I donāt believe serving a search warrant on Bolton will be āthe bridge too farā for MAGA. Kidnapping people off the streets and sending them to concentration camps SHOULD have been, but MAGA has no bottom. Things will get worse. The only way it stops is when we stop them. Unfortunate, but true.
Kevinās district should be part of the newly drawn map. Put his political career to an official end.
I guess mine will need to disappear out in a BLM desert somewhere?
And so it beginsā¦. Iāve been saying for years that it will be republicans, not democrats, who take away the guns.
An Authoritarian dictatorship will not allow an armed populace to exist. Trumpās personal police, AKA ICE, will be his means to accomplish firearms confiscation.
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Then arrest, charge, and prosecute every single person who participated in his illegal and unconstitutional regime. Show no quarter with them. There needs to be consequences. Extreme consequences.
Do it.
When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.
Right?!?
No moral or ethical compass. Cognitive ability is secondary. Trumpās actions and the collateral damage caused by them should not only never be erased, they should be studied in school and an example made of him along the lines of fascist and authoritarians preceding him.
I like presidents who know Slavery is bad, not "WOKE."
Regarding how Rās label him, they label every D as radical left socialists. Thatās the red meat for their base. Theyād likely apply that label to me, even though Iāve been fairly moderate my entire life. The move of the Rās to the far right has put me further left of āmoderateā.
Corporate Centrist is politically moderate but leans in on corporate interests. Heās a businessman. Heās also somewhat of an elitist. Reference his actions during covid lockdown. Iām not a fan of corporate influence in legislation and elections. Thatās a pretty large part of why we are where we are
We can thank the American Medical Association for helping to create the mess of a āhealthcare systemā currently operating in the US. Look at other developed nations as examples. There, itās about healthcare. Here itās about shareholder value and profit.
To be fair, Newsom is a Corporate Centrist. Heās also an opportunist, but he happens to be in a position to fight back with the best weapon against tRump and his fascist/authoritarian party. Battle isnāt won, and sadly there will be those who again fail to understand the mission.
But sheās perfectly OK with āsocialistā funded military, right?
Yep. Insurance forces providers to spend a dollar to save a dime with diagnosis and treatment.
The lie told over and over again has been that single payer, universal HC, etcā¦would result in limited provider choices and long wait times for care. The privatized reality is provider choices are subject to in-network restrictions. Scheduling a PCP appointment is typically a 3 month lead time.
The CA GOP is fighting redistricting stating the legislature should be spending time finding solutions forā¦ Healthcare š¤£š¤£š¤£ Buckle up chumps. Karma is going to visit you. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
A prison without due process is called a concentration camp.
There should be more military members like this. Speaking truth.
Newsom is a corporate centrist who is also an opportunist. CA was directly targeted and he needed to show some pushback. TX redistricting gave him his opportunity to actually do something. Jasmine and Pete are likely more liberal than Gavin. I donāt think theyād belong in the same conversation.
Projecting weakness while attempting to ānormalizeā military presence in our public areas.
It turns out the militias who were super concerned about "government tyranny" are now on the side of the government tyranny. Interesting.
Looking forward to seeing more people challenge tRumpās use of emergency declarations as justification for his attempts to overthrow democracy in the US and cement in an authoritarian regime.
Meet Camille Harper Zapata, the genius behind Gavin Newsom's social media posts. A Mexican American woman who identifies as Queer. Phenomenal. Poetic actually. She leads a team of 3 who brilliantly troll Donald & meltdown MAGATs. Love their ability to mimic Donny. This is Resistance.
Not sorry.
How odd. The feeling is mutual.
You know all of the Dem police state BS the right kept fear mongering to their base about for the last umpteen years? Well, itās happening, but itās happening on the fascist rightās watch.
No hyperbole detected. Many donāt want to believe things could get that bad. It absolutely could.
This is epically cringe. Talk about indoctrination.
Iāll gladly participate after we get rid of the current regime, those who enabled its existence, and then put stronger guardrails in place to prevent what has happened over the last 7 months from ever standing a chance of occurring again.
You neglected step 5: Execute
The time for serious coordinated push back was in February and March while we still had a chance to overwhelm his goon squads. Iām not suggesting itās too late now, but I am asserting it will be much, much more difficult.
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement. The President does not run the Smithsonian. The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law. Release the Epstein files. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
We need as many participants as possible! Trump's coup has succeeded. He is an authoritarian (cough, cough) leader taking steps to become a full-blown dictator. Don't sit around waiting for someone else to fight. There is power in numbers. www.fightthetrumptakeover.com
If you are in your own home, then there is no need for a CW permit.
Itās true. Now more than ever.
Hmmm. I have zero tolerance for fools like this guy. Heās a good candidate for extinction. Sooner, rather than later.
I understand allowing the thought of things getting messy is unsettling. Howeverā¦I donāt believe praying for a miracle is going to produceā¦anything. No data supports that. Ever. The messy thing though? Plenty of data to support expected/desired outcomes.
We are far enough along with the soft launch of authoritarianism that every single LEO or ICE agent has had time to self evaluate and reflect on if they are on board with being part of the regime. At this point, if theyāre on the street and participating, then they are enemies of the people.
Ok, Iāll play Vanceās little game. By his standard: Trump and his entire family donāt belong here. Neither does JDās wife and children, possibly JD himself. I have traced my family roots back to the settlers in Jamestown. My great grandmother was Mary Hatfield. JD and Trump can go. Pete can stay
Fascism is here. We are not āgetting closerā or āin danger of.ā This matters because it frames our discussion: We arenāt trying to prevent it, weāre trying to defeat it. Itās not taking over our institutions, itās taken them over. Otherwise, weāre always behind, fighting a past weāve already lost.
Legal system is barely functional for opposition. The GOP members in Congress ceded their power to tRump. Fascists, Authoritarians, and Autocrats have historically been removed from their positions only one way: forcefully.
Joe, he has already declared war on the American people. The issue is now how and when do we respond to an ever escalating war against us.
Or in a casket. Iām good with whichever comes first.