Governor of the State of Illinois. He's a really good governor, and he's been making great changes since he's been in office. (I'm an Illinois resident.)
There are a lot of places in Illinois cheaper than Chicago with the same type of jobs. Moline aka quad cities area or Bloomington normal to the st Louis area
Yea your state couldn’t be anymore fucked up. Your legislature has made it illegal to vote against anything trump wants. Up to including jail if a member goes against trumps wants.
It’s also illegal for citizens to vote on ballot initiatives here, which is insane. So we get no say whatsoever. The red just do whatever they want, unchecked.
I would happily pay higher taxes to be a blue-run state. It’s dystopian over here. Our governor plans to make both gay and interracial marriage illegal if/when Obergfell gets sent back to the states like Dobbs did. He’s vile.
I use to be, before I left it wasn’t doing so well. But, it’s been over 10 years now. I know my home states been trying hard like Minnesota. My parents and brothers hate it, I love it!
People really are starved for something other than "We're not as bad as the Republicans." Sadly the Dems are far too invested in appealing to the people on their Right while fighting against the people on their Left.
I'm fine with AOC and last time I checked she was still in the party. Any one to the left of AOC isn't winning any national election and even her of chances would be slim.
When I said people I was talking about voters-not people running for political office and mentioning AOC as the left-most-possible-example in the Democratic party is a sad commentary on the Democrats war on the Left. Maybe Liz Cheney will join the Dems and help shore them up against Republicans.
Voters in the USA are definitely starved of far left leaders and, outside of very strongly-held Democrat Party areas, are starved of just left leaders.
How many socialists are there in the Democratic Party?
Wish my governor Mike DeWine and EVERY other elected GOP office ‘HOLDER’ in OHIO weren’t all the gerrymandered pussies that they are….unlike JB PRIZKER
While not looking for any old rich white men to lead us out of this mess, JB is growing on me. He seems to get it and his message feels like more than self-promotion.
Unfortunately more empty words from weak politicians. This is not going to work, when you're dealing with trump have they learned nothing? Or maybe he's eager to really find out "what happens next"? Unless Democrats begin to fight and fight dirty. Next, people like him will be jailed for treason.
So when do we queue in the Hamilton cast to start singing:
Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da
Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da
He really tries to protect his citizens. The DOJ is suing the State bc he won’t comply and stop Chicago from being a Sanctuary City. I’d gladly pay the higher cost of living if I could afford to hop over the border and move to Illinois.
Do not, we need to bleed the entire country dry. As they deport people, more people are going to leave as well. I’ve got my passport already in processing. We need to drain the U.S. of all resources in response to their attempt to use them against the population.
What about all of us without the ability to leave.
They're going to kill us.
Cutting Medicare and SS will collapse the economy.
All the bodies are going to start to stink.
You can’t help that. It isn’t your fault and honestly, people at your age shouldn’t even have to worry about such things or even working. I hate the situation you’re in, but unless civilians finally realize we don’t need anyone known to lead us - we’re doomed. Passport papers already in for me.
What comes next is Totalitarianism. An Imperium et Americanum, we are going to see crackdowns on protesters and a rise in conflict domestic and global. Camps for anyone who they see as the "enemy within" so on and so forth, you know Nazi style Imperialism. That didn't go well for Germany, remember?
We have become the enemy of Western Civilization.
We need to start organizing a real resistance to what's coming.
We need to be the answer to the militias.
Caution, remember that dangerous language/actions will lead to disaster. Organize yes, threats and violence no. First organization of protesters under a symbol of some kind and then speak to them honestly from the heart. Bring the workers and veterans and poor together and unite them to a cause.
I'm not saying be silent, but gather people everyone can do they're part. Of ALL the countries on Earth who won't put up with this shit America is the only one I think could actually change their fate. But that has to start with you and me and everyone who sees this or feels that duty to each other.
Yall need to be careful down there. Don’t start the violence, you’d be making them a favor. All you need is 3.5% of the population to peacefully protest and jam everything. Expect the cop stick. They want you to make a mistake to justify cracking down the « ennemy from within ».
Protesters must be able to defend themselves and plan for the worst, but as you said, "jam everything." Come out in such enormous numbers you can't be ignored and can't all be beaten/arrested, at first. And yes, the police will be mobilized, and National Guard, but we must stay strong and united.
You are correct in that The Reichstag Fire was Hitlers excuse to ask for the government to award him emergency powers they did mostly through coercion. Of course, he rigged the whole thing, blaming it on Communists/"The enemy within" without any proof. Sounds awful, damn familiar.
We do not need a Reichstag Fire moment. Because it all but ensures that we will be dismantled and persecuted immediately. Dictatorships do one thing well stamping out resistance through fear, intimidation, and force. We need to understand this clearly and plan for it. Just simple practicality.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: "My oath is to the Constitution of our state and our nation. ... We don’t have kings in America, and I won’t bend the knee to one." #3E [2]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: "Consider this: It took the Nazis 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 days and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional democracy. ... when the 5 alarm bell starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with their bucket of water." #3E [3]
I wish there were more intelligent, strong and outspoken governors like him. Too many wannabees trying to emulate dear leader, like TN's own trump-lite-lee.
through your favorite pro democracy podcaster like MeidasTouch, Brian Tyler Cohen Resistancelive (Elizabeth Cronise Mclaughlin) or local democratic party elected members' offices. Congress has recess now. So call them.
You got this - together 👍
Yup! The rich peers should have more interest in stopping this coup because hard to lead jet set lifestyle when planes crashing \ he has their information as well and billionaire Bond villains are not known for loyalty.👹 I would not want to be in mansion when checks stop because 🔥
What comes next is people voting for Democrats every damn election for the foreseeable future instead of staying home or voting for Jill Stein until the space time continuum is corrected.
I hope and fold my hands, that enough of the USA will remain that an elected democratic President will return to what once made the USA strong. It was not division, lies and hatred. It was participation and diversity.
Io vedo solo signore sovrappeso con uno sguardo franco e preoccupato.
Credo che tutti gli uomini delle istituzioni USA non collusi con Trump lo siano. Anche nel GOP.
Unfortunately we know what can come next. We've got two chances before any b l o o d gets spilled. Why did Leon fire FAA employees?
He wants a guarantee that he'll be able to fly out when SHTF. They didn't expect us not to stand in their way.
Fascism thrives by continually expanding its definition of “the other.” Initially, specific groups are scapegoated, but over time, the regime narrows the boundaries of acceptable identity and behavior. Even those once aligned with the regime can easily find themselves branded as enemies.
That is a factor. My view is that small arms are largely useless against an organized modern army and weaponized technological surveillance. The second amendment was largely about wealthy landowners controlling their workforce, rather than any effective resistance to government tyranny.
Worth remembering that JB Pritzker's question is being asked of a population 5 times bigger than Nazi Germany. Mass political opposition is 14 million people turning up to tell these pendejos to back off.
That's MY governor. I worked for one of the Pritzker owned companies many years ago and can confirm that they know how to run a profitable enterprise that respects employees.
only by common folk líke us directly seizing them can tyrants be stopt. rule by laws is dead, there is no authority able or willing to hold tyrants accountable. this will last as long til they are seized at weapon-point by Free Folk and overthrown, or they die by natural means, or are murdered.
This is very well said. While the reality of our country is terrifying, it gives me hope to see someone label what is happening and stand against it. Glad to have him as my governor.
What comes next is a Pacifist Movement to remove Musk from the country. People willing to be hurt and not lift a hand of violence in return and maybe even die.
I watched on Youtube and can only see the left part, assuming that's the Democrats. No vision of the right side (Republicans/MAGA?)!
Is it so childish that they didn't turn up?
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As a European and a Brit it's really good to know there are still people like that in American politics.
How many socialists are there in the Democratic Party?
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed46.asp
I hope he does to the GOP what Babe did to baseballs.
Cause when push comes to shove
I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love
Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da
Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da
Because we do know the answer.
They're going to kill us.
Cutting Medicare and SS will collapse the economy.
All the bodies are going to start to stink.
Thank you
Thanks @govpritzker.illinois.gov 👏🏼
We need to start organizing a real resistance to what's coming.
We need to be the answer to the militias.
But it's coming.
Where are the House Republicans? Why are they allowing this?
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-iii/clauses/39#does-the-treason-clause-still-matter
Not post….
Yes, I see the irony
So thank you!!!!
Full speech if anyone is interested. If you’re not in Illinois then probably the last 10 minutes is what you want.
https://youtu.be/KBOJhU2pLMo?si=jJexwc7XfpFrTpbF
From State Attorney Generals, fired federal employees and recently the Catholic Curch of America ( last re. Usaid).
Get organized. Don't stay alone. You are not the only one. There are millions just like you. Find it
You got this - together 👍
It's going to take the kind of courage that both Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks showed back in those turbulent Sixties.
"Mewn undeb mae nerth." 🏴 🇺🇲 "In unity there is strength."
I hope that the American people find the courage to fight back before it's too late 😞
Look at those 4 aholes sitting besides the governor!
Too many in positions of power are just sitting & letting these atrocities happen.
#Trump& co
Credo che tutti gli uomini delle istituzioni USA non collusi con Trump lo siano. Anche nel GOP.
He wants a guarantee that he'll be able to fly out when SHTF. They didn't expect us not to stand in their way.
Thank you, Gov. Pritzker.
There probably won't be many folks left to answer Pritzker's question.
#3E
These crises aren’t separate—they fuel each other. Exploitation & division endangers nature & humanity.
Our survival depends on unity. Resistance thrives through solidarity.
We disrupt. We refuse. We grow.
Epstein Island in every city and town. The billionaire class has a particular taste in slavery.
Bipartisan.. action .
Talking is like posting of Facebook or praying
Stop talking
Start acti g. The people are pit here doing all the heavy lifting while the POWER lies with our elected #congress
Where's Bush and Obama and Clinton? You know big time, Obama?
He is the arch villain from all your movies.
Be the heroes before it is too late, and you miss your chance.
And you join the victims.
Thats the ones!
Is it so childish that they didn't turn up?
Who knows? I am eager to understand!
https://jahojariaho.substack.com/p/hybrid-warfare-20-the-authoritarian?r=1jqzuc