As with most Trump ideas, this one will backfire on him. The defense will be Truth. All the evidence of his crimes will be the defense. His crimes will be heard in court. That is, if the defendant has the resources to fight.
Has anyone estimated the number of Cannon-like corrupt federal judges in the judiciary? Do defendants (or plaintiffs if wrongful firing) have the ability to steer clear of them?
When you figure out whether #FOTUS is in mental decline or has fiendishly decided to carry out his sociopathic intent to destroy our country, please let us know. At this point, we need a hint in how to cope with and then attack the enemy.
Honestly I don't want us to do either. I want us to remember it. And mobilize to take back power.
I really don't want us spending too much time opposing in ways we've always done. I want us to do something they are not prepared for. Like a 3rd party or takeover of red states.
We know what Dems will do; the same thing they did when he and Musk stole this election - nothing. Hopefully your organization will do what Dems are too weak to do. Are you also going be sue on PA since Trump pretty much admitted Musk messed with the voting machines there?
Retribution is coming--not if, it's when. We can badger our representatives with everything we have, to do the right thing. Whether or not they act is out of our control.
What we can control is our own ability to engage in CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
Sick authoritarian vision! NOTHINGNESS to improve quality, well-being & safety of Americans! MAGA sh't at work purging America (even of Americans-he's criminal too), American homogeneity, attacks DEI, birthright citizenship, changing names, Isolationism, fascist loyalty, etc. Not about Americans!
Under Trump, Americans are forced to learn civics in real time through the most destructive lessons for democracy. Had this knowledge been instilled from childhood, we might have been equipped to prevent someone like Trump from rising to power and becoming our shared burden.
trump is spending so much of his time, and so much of our taxpayer dollars, on personal retribution, that he will have NO TIME and NO MONEY to do anything that will benefit the American people. Also, his unregulated crypto grift is going to end up crashing the world economy. The end times are here.
The predictions are that his crypto grift will do just that - and he doesn't care because he will make billions in unregulated money. His gullible voters who purchase his, or Melania's, crypto will get everything for which they voted - and less..
It's not the end times, it's just the end of the American Empire. Build communities and be ready to go through some bullshit. We've not had to legitimately collectively struggle yet and I think this is the result
I don't mean the end times in the biblical sense - I am an atheist. I mean the end of our freedoms and our way of living, and our government, King Donnie will never leave office until he is pushed out.
Gotcha. Me too, and I agree with your assessment. I also think that we can never go back to the way things were. That's what caused this shit-show in the first place. It's gonna take a LOT of effort & fundamental change to un-fuck this place.
Millions were purged from the voter rolls prior to the election. There's a great article out there from investigative reporter Greg Palast. There seems to be no media coverage or pushback from Dems.....
States need to start organizing a defensive effort; stop paying any moneys to federal government agencies, stop sending tax dollars, allow citizens of your state to withhold paying their federal taxes to the Nazis and escrow it for them until this is resolved. WE NEED TO $$$$ AGGRESSIVE.
I think we are making a mistake here. We have lost the art of listening beyond words. I am 63. I have been around since LBJ Democrats and beyond. We were never this radical. We won because we listened to what people said. Our party is always angry and too radical. I worry about the next election too
We peacefully fight back.
Many low information people still don’t understand that they are going to be hurt too. Racism is at play.
To many have fought and died for us to give in to this dictator who does NOT plan on ever leaving office.
He is doing just as Putin and Orban . Wake up America!
How, Marc? How do ordinary citizens help in this fight? Is there a way to donate to help them pay legal fees? I already give to ACLU and CREW, but it sounds like we need an org to help retribution victims.
WE will oppose it.
The House, the Senate, and the Extreme Court will be all aboard the trump train.
Did you see the delicious hamburgers he served at Doral?
Hamburgers!!
It's a kakistocracy.
Do Republicans realize that retribution will be reciprocated if we ever elect a Democratic administration not afraid of breaking some eggs in order to make an omelet?
We had that chance from 2021-2025. Call me skeptical, but from what I’ve heard from the Democrats this first week of Hell 2, I’m not thinking they’ll do anything if they win the WH and Congress.
Yes, he's flying under the cover of taking Panam, Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, feeding the shallow Corporate Media. He said he'd seek retribution & he's doing it. The purging needs constant headlines & investigative journalism
The hordes are at the gates and the Democrat response is to shrug and say "The walls will hold."
The radical right is winning because they're organized. They had a plan and they're executing it. Where is the left's "Heritage Foundation"? Where is the organization? "Project 2029"?
Tend to agree. Except for the fact that it is inherently more challenging to organize around good, and so very easy to manifest evil. Think of the contrast between building a house, versus striking a match and lighting it up.
If people aren’t informed throughly and not in a 3-5 minute opinion piece, which doesn’t give the viewers a clear picture of what that really means. Then informed decisions in elections viewers have a clear understanding of what they are voting on.
The other question is whether we’ll leverage the threat of similar retribution when someone of an opposing party wins the office and benefits from increased Presidential power. There’s an argument to be made that mutual nuclear annihilation is a deterrent. However, Republicans think we’ll blink.
Tell me how to oppose any of this anymore. Seriously. Dump every damn social media account on the planet and our problems will be on their way to resolution. That’ll stop the enabling. Let’s live in reality. Until then, how do I oppose a criminal in control on my govt? C’mon already.
If when lawsuits are filed, SCOTUS allows trump to get away with flaunting his contempt for all Federal Laws and the US Constitution, very shortly after those decisions, Federal Law will be deemed null and void by the American people, and the French-style Revolution will begin in earnest!
100%
I spent a good amount of time reflecting on what I do and whether it even matters anymore. The short answer is yes, especially now.
Told DW that if she asked, I would hang up my apron and buy a sports car and golf clubs. She just laughed.
If the DNC is any indicator in the moment my outlook is gloomy. I am constantly surprised that people who should be paying attention are shocked or awed by any of this, and saddened that too many are waiting for norms to be observed.
I'm telling you the less people follow his orders the quicker he will self destruct.
Remind our Congress, Militar, Judges and AGs they serve the PEOPLE and the Constitution. NOT trump. Don't say it in big words use 5th grade English. Make the statement clear.
Complaining about democrats being divisive he’s doubling down as usual . Be careful where retribution is aimed because like a trampoline it comes back too
How can Don deport people without any due process, just handcuffing & chaining them, throwing them in a plane & dumping them in a country he threatened with 25% tariffs? Now he says he’ll add US “repeat offenders.” Could be anyone. He’s already a tyrant. Can we do anything, since he has immunity?
Is this legal Marc? He froze Fed loans and grants. This includes Pell grants for students. Why? Pell Grants support students of color: 59% of Black students, 51% of American Indian/Alaska Native students, 48% of Hispanic/Latino students, and 36% of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander students
I fear it’s too late, the opposition should have been organized before the election and before he took office,all that pathetic nonsense of democrats attending his inauguration,was a big mistake.
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I really don't want us spending too much time opposing in ways we've always done. I want us to do something they are not prepared for. Like a 3rd party or takeover of red states.
What we can control is our own ability to engage in CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
Maybe not quite the same thing, but this Kansas bank collapsed because of a crypto scam.
https://kansasreflector.com/2023/09/24/what-took-down-this-kansas-bank-its-a-secret-but-what-saved-depositors-isnt/
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/us/politics/imperial-presidency-becomes-republicans-rallying-slogan.html
They always tell us exactly how awful they are and half the country ignores it
Many low information people still don’t understand that they are going to be hurt too. Racism is at play.
To many have fought and died for us to give in to this dictator who does NOT plan on ever leaving office.
He is doing just as Putin and Orban . Wake up America!
Dems (aka, Wimpocrats) are uttterly useless.
Will you answer one of your subscribers, ie, me, “when does “
‘suspension’ of Funding morph into impoundment?”
The House, the Senate, and the Extreme Court will be all aboard the trump train.
Did you see the delicious hamburgers he served at Doral?
Hamburgers!!
It's a kakistocracy.
Look harder for the genuine heroes.
https://bsky.app/profile/johnmaun.bsky.social/post/3lgdoafjq6s2w
Did 47 send the military into California to ‘turn the water on’?
Did 47 increase ICE deportation raids, or is the media hyping what is really ICE ‘business as usual’?
When you say ‘oppose,’ what do you propose?
We lost the election.
If Sinclair Lewis was still around, he'd go for the jugular.
Ridiculing the thin-skinned is the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of alternative social media. Look at Led by Donkeys.
If you're going to call out hypocrisy, do it on a skyscraper!
The radical right is winning because they're organized. They had a plan and they're executing it. Where is the left's "Heritage Foundation"? Where is the organization? "Project 2029"?
"The walls will hold!"
"Hello, they're already inside and they've torn down the walls."
Democrats: "I'm sure the walls will be fine. We'll get more seats in the next election and then we'll grovel harder! That will show them!"
The star-spangled banner used to mean something.
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I spent a good amount of time reflecting on what I do and whether it even matters anymore. The short answer is yes, especially now.
Told DW that if she asked, I would hang up my apron and buy a sports car and golf clubs. She just laughed.
OTOH, I will take some time off. I've been doing this for a long time and tbh, I'm tired.
Don't let your space shrink.
A whole year could've been packed in one week, but we here's how we digest it, put it into perspective, and make intentional moves.
https://youtu.be/hJSikQPkAdI?si=A905Du_00VC4J-j1
Remind our Congress, Militar, Judges and AGs they serve the PEOPLE and the Constitution. NOT trump. Don't say it in big words use 5th grade English. Make the statement clear.