Fast forward nearly 270 years, and here we are in Washington, D.C., watching this lesson repeat itself. Once again, people in power are demanding we give up freedoms in exchange for the illusion of “safety.” Federal troops and militarized police flood the streets, agencies are
reshaped by executive whim, and broad powers are justified under the vague banner of “ensuring public order.” Just like in Franklin’s time, the deal on offer is a scam: we hand over essential liberties, and what we get back isn’t real safety it’s control, submission, and fear.
The truth is, temporary safety measures imposed by force rarely stay temporary. History shows that once freedom is surrendered, it is almost never freely given back. And just like Franklin, we’re here to say no.
Americans do not want to live under a military state, that was never the American dream. Our country was founded on the promise of liberty, not soldiers patrolling our streets. The Constitution is clear: the military does not police civilians.
Yet MAGA propaganda insists Trump is “protecting” you, while branding dissenters as supporting criminals. That’s a fake choice built on fear, not fact.
The reality is simple our rights are not bargaining chips. Liberty is not something you trade away for “temporary safety”, because when you do, you lose both.
I just heard that this week! I’m think it was on MSNBC. Very appropriate!
Thank you.
The trains ran on time in Nazi Germany.
President’s friend gets mugged and DC is now occupied.
"mugged" is a term MAGA is using but: Original report said that Coristine "confronted" a group of children who then beat him up. So, seems Trump/Musk's minion picked a fight and lost so Trump then ordered the military to occupy DC?
That computes. Money turns kids into idiots.
And we are actually much less safe. The safety is a lie as well, of course.
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Like the patriot act...
My first thought as well.
The Patriot Act and Citizens United were two of the biggest attacks on democracy in the US leading up to this year... both have such misleading names for what they ended up doing.
Senator Feingold knew what was up back then, the only one to vote against it in the Senate
Exactly! We have been sliding down a slippery slope since 9/11.
And 9/11 was a false flag. When Americans finally realize that that was the Republicans doing also, then you will shudder at where we actually are in this on going coup and that this evil regime does not care one wit about a single one of us.
I have yo disagree. 9/11 was not a false flag.
Hopefully some day Americans wake up. You can’t help yourself without an open mind. ✌🏼Peace out!
I know most Americans have been brainwashed, sadly.
Kindly Prove It. Bush and Cheney are accused of pushing untruths to promote the war, and have yet to prove their innocence in court. The Hague and the ICC wanted a hearing, but one never took place. I voted for Bush; he was the last Republican I voted for.
i bet the pedo had something to do with it, why did he care so much about having the tallest building in ny,
Sad is 24 years later there are still 10 Senators left in the US Senate. 4-GOP 6-Dem, including both from Washington. List is as follows: Mike Carpo(R-ID) Dick Durbin(D-IL) Chuck Grassley(R-IA) Mitch McConnell(R-KY) Susan Collins(R-ME) Chuck Schumer(D-NY) Ron Wyden(D-OR) Jack Reed(D-RI)
Maria Cantwell(D-WA) Patty Murphy(D-WA)
“Homeland Security” was just early ICE. Unnecessary and redundant.
Homeland Security was a failed attempt to eliminate Federal unions.
That's what happens when you are at a permanent state of war.
Since the 80's
Bernie and Ron Paul (credit where due) warned us.
Agreed. It was something we should never have allowed. Radical knee jerk fear and unilateral hate should never be the basis for anything because ultimately the harm and restrictions tend to boomerang and engulf everyone.
And yet I was supposed to vote for people like Hillary and Biden for President knowing they're willing to strip Americans of their rights with a stroke of a pen. One major reason why I vote against the duopoly parties.
If I'm a one-issue voter, that's the issue. I know who was in the US Senate at that time and I know it passed the US Senate 98-1. The non-voting Senator was Mary Landrieu(D-LA) and the no vote was Russ Feingold(D-WI) and I cried when he lost to Ron Johnson in 2010. Even though I don't live in WI
What rights?
As those decisions based upon such criterion should.
Since Edwin Gerry…
9/11 was a test of American freedom. A test that we failed.
Trump would not and could not be if that damned "patriot act" didn't exist!
Has there ever been a time, in human history, that a department named “Homeland (Anything)” has turned out to be a net positive? I can’t think of one.
THAT was the start.
I am pissed off to this day about the patriot act. Once we lose a right, we rarely recover that right. More often than not, the right is lost forever.
In this context, explain The Patriot Act? No snark. I just think that was a huge overreach and don't really understand why Americans just kinda shrugged.
The only senator to vote against I was Russ Feingold. Alt right Ron Johnson hammered on the fact that he didn’t vote for it. A real selling point for ( at that time) tea party people.
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain…
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I'll give that an Amen 🙏
Never surrender a right because you’ll never get it back. Fight like hell to keep it and make darn sure to teach the youngsters to honor it as well.
The people who spent the Obama years screaming about MAH RAIGHTS over healthcare voted to put jackbooted thugs in the streets
The suited thugs installed themselves. Electiontruthalliance.org
As someone intimately aware of election processes, this website is bonkers. It doesn’t even rise to the level of lies- it just muddles information and charts that are designed to look important, but either contradict themselves or simply don’t even provide any actual information.
I switched to using disinformation after interaction with the creators They show #DisinformationNotManipulation bsky.app/profile/r5-t...
I remember the 9/11 Truther movement, and Election Truthers smells like the same brand of cockamamie conspiracy bullshit
I do not abide conspiracy theories. The voters are responsible for this and no one else. Do not try to shift blame away from them.
He’s only interested in control and power! He said “I am the president of the United States I can do anything I want! He really believes this is true! It could be because he doesn’t know American History! He doesn’t understand the Constitution and therefore ignores it! He sells anything he can!
I think it’s because Congress, voters, & the Supreme Court, etc. continue to let him do anything he wants without any severe consequences.
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Classic narcissistic, sociopathic domestic abuser line. Without them everything will go to shit. You can’t possibly survive without them. It’s all your fault they’re punishing you like this. Blah blah blah bullshit.
Suburbs and rural areas are challenges for trump to march troops into. Yet, he can easily activate the armed MAGA in these areas like he did the KKK, Neo-Nazi, Proud Boys terrorist cells on Jan 6th, 2021. He'll activate these racists again. And this time they'll shit in our homes if we let him.
How many people are arrested for burglary, assault, robbery and how many are arrested while working or walking their dog for not having paperwork? They are not making anyone safer.
Yeah, liars will keep lying in order to continue scamming people who is still dumb enough to believe anything that a conservative says. They speak for two key purposes: spreading lies and spreading hate.
YES! Depose the fascist orange dictator and restore liberty, harmony, and stability to the people!!
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness...
The sheep are not listening.
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FREE DC!
This really started after 9/11 if we're being honest (Patriot Act).
Not as ballsy as wearing a mask during pandemic, that was just WAY TOO MUCH to ask.
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> demanding we give up freedoms in exchange for the illusion of “safety.” I talked myself hoarse about this following 9/11, which is when the fascists got their foot in the door. No one fucking listened, including my well educated liberal friends who *should* have known better.
Why are "Christians" doing this with zero appreciation of their own liability to sin and the kind of devotion to God that is needed to avert the danger?
I D K …!
Or if not zero, perfunctory. This can't fail but to blow back, and it blows back even on other Christians who are looking to God to be more conscientious. It gives the enemy "cause to blaspheme" as the bible text puts it.
I’d argue that it’s less safe for anyone who isn’t a sycophantic, rabidly heterosexual, white, (preferably blonde), evangelical cisgendered male. For everyone else, nowhere is safe in America. That’s why no one’s coming to visit.
Like the patriot act, like Covid mandates? Gosh we are hypocrites sometimes but hypocrites on the right side amiright?
Like we did for COVID?!?