I agree, many of us saw it coming then, but couldn’t get enough people to listen or care.
Dismantling Jim Crow and extending democratic and civil rights to everyone was a part of the post WE II progress that the forces behind Reagan’s regime were organized around turning back.
Coronation Mess Ejection!
Blaze the bastard along with all his disloyal to America consorts.
Flee felon flee!
Constant collisions...
Abhor adjourn fights!
A roar, a war, real malice!
And the erosion started some time ago or there where imperfections in the bedrock from the start around which the crumbling now is fastest. Gerrymandering, pledge of allegiance, extreme flag waving, agressive policing, obsession with fame and looks, racism, power of the presidency, theocrats etc.
This is true. I didn't know they basically destroyed voting rights when Obama was in office. We can't trust either party to have our best interests at heart. Your loyalty is one-sided and that is a mistake.
It is a true mystery. A man who is so obviously insane, wicked and stupid can seduce so many people, and not just the ridiculously attired low-lifes, but also educated, successful folk.
It almost makes one believe in Satan.
I've opened all of the windows to invite in Sol. I use mirrors to beam her light into dark corners. I'm a warrior for our people. I have light in my soul. Let it shine. Let it shine.
Statements are fine. But statements are just words. What is anyone actually DOING abt it? What have other countries done when faced w/a fascist takeover? What methods succeeded? What methods failed?
Imo msm has to do more, some Rs in Congress have to step up & We the Ppl have to make more noise.
Wouldn't it be the grandest parade day if the military abided by their sworn commitment to uphold the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic and put the orange clown under arrest that day. 😍
I know, I'm a dreamer
Or like just don’t participate in the parade??? Actively do
Small acts to make it fail? Think of the Citroen workers in Vichy France who purposely made it so the trucks would overheat so that the Vichy’s wouldn’t be able to get anywhere … etc. Subvert!!
I also want to add: the Supreme Court let the red states erode so many laws over time: abortion, voting rights - who knows what else- until they lost all meaning.
I think this collapse started in earnest when George W. Bush was elected president. Poor George, he did not realize that his major donors thought he was such a fool that they could completely control them. And they did until the last year of his administration.
Faux News, republicans and several conspiracy influencers are sowing distrust since decades. Nobody moved a finger about it. Now you harvest what you allowed to be sown.
I definitely think this administration did not expect the amount of wins democracy would have after he tried to implement project 2025. We've been beaten down, spit on, and we get right back up bc we don't just do it for ourselves like they do.
I do always hear "we" and keep on wondering who these "we" are supposed to be. Like "we the ordinary citizens who are most likely to be subdued in many ways if the GOP feels seriously threatened", "we who live in various countries and being fucked over by Trump and his cronies"?
I'm going to repeat it until I'm either blocked by everyone or being kicked, but the last remaining "mold killers" who can effectively stop Trump are the Dems in Senate and Congress.
But not by their endless big speeches and occasional strong words. Take action, serve the Constitution. NOW.
If you don't sign the strike card, we DON'T know you're on board. The intention to strike is great, but nothing moves forward until we know 3.5% will participate.
We're not just collecting signatures– see below for privacy tips– our stages of mobilization are based on number of participants.
Bad people are willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want regardless of their immorality. Good people however have more barriers because they won't make immoral decisions to get what they want. The good citizens stand for their rights and motivate the good people in higher positions.
I’m doing my best to be a good citizen. But you must consider how hard it is when the ‘good’ people over us are few and far between.
Just a 🔵 in a red state. Praying for a 🌊 🌊🌊 soon
"Chaos does not become order. When it disrupts, it merely breeds more chaos. Pusing outwards like a wave, a ripple that does not stop. A storm knows nothing but how to rage" ~George Mann
It’s been a slow deliberate dismantling, We’ve been boarding that train since Ronald Reagan said
‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.’ And White Middle Class people bought it enough to elect him twice.
Shew, it's going to take a lot of vinegar to get rid of this mold. Maga Republicans creeping in everywhere and deputizing citizens.... It's time to arrest Trump.
Demand this from Congress every day until it's done. Start with Trump. Republicans are terrified of our crowd sizes. They should be. One at a time we deep clean until we ferret out this infection and take back our Country. No more lazy Dems either, they join us or get voted out. We ain't playin.
We've been collapsing for quite some time. I think the lied-up Iraq War set the stage for making everyone so cynical. And, of course, we can't forget algorithmically siloed social media universes that cater to the dumbest conspiracies MAGA can dream up.
The sunlight needs to actively involve itself at all levels of government and politics to guide the political parties back to service to the people and not to the self. Active, ongoing involvement. A vote is no longer enough. Get REALLY involved, like your country depends on it. Because it does.
Its like when an actor becomes an overnight star — they’ve really been working for 10+ years to get there. Well, fascism has been working at this for decades towards this goal.
I strongly disagree. This is only true in certain situations, specific places and times. Empires generally crumble slowly, but governments can fall literally overnight. It happens all the time.
The bystanders have the power in their numbers to change the evil being done. A must-read book by Barbara Coloroso
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander.
It was written for school aged kids, but so applicable for what is happening in USA.
It offers solutions
But "liberal" (AKA actually bigoted WASP aholes) reddit ppl kept telling us all that saying that out loud was us, somehow, desecrating Nazi survivors and victims because words lose meaning if you just throw them out willy nilly. Oh the manipulative guilt trip.
Keep in mind, I actually went into a bought of depression because I took two grad years of fascism. That's a lot of devastating primary sources. I taught it for years. I cited sources. I did side by side comparisons of JKR tweets with Nazi shite...nope, YouTube says you're the problem, Cassandras.
Except when they were boiling frogs, there was no precedent from which they might have learned. Our not having learned from Germany is unbelievable, and unforgivable. Lousy knowledge of history and civics here.
The Weimar Republic had hyperinflation, high unemployment and the world was still reeling from the depression. They were desperate for “I can solve your problems” Adolph.
I wonder if the Cheeto crashing the economy is meant to cause such desperation again.
None of this is an accident.
Let’s get that light shining bright, fueled by the reflections of 10 million+ protest signs being held by the real patriots in this country. Protest! Resist!
Gotta explain why democracy matters. I'm thinking what might actually hit some is: Democracy means the same rules for everyone. But now Trump and Republicans are making one set of rules for their friends and another set of rules for people they don't like.
Because they're the victims of everything and they are the LEAST forgiving people on earth. If you accidentally slighted DJT 35 years ago, you're probably still on his hate and revenge list. 🙄🍼
The slow road to authoritarianism starts with democratic governments allowing authoritarian measures against groups widely hated by the public. This is what happened around 9/11 with the highly bipartisan Patriot Act. These measures were never rolled back, left to spring into action in future...
For example, the US sent Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was arrested in NYC, to be extrajudicially tortured in Syria for a year in 2002 on suspicion of terrorism. He was released without charge.
Then there is the shadow government underlayer of mildew - the ones running the show while Trump golfs and LARPS around in pontiff regalia, and that is gonna take some serious scrubbing.
While running against Biden Trump said this:
“ All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or socialist or someone who is going to destroy our country “
I guess joke is on MAGA
I’d argue democracy can collapse overnight. It just takes weeks and months for that collapse to be felt. Democracy died in the usa the day Trump took office.
Well, George, it seems most Americans don't really care about what's going on. Complacency, ignorance, whatever. June 14th is huge. If the protests planned that day don't have massive turnouts we may be doomed as a nation.
"Sunlight is the best disinfectant" is a failed strategy, tbh.
We've been shining sunlight on this the whole time. None of this erosion is some big secret. It's being done openly. People drinking the kool-aid just *don't care,* or actively think the erosion is a good thing. that's the problem.
Thank you! I feel like some kind of weirdo telling ppl that WaPo has been absolutely fucking a whole lot of ppl without lube while our "progressive advocates" golf clapped. It only hit when it started effecting middle class+ WASPs. I'm exhausted by the cheek of it all.
These #Christians and their #DeathCult are mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ill. They literally don’t care if the country turns fascist because if it does they believe “oh, well, it’s god’s will, who am I to question. Give unto Caesar”
You can't shame the shameless. And this country seems to love compromising with evil: 3/5 compromise, not taking land from slave owners after the civil war, pardoning Nixon, pardoning od the iran-contra, etc.
Eligible registered voters voted for Trump and the MAGA GOP congress by not voting for Harris and a Democrat congress.
Come on people, how in the world can America ever be a government of the people when the people themselves don’t vote in every yearly election for their own human rights?
AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE BEING BRAINWASHED. (Putin is full blown in charge. No doubt about it. Also, he has had students/spies/ intellects/ military, study the US Constitution to find every loophole imagineable for years and years and years and years.
How do you do that when the Oligarchy owns all the social media and news sources? Cause i just see two distinct bubbles, and now the one bubble wants to destroy the other bubbles news sources. I dont want to support the Oligarchy by using their products, products that spread lies or omitt facts.
Viewing things in that light, in my lifetime, this demagoguery began with Reagan & his "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." It was continued by many since then, including Gingrich & McConnell & ultimately put on steroids by trump.
Not expecting an answer but is anyone scared? Are we scared to do something like protest or speak beyond social media - especially the Bluesky safe zone? Elon and Trump are sending letters to university professors & attorneys to LEAVE the country. Even us nobody’s- it doesn’t feel anyone is immune.
Pick a side. I don't want to hear the word centrist uttered in my presence and bipartisan better have at LEAST 20 Republicans in the Senate and 60 in the House or it's just a shitty bill. I expect nothing from the executive branch for at least 3 more years.
These people running the US, will not place limits on their powers. We must do so, or face possible annihilation. 90% of the male population was wiped out by a violent subset of humanity around 5000 years ago. Suspect we’ve got some deadly genetics for violence in our current leaders.
I find myself wanting to say this a lot to the conspiracy and "I hate govt" crowd. Every time you open your mouth and speak in sweeping statements or general terms you betray yourself as a sucker to those who undermined our democracy. You were their weapon, your gullibility & willingness 2 repeat it
This 👇 is the road we’ve allowed toward authoritarianism. And 👇 this is what Trump attacked from Day 1 in 2015 in order to finish off that progression.
Sociopaths dehumanize victims to avoid guilt & enable them to harm. We must humanize each other, getting to know each other, our families, work, pets & offer help that we can in order to do that instead of hiding, leaving it to authorities or government. BTW, that's the SPIRIT of 2A, not just guns
Unfortunately, institutions and their sycophantic defenders (ahem, Garland) did a lot of the work for them. What reason does anyone have to trust the Supreme Court? Or Congress? Or the media? They’re all bought and rotten to the core.
It has gotten worse since 2003, when former Haliburten CEO and then VP Dick Cheney pushed us into the 2nd Iraq war under false pretext of Weapons of Mass Destruction, enriching Haliburten by $36B. It began in 2008 when Reagan cut taxes on the wealthiest 0.1%
I think you mean sometime in the 80's for Reagan, but otherwise agree. We need to go back to the 1970's tax rates on higher earners. That way if they want to pay themselves $10m, we get to spend $9m of that on the people they screwed over to be able to pay themselves that much.
After a life of trust in our American institutions, I now have zero trust in the Trump administration’s bastardized “institutions.” The liars and cheats, felons and drunks now have the wheel. Stay out of that car and slash the tires - more road blocks please!
Nope, it starts with destroying the middle class and underfunding education. This provides a financially desperate, undereducated group who can *then* be easily manipulated by demagogues.
Yes. It does erode gradually, which progressives have been saying for the last 20 YEARS!!! Mainstream Democrats thought they could play ‘politics as usual’ while the GOP went full fascist. Democracy is dead. This message is 20 years too late.
Think of a time when a political party turned against its own country. A party committing sadistic and barbaric acts against the people. A party that sees joy in driving the people to poverty and desperation and you will see the Republican Party of The United State of America - in the Twilight Zone.
We need to cut off the flood of court cases this administration is causing. There has to be a way to do that. He’s purposing making poor decisions to overwhelm the system. Break his sharpies!
Comments
Dismantling Jim Crow and extending democratic and civil rights to everyone was a part of the post WE II progress that the forces behind Reagan’s regime were organized around turning back.
Blaze the bastard along with all his disloyal to America consorts.
Flee felon flee!
Constant collisions...
Abhor adjourn fights!
A roar, a war, real malice!
It almost makes one believe in Satan.
Accomplishing nothing.
We need vinegar & baking soda bombs & rubber 🧤 gloves, masks 😷 for this infestation
Effectively removing the Mold requires some destruction or replacement of the entire structure.
Imo msm has to do more, some Rs in Congress have to step up & We the Ppl have to make more noise.
I know, I'm a dreamer
Small acts to make it fail? Think of the Citroen workers in Vichy France who purposely made it so the trucks would overheat so that the Vichy’s wouldn’t be able to get anywhere … etc. Subvert!!
Reestablish the separation of church and state, bodily autonomy for women, repeal the SAVE Act, and every malodorous EO ...
Starts with SCOTUS putting constraints on Trump's immunity.
Years ago. I think
We’re at the how to we get as many people from being disappeared to the concentration camp
Stage
But not by their endless big speeches and occasional strong words. Take action, serve the Constitution. NOW.
https://Generalstrikeus.com
We're not just collecting signatures– see below for privacy tips– our stages of mobilization are based on number of participants.
📫Feel Free to Repost📫
🎞Join For Daily Clips🎞
📫Feel Free to Repost📫
🎞Join For Daily Clips🎞
📫Feel Free to Repost📫
🎞Join For Daily Clips🎞
Pardon my French
Just a 🔵 in a red state. Praying for a 🌊 🌊🌊 soon
‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.’ And White Middle Class people bought it enough to elect him twice.
https://bsky.app/profile/freshprintsdesign.bsky.social/post/3lnq725lvuc2x
♥️☀️🤍🌞💙🔆
A pedophile
(I cover politics and social issues, focusing on fighting fascism and raising awareness about key injustices. Please follow me if interested!)
https://SurvivingMold.com
My life story. 😅
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander.
It was written for school aged kids, but so applicable for what is happening in USA.
It offers solutions
Everyone is under duress.
We don’t elect heroes based on their ability to withstand death threats.
Elected officials need our help.
Fox abusing the trust of their audience is one of the most shameful acts I’ve seen
I wonder if the Cheeto crashing the economy is meant to cause such desperation again.
None of this is an accident.
RESISTANCE is imperative
Division has always been a political tool.
Hate on the other hand, has been around for eons but extremely amplified with the advent of technology.
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
~Mother Teresa
“ All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or socialist or someone who is going to destroy our country “
I guess joke is on MAGA
🚨weewooweewoo
🔦➡️🟠💩
I have some UV lights in my basement if you need me to help.
We've been shining sunlight on this the whole time. None of this erosion is some big secret. It's being done openly. People drinking the kool-aid just *don't care,* or actively think the erosion is a good thing. that's the problem.
These #Christians and their #DeathCult are mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ill. They literally don’t care if the country turns fascist because if it does they believe “oh, well, it’s god’s will, who am I to question. Give unto Caesar”
IOW…they take no responsibility or accountability
Come on people, how in the world can America ever be a government of the people when the people themselves don’t vote in every yearly election for their own human rights?
Forward!
Being Japanese and sharp as a tack, you might well live 20 years or more.
But whenever your time comes, you will be deeply grieved and honored around the whole world, and the mourning will be long and loud.
You are not just a celebrity. You are a sunbeam.
In poison places we are antivenom, we're the beginning of the end.
Tonight the foxes hunt the hounds, its all over now
Before it has begun, we've already won.
We are wild, we are like young volcanoes"
- FOB
"Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny."
- Robert Reich
Our chance is to unite on taxing wealth
Never forget the Roger Stone worked for Nixon during Watergate, though.
💯
#ProtestsWork
#TeslaTakedown
#ImpeachTrump
#GoodTrouble
#MayDayStrong
#Indivisible
#50501
#SignalBoost
Just what will it take?
🫢 🤗 😄
Tolerance & Love
🥺 🥹
🫂
Some destruction happened under those we considered "We The People" Democrats.