In this time of impending Fascism, the silence and inaction of our current leaders is not wise, noble, nor is it protecting the Constitution or the country. It's complicit, destructive, and cowardly.
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I agree. I’m dismayed that no one is standing up to Trump’s nominees. Why aren’t military leaders protesting? Or senior FBI agents? Or, educators? Everyone is rolling over like obedient dogs for Trump, and it’s damn scary.
I hope to god Biden and admirals generals etc have had a preemptive convo regarding defending possible/probable autocratic terror against our own fucking country.
The convicted felon & his billionaire ChristoTaliban gang is simply going to court martial/kill/get rid of any generals/judges/congress who go against them. They have to SAVE THE CONSTITUTION & COUNTRY NOW based on their past traitorous acts, repubs cannot be allowed back in to presidency!
It may come down to our Country using the oldest, biggest weapon. Civil disobedience. There are thousands of ways to disrupt regular commerce peacefully. If they push too far - we push back en masse!
I feel that President Biden could have been more proactive in protecting the Presidency and its people. He's too laid back for my liking. He is a Mitt Romney era politician and doesn't understand how to stand up to the evil that is in the guise of trump.
If fascism starts to become entrenched in the US, the future of the US as a functioning democracy may well depend on the strength of the US military’s oath to the Constitution. It’s the only organisation in the US powerful enough to resist fascism. But if the fascists infect the military, it’s over.
The enlisted are heavily conservative Trump voters. Trump and his cronies are already signaling plans to purge leadership who supported DEI and court marshaling anyone else who disagrees. Then they can install their loyalists.
They know history! They know it often repeats! They know most kingdoms last 5000 years last 250 years! So at 248 they just Give Anticipatory obedience before being asked?
The first one Heir Dictator targets is the Self Defeated! He fears Resisters!
You are 💯 correct. It’s the democrat way, be soft-hearted, tolerant, “oh it can’t be that bad”..
Where has that gotten us in this time of maga? Facing impending doom! Why are we reactive instead of proactive? Biden has a lot of power and he could pull the plug and drain the sewer!
I've always seen the Democrat Party as the Republican Party but with a mustache and a promise that they're actually completely different they double swearsies.
I don't believe in a puppeteer necessarily, just that anyone that takes politics at face value are suckers.
They've been waving around abortion rights for years because it's not important for capitalism but gets people to vote, doesn't take a genius to figure out why.
Which is why they lost not just once, but, twice, to Trump. The Democrats have been utterly feckless and their lack of backbone has gambled with all our well being. We need to support the most vocal, like the Squad, and truly bold unapologetic progressives.
So is being disillusioned. It was noticed that the Harris campaign was busy courting centrist republicans rather than shoring up a large progressive majority. We have to be bold to win.
The only positive is that The House of Representatives is a thin majority: Republicans 220, Democrats 215. Let's hope Dems have some fight left in them.
Agreed. He's their figurhead until after the inauguration, when I'm sure they have plans to invoke the 25th based on "newly diagnosed dementia" -- like it's not rearing its head and screaming more every day.
Neither will just handing them the keys on the 20th. Secure transition to destruction isn't very patriotic. I thought it was our duty to throw off such government?
My feeling is many of our leaders have become lazy & lost the thread of what their purpose is. I'm hoping to see a younger generation step up for the midterms.
Dear Dr. Jack, I assume that goes for Democrats as well as MAGA? I think the question we (Dems) need to ask ourselves is why more Americans were unwilling to vote for democracy over the impending Oligarchical Fascism, which surely many of them saw coming?
Unfit criminals & clowns taking over because Justice failed all term. 2024 campaign needs investigation. After 8 YEARS of Trump's election crimes with Russia (etc). Extreme FARA
violations. This admin should be doing more now.
There is no moral high ground to be claimed in slavish adherence to a rulebook the enemies of the republic have set on fire. There is no constitutional requirement to hand govt. over to those who have literally attacked it and state daily their intent to destroy it.
The logical fallacy is blatant.
Team Trump is planning an
autogolpe, a type of coup d’etat.
If I know it, the Biden admin knows.
Team Trump has a lot to do & a
limited time to get it done.
They will start hitting us as hard
as they can, day 1, & keep at it
until they either succeed or fail.
Democrats are good for nothing.
I feel this. I’ve also felt at a loss. This morning looking at Maxwell Frost’s statement, I was wishing for a leader. Of course I then wonder what I could do. I’ve needed time to process and think. Perhaps our leaders have needed the same.
The new WA state governor is who I'm watching. He sued the Trump administration almost 100 times and only lost a few cases. He's already put together a Combat Project 2025 team and basically said, "Yeah, we're not complying with anything he tries to do." WA state will be leading the fight, I think.
I am so glad we elected him! And that we elected who I'm sure is gonna be a top notch AG, too. Between the two of them, I'm feeling protected as best as we can be for what's coming our way...
They can either stand up now or go down with the rest. The people are at the tipping point. At no time in history did the hoi poloi have the amount of guns we do. We won’t go quietly.
I recently posted that congressional democrats are POWs: Push Over Wimps. "I will fight for you every day" was a campaign promise that turned out to be a lie. 😡
The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance.
Well, that implies not doing the right thing because of what the wrong side is doing. If I'm wrong then I apologize. If you reach out your hand and they slap it away, then there is a time and place for alternative methods.
The man behind the Steele dossier just wrote a book, revealing that because of Trump at least three spies were killed. Trump is a traitor and criminal and the only reason he is free is because he delayed his prosecutions. He will destroy our country. Arrest him.
Write to the White House. Write to Joe Biden. Tell him to stand by his oath of office, grow a pair and have that fucking traitor arrested to save our democracy.
Oh, please. Don’t overlook that it took two years for Merrick Garland to start investigating him. Jack Smith might have been successful against the corrupt judges if he had two more years.
Between now and J6 I personally think that's exactly what will happen. This hocus pocus bullshit is coming to an end. Butler IMHO was 1st degree murder. Of course Trump, Putin & Musk lied & cheated they had opportunity motive and means, who really thinks they wouldn't ?
Countless people have died because of Trump. All of our Saudi informants were killed by MBS after Kushners visit, the CIA had to issue a bulletin to other CIA because so many were going missing. Trump outed them all in his “deals.” We’re weaker than ever.
But seriously, we are literally allowing Trump, an illegitimate criminal traitor, to waltz into the White House and destroy our democracy. No other country on earth would be that stupid.
No, Joe should stand by his oath of office to protect this country. Trump is only free because he delayed his prosecutions. He should be arrested immediately and tried. We will just have to fucking deal with President Vance.
He's been arrested. More than once. The courts aren't going to try him again before January 21st and Vance would just pardon him/have the charges dismissed anyway.
Hang in there though. Most people do NOT support him. Think of all the votes that were theoretically possible vs the number he got. Trump stole the attention by employing the fascist playbook. People never got to know Harris. It caused people to not feel like voting.
We sure are. He created his own Army in over-armed MAGA extremists. He was able to lure racists, bigots, evangelicals, cryto bros and the “popular kid” type Gen Xers, into a single group. We had the impeachment clause and the 14th Amendment for a reason, shitty people failed to do the right thing.
It feels as if they’re unaware of the danger lurking around the corner. Shouldn’t we be doing something, anything? A country in a trance walking into a hurricane.
Feels that way, doesn't it? I have heard there's going to be a protest March in DC in January but I haven't heard much about it. We need to be prepared to enact a general strike but I think we're too complacent and and mainstream media has normalized too much.
With your list of activities, I can't imagine how you find time to bloviate about the Dems' inaction. They are still in charge and are doing the things they can to brunt some of degeneracy that trump will bring. Ask not what your Country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your Country.
Yes to this!!! I have been feeling abandoned as well. Maybe it’s our lack of protesting!! Other countries would be in the streets until something moved.
They r not leaders. They r elected public servants. & until we start treating them like such, we’ll remain in this never ending cycle of ineptitude & disappointment.
You know , it might actually be a good thing if the US Constitution is turned into tatters these next 4 years ...that way our far too timid Dem politicians can't use the Constitution as a reason behind that timidity , you know , I can't declare this election null and void because of the Constitution
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Their silence will hurt the Democratic Party, perhaps beyond resuscitation. When you run a campaign like they did, said the things they did, and then totally go quiet……..Trust will be denied.
This here, exactly. If Harris continues the silence and hands us over to the cruel fascists without a fight, I woukd never vote for her again. Such a betrayal. So insulting.
Agreed. Our leaders, even the progressives are loudly proclaiming how their various activities are “extinguishing embers” while all I can see is a “raging inferno”. Depressing. Why are they not calling for (50% of voting) Americans to be out marching? And organizing buses to make it happen?
Yeah it’s good they didn’t win if this is how they fight for us. And I’m reminded that Bernie would have trounced Hillary and Trump and enacted Medicare For All. They took fast action to end that. They can burn down now, too.
Hard to take Democratic leaders seriously when they advise "Withhold your wrath and trust the Constitution" until the next round of pleas for campaign donations "This is the most important election of our lifetimes!"
Exactly right. If they choose to limit their reactions to this crisis to a tiny bit of pearl clutching and a whole lot of silence, then they are going to have to look elsewhere for donations and volunteers, I won’t be signing up.
Every time I turned on CNN, MSNBC or other news source I was told that he is a fascist dictator and I thought Kamala would win in a landslide. How were we so wrong? He is an existential threat to democracy but Biden happily met with him? I’m just so confused at this point. Why meet with Hitler?!
Dr Jack, good to see you here on Bluesky! 100%, the main thing is keep the spot light on them, don't engage with the trolls and remember 2026 is the midterms.
I can't pretend to believe in most of our Democratic leaders. They decided to not fight Citizens United. They knew the SC was being bought. They allowed billionaires to become bloated with greed and cash. They pretended to not understand the GOP's end game.
Could not agree more, Jack. I’ve listened to the argument that there’s no difference between Dems & Rs for many years and have always fought it tooth and nail. But if they’re going to fold like cheap suits when the danger is extreme, I’m going to have to think twice about ever defending them again.
With a little more than a month left in office and deadlines for recounts closing or passed the time is now or perhaps gone. Liz Cheney coming out immediately after the election was called to say Harris must concede when it was reasonable to ask for audit/recount didn’t help. She enabled Trump.
The GOP sullied itself w Newt Gingrich as Speaker in 1995. He in turn corrupted endless Congressional reps, staff & Senators incl McConnell. It’s been corrupt ever since. Evil intents were codified & paid for. Win at all costs. Damn democracy. No tactic too low.
Thanks for adding to the timeframe. The man is Toxic with a T. He considers himself a philosopher historian. He’s a quack who loves luxury, accolades, & dead wives.
Maybe a Constitution that is demonstrably functionally incapable of protecting a populace from Fascism...or from all the other horrific shit the system still allows despite its role as the foundational document...
is unfit for purpose and no longer worthy of that populace's protection.
It was suggested by at least 1 of the Founding Fathers that the Constitution should be rewritten at least once every generation. Instead, those with power chose to leave it intact, misogyny and racism included.
You live in a country with the right to own guns, internet resources to find info on CEOs and a case right now where despite it happening days ago the Police still have no clue as to the actual name of who killed a CEO....... and yet you're here whining on bluesky for others to act.........
Well… the real question is whether those armed will defend the constitution/their personal freedoms or will they be complicit in helping a potential military state sent to squash liberal areas and ideals.
I considered that. But law enforcement is designed to protect wealthy people. Some, maybe a lot of them-will be bribed with enough wealth that they will gladly shoot their neighbors.
The SCOTUS has illegally replaced the Constitution with serial autocracy designed to protect the Super Citizenry they created in 2010. The autocrat, SCOTUS, Senate, Electoral College & police are ALL designed to protect privilege according to wealth, not equal justice nor liberty.
You’re so right Jack.
By complying they’re opening up the country to be ruled by Russia. It’s heartbreaking and scary AF. I am not sure what can stop that?
Biden is going to go down in history as the man who willingly and without fight let a fascist, theocratist, oligarchic dictatorship take over America. In 25 years, no one is going to care about any of his other accomplishments. He'll be a footnote to a tyranny.
Biden swore to protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic. It's clear that Trump and cronies are domestic enemies under the influence of foreign enemies.
He should do whatever it takes to keep them from coming into power. That includes martial law and new elections if need be.
He should also restructure the courts and implement 100% tax on billionaires, rewrite constitution to ensconce human rights for all, get rid of the money free-for-all in politics, etc,etc. There is so much good he could do.
While I agree with your assessment of DT and Friends, I imagine none of those things are legal, particularly with a divided Congress and very slim margins. Also with the clock ticking. I do imagine there a few things he can do, and I hope there is a team of lawyers working on it.
And apparently most people in audience receptive to dishonesty. They without hesitation pridefully become vehicles to perpetuate onslaught of misinformation. How the fuck the pride of this accordance supplanted one’s rightful sense of self to honor to the truth is sadly now not just found in fiction
There is silence and inaction because they lied to you. Trump isn’t a fascist, and that’s why they stopped saying it when he won. They thought that getting people to believe he was dangerous would win them the election. It didn’t. People are paying attention.
These are harsh words ; i also feel that there is a holdback from the ones who should & could help out all innocent Americans concerned ; is there going to happen a miracle ; let it be soon ; the clock ticks.
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No Miracle is coming, no one is going to save us, they're going to go home to their multi-million dollar mansion and their life will be fine. Hours on the other hand.. I honestly feel they're all complicit at this point.
The state certification isn’t until Dec 17, and the federal prosecutor guidelines don’t allow investigations until it’s certified, bc that’s the evidence of fraud. Please don’t give in to despair
There’s a one in 85 million chance that Trump won every swing state, they’re fighting or have filed suits in 20 states: the states with the most are the swing states. Why would they fight little suits and not look at the impossibility of the swing state wins?
We don’t actually know what they’re doing, but in the past week, 4 high profile people have alluded to issues with the election: Obama, Newsom, Booker, and crap I can’t remember the 4th. Give me a minute.
And it's infuriating. Every one of them should be replaced except AOC and Jasmine Crockett. They disgust me-sorry-I have no respect for coward Democratic "leaders" who leave their constituents wide open and exposed because of THEIR failure to lead and ACT when they should have.
This is exactly what I keep saying. When Trump lost he never left. Not for a second. The insurrection was wrong but you cannot deny that campaigning 24/7 for 4 years worked. Kamala and Tim are pretty much invisible when they need to be rallying and fighting the hardest of all. They've lost the plot.
That’s a big reason I have the f it attitude and am just looking forward to seeing the cult get what they voted for. When the people with power won’t fight we need to buckle up and get ready.
I feel this. Where are they? The greatest threat of democracy is about to walk in door and run the world. It appears on the surface that our currently leadership is just going to let it happen.
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When someone has spent 3 years in contact with Putin, bought our election, spread massive lies/misinformation via his social network, is not elected by The People but is taking over, HE IS THE ENEMY.
Oh yes indeed. Biden has the “super power “ given by the Supreme Court and he’s squandered it. Get a rope and do the job. :) traitors are getting away. Save America. the republicans need to feel the super power they created. If not Dems soon will. :). And will deserve it. “Shifty” might be 1st
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Yeah, I really do think!
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-trump-presidency-could-lead-purge-pentagon-2024-11-10/
The first one Heir Dictator targets is the Self Defeated! He fears Resisters!
Where has that gotten us in this time of maga? Facing impending doom! Why are we reactive instead of proactive? Biden has a lot of power and he could pull the plug and drain the sewer!
They've been waving around abortion rights for years because it's not important for capitalism but gets people to vote, doesn't take a genius to figure out why.
I don't mean later, I mean NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/live/W_bEKf145vM?si=OJbAUeST7mvuZTlR
"DO SOMETHING"
violations. This admin should be doing more now.
The logical fallacy is blatant.
autogolpe, a type of coup d’etat.
If I know it, the Biden admin knows.
Team Trump has a lot to do & a
limited time to get it done.
They will start hitting us as hard
as they can, day 1, & keep at it
until they either succeed or fail.
Democrats are good for nothing.
I wish there was more being done
amplified as well by the stark dearth of critical thinking
abandoned by the inexplicable motives of too many willfully gullibile voters
(not sarcasm)
I never forgave him for the 1994 crime bill.
I gave him (looks like temporary) reprieve- during his presidency.
Not that he cares, mind you. Such petulance to be running around Angola. The Amazon.
do what needs to be done to save the Republic.
But we did.
What are the options now? Should Biden stage a coup?
He still won.
Biden didn't get a majority of theoretically possible votes in 2020 either, but he still won.
In short they totally f the country! At one point that had to use the arm to deliver gas as there were no drivers left.
Who hurt the worst with Brexit? The supporters who were lied to..
Sound familiar !!!
Conduct forums on how to make life hell for the Filthy Rich.
don't tell me they're stupid enough to think they'll still have jobs - or freedom - under the new totalitarian head of state.
God dam. Then they're gonna want us to get out in 2028. Get. Fucking. Bent.
We gave everything to them this time around only to be cheated.
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Not to act is to act.”
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Like I've said before and will say again.
Trump will bring about WW3. Welcome to the war.
Schumer and Durbin wrote a strong memo
last thing i want is jaime rasking wagging a finger at the monsters
we need to CLEAN HOUSE
if we ever get the change to fix things it wont be with the help of the folks who limited all resistance to shame and begging fr votes
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Why would you desecrate a cathedral so soon after restoring it?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/11/newt-gingrich-says-youre-welcome/570832/
is unfit for purpose and no longer worthy of that populace's protection.
The idea of a Perfect Document, forever encased in political amber in a world that evolves around it, is, in a word, bullshit.
The "code" needs to be looked at every 20 years & the "bugs" fixed.
So fucking much has changed; why do we hang onto the past -- a not-great past at that -- with such fervor?
I do not consent
By complying they’re opening up the country to be ruled by Russia. It’s heartbreaking and scary AF. I am not sure what can stop that?
And he can stop it
He should do whatever it takes to keep them from coming into power. That includes martial law and new elections if need be.
Either that, or we wait until Trump and co do it.
The SC has given the President immunity for actions while in office so the question of legality can be dispensed.
Trump (or Vance) will not hesitate to do the same when the opportunity arises.
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But US democrats have neither, the high court, the press... no one to count on for such a bold move!
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When someone has spent 3 years in contact with Putin, bought our election, spread massive lies/misinformation via his social network, is not elected by The People but is taking over, HE IS THE ENEMY.