It's high time for us to consider that we Americans owe our Constitution and democratic heritage far more than our fortunes and sacred honor.
It's high time for us to consider that we Americans owe our Constitution and democratic heritage far more than our fortunes and sacred honor.
Amen - we have to be willing to sacrifice everything in the fight. NOW. It’s not a revolution. It’s a defense of our rights and those of our children’s children.
just wait a little longer. The roman salute is not yet officially demanded. There is still plenty of time for the people to keep their eyes shut and to put their hands on their ears. i listened for way too long to the stories of my grandmother from the time before the 3rd Reich. It sounds familiar
True, but the political right and the Supreme Court believe it’s a suicide pact…
Gear up.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
George I’m concerned. After retiring from 40 year as an investment wholesaler in the securities industry I went on LinkedIn to see what the political chatter is from the industry’s members. I was really surprised at the level of hate and vitriol present. Trump is their god. Frightening.
How about they work for us and we fight back?
Have YOU ever APOLOGIZED to US??? You're all high and mighty Saintly acting now. You, @gtconway.bsky.social, had a HUGE hand in where we are today. YOU PAVED THE ROAD FOR THIS ASSHAT.
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
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ARREST TRUMP NOW ! ARREST THE SUPREME COURT NOW! ARREST THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE HOUSE & SENATE NOW!! THEY HAVE PROVEN BEYOND ANY DOUBT TO BE TREASONOIUS TO THE CONSTITUTION & THE PEOPLE!! THIS IS WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW ! CALL YOUR REP, TELL THEM IT'S TIME TO GET THE MILITARY INVOLVED !!
We need to also keep in mind that it takes more than an election or two to unravel an authoritarian leader. Once we've gone there (if we haven't already gone too far), it is a long struggle to get back to representative democracy.
People say that but what does that actually mean? If we can take back the house and by some miracle the Senate we would be well on the way to undoing so much. Many of the people who were forced out by doge would come back, I would think.
@karaswisher.bsky.social recently excused/rationalized Tim Cook's embarrassing, obsequious Oval Office spectacle, "As an act of a CEO with a responsibility to *investors*." No mention of protecting our democracy. Capitalism & the pursuit of the dollar - so ingrained. Can they break the fever?
Gee. Billionaires who earned off our consumerism could say that too. 👍🏼
Does John Roberts subscribe to this line of thinking
When is the national strike? Do we wait for Hegseth to send his brownshirt goons to every Blue state before we get in the streets??
I mean, time is running out ⌛️ bsky.app/profile/adam...
And the Nazi SA is reborn.
The SA were officially sanctioned Party thugs. This sounds much worse; a lot closer to the early SS.
But worse!!! Weapons, transport, communication… all stronger…
I get the need for a general strike but it's going to happen until enough people are enraged & pushed to their absolute breaking point. That's usually the case but we're not there yet. What would a general strike in the US actually look like? | Waging Nonviolence share.google/Lt1GAANZPlwR...
We getting closer every day
Constitution needs amending on Executive power and SCOTUS accountability and term limits. Citizen's United abolished with strick limits on fund raising, Abolish the Electoral College, expand the Senate to 200 based on an additional Senator for every 3 million people, Urban areas, DC and Puerto Rico.
Pre 2016: Americans died defending the ideals and possibilities of a more perfect union, freedom and democracy. Post 2016: Americans lie defending the destruction of American ideals, freedom and democracy. Post 2024:
Yet the democrats are MIA. SILENT. Letting it all slide. Very disappointing.
What are YOU doing? I hope more than being VERY disappointed.
I am waiting for the democrats to show me the way- other than those marches! I want some unity and action plan. Where is project 2026 or 2029????
Actually -waiting for anybody - to show the way to counter authoritarianism.
Marches, strikes, for certain. Long-term if we can. There is talk about Projects 2026 and 28. Undoing much of this is their priority, so far. I’ll see if I can find that convo.
We do need strong leaders. 100%
How many Americans died fighting The Crown and The Confederates. The time has come.
1/ Men and women of the US Armed Forces, remember your oaths. Remember the conduct of General Washington during the Newburgh Conspiracy in 1783, when General Horatio Gates planned a military coup using the Continental Army.
2/ Remember General Washington’s words “in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, as you regard the military and national character of America,
3/ to express your outmost horror and detestation of the man, who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our country; and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood”
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George - Can the Bulwark please go interview and amplify the voices of the veterans currently protesting at Union Station?
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George could you come out of retirement and represent the citizens of the United States in a class action lawsuit against the government, heritage foundation, and dodge for the massive data breach of our stolen data. Just asking
Yeah well unfortunately more people care about fortunes.
@gtconway.bsky.social Would you agree that the 1776 system is dead and this country needs a 1776-type of bold move (flipping the script) to stop this madness?
Precisely. It's far too important for one person or even one generation to determine. Our fate is but a fleeting moment in another 250 years of the democratic Republic of the United States of America. We owe everything to preserving our heritage for generations to come.
Revolution time.
When a sitting president is willing to openly shred the constitution, while elected leaders stand by watching in silence or helping; there is a very limited time left to save the republic.
that's good because I don't have either
Dictators use the military to keep their people in line. Why is this happening in the USA?
I think Democrats should allow a government shutdown this time so ICE and National Guard can’t be funded. It’ll be a sacrifice on all our parts, but it would be better than this dictatorship.
1%er says what?
ARREST TRUMP NOW ! ARREST THE SUPREME COURT NOW! ARREST THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE HOUSE & SENATE NOW!! THEY HAVE PROVEN BEYOND ANY DOUBT TO BE TREASONOIUS TO THE CONSTITUTION & THE PEOPLE!! THIS IS WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW ! CALL YOUR REP, TELL THEM IT'S TIME TO GET THE MILITARY INVOLVED !!
the time for you was back in your college days you chose wrong and helped get us here
Trump: "I am the President of the United States. I have the right to do anything I want". There you go. The complete breakdown of all checks and balances, reduced to two sentences. Also why you need an entirely new constitution. Tinkering with what you have won't work, without structural change.
Still valid today. billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sour...
Well fucking said, GC!
Of course, Trump said COVID was a hoax so obviously we didn’t need them!
First thing on that list if I recall was our lives and that’s going to be the price to rebel against a dictator and reestablish democratic government. Longer it takes the bigger the bill.
Time to put out... Asses on the line. Feet in the street. Wrenches in the Machine.
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
When everyone recognizes that the Constitution is but a piece of paper w rules made up by people who had no idea what a light bulb, car, or computer are, then we’ll be onto something. How dare we set the rules for people to live by in 250, 500, or 1k years!? We don’t know shit about their reality.
You can appreciate the Constitution without glorifying it. It’s always been *deeply flawed*. Not something to be proud of. But something to work on, heavily.
RefuseFascism.org Join us! Sadly, we can't honk our way out of fascism. If you drive by a protest & honk in support, you're very close to understanding that, IF YOU'RE PHYSICALLY ABLE, we need you IN THE STREETS WITH US. It's on US to end this fascist regime.
We need a new Pledge of Allegiance: “I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation with liberty and justice for all.” The current pledge’s “…and to the republic…” seems like just an afterthought in the current version
Rumi's concept of "truth" centers on a fragmented human perception of a unified, divine reality. His famous quote, "The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece and looked at it, and thought they had the truth.”
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Democracy, our constitution, AND our commitments to allies ARE our sacred honor as Anericans.
We,we,we,we,we.If they keep doing it, we're all going to get pissed on.
My fear is that the time may be approaching when we will be called upon to "ante up and kick in"...for real...again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6l2...
"...And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
I think that Mr. Conway is referring to what preceded our fortunes and our sacred honor in that statement from the Declaration... ...our lives.
I keep asking at what point does violence become the way. Most folks like to say violence solves nothing. It seems to solve pedo Donnie's problems pretty well. I'm hoping nature will take its course with him soon.
You first
We do!
We must call for a national strike until he resigns or is pushed out!
Ok George. what ya got?
So what are "We the people"to do/ going to do about it? To me, it seems that if the courts don't stop the constitutional crisis at hand, we've lost our republic. The legislative branch has no power. The executive branch is complicit. What can we do?
We also owe our lives.
Our military leaders have betrayed us and their oaths to protect us from domestic threats.
You are correct, they have.
We need serious reform: 1 term limits for scotus and congressmen 2 money out of politics 3 limit the power and scope of the president 4 reapportionment, expand the size of congress 5 unbiased redestricting 6 break up monopolies and tax billionaires into oblivion, they’re a proven threat to
Number 1 on Miri's list is the most important. I added a couple add D.C., Puerto Rico Virgin Islands and any territory eligible into statehood add more members to SCOTUS & must have ethics review no stock n bond purchases by any member or staff
Yes! Tbh we should have a rule that says when you hit a population threshold you get automatic statehood. And we should also investigate breaking up bigger states.
I think its far better to have a REFERENDUM VOTES in The U.S. Territories such as Puerto Rico, The US Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and The Marshall Islands — let THEM decide whether or not they wish to become US States.
Fuck a referendum a constitutional status assembly is better
I would prefer the Democrats have a super majority for that, but you may be right
SCOTUS REFORM. SCOTUS needs to be rebalanced by adding seats, and by establishing a rotation of time on and off the bench. www.theguardian.com/law/2022/feb...
Sheldon Whitehouse is the BEST
Yes. And statehood for Washington DC.
Very hard to imagine a majority of congress voting to limit their own terms and/or remove pac money from their coffers. It means primarying incumbent Dems, and that’ll be a six year process for the senate. Does anyone believe our democracy has six years to wait?
pipe dreams when we can't even get the majority of voting-eligible citizens to vote
Go darken another comment section with your defeatist nonsense. I swear you people are like a psyop focused on keeping people demotivated.
Ain’t gunna happen until there’s a Revolution. Yes. A type of a second coming of The Civil War.
Disagree. We’ve managed serious constitutional reform before during the progressive era and the new deal era.
I think we are already in a Cold Civil War!
You may be right. (Go ahead — say it! I may be crazy…it’s true 😆)
Your #4 is out #1, Miri! @uncapthehouse.bsky.social #hr4125 ✌🏻😎🇺🇸
And HOUSING HOARDING LEGISLATION. Exploitation of renters and those who need affordable housing needs to stop. Too many homes being hoarded, and that needs to stop. Private equity, real estate investment groups, conglomerates, hedge funds, bands of greedy grifting merry men need rules and laws.
And COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM. Our immigration policy is 50 years out of date. Fault lies with every single sitting Congress (both houses of Congress) since the 1960s. They’ve all failed in immigration policy reform, and now we have a flaming mess.
And TAX LAW REFORM, to include a wealth tax. This is not an oligarchy, yet. Massive inequality breeds massive instability, and THAT is a powder keg. And the keg is getting bigger and bigger.
Pipe dreams until we get rid of these people.
LoL! I'm reminded of a post I saw a few months ago: "I've come to the conclusion that Americans are too damn lazy to get off their a$$es to save themselves"... And that, ultimately, is your country's downfall along with a corrupt SCOTUS. Nothing less than a shutdown targeting $ supporters will do
Unhelpful and not funny.
Your country has a population of about 340M... They are ALL watching it collapse under a pedophile/fraudster/sexual abuser bound and determined to "punish " ppl who don't agree with him. And other than Pritzker (discount Newsome bcause of his stance on Trans), what's left?
"ALL." Hmmm..
Wasn't meant to be funny... Sobyah, reality sucks...
I think you’re right. A mean post online or taking a video of someone else getting beat up by ICE is not making a sacrifice or putting yourself at risk. To be a true patriot and revolutionary you must be able to sacrifice your own life
We need Governors standing up for the Constitution. States rights are not disregarded in the Democratic Party.
What can the average American do peacefully? Numbers count. Attend the nearest protest. Labor Day there are protests across the country. Boo Billionaires in general. Plus, there will be music at many of them. See y'all then!
Support these efforts. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
What about fasting for the Constitution?
Somebody tell Michael Steele that if we do have a plan, and I hope to fk we do, we're not going to announce it on tv. But it needs to get done soon. Tie crime to guns. Tie crime to poverty!! Those crackers don't want to talk about that. Talk about that.
George, I don't know what's more scary, seeing those soldiers patrolling our streets or seeing people ignore them as they walk by.
George, I'm going to blow my top 💥 if somebody doesn't say, Nobody better talk about crime without talking about GUNS, that there are more guns than fkn people, and that Guns don't kill people. People kill people; people with guns. 😠 Fcuk Donald Trump
Guns are still the third rail, which is bullshit.
But, what do we do!!!! Average American here!
Speaking of heritage, maybe the five plus decades of funding the Heritage Foundation had a lil something to do with this current state we are in?
Blue states need to secede and form a sane country. With a constitution that isn't a piece of shit full of holes big enough to drive a Nazi occupation through them.
I believe the original quote was, "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." It was at the end of the Declaration of Independence. I know this because of the musical "1776," which was the "Hamilton" of my youth. Highly recommended.
Thank you
Pretty sure that only leaves one thing from the list...
If I were still young I’d seduce him and cut off his head, like in the Book of Judith. If I had plastic surgery, maybe like Lauren Sanchez I could get somewhere
As I’ve said before, we are already in a civil war, but we’re losing badly.
Tyranny of government is actually here and the NRA and 2A crowd is dead silent. Time for another American Revolution to take down the oligarchs. Ironically MAGA evolved from the Tea Party that referenced the Boston Tea Party that revolted because of tariff taxes on tea.
And divisive purity tests that assure another devastating loss.
It would be good to make sure trump enablers know that their names and specific activities are being noted and that when this is over they’ll get a visit from Lady Justice.
Can’t get this through to my MAGA family members
I’m working on the liberals around me who are reluctant to engage.
The military commanders across the country should be developing a plan to remove Trump and to take out the maga terrorist group.
Do you really think that will be easy. He got them all working for him.
Can you expound on that? Suggestions?
IT IS TOO LATE. Sorry the people don’t want it enough.
Tell me when and where........
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Words. Too little, too late. The time to cut off the head of the Hydra was years ago. American greed, apathy, ignorance, and arrogance personified and now entrenched as your "leader".
The rich decided their fortunes were far more important than their honor and nothing is sacred to them except getting richer
Yep! Moral fortitude doesn't matter to some of the wealthy folks out there -- their tax breaks are what matters to them.
Yeah -- and it's not just the wealthy folks. With a lot of the American voters, their pocketbooks are what matter.
You may lose clients, suffer financial losses, lose friends, family but rule of law matters. You will be fine if you support the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is something precious. Be proud & fight for freedom.
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Grievance 11 In the Declaration of Independence: ‘He has kept among us, in times of peace Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures.’
What is our opinion?
not by Nationalizing Starlink and SpaceX like you posted in your plea for Democratic leadership. STARLINK & SPACEX Destroying our #Climate with every launch and battery grab.
SpaceX launches are pretty clean vs the competition. But indeed starlink should be limited, IMO.
Elon fought CA Coastal Commission for rights to increase his launches at Vandenberg afb up to 30/day-I’m sure some of his work is welcomed, but I question his transparency & integrity, his trump loyalty, and his overall determination to land Mars while DOGE policies throttle Human Rights on Earth
Remember that the institutions Trump is trashing have actual value and they are owned in common by all of us. He is stealing from us.
Amen to that
Yep. Some of us needed to hit rock bottom to wake TF up.
Because a Trump order to a national guard leader to deploy w/o an emergency is illegal, they can say "No". Push for that "No" w/state chiefs! All D elected officials should push for that "No" w/Lt Gen Nordhaus NG Chief. Chief Nordhaus, defend your oath. say "No" to deployment!
Isn't sacred honor the point? I'm pushing 80 and am dumbstruck that the nation is so paralyzed by this demented old conman. I don't hesitate to speak up whenever and wherever I can, but most people seem numb, and business goes on as usual. I'm wondering if a Barbara Fritchie moment will come.
there is nothing honorable about a rich person protecting pedophila
At some point it will cost lives.
It would be nice if all the people who say, "thank you for your service" got off their asses and DID something.
Seems like it’s time to start making some amendments that align with the 21st century
What is there to do about that?
Are you trying to say the quiet part out loud?
My thought as well.
And it’s past time for us to defend the Constitution against tyrants. Wake up @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov
Which Constitution? The Constitution of 1787 is no longer in force. Neither the executive, nor the legislative, nor the judicial branch, upholds or even pretends to obey it. It has been abrogated and is no longer the supreme law of the land. Making a new Constitution will tax our fortunes & honor.
am wondering why 'who moved my cheese' isn't making a comeback.
The general public: “Well maybe, but did you see what happened on Bachelor in Paradise?”
Let me know the price, I’m ready to bear the cost
I just don’t know how we do it?
Hello George, how are you doing?
Tell that to your wife.
X-wife
My 10th great grandmother wouldn’t like what’s going on, I imagine. www.womenhistoryblog.com/2007/07/mary...
2/2 - Having 7 kids at that time, he wasn’t accepted. One of his sons (my uncle) attended the Nuremberg Trials while on duty in Germany with the US Army. WE OWE AN INCALCULABLE DEBT TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE! 🇺🇸
More than that, we owe our ancestors more than that. My grandfather ran away at age 14 to join the British Navy in 1914. After his mother dragged him home from Canada, he was allowed to join the U.S. Navy in 1916. This man also volunteered for Naval service at the start of WW2. 1/2
The resistance is quietly underway. These efforts need support. open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
I agree. But the people around here couldn’t even give up using Amazon.
Unfortunately honor seems hard to come by these days ...
Another protest idea would be a, “NO SALE”, week. Pick one week to not shop or spend a dime anywhere but a grocery store. No movies, restaurants etc. I know some small retail will suffer, but democracy has a cost and everyone needs to contribute.
What’s it going to take to get people into the streets? Feels like everyone is sleepwalking through this nightmare of democracy being stolen out from under us. Small protests on street corners ain’t gonna cut it. We need nationwide strikes like they do in Europe. Shut it all down for a day or two.
'High time' was at least several months ago, if not years. We're now well into 'too late'.
Kinda like climate change. We tipped that point long ago.
Key dates provided by league commisioners on that one keep changing.
Rise above the politics. They ain't even half way important. This country is about freedom and those willing to die for it.
Your country is about your children and those willing to die for THEM.
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