Who would’ve thought Americans wouldn’t want to live in a military state? Oh that’s right, all Americans. Another negative impact of the military crackdown in DC small businesses are struggling to make sales. Restaurant reservations have dropped by nearly 30% compared with last year, and some owners
report losing $7,000 in a single night or seeing sales fall by 75% on normally busy evenings. In neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, street vendors say foot traffic has “disappeared,” with business now worse than during the pandemic. Chinatown, some shop owners estimate a 30–40% drop in sales.
It's almost as if the destruction of America is the intent.
But we are all "conspiracy theorists" when we say that...
If you frame everything he says and does as Russia having him by the balls and forcing him to sabotage his own country, it is the only thing that makes sense.
It’s a gift to Putin and China is happy about the destruction of America too.
Tis like the pandemic- now Tis epidemic of tyranny
Give RFK Jr. a few more weeks, I'm sure he's got something brewing that'll be making itself known soon.
We leave room for others to behave in unexpectedly appropriate ways
Link: apnews.com/article/wash... dc.eater.com/restaurant-n...
Are they pulling people out of their windows?????
Yeah...I've experienced militarization directed at black people & young people in general in my time. No one goes out except people looking for trouble. Those people accomplished nothing, but now it's the Guard and the military and the GOP looking for trouble. Surreal
Crackdown? You mean takeover. Cracking down on … freedoms?
still worried about the 26 midterms? Don’t bother
Isn't this the point? To harm the economies of Blue voting cities? The point is certainly not to fight crime.
All of these officers and soldiers should be ashamed of themselves. They are acting out fascist fantasies of project 2025 Republicans. They are not serving the American people, they are not upholding the constitution, they are not protecting us. They are goons. They are fascist pawns. Sad.
They should take themselves out of the gene pool at this point. They can NEVER benefit society or humanity.
The leadership in the chain of command, should be refusing the order. It shouldn't be up to the poor soldiers who are going to end up in Leavenworth for refusing an order.
What is beautiful about this farce, is that Congress flees Washington DC every August because the heat and humidity makes it uninhabitable. Think of carrying a rifle, in full battle rattle in that heat, I think Trump may face a NG mutiny!
This picture looks incredible dangerous for both the “officers” and the man inside the building. Do they have no common sense!? Or maybe I’ve watched too many cop shows where the police are smarter.
Way to go Trumpstiltskin
Trumpstein!
Confederate States Invade U.S. Capital City, Residents Under Siege!! *fixed headline
Except for WV. They seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union. Not so much that mentality anymore. Ironically though, Virginia is far more liberal than West Virginia now.
“Out of State Guard Troops” or Confederate forces?
Great opportunity for him to buy land at a bargain basement price after running businesses into the ground and build a huge beautiful gold palace. Everything he touches dies.
We may need snipers. socialistra.org
Biden’s economy, wait for it.
HEY HAKEEM - you got time to go on TV, maybe hustle your butt down to where the action is…
Hey man that's doing something Hakeem doesn't want to do that
Is Hakeem Jeffries your rep?
I think he's the minority leader, no?
Is he your rep?
Is he your rep?
No, shithead Mike Lawler is my rep. Is Jeffries yours? This isn’t a difficult question.
(Crickets)
Yea... bc this is the 2nd time you've aggressively simped for Jeffries with me. Weird. Some kind of AIPAC bot or something?
AIPAC didn't approve that move.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social 🧐
He apparently thinks he's too good for that .
Hakeem and hustle in the same sentence? Is he back from Israel yet?
My god this is awful... every Dem Senate/House staffer/office holder should be in the streets in DC NOW... Get on the Sunday shows remote from the street... all you Oversight Committee goons put away your Epstein/Maxwell BS and focus on what matters...
Pedophilia and rape are not BS. We can do both at the same time.
Where are you posting from—your couch?
This is so awful because they want us talking about this instead of asking where the Epstein files are. This is 110% distract and deflect. It's unacceptable, but it's also performative, designed to get us to stop thinking about how Trump's name is probably on every single page of the Epstein files.
It **ALL** matters!
are you in the streets?
How about no. They represent people who want them looking into those files as well as getting on shows and getting in the streets. It's not "BS", not even a little. Why spend this amount of time and energy at SUCH a cost to the public for no ROI >> the files.
Right!!!!!
The COVER-UP continues with bogus Maxwell interview release. Don't believe the pedophiles. Keep REPOSTING Trump-Epstein content. 👇 mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-xi...
Release the #TrumpsteinFiles! youtu.be/R8AGEjj2Jds?... Or for an accurate understanding of the pedo-in-chief try this link: youtu.be/Q1xR3Xidq84?...
Can we call it Department of Pedophile Exoneration instead. DOPE.
True, very true!
The Park Rangers in Colorado are on the struggle bus. The bring all the friends who make tacos to Union Station to have get a ticket with no resources. Jared spilled oil and contracted 175K people to the for prison pipeline. He has a Utah Sheriff that never passed a history class. Drill baby drill😞
He's gotta go. Can remain in Congress but not as speaker
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Wow. The three stooges
Well gosh I hope they’re catching more of those pesky subway fare evaders with all those tanks and camouflage.
They're really making themselves look stupid. Which is on brand for maga
This country is going to be flat broke and so much deeper in debt within the next year if something doesn't change.
America is trumps next bankruptcy. The only thing he is ever successful at.
This will result in lots of bankruptcies, people leaving and newly empty buildings all ready and waiting to be purchased by Trump's cronies.
Nazi storm troopers/kkk
#countrykiller 😞
Trump is a traitor
And because hospo staff don't get paid a living wage they're probably suffering the most. Hospo owners have been exploiting their staff for decades. No pity for them.
I’ve got a middle schooler whose class is doing a field trip to DC this fall. Middle schooler, mom and I are all on the same page: we will take a separate trip when there is a new administration with policies that align with constitutional values.
I would do the same.
I have a middle schooler who is supposed to take a school trip there in February. I am going to keep an eye on the situation. It is supposed to be an 8th grade rite of passage, but I don't like the situation there right now.
I was going to DC but not anymore
He is doing his damnedest to destroy the democracy and economy. When people are poor they are desperate. He wants America to become the hellscape he has painted it as to declare martial law.
Trump is going to destroy the restaurant economy in DC.
Perfect for them to come in and buy the businesses for cheap. They will own everything.
😐
This is the felon's America. What an evil person.
FIRE THIS CLOWN.
Making America great again, one blue city at a time. No surprise the people aren’t buying it.
He doesn’t care.
Yep this is MAGA winning
Wait til one of these pandemics lights up. Again.
Trump is causing our economy to tank further downward.
The damage is part of the goal. Trump gates black leaders and mayors, and gates cities like DC. His revenge tour is a scorched earth approach to autocracy.
Hates, not gates. Wtf is with AI autocorrect?!
Trump IS a pandemic!
This loss of business and empty, desolate streets caused by the Regime are what will lead to real, sustained crime.
Sue.
We were near the White House and in Penn Quarter today and both were near-deserted. Lots of street parking available.
Whoa!! 🫤 That's crazy. When I lived near Annapolis, we would take a train into DC because the parking was such an insane nightmare.
I wish they would talk in impact and not dollars. $7000 a night? Depends on the place. But a lot of their costs stay the same no matter how busy the restaurant. They still have utilities, rent, wasted food at first, etc. Most restaurants don’t have huge margins in the first place though.
Gonna be wild when he rolls out this party to other cities. Tourist interest in America will die for good reason.
It is already dying. Travel is down by a lot and other countries are telling their citizens to avoid this place.
You’ll never hear the lying liars utter those numbers.
A page from the fascist’s playbook: you’re not describing destruction if small businesses, you’re witnessing a lowered crime rate. After all, if everybody’s holed up, street crime is non-existent. Magzis have a genius for self-aggrandizing, alternative reality descriptions.
🤬🤬🤬
Almost as if the plan includes tanking blue cities’ economy by kidnapping workers and killing tourism.
that seemst to be the plan for the whole country actually. Also tanking education and science to boot.
That's the plan.
My heart goes out to the small business owners of DC. First term he killed a million with his covid bleach nonsense. Second term, he's killing small businesses with tariffs and now troops in the streets. Please let it end.
Tanking the economy one move at a time. Until it all collapses. Qui bono?
#ETTD
Republicans don't give a shit about a police state, as long as the police are in states controlled by Democrats
😡
The damage that trump has done in just 8 months, don’t know how we will survive the next 40.
he's gonna croak.
Sarebbe appropriato che Epstein fosse il colpo che lo fa. ☠️😤 Quei poveri bambini. 😖
i believe he will do it to himself. pop a cork or explode his cankles. choke on a cheeseburger. no one is listening to those survivors which blows my mind.
Esattamente. Ma è sempre bene avere un piano “B”.
youtu.be/_bA6RmsV6R0?...
Forse il piano “C”. Troppo veloce.
jimmy hoffa burgers 😂🤣😜
Delizioso, ma ad alto contenuto di colesterol🍔❤️🩹
take a statin. THEN youtu.be/o-0lAhnoDlU?...
#FreeDC ♥️✊🇺🇸💙
We are becoming more like Iran than we are Germany. And they've been through similar!
I live in a suburb of Chicago and there's no way in Hell I would go to the city if it's occupied by the National Guard.
I will go to protest but not for any other reason. I've warned my kids they may to bail me out....
Trump disavows any responsibility for all that until such time as the occupation is complete and we wouldn't dare suggest he should be responsible.
I know this would hurt more even so, but what if all businesses in DC just took a stand and shut down for like a day? Everyone leave and abandon the city, their jobs for a day? What would happen if no one showed up but the politicians? For one day? No one. Not even a bus driver?
trump is destroying tourism in our country. The U.S. is on the list of countries not to visit.
Trump's people are destroying the US economy. Tourists will stay away (if they have any sense). Governments will buy weapons elsewhere (because Trump showed he could block various systems being used by Ukraine). The worse it gets, the more they will blame the Democrats.
The saddest part of all, he still has like a 44% approval rating. Can you imagine??!
Nope
It’s in the low 30s now. But still too high
I googled it, wide range. Depends on poll. A lot are in the 40s.
Who are these 44%? There can’t be that many pedophile protecting Evangelicals out there? I guess you have to add in the racists and bigots who would rather see the whole country burn than to give blacks and gays a fair shot. Maybe a few more just plain crazy folk? Is that 44%?
Denial is not gonna make them go away.
Sadly not all Americans.
"Honey, let's order dinner in...don't want ICE to know where we eat, or go for a drink, or buy our groceries or clothes or send our kids to school." Sad. People living in disgust and fear of actually just living their lives.
I'm just mind blown! Heartbroken I have trust in the NORMIES!
yeah he's tryna destroy the country so we'll have nothing to fight for
I prefer to say, we will have nothing to lose
It’s amazing that Donald Trump thinks by having national guard on the streets the tourist are gonna think that it’s safer. It makes people more apprehensive. He is creating chaos and more problems. Small businesses and restaurants are losing money.
Trump doesn't give a s*** if restaurant reservations are down. None of those restaurant owners voted for him..
But Big Balls is taking karate lessons…..
Apparently they’d rather be nazees more than Americans.
Bowser would still kiss the ring.
I would refuse to rent hotel rooms to those invaders then, they would have to sleep on the street then Trump would deport them then, problem solved
And KKKaroline is lying about it.
That's been my concern ever since this bullsh@* started. Tourism numbers are going to be bad too. But as we know they don't give a flyin.
Yikes. Was that his actual intention? Diabolical.
Tsk, Tsk - well what-cha-gonna do?
Though I feel like overall, restaurants aren’t doing as well as they were last year. It’s been a long time since we had to wait for a table.
America is slip sliding away……..
These video round-ups of recent arrests are stomach churning: imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land... imgur.com/gallery/land...
They're also in the tourist areas, rather than what are known as higher crime areas of DC, right? All for show.
WHY IS THIS EVEN ALLOWED??? Sending troops on American soil to fight Americans. I what world is that okay?
Apparently this one smdh
Trump hates the USA. He's killed your economy, civic trust and people have and will continue to die bc of his policies. The Pedophile in Chief is the worst President in history. Release the Epstein files NOW.
It’s impossible for the 🍊🌮 to care about anyone or anything that 1) he can’t make $$ off of - 2) doesn’t stroke his incredibly fragile ego - 3) he’s isn’t sexually attracted to - 4) doesn’t have enough dirt to blackmail him
Trump does hate America and even when he wrapped his arms around the American flag like he was giving it hug it was also fake. He does not love America. He wants to destroy it so he can hand it over to Russia.
Sorry. He does not want to hand over the US to Putin. He fancies himself a dictator in his own right. He wants to turn our democracy into a fascist state and then invade Canada, Mexico, and Greenland.
That flag bumper is gross.
So... H U M P E R.
Starting with Alaska.
Any Boy Scout or Girl Scout knows to handle the flag with reverence. Not make love to it.
Look how he interacted with his own daughter when she was a child. It appears that, despite his extreme privilege from birth, he was poorly parented and, to the detriment of the entire world, never did move on from the lack. I try to have empathy for how empty he must be inside but it’s difficult.
DT's father was a horrible man & we can now see the results of his appalling parenting not only on his son & family, but the US & many parts of the world, such as Gaza. It just goes to show what a big responsibility parenting can be!
The BIGGEST! I am awed by those who are able to parent well. I had horrific “parents”. That factored greatly into my decision to not parent. My brother solved the problem by marrying a well parented woman and listening to her. Their little chick is 26 now and thriving.
But people are more than their upbringing. Trump had a choice to be like his father or not
That’s a very true statement.
What do you think will happen when the files are released?
A lot more political pressure and he dies of stress. I hope.
Everything Trump touches turns to shit!
Not all Americans
Unfortunately
Cut down on foreign tourists by charging them an exorbitant bond. Cut down on domestic tourism by filling the streets with military and out of control federal law enforcement. That’s an interesting economic strategy.
So, now ICE is using gas to poison communities in Portland and other cities-they are mobilizing a gas concentration camp.
Good one maga GQP cult - destroying the economy and our democracy
This could be part of it… bsky.app/profile/iwil...
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!
OK sure but hear me out, youtu.be/ZSCXwHEG0_w?...
everything he touches
And it's restaurant week.
Is the military crackdown reserved for democratic states or even states with the highest crime figures? And has Trump actually made America Great Again?
Definitely not states with the highest crime rates. Those are red states.
He’s tanking the economy in multiple ways. What an idiot
Tanking the economy Destroying the environment Eliminating science from medicine Eliminating science from NASA Making a mockery of the American justice system Taking healthcare from millions (how is America the ONLY developed nation without free healthcare)? Oh, and destroying democracy.
We are in a serious situation
It’s not like we cheered as we militarized our police for the last 4 decades. Americans were totally against it. Nighttime raids on homes over a suspected plant??? Freedom loving Americans would never accept that shit. That’s why we don’t worship cops here. Right?
If I see the national guard in downtown SLC, I am telling my boss that I am not driving into work.
So the only people who haven't gone out to eat in DC are the ( * )s who prefer a white nationalist society? Alpha male my backside.
The crazy thing is, there are SO many conservatives that will never see it simply because they never have, and never will go to he city. Even if it’s only 30 min away. And the only thing nearby is DG.
Who would want to go out there, if there was any chance of arrest?
The cruelty and disruption is the point.
As long as the money flows to the occupying forces in the WhiteHouse, there will be less fuss and fewer imaginary threats
Will you bash ICE with me for just 1 minute? open.substack.com/pub/noelkeit...
Do not use “Crackdown”. They’re all invasions!
Some of the conservative business owners need to be making some noise. Dicknose won’t listen to libs…but if his supporters start fussing he may at least hear them. I just heard him lie, saying restaurants are doing better now blah blah blah lie lie lie.
But.... But.... Trump's friend said......
Franquismo v. 2.0 I know, I lived it.
It's the Dump-Putin's plan to turn America into a Russian police state where people are scared, poor, hungry and thus too weak to fight against dictatorship. Why do you think they're going after farmworkers in California? Farmworkers = food = health = strength = sovereignty = democracy.
An oligarchy is a form of government where power is concentrated in the hands of a small, elite group of individuals, often based on wealth, family, or military power, rather than being held by the general population.
once they have destroyed everything, what use is power?
It is not an oligarchy, but a dictatorship. Even the oligarchs are bowing to Trump
It’s both.
They bow because they believe that the regime will endlessly reward them for financing its rise to power. They apparently have forgotten or never studied world history. It seldom works out well in the end for the oligarchs who finance enthronement of a dictator. Scorpion and frog….
In Putin’s Russia, even falling out of a basement window can be deadly.
Trump eats his own. It was obvious in his first term. I thought corporate leaders were smarter than that.
This is the ways in which the very few holds control of the masses.
That's what we have now. Semblance of democracy is performance only.
I am hoping we survive this, but it's not looking good. 🤬☠️⚰️🇺🇲😞 #SurvivingTheOligarchy youtu.be/tc9zs35doac?...
Pay no attention to the post. The writer is just lying. Restaurants are full. Visitors to DC are up. DC is safe once again.
They need to take action on creative ways to bring income just like Covid. Don’t let the military bankrupt our blue sanctuary cities. Instead boycott the military, but support the local businesses. But gee tariffs might be relevant here too.
The goal to financially rip up blue cities is underway. Would be a shame if MAGA businesses in those blue cities got screwed over and had to close. I'm sure they will understand it is in their best interest and they are Making America Great Again! ps. tRump was right about everything...
Wait til those guys in camo start showing up with AR 15s
If the restaurant owners voted for Trump. I hope they lose every fucking they own.
Not all Americans. Your American. Right?
Cracking up on the crack down of viral memes. It's frightening to see 🙈 At least we still have our humor. youtube.com/shorts/HCEof...
Humans are quite predictable that in times of uncertainty(Destabilization of the Nation, Society & Economy under Trump & his 40 Thieves), we hold tight to our wallets & bankbooks.
Make america broke, I mean bankrupt
You think Trump gives a fuck? They're driving the economy to shit on purpose. Tanking the value of all assets because they have all of the capital. And then when everything is worth nothing, they'll buy up everything.
Who wants to be in Washington, DC?? Walking around between armed militia!!
All to the glee of the MAGAts.
Reposting from March 2025. Time to bring it back. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...
All those 2A Don't Thread on Me, Obama is sending black boots to kick in your windows, suddenly SUPER quiet. Where are all those Meal Team Six tough guys who kept saying they're protecting the country from dictators? Oh that's right ... they're full of sh!t You know Heritage Foundation right? 👇
You know what's good for business? Research from around the world over decades shows thst places that have greater equality, also have stronger economies. #LondonSchoolofEconomics fairnessfoundation.com/contributors...
I’m sure the government will reimburse all of the restaurants that have lost so much business because our government is making blue state cities safe again!
Trump is spending hundreds of millions of your tax dollars harassing cities, targeting them for military takeover - Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Baltimore, Oakland - and these cities have one thing in common: They all have black mayors. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Not all Americans. The cult is still around 30% & that’s mainly in the duellin banjo states, so they’re happy enough as they think it doesn’t affect them. It doesn’t at this stage of course, but Dear Leader gives not two fucks about them and they haven’t the wit to see it
I don’t need dental!
Not all southern people believe in this shit. It’s decades of gerrymandering and our education system being constantly defunded and being poor as shit cuz our politicians don’t care about us. I get being mad but let’s not generalize and be classist.
I apologise if I caused you any offence. It doesn’t appear though that it’s mainly those states where Trump draws his support.
Maybe you could vote for someone else in your next election. You should have a write in option. You could get together with your friends & pick someone, then spread the word by whispers. I imagine if you were vocal about it, you'd be relentlessly harassed. It could work if you start now. 💙
I have a legit question for Southerners. Many of these states are among the poorest in America and all voted overwhelmingly for Trump. His poor MAGA followers seemingly believed that he was fighting for them. His BBB cut their benefits however and rewarded billionaires. What do they say now?
Usually one of three reactions in my experience with talking to them: silence, denial, or excuses.
And they want to do this in how many other cities? This is part of the plan! They want everyone going out of business, they will just come in and redevelop everything with their billionaire buddies. The average American will own NOTHING.
The oligarchs probably see the decline in small business sales as an added benefit of the military patrols: forced reliance on corporate chains.
EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES
I could not drive into Georgetown this past week due to police blockades. I’m sure the merchants are furious and frustrated.
I imagine a lot of them will go out of business. 💔
Imagine living there? 🤷♀️
Under military occupation. Just like the founders intended. 🙄
Good language👍 NO"Military Occupation" should be/may well be on a protest poster..!
The best protest sign I saw in LA: If Kamala were president, we’d be at brunch. I do think everyone just wants to live a peaceful life wherein full time work = food, shelter, education and healthcare. Why did so many choose this unnecessary chaos and misery? Greed? Hate? Religious brainwashing?
All of the above. He is a raging storm of evil and toxically narcissistic impulses. Republicans and “Christian” conservatives see him as their only path to power.
I started to make a reply but it was just so Debbie Downer that I cancelled it. “I tried to make it Sunday but I got so damned depressed that I set my sights on Monday” Credit: America 1975
It’s a very dark time. Hang in there!
Thank you
Good questions!
Racism, homophobia, selfishness. Although equally, being brainwashed by their choice of “news”.
Mostly racism!
I think bigotry (broadest term I know for hate) factors in bigly but maybe greed is the most pervasive issue. There are so many factors but those with the wealth to buy the lawmakers have the power. They seem inclined to use the baser tendencies of a sad lot of people to benefit themselves.
Racism, fear of change, needing something tangible to blame for the hell COVID wrought on a lot of people. The isolationism COVID caused really fucked people up. Humans are social creatures and we go coo-coo when we don’t get social interaction.
You have a very good point.
Humans thus are lame and weak because I didn’t have a problem with it. I’m gonna probably an introvert. I thought it was very great.
I also found the isolation during COVID to be awesome as hell. My wife, not so much. Most of the people I know, not so much. 🤷🏻♂️
I had full isolation as I lived alone, had no pets, and wasn’t working virtually so just my privileged self having everything delivered and hanging out reading and what not. I will admit that after 2 years of basically never going out or seeing anyone, I was ready to go outside and die or whatever.
Ok, I have to chime in on this thread. I don’t want to be insensitive to anyone who suffered but for me, a person who exalted in solitude and managed to carve out a fair bit of it pre pandemic, my thought at the outset of lockdown was “I’ve been training for this for my whole life!”.
I’m all done blaming this on Covid. This was well on its way when Covid hit. This is about people with a narcissistic “out for me” attitude, racist backlash from Obama presidency, and a lack of morals and decency. The better people need to step up. The cowards in Congress called out, and moved out.
I mean, that's how you feel. Great. Science says isolation isn't good and has long-lasting effects, causes anti-social behaviour, physical problems, etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_... publichealth.tulane.edu/blog/effects... openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcont...
The studies have shown that the things you're pointing out are generally associated with. . .*gasp*. . . Isolation. Now, that doesn't mean you're wrong about Congress. 100% agree with you on that front.
Yup, with a huge side of sexism
All of the above. Few read Project 2025, or they would not have vote for the orange bastard.
Or they would have because it’s in support of their greed/bigotry/religious views…
Racism.
You make a strong and popular point
It's supported by significant historical research, too. Conservatives cannot operate without bigotry because they need an Other to demonize and a helpless puppy to kick because they are afraid of being treated as they've treated others and they don't attack anyone who can actually fight back.
We do live here. Have for 13 years. This military occupation is insane.
😬
Soon, we won’t have to imagine it, I fear.
We should stop spending unnecessarily and grind this economy to a halt. Business leaders don’t want to step up and speak out against this insanity. It’s up to us consumers to stop that’s madness. Only shop at businesses you know are not supporting this fascist takeover.
Yes! Support your locally owned businesses, boycott the oligarchy and their corporations! #NoTarget #NoWalmart
Hope these soldiers are NOT taken in by this fascistic, performative, and unamerican blasphemy to democracy and the demonization of fellow Americans which are despicable especially the lying, defamatory words spoken by Stephen Miller and JD.
Someone should ask them.
I would think they’re not going to say it on video, but it would be great if they did.
Just proves that all the NRA going on and on about the 2nd Amendment was BS, if they were as serious as their propaganda they'd have a small army sitting on the White House lawn already, defending democracy and the Constitution.
It’s always about money, greed and gun sales with the NRA. They are far from patriotic and have blood on their hands.
True!
Nah, the 2nd amendment is always there, regardless of the russian assets at the NRA.
The NRA definition of tyranny is LGBTQ people existing in public.
NRA got a lot of Russian cash. So there's that. Before '72 they taught safe hunting practices until the Birch society got involved.
Defend against tyrannical governments so long as its not their tyrannical government
Just a bunch of, mainly white men, who don't want to be the minority. Why? Because they're afraid that they'd be treated like all of the other minorities throughout our history.
NRA was always about racism. Never forget, the NRA was fully supportive of Reagan, back when he passed the Mulford act restricting public carry of loaded weapons, not because they were opposed to doing so, but because they were shocked, SHOCKED! that BLACK PEOPLE had been allowed to do so.
The NRA has always been about ONLY allowing white people to open carry in order to terrorize black people. And their justification has always been "crime" which has always meant "Black People committing crimes." The NRA has always been a racist, terrorist organization.
There's nothing stopping the left from arming up at the moment. Just sayin'
Indeed not.
But they're not the ones who've constantly made a fuss about it for so many years.
Because we never believed anyone was actually coming for anyone else's guns. 😂
Just gonna leave this here for anyone interested. Now is the time, and these folks have excellent resources. socialistra.org/chapters/
Indeed! I got my licenses, guns, ammo too! I’m Blue as the oceans, lakes & skies - & intend on remaining as Free as them also. Agree that the NRA was racist AF, but those rights pertain to me also.
They meant from lefty liberals who want to ruin America with woke ideology and health care. Not from an authoritarian dictator. They've all been waiting for this...and they're pussies that need guns to feel safe.
The NRA and Magat crowd are the same. Little men, scared of everything.
Maria Butina, one of Putin's top spies and avid supporter of the NRA posing with top GOP leaders before Putin recalled her to Russia. Putin's MAGA Puppet felon adjudicated rapist Trump and key GOP leadership are still working to destroy America. BELIEVE ME
Afraid of their own shadows because they are black
Big gun, substitute for small dick.
and of course their Dodge RAM which never sees any actual work activity, just tailgating cars that the driver feels threatened by. My favorite are the ram drivers who feel compelled to try to race my competition package M3 😂
And small brain.
Big balls has all our data and Musk is fucking everyone over. Weird how he and his muppets all quietly stepped out of the spotlight.
'cause they got what they needed. They are screwing all of us behind the scenes now. Need to tar and feather "big balls" and all of his partners.
What's he gonna do blackmail us into buying his junk ass, overpriced cars?
Janky things got parts melting off of it, and of they aren't exploding or otherwise catching fire, they're decapitating drivers and pedestrians alike indiscriminately. I don't know about you, but I never agreed to become a public crash test dummy!
Oops, that's not entirely true. Musk did blip on my radar regarding trying to kill fiber to support his shitty starlink. Saboteur.
Starlink is great as a back up but it’s no comparison to fiber.
I will never, ever ever understand musk apologists. He literally used Starlink to sabotage Ukraine. Don't ever use it.
Trying to get into electricity supply in the UK. Not getting very far in Scotland. England is way further right so he may have a chance there. I wonder what other countries or industries he is taking over.
You can get anything you want with money these days. It's really a tragedy that we let him get this far. He's an apartheid baby, afterall, stealing wealth from an entire country and now hte world for decades.
I need to go learn more about this.
Really quick google, sorry if it's not good.
Whoo boy, red Idaho is going to be seeing a lot of red!! Medicaid slashed, broadband gone, small town schools practically closing for lack of funding🤨
Melon wants to keep launching more Space Debris. Just wondering when the breadboxes all start falling and shower the planet with hitech microparticles.
Literally he should be tried in an international court for putting so much trash in space
NASA has been stealing taxpayer money by funding SpaxeX for a long time now
It's SpaceX that is stealing the money, Nasa is just trying the best it can to return value to the taxpayer. THey get ripped off by spacex, sure.
Thank you. I’m in the Eastern Panhandle of WV (close to Virginia,) and I’m having fiber internet installed next week. I feel even better about it now
We live in rural SE GA and switched to fiber optic internet several months ago. We have had nothing but problems. Maybe it's the company. I don't know. Our service drops randomly several times a day. We bought two extenders, thinking the router was too small, and that helps when it's in the mood.
1/2 WV as well-we’re moving & can change providers. The way the FCC authorized prioritization of BB launch in rural states 1: DHS priority spots (police & state and local gov) 2. Hospitals & schools 3.Agricultural businesses 4. Rural Main Street- but shortwave radio may be our best choice soon.
Our rural cooperative has been moving to fiber optic and we love it. AT&T et al couldn’t give me their service. Our fiber optic is only troubled by power outages.
I'm up in NW Vermont. Had fiber installed a couple months ago. It is amazing! Beats the hell out of DSL or The Dish. Starlink has been an option for a while, but I've hated Musk since before it was cool because of his hostile takeover of Tesla.
Starlink is being pushed as a means of control....he who controls starlink controls the US military since they now use starlink for their communications.
Thanks for the article!
But it's all data. As is almost all of their wealth. All signs are pointing toward a catastrophic collapse... if that starts with the loss of the electrical grid... so goes all of their data. All of their wealth. The wealthy will be the ones trying to protect their wagons full of gold.
they're in fact banking on the fact that us poors won't have access to tech if the grid fails for us, but they're already fully set up for life. The grid will do everything it can to protect their wealth.
Yeah. They just want to be able to pack their guns when they are around Black people. The stuff they spew about having guns to fight tyranny is pure bullshit.
Yup. And when they're scared of everything, they want to trample on other's rights. Deplorables, every last one of them.
Betting tourism in DC is way down too. I certainly wouldn't set foot there.
Ist that the 'American Dream' everyone told me about?
never thought I would see nazi soldiers occupying US soil but here we are.
Trumpists are setting up the new Hermit Kingdom. They don't mind if it kills people or wrecks businesses.
You know who wouldn’t mind though? It seems that all the bullet headed gunners who ranted forever about needing so many firearms so they could rise up against a tyrannical leader……don’t really mind tyrannical leaders so much now.
DC was a test to see what he can get away with, but to see the negative metrics on the blue cities he despises. This has nothing to do with crime, it’s everything to do with consolidating power, intimidation, extortion, and hurting his opposition. Fuck this regime, I look forward to our turn.
That is what the cult leader wants, to make every blue state or city bankrupt like he did so many times before.
We ate at mamaayeshasdc.com yesterday in the late afternoon and the place was a ghost town. They've been in business for 75 years and it looks like they're struggling. Between the tariffs and the police state... just... look, if you're in DC, please give them your biz. The food is incredible!
Not a crackdown as they have nothing to crackdown on. Its a military coup like they have in other Authoritarian Countries like Russia and North Korea.
457 lied that restaurants are thriving.
It's going to take the people taking the government back. Trump and the maga's and the billionaires are not going to let it go easily.
Everything that The Great Bumpkin touches dies
The writings on the wall our country is in default in many ways.
And retention of National Guard members has reportedly gone from in the 60% range to the 20% range. So I imagine they will lower their standards even more to recruit high school dropouts, insurrectionists and people who get a thrill from harassing the powerless.
Wow.
How are those Uber deliveries going BTW?
As if tourism isn’t already down cuz of tyrant Trump. JFC he’s absolute nightmare for our economy.
Sweet. Soon Trump can emerge from his chrysalis a fully formed Kim Jong Don and build a giant, empty hotel where the Washignton monument used to be.
Big effing surprise
Yep, so many layers of impacts and ripples Fuck them.....they are so anti American....basically need to leave- go live in Russia....fucking traitors
Where did all the "Don't Tread On Me" rebels go..... now that it's Trump and the Republicans treading on everyone????
Military occupation is bad for business & if business suffers America will start to see a major recession coming.
It’s already on the horizon. 2026 will be rough
Absolutely. Most Americans won’t see it coming, majority will be blindsided hard.
This is truly the stupidest self-inflicted wound in American history.
It will only get worse. If the felon increases military being in more cities & causing businesses to lose profits, sooner than later the shit will hit the fan.
Recession is here..grocery prices are up 50%, gas prices/utilities are up, people are losing jobs, hiring at an all time low. The past few months the economy has been propped up by the idiots who thought this was just temporary. Their pullback will be the final push off the cliff.
Absolutely & if the felon has his way, this could turn into the 2nd Great Depression😝. The orange felon wants all Americans who ain’t billionaires to suffer & suffer for not loving him. The felon is a destroyer of economies & his target is the US economy.
Putting Seattle under martial law will surely be good for Microsoft and Amazon stocks though. The markets see no risk here, only perpetual upside.
Misuse of government assets. Where is the accountability?
oh well, it's just little people's money; if God loved these little businesses, he would have given them enough money to buy their own congressman amirite?
What was that lie they told us about the 2nd amendment being so we could defend against tyranny? Or was it just so that weapons manufacturers could make a lot of money and we can live in a police state?
Surgically rid ourselves of Fascist leadeship and enablers.
Who would have still thought in this moment in our history, that someone is coming to save us? His croaking although welcome, is not gonna save us! Until we make him, and those in his adlibistration feel the same pain as those he is disappearing and stealing from the nooses will tighten around us!
Donald Trump. A one-man wrecking ball to all we hold dear as a nation.
That would be make America as unlivable as any fascist regime in modern history.
Domestic occupation is LITERALLY, 100% UNAMERICAN 😠😡😠😡😠
Trumpists were saying: "We need a dictator." Now they are beginning to learn what life under a dictatorship is like.
Actually, our lack of meaningful action against fascism kind of suggests that Americans do, or at least would rather live in a military state than to finally end racism. But what do I know, 2 undergrad degrees, US Navy Veteran, biology grad student....just a big dumb dumb I guess....
Have you checked out the trainings, actions (local and national) and other activities to get involved with at @indivisible.org ? They are seriously impressive. Just finished their third non-compliance training. All hands on deck!
Chicago. Here we go
Follow the money. If they crush local businesses they'll be able to buy them for dimes on the dollar.
That's part of the point isn't it? Make cities unpleasant places to be, to drive more people into atomized exurbs
The Guilded Age progresses.
If there is anything, literally ANYthing of virtue or value in this world, he will try to destroy it.
Awful!!!
Thisnis what Trump wants. The destruction of our cities so he can exert even more control over us.
Everything he touches turns to shit. Every. Single. Thing.
I don't even know what to say except WTF are the Republicans doing of course no one wants to live in a police state we never have of course it's going to trash business because no one will come out of their homes anymore it's a matter of time before this country completely explodes in anger
Who wouldn’t want the military patrolling our cities just for the purpose of the president deflecting our attention away from his pedo involvement with a dead pervert. We don’t need to have a Hollywood moment that shows this insanity when our cities are having a decline in crime. Pathetic!
That’s not to mention out of country tourists who see nothing of value to visit here anymore.
We are being culled by the regime. Everything they are doing is designed to kill us. Quickly or slowly. That is their goal.
I LUV this for maga
This feels personal to me bc my brother has lived in DC since the mid '80s. He graduated from law school there, then stayed & raised a family. I've visited him dozens of times over the years. When I saw a humvee and military personnel sitting in front of Union Station, I felt like crying.
People that live in glass houses.
America is being throttled into its grave by a vile, degenerate predator—a festering sack of filth who embodies rot itself. We are forced to watch as he desecrates our nation, torching our freedoms, poisoning our generosity, mocking our kindness, and grinding our respect into the dirt.
it's deliberate. read 1984.
It depends on which president is making it a military state. Obama? They would’ve pitched a fit Trump? Yeah that’s all right. We’ll go military state with Trump. It’s funny because Christians thought Obama was the antichrist and I still got it wrong today.
Those businesses and restaurants are feeding the leopards. They just wanted to hurt other people, not get hurt themselves. My sympathy is for the ones who didn't vote for this.
It's coming to all states. No one stopped him in LA & now it's in DC. We're not even having large protests. Seems like lots are ok with this, they just don't want to be in the area to see it & possibly get scooped up in error.
Destroying local economies is part of the plan
Why would anyone want to go out surrounded by people with ugly uniforms and guns? Maybe that's beautiful to dump. He did fill a beautiful flower garden into cold hard concrete.
Right? Dinner with J6 terrorists roaming around doesn’t sound appealing to me.
Exactly. Criminals out acting tough and wanting attention and having to worry about being safe. No
I was actually planning on visiting DC for the museums this fall but I cancelled that in Spring and I am glad I did. Boston or NYC will gladly take my money...
The cult members apparently still love this stuff.
Remember when people were up in arms about Biden sending the national guard to help after hurricanes hit, saying they're there to take over their homes? Now that they've taken over whole cities, absolute crickets.
He's killing our cities.
Instead of getting upset and having a confrontation, why don't we: Ignore them like they don't exist. Maybe for 2 weeks. Imagine them invisible. Then go around & put a flower in their hand. Acknowledgement of their existence but not combative. 60s style They have 30 days (?) & then have to leave.
Do you think they actually give a shit if you ignore them or not if you're one of the people they're targeting? The felon wants a war - international or domestic. He'll start one if he has to. It will give him the excuse he needs to declare martial law. He wanted this during his last term, too.
Red state folks are probably happy with the military owning the libs. They are comfy with concept of “daddy’s home.”
They are. A quick trip to X land and people would see all sorts of comments to that effect, oblivious to the trampling of rights, oblivious to the implications of taking over the policing of a city this way.
That's because Trump is feeding all those National Guard soldiers. .... hamburgers and hotdogs. But still ....
Notice this is only going on in Blue States and Cities THAT PAY THE TAXES TO KEEP RURAL AMERICA FUNDED. How much longer until @democrats.org realize Rural America is the problem!
They don't care. They don't care who starves, they don't care who dies. Once they are through decimating the general population, what will they do with all those police? If only the police would turn on them...
I wouldn't go out to eat either if I lived in D.C.
This imbecile is destroying everything and everyone! Why? Is it just evilness? Is he suffering from some brain issues that they aren’t telling us about? He really should have been a stain on the sheets! I don’t understand why he is still being allowed to destroy OUR COUNTRY!
That's what they want. They want to have businesses in liberal leaning states fail so they can claim how horrible they are. CA should stop sending federal money and keep it invested in our state.
Exactly! 👍👍👍👍👍
Why aren’t we shutting down the entire economy?!!!
We need a #GeneralStrike !!
It’s inevitable. Trump will kill tourist attractions ,restaurants, gift shops, and most retail. No one wants to risk getting shot by these untrained terrorists. The hit will be comparable to Covid. That’s why he is only attacking blue states.
You know who is going to have to save America? Black people and Hispanic people. They are the only ones with the cojones and the power to stand against injustice despite being a tiny minority. They also have the strongest belief in America as a force for good.Why do you think MAGA wants them gone?
I agree, but want to pass along this because language matters.
Wtf happened to the federal Posse Comitatus Act? Is anyone suing to enforce it?
💯🤬
I would only agree to the word " crackdown" if it actually applied to the Mafia currently in charge of the US & hellbent on tearing it apart.
They are continuously not reporting the news accurately
Will we see troops south of downtown? Doubtful. Will they be stopping the flow of illegal arms from south of the border (I mean Indiana)? Absolutely not.
Agreed! Naming it for what it is matters every single time we say/type it! ✨
It's a crackdown on democracy and the imposition of a police state. The great American experiment in democracy could be doomed if this police state expands to key Democratic states.
Fuck this!!! Fucking military shit!
1. It’s not an administration; it’s a regime. 2. Trump isn’t a president; he’s a dictator 3. He isn’t negotiating with Putin; he’s plotting with Putin Words mean things
He's not plotting with Putin, he's taking orders from Putin.
Putin is plotting with Netanyahu.
Maybe international law will jail all three of them.
THEN: Hitler, Mussolini, Emperor of Japan NOW: Trump, Putin, Kim Jong-un. There is no daylight between them.
It wasn't the emperor, it was Hideki Tojo.
You are correct - I stand corrected. Thank you.
They deserve the
Feeling rather French lately.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Sanctions on American judges are next.
It’s a regime, dictator, Putin’s puppet and felon destroys everything he touches. How anyone in this country doesn’t know by now is very sad and shameful.
Yes. Exactly.
Follow follow 💙
It’s a Reich.
Very well said!
Speaking of language, does anyone know if any journalists have asked if cities with higher crime rates, such as Memphis, will be seeing “military assistance from trump and company.
Don’t vote for him? IF we ever get to vote again it’s not hard to predict that he and the Republicans will lose!
One can expect voting fraud or no voting at all with this criminal lot.
Unfortunately, there are many red hats who love this and the idea of a militaristic society. They somehow think it will not apply to them because they hate the right people.
ICE is bad for business!🥺
Ice agents are trumps personal bounty hunters!
Gestapo.
Are you sure? tRump Says people are going out to dinner again. (meant Ironically)
So much for restaurants driving according to Drump
Of course, all woke libs who would whine about their new military or ICE/DHS protectors conveniently forget they would all likely be deceased, victims of the millions upon millions of violent criminal rapists who are right now living near their homes. /s
There's an app for that. I can check online to see where all pedophiles, ankle bracelet wearers and others are in my neighborhood. You shouldn't assume that just because you don't agree with other people that they aren't extremely prepared just as you for the apocalypse. Maybe more so.
Trump wants to destroy blue cities
The Orange PedoFelon is purposely trying to handicap blue cities. Fuck MAGA🤬
The tourism industry (and everything related to it) are going to be devastated. Who in their right mind would come here now?
He wants to destroy all small and mid size companies so he and his buddies can buy them all cheaply and then the worker will be screwed. They’ll offer to pay next to nothing and you won’t have a choice other than homelessness
The ignorance, the willful ignorance, gleeful stubbornness to learn, is astounding. It's a badge of honor. I can't wrap my head around that mindset.
AND I HOPE THIS CONTINUES! It’s time ALL AMERICANS ARE IMPACTED! Maybe then IT WII BE ENOUGH!
Weird. It's as if people think the city isn't safe. Anymore.
Putin is destroying America without ever firing a shot.
Khrushchev predicted they would.
And nobody in their right mind would travel to DC right now.
Oh but the felon in his high castle says this is fake news. Why do we have this man occupying the White House?
All news/information that isn’t gassing him up, he says is “fake”. He’s the shining example of Projection.
Because Congressional Democrats were too chickenshit to invoke the 14th Amendment on January 6th, 2025. Instead of refusing to ratify the election, they bent the knee and kissed the ring.
Republicans control Congress!!! How can they??
Read the thread:
Oh, so we should have had our own J6? ?as everyone forgotten that there is no legal mechanism under any amendment that would allow Congress to do this? Or that using the 14th had already been shot down in court?
My god, did you even read the 14th Amendment before you posted this? And where did I say anything about violence? The 14th amendment requires two-thirds approval by both the house and the Senate for an insurrectionist to hold any office. Democrats could have blocked him but they didn't even try.
Please explain how the Democrats were supposed to win a vote that required 2/3 majority when they didn't even number half of the House
The situation is exactly backwards from what you think. It takes 2/3 of BOTH houses to >allow< an insurrectionist to hold office. The Republicans could not have done it without the Democrats help. And the Democrats rolled over and played dead giving them 100% of both houses.
34 Democrats in the Senate could have stopped Donald Trump from becoming President. The fact that none of the Democrats objected and all of them voted to install the insurrectionist infuriates me. I've asked my representative and my two senators to explain themselves with no answer from any of them.
The 14th doesn't specify proof of insurrection, but we have the January 6th committee report, the grand jury indictment, and the findings of the Colorado Supreme Court. SCOTUS said that only Congress has the authority to act on the 14th Amendment. 1/6/25 was their last best chance.
Using the 14th Amendment by the states to keep him off the ballot was shot down by the Supreme Court. But using the 14th Amendment to keep him from holding office was left to Congress by the Supreme Court.
Try the 25th Amendment! His cabinet will never enact it!
If Only the Democrats would’ve handled that better we would not be here having our nation occupied by an enemy. I guess hindsight is 2020 but going forward the Democrats need to acknowledge and learn the lesson that there is no diplomacy. There is no bipartisanship. There is a dictator.
It wasn't hindsight. I wrote to my representative and Senators before January 6th. One of my Senators even has a little checkbox if you want a reply. I've written her several times and I've never gotten a reply.
Don’t forget that even Mitch McConnell said Trump was guilty, only to back down and chicken out on impeachment.
Because no one has yet succeeded at gouging his eyes out of his head?
He's bankrupting farmers because of his tariffs. Tariffs are also driving many small businesses into bankruptcy. Many builders/contractors are basically shut down in some areas due to a lack of workers. And now we're devolving into a police state. Economic instability will only make matters worse!
I LUV this for maga
Wait, Trump is saying everyone is thanking him, republicans and democrats alike, for allowing them to finally go out to eat dinner. Is he not telling the truth?
Didn’t you hear Trump he said business is booming!!! Liar
TRUMP'S WASHINGTON BAD AS CAN BE CAN'T SPELL 'DECLINE' WITHOUT D.C. ~ BURMA-GRAM
TRUMP’S MILITARY HEADED DUE WEST HE’S SCARED OF NEWSOM ‘CAUSE HES THE BEST! ~ BURMA-GRAM
Why, it’s nice to see Burma-Shave signs again!
34cf is killing democracy.
The purpose of all this is economic warfare on places that opposed him in elections. To the perpetrators, local businesses losing money is a desired outcome.
Trump is wasting tax dollars on all of his phony political actions designed to distract from his real problems.
Destroying the economy of any city troops are moved to. This is absolutely undeclared war
Well the economic juggernauts that are the blue cities and blue states make the maga alpha males from the Taker-states feel emasculated. Decade after decade us limp wristed, tree-hugging liberal sissies and our college degrees and technological advances make up about 80% of this nation’s GDP.
I don’t know. It strikes me that the war is entirely declared.
It's kinda silly, but Trump basically tells us where he's destroying things next. When those reservations fell, he started bragging about restaurants having the best numbers EVER. Trump is the smoke detector telling us where the fires are; the louder he brags, the more in trouble THAT industry is in
I fear a terrible recession or depression coming soon due to the cumulative effect of dictatorial government weaponization and militarization and the end of free trade. Self-destructive stupidity.
Anyone thinking that our current leaders understand economics might be as confused as they are.
And the real estate moguls - ugly donald's buddies (spawn, maybe?) - are drooling.
And what happens people lose respect for the military
Don’t forget tariffs, countries not shipping to us, inflation, incoming epidemics, healthcare demise, education funding going away, no safeguards for clean water, air. No investment in infrastructure or fixing our judicial system. Millions of job cuts.
