What have you done to become a target of surveillance?
My concern is that we all are/ will be “followed” with internet espionage from Muskalini’s Doggies. I use my real name so they know where to find me — and I say cmon you fascist criminals. I ain’t hiding from you—I’m coming after you!
I doubt if non-violence is gonna cut it. I hate thinking it, but Democrats are not the majority that are armed, and most military facilities are in Red Country. The only thing that will rid us of this scourge is someone on the inside with a set of brass cobblers and no plans for a future. I don’t like martyrdom, but it needs to be one of them planning en masse. Either way, the country is already done
Hi and thanks for asking. I will be brief. I will be fleshing out my idea of a 🟦Rebellion on my Substack as I learn how to properly build it. The 🟦Rebellion will be patterned after the 🟧Revolution from Ukraine🇺🇦 in 2004. As large as possible demonstrations of one to three days involving the 24/7 occupation of state capitols. The goal is to prepare, strategize, coordinate, practice for a MASSIVE 🟦Revolution of a million patriots (I'll settle for 30%) to occupy Washington DC. By coordinating to support more established resistance movements like INDIVISIBLE, I hope we can turn 50 mini protests into the one massive protest. Like I said, I have lots to flesh out and think about. I don't see it as all that complicated so give me 7-10 days.
This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law
By Tony Pentimalli
On January 20, 2025, while the press focused on the optics of Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration, something far more dangerous was set in motion—off-camera, away from ceremony, and beneath the radar of a public lulled by spectacle.
Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. But the most alarming part? It gave the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security just 90 days to deliver a joint report on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act.
That deadline is April 20.
This wasn’t about immigration. It was about power.
The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military on American soil. That means troops in our cities. That means bypassing governors. That means suspending protest rights. That means the death of democratic dissent—under the false pretense of restoring “order.”
And Trump’s not hiding it. He’s preparing it.
We’ve seen this before. In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Trump didn’t respond with compassion—he called for “domination.” When the military hesitated to invoke the Insurrection Act, Trump sent federal forces to violently clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could wave a Bible in front of a church. Not an ounce of remorse followed. He was angry the generals didn’t go far enough.
This time, he’s made sure they won’t hesitate.
Since returning to power, Trump has purged the Pentagon of independent thinkers. In their place? Loyalists. Pete Hegseth is now Secretary of Defense. Tulsi Gabbard runs intelligence. And J.D. Vance—Vice President—is openly on board with using military force against Americans on American soil.
Then, on March 19, those three—Vance, Gabbard, and Hegseth—staged a photo op at the southern border. Not a routine visit. Not a strategy session. A performance.
Think about it. Why would the Vice President, the head of military intelligence, and the Defense Secretary all need to go to the border together? Why make a media spectacle of it?
Because it wasn’t about the border. It was about the optics. It was about laying the emotional groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act. They were building the narrative. “We had to act.” “We had no choice.” “The crisis was too big.”
And what comes next?
It’s June 2025. Trump goes on national TV and declares that Democratic cities are under siege by “radicals” and “illegals.” He signs the Insurrection Act order. Troops hit the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia. Protesters are arrested under “emergency provisions.” Journalists are detained. Social media accounts vanish. Immigrants are swept into detention centers. The press is told to stand down. The public is told to shut up.
And it’s all legal.
Some of you might think, “He’s bluffing. The military won’t go along. The courts will stop him.”
Really?
Were they bluffing when federal agents brutalized peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square?
Did the military refuse? No. The National Guard was deployed. Many in uniform carried out the order. It was only later that a few expressed regret—after the damage was done.
Did the courts stop January 6? No. They prosecuted rioters after the fact, but the attack happened. Congress fled. Democracy was nearly strangled live on TV.
Did they stop the family separation policy? No. Thousands of children were taken from their parents before courts intervened—long after the trauma was inflicted.
Did they stop the Muslim ban? No. The Supreme Court upheld it. Entire families were stranded or banned simply because of where they came from.
Did they stop ICE raids or CBP abuses? Rarely. A handful of rulings. A few headlines. But the system kept grinding, unchecked and cruel.
So if you’re waiting for “the system” to save us, you’re waiting for something that has already failed.
The April 20 report is coming. If it recommends using the Insurrection Act—and let’s be honest, it will—Trump will frame it as a reluctant but necessary move. He’ll say he tried everything else. He’ll claim it’s about protecting America.
But what he’s really protecting is his own authority.
This is how authoritarianism arrives: not with tanks, but with legal memos, press events, and a scared public hoping someone else will stop it.
So what do we do?
We speak now. Loudly. Forcefully.
Call your representatives and demand they investigate Trump’s January 20 order.
Push the media to report on the Insurrection Act report before it’s too late.
Demand public statements from military and intelligence leaders—now, not after.
Organize. Educate. Resist.
If you’ve never joined a protest before, this is the moment.
If you’ve never spoken up politically, this is the time.
If you’ve never thought it could happen here—it already is.
The threat isn’t coming.
It’s here.
And silence is exactly what Trump is counting on.
*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity. Follow him for sharp analysis and hard-hitting critiques
....The Canadian Legion at this moment is the entire country itself. We are standing together...coast to coast. We are watching the protests, the boycotts, town halls now kicking in. Our plate will be full when the tariffs hit......We are now strong and ready.
Trump/Project 2025 followed through with their Blitzkreig and you guys are reeling.....your courts are holding the line. It is up to the citizens now to re-group..organize...get a plan together and strike back hard at the bullies!!!!
Vietcong certainly were, and the IRA accomplished (some of) their aims to be able to participate politically in N Ireland and to this day have not surrendered.
The original Sandinistas overthrew their government and initially did some good. Of course they changed and were defeated later on.
The North Vietnames and Vietcong used German 88mm WW2 guns supplied from Russian stockpiles to shoot at French and US aircraft.
US soldiers revoverd many German WW2 guns and other supplies.
One thing that the Proud Boys and the sandbox/GIJOE militas do not get........Liberals and Pro-Democacy protectors shop at the same gun stores, same supply shops that they do.......I think they are in for a suprise when return fire will be coming their way when they decide to move out from the sandbox.
There is a Republic of Ireland now, with a sane government.
Yes there's still Northern Ireland, but esp. now that the republic has removed the Catholic part of their constitution, reunification is inevitable. Plus, the EU is a *much* more attractive option to both the north and south of Ireland.
It would seem they have selected that leader, according to what Henri Speak said and believed, send us a man be he God or the devil we will accept him? 😂 As in not 🤣
"There’s a lot more armed “liberals” than people realize." - I agree (lifelong liberal, here), but I don't expect liberals to be as indiscriminate with violence (especially 1:1) as militia and the like.
Our coming 🟦Rebellion leading to the 🟦 Revolution to take back America can embody non-violence as an example to the world. But, I am not so naive as to think that the Authoritarian Regime of 🍊Hitler is not infused with white right-wing supremacist LEO (Law Enforcement Officers), militias, and complicit military command and rank-in-file. There will be blood🩸! Let most of it be ours. The 2004🟧Revolution in Ukraine proves it can be done. American Patriots are no less capable. I will be on the front lines. I will stand with you and in front. With you and in front!
This should not be about Blue. This is about America. If you can't get that simple idea, you will never be successful. Blue handed this motherfer Trump the keys to America in 2024. They stayed home or voted third party and some voted for Trump as punishment to Blue. As afar as i am concerned both political parties of Blue and Red can go straight to hell. Stand up to be an American. Not a political party hack,. Please. I beg you to stop this triabalist bullshit!
Sir, your righteous anger is cathartic. We are screaming with you. I am with you- daughter of a Navy radio operator and retired firefighter and nurse, we fight until we take America back. It's up to us - Washington is lost right now. But we can do this. My husband's ancestors were Scottish prisoners of war transported to Massachusetts in colonial times, who fought in the American Revolution, side by side with George Washington. The wee bit of First Nations blood and the blood of my immigrant ancestors that runs through my veins boils. We are not leaving, we are not turning our backs, we are not letting them off, we are fighting, this is our land, our country, our people, our freedom. We kicked tyrants out of this land before, we're up for it again Bring it! We are with you!
Thank you for sharing this Politico article. I believe Trump wants to use Erik Prince's resources (starting with Trump I), especially in Africa. Africa Command being dissolved makes this more likely (on that continent.) Mass arrests, processing, transportation, and incarceration (even in camps) would disrupt daily life, at least in the lower 48 states, on a scale not seen since WWII (if then.) I think this approach appeals to Trump's manic personality but would crash the economy, school systems, healthcare, and more.
President Dunning-Kruger has undone decades of international relations in less than 30 days in office. Far too many Americans have not yet realized that the same Russian threat against Ukraine 3 years ago, has been repeatedly made by Trump against Canada: ANNEXATION. To Annex, isn't an invitation to join, but a naked threat of military conquest.
Labeling T****, Musk, MAGA et al., as Dunning-Krueger specimens should be done at every mention of them. BTW, do you listen to the Keith Olbermann COUNTDOWN podcast? That's where I learned to love professor's Dunning and Krueger. 😊
Guy parked in front of the AT&T store in the Greenport plaza in Hudson the other day with the eagle stickers and related sh*t on his truck... sticker on the rearview window with a sneaking figure in a hoodie (made to represent guess who) and another sticker next to it that says, "shoot 'em."
If he'd have gotten out of his Hemi I woulda said (sweetly, in my old-ish lady fashion), "you a racist, hon?"
One of these days I'm gonna get punched in the face.
I'm the one on the left in the profile picture above.
Don't do that Sally. I have some bumper stickers for you to use as revenge that say, "Don't pretend your racism is patriotism." Please drop by the house and get some.
Robert Reich's substack today sums up Trump's game plan:
"The real story is this.
In every part of the government that involves the use of force — the military, the investigation and prosecution of crimes, the authority to arrest, the capacity to hold individuals in jail — Trump is putting into power people who are more loyal to him than they are to the United States.
He has purged (or is in the process of purging) at the highest levels of the Department of Defense, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Inspectors General, and the FBI, anyone who is not personally loyal to him.
Trump is rapidly gaining a personal monopoly on the use of force. This is his most fundamental goal. This is the essence of tyranny."
If Trump does acquire a monopoly on the use of force, then any violence will be brutally oppressed. Ghandi was dealing with polite Englishmen, not Hitler on steroids. I question whether non-violence alone will have an impact on the MAGA mob.
The reality is we have transitioned into a "banana republic" run by a dictator and his henchmen. Experience in South America and elsewhere with tyrants has been a military coup to restore order and provide sanctuary for a new government to be formed.
How will the U.S. Armed Forces react to the assault on their sacred duty to protect the nation rather than to empower a tyrant? Trump has no honor and has voiced contempt for those who do. He does not comprehend the sacred purpose of being willing to sacrifice your life to protect others. Yes, martial law is a drastic action, but that seems to be the direction we're heading as a nation.
"The reality is we have transitioned into a "banana republic" run by a dictator and his henchmen." - Banana republics do not have a nuclear triad, weapons and people in space, and the ability to disrupt the flow of electricity citywide or wider (EMP.) Banana republics are usually inward-facing, too. Our situation is exponentially worse. This is a synthesis of Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Roy Cohn, and Trump's childish yearning to be loved and feared simultaneously. Manafort was successful in facilitating similar changes abroad. Stone has yearned to punish liberals on a nationwide scale since the 70's. Bannon (for all his bluster) is very intelligent, articulate, knowledgeable, and capable of swaying people quickly and easily. Roy Cohn imprinted Trump.
Yes, the U.S. is now a nuclear-armed banana republic able (and willing) to wreak havoc worldwide which is all the more reason why the military will eventually have to step in and restore order.
I used to roll my eyes when someone compared today to Nazi Germany, but no longer. We have been here before, don't let it happen again.
There is a letter circulating from Roger Stone about taking guns away from the Democrats. I have the letter. I can’t upload it or copy and paste it here.
And the uprising is March 14th in DC. It is a big one. We all need to attend. We’d like it if you would speak. I also have a flier for the March. Again, can’t put it here, but am circulating it on substack.
You do not stand alone, Chief. In attendance at last weekend's demonstration at our state capital in Olympia (in my US Navy sweatshirt) I met a CPO in his full dress blues! The pushback has already started.
I’ve started to believe the reason The Musk Minions are taking data about the rest of us from U.S. Govt. servers and systems is to share it with militias (including some of the recently released January 6th Felons) as a means of threatening or confronting the rest of us when resistance takes form. I hope I’m completely wrong about this but reducing headcount primarily of one “classification” (probationary employee) across Agencies doesn’t require connecting (DOGE) servers to government networks. OPM has all the data and “access” one needs. I think these firings are a smokescreen: These are modestly paid govt employees. Major $$$ is in consulting and contracting personnel (especially at 3-letter agencies + DoD) and no mention of cuts in those ranks.
Michael — How do you know this?
What have you done to become a target of surveillance?
My concern is that we all are/ will be “followed” with internet espionage from Muskalini’s Doggies. I use my real name so they know where to find me — and I say cmon you fascist criminals. I ain’t hiding from you—I’m coming after you!
I doubt if non-violence is gonna cut it. I hate thinking it, but Democrats are not the majority that are armed, and most military facilities are in Red Country. The only thing that will rid us of this scourge is someone on the inside with a set of brass cobblers and no plans for a future. I don’t like martyrdom, but it needs to be one of them planning en masse. Either way, the country is already done
We are now a Charlie Uniform Nevada Tango Romeo Yankee
A Canadian Legion will stand side by side with Americans that do what then need to do to eliminate MAGA.
Back at ya Canada, together we survive and win
Join us in our 🟦Rebellion. It's coming and right soon!
Hi and thanks for asking. I will be brief. I will be fleshing out my idea of a 🟦Rebellion on my Substack as I learn how to properly build it. The 🟦Rebellion will be patterned after the 🟧Revolution from Ukraine🇺🇦 in 2004. As large as possible demonstrations of one to three days involving the 24/7 occupation of state capitols. The goal is to prepare, strategize, coordinate, practice for a MASSIVE 🟦Revolution of a million patriots (I'll settle for 30%) to occupy Washington DC. By coordinating to support more established resistance movements like INDIVISIBLE, I hope we can turn 50 mini protests into the one massive protest. Like I said, I have lots to flesh out and think about. I don't see it as all that complicated so give me 7-10 days.
I contacted my local Indivisible rep with,
“I’ll join up if you guys orchestrate a MASSIVE people dump on DC and PERSONALLY throw DOGE in the street.”
If that sounds like Wet Dream material, it is. Make it so.
OCCUPY ‘25
Better step it up.
This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law
By Tony Pentimalli
On January 20, 2025, while the press focused on the optics of Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration, something far more dangerous was set in motion—off-camera, away from ceremony, and beneath the radar of a public lulled by spectacle.
Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. But the most alarming part? It gave the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security just 90 days to deliver a joint report on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act.
That deadline is April 20.
This wasn’t about immigration. It was about power.
The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military on American soil. That means troops in our cities. That means bypassing governors. That means suspending protest rights. That means the death of democratic dissent—under the false pretense of restoring “order.”
And Trump’s not hiding it. He’s preparing it.
We’ve seen this before. In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Trump didn’t respond with compassion—he called for “domination.” When the military hesitated to invoke the Insurrection Act, Trump sent federal forces to violently clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could wave a Bible in front of a church. Not an ounce of remorse followed. He was angry the generals didn’t go far enough.
This time, he’s made sure they won’t hesitate.
Since returning to power, Trump has purged the Pentagon of independent thinkers. In their place? Loyalists. Pete Hegseth is now Secretary of Defense. Tulsi Gabbard runs intelligence. And J.D. Vance—Vice President—is openly on board with using military force against Americans on American soil.
Then, on March 19, those three—Vance, Gabbard, and Hegseth—staged a photo op at the southern border. Not a routine visit. Not a strategy session. A performance.
Think about it. Why would the Vice President, the head of military intelligence, and the Defense Secretary all need to go to the border together? Why make a media spectacle of it?
Because it wasn’t about the border. It was about the optics. It was about laying the emotional groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act. They were building the narrative. “We had to act.” “We had no choice.” “The crisis was too big.”
And what comes next?
It’s June 2025. Trump goes on national TV and declares that Democratic cities are under siege by “radicals” and “illegals.” He signs the Insurrection Act order. Troops hit the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia. Protesters are arrested under “emergency provisions.” Journalists are detained. Social media accounts vanish. Immigrants are swept into detention centers. The press is told to stand down. The public is told to shut up.
And it’s all legal.
Some of you might think, “He’s bluffing. The military won’t go along. The courts will stop him.”
Really?
Were they bluffing when federal agents brutalized peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square?
Did the military refuse? No. The National Guard was deployed. Many in uniform carried out the order. It was only later that a few expressed regret—after the damage was done.
Did the courts stop January 6? No. They prosecuted rioters after the fact, but the attack happened. Congress fled. Democracy was nearly strangled live on TV.
Did they stop the family separation policy? No. Thousands of children were taken from their parents before courts intervened—long after the trauma was inflicted.
Did they stop the Muslim ban? No. The Supreme Court upheld it. Entire families were stranded or banned simply because of where they came from.
Did they stop ICE raids or CBP abuses? Rarely. A handful of rulings. A few headlines. But the system kept grinding, unchecked and cruel.
So if you’re waiting for “the system” to save us, you’re waiting for something that has already failed.
The April 20 report is coming. If it recommends using the Insurrection Act—and let’s be honest, it will—Trump will frame it as a reluctant but necessary move. He’ll say he tried everything else. He’ll claim it’s about protecting America.
But what he’s really protecting is his own authority.
This is how authoritarianism arrives: not with tanks, but with legal memos, press events, and a scared public hoping someone else will stop it.
So what do we do?
We speak now. Loudly. Forcefully.
Call your representatives and demand they investigate Trump’s January 20 order.
Push the media to report on the Insurrection Act report before it’s too late.
Demand public statements from military and intelligence leaders—now, not after.
Organize. Educate. Resist.
If you’ve never joined a protest before, this is the moment.
If you’ve never spoken up politically, this is the time.
If you’ve never thought it could happen here—it already is.
The threat isn’t coming.
It’s here.
And silence is exactly what Trump is counting on.
*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity. Follow him for sharp analysis and hard-hitting critiques
Next 50501 is on April 19th. This is SOS time.
....The Canadian Legion at this moment is the entire country itself. We are standing together...coast to coast. We are watching the protests, the boycotts, town halls now kicking in. Our plate will be full when the tariffs hit......We are now strong and ready.
Thank you for caring for us when our own government has deserted us.
Oh, they’ve gone WELL beyond that point. They have allied with The Enemy of The Free World. They are Public Enemy #1.
Trump/Project 2025 followed through with their Blitzkreig and you guys are reeling.....your courts are holding the line. It is up to the citizens now to re-group..organize...get a plan together and strike back hard at the bullies!!!!
There’s a lot more armed “liberals” than people realize. We just don’t parade around like Meal Team Six and the Gravy Seals….
There are still more of them.
Every resistance starts outnumbered. From the IRA to the Sandinistas to the Vietcong, you don’t have to look hard to find examples.
I don’t want that to happen as I am not an idiot. But, I also have faith in the people to rise up.
Or, all is truly lost.
All 3 of them were not very successfu examples.
The IRA never surrendered to the Brits.
Vietcong certainly were, and the IRA accomplished (some of) their aims to be able to participate politically in N Ireland and to this day have not surrendered.
The original Sandinistas overthrew their government and initially did some good. Of course they changed and were defeated later on.
I’m not celebrating any of them.
But I think you get my drift.
The North Vietnames and Vietcong used German 88mm WW2 guns supplied from Russian stockpiles to shoot at French and US aircraft.
US soldiers revoverd many German WW2 guns and other supplies.
One thing that the Proud Boys and the sandbox/GIJOE militas do not get........Liberals and Pro-Democacy protectors shop at the same gun stores, same supply shops that they do.......I think they are in for a suprise when return fire will be coming their way when they decide to move out from the sandbox.
There is a Republic of Ireland now, with a sane government.
Yes there's still Northern Ireland, but esp. now that the republic has removed the Catholic part of their constitution, reunification is inevitable. Plus, the EU is a *much* more attractive option to both the north and south of Ireland.
Those are examples of righteous struggle. There have been many more. (Sadly not acknowledged in the mainstream)
they're mostly what you see on tiktok, drink beer and shoot microwaves, and they don't commit to anything other than that
It would seem they have selected that leader, according to what Henri Speak said and believed, send us a man be he God or the devil we will accept him? 😂 As in not 🤣
"There’s a lot more armed “liberals” than people realize." - I agree (lifelong liberal, here), but I don't expect liberals to be as indiscriminate with violence (especially 1:1) as militia and the like.
Experienced bully haters!
I walked those railroad tracks alone. Still have your tools.
I can be if needed, hopefully not but can be.
LOCKED AND LOADED FOR MAGA GUESTS
Lo
Our coming 🟦Rebellion leading to the 🟦 Revolution to take back America can embody non-violence as an example to the world. But, I am not so naive as to think that the Authoritarian Regime of 🍊Hitler is not infused with white right-wing supremacist LEO (Law Enforcement Officers), militias, and complicit military command and rank-in-file. There will be blood🩸! Let most of it be ours. The 2004🟧Revolution in Ukraine proves it can be done. American Patriots are no less capable. I will be on the front lines. I will stand with you and in front. With you and in front!
This should not be about Blue. This is about America. If you can't get that simple idea, you will never be successful. Blue handed this motherfer Trump the keys to America in 2024. They stayed home or voted third party and some voted for Trump as punishment to Blue. As afar as i am concerned both political parties of Blue and Red can go straight to hell. Stand up to be an American. Not a political party hack,. Please. I beg you to stop this triabalist bullshit!
Agreed. How?
Malcolm? We need guidance here. “Random Acts of Resistance”.
We need to be the Resistance in response to their Vichy, the Montagnards in response to their Soviet slide, and the Allies against the Quislings.
Preach, neighbor.
Read Gene Sharp. He is the Clauswitz of nonviolence. Read from Du Watership to Democracy.
Thank you for pointing this out. I found "Fighting Tyranny" which includes both From Dictatorship to Democracy - and The Anti-Coup.
welcome to the resistance.
Read From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp.
Sir, your righteous anger is cathartic. We are screaming with you. I am with you- daughter of a Navy radio operator and retired firefighter and nurse, we fight until we take America back. It's up to us - Washington is lost right now. But we can do this. My husband's ancestors were Scottish prisoners of war transported to Massachusetts in colonial times, who fought in the American Revolution, side by side with George Washington. The wee bit of First Nations blood and the blood of my immigrant ancestors that runs through my veins boils. We are not leaving, we are not turning our backs, we are not letting them off, we are fighting, this is our land, our country, our people, our freedom. We kicked tyrants out of this land before, we're up for it again Bring it! We are with you!
10-fvcking-4
Sir, please look at this. PMCs offering to join the mass deportations.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648
First they came for the Immigrants
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Immigrant…..
We know where this goes.
WE KNOW.
Thank you for sharing this Politico article. I believe Trump wants to use Erik Prince's resources (starting with Trump I), especially in Africa. Africa Command being dissolved makes this more likely (on that continent.) Mass arrests, processing, transportation, and incarceration (even in camps) would disrupt daily life, at least in the lower 48 states, on a scale not seen since WWII (if then.) I think this approach appeals to Trump's manic personality but would crash the economy, school systems, healthcare, and more.
President Dunning-Kruger has undone decades of international relations in less than 30 days in office. Far too many Americans have not yet realized that the same Russian threat against Ukraine 3 years ago, has been repeatedly made by Trump against Canada: ANNEXATION. To Annex, isn't an invitation to join, but a naked threat of military conquest.
Labeling T****, Musk, MAGA et al., as Dunning-Krueger specimens should be done at every mention of them. BTW, do you listen to the Keith Olbermann COUNTDOWN podcast? That's where I learned to love professor's Dunning and Krueger. 😊
I'm here for it Malcolm!! I'm with you and the whole Second Revolution!
Guy parked in front of the AT&T store in the Greenport plaza in Hudson the other day with the eagle stickers and related sh*t on his truck... sticker on the rearview window with a sneaking figure in a hoodie (made to represent guess who) and another sticker next to it that says, "shoot 'em."
If he'd have gotten out of his Hemi I woulda said (sweetly, in my old-ish lady fashion), "you a racist, hon?"
One of these days I'm gonna get punched in the face.
I'm the one on the left in the profile picture above.
The one on the right voted for Trump.
The picture is from better days.
Don't do that Sally. I have some bumper stickers for you to use as revenge that say, "Don't pretend your racism is patriotism." Please drop by the house and get some.
Ok, sign me up. When’s good?
I also want to take a picture of your lawn sign, but I don’t wanna be creepy, so…
seckhoff@mac.com is me, if you wanna drop me a line.
At least that hasn't been hacked...yet.
I would like those stickers!
Thanks for everything you're doing.
Robert Reich's substack today sums up Trump's game plan:
"The real story is this.
In every part of the government that involves the use of force — the military, the investigation and prosecution of crimes, the authority to arrest, the capacity to hold individuals in jail — Trump is putting into power people who are more loyal to him than they are to the United States.
He has purged (or is in the process of purging) at the highest levels of the Department of Defense, the Justice Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Inspectors General, and the FBI, anyone who is not personally loyal to him.
Trump is rapidly gaining a personal monopoly on the use of force. This is his most fundamental goal. This is the essence of tyranny."
If Trump does acquire a monopoly on the use of force, then any violence will be brutally oppressed. Ghandi was dealing with polite Englishmen, not Hitler on steroids. I question whether non-violence alone will have an impact on the MAGA mob.
The reality is we have transitioned into a "banana republic" run by a dictator and his henchmen. Experience in South America and elsewhere with tyrants has been a military coup to restore order and provide sanctuary for a new government to be formed.
How will the U.S. Armed Forces react to the assault on their sacred duty to protect the nation rather than to empower a tyrant? Trump has no honor and has voiced contempt for those who do. He does not comprehend the sacred purpose of being willing to sacrifice your life to protect others. Yes, martial law is a drastic action, but that seems to be the direction we're heading as a nation.
greasy banon
"The reality is we have transitioned into a "banana republic" run by a dictator and his henchmen." - Banana republics do not have a nuclear triad, weapons and people in space, and the ability to disrupt the flow of electricity citywide or wider (EMP.) Banana republics are usually inward-facing, too. Our situation is exponentially worse. This is a synthesis of Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Roy Cohn, and Trump's childish yearning to be loved and feared simultaneously. Manafort was successful in facilitating similar changes abroad. Stone has yearned to punish liberals on a nationwide scale since the 70's. Bannon (for all his bluster) is very intelligent, articulate, knowledgeable, and capable of swaying people quickly and easily. Roy Cohn imprinted Trump.
Manafart is never taken out of the closet?
Yes, the U.S. is now a nuclear-armed banana republic able (and willing) to wreak havoc worldwide which is all the more reason why the military will eventually have to step in and restore order.
I used to roll my eyes when someone compared today to Nazi Germany, but no longer. We have been here before, don't let it happen again.
There is a letter circulating from Roger Stone about taking guns away from the Democrats. I have the letter. I can’t upload it or copy and paste it here.
PROMISE!
Promise what?? To take guns away from Dems and let Republican whack jobs keep theirs? Insane.
Too HARPOON A TRUMP SAVE MANY NATIONS!
And the uprising is March 14th in DC. It is a big one. We all need to attend. We’d like it if you would speak. I also have a flier for the March. Again, can’t put it here, but am circulating it on substack.
It needs to be more than DC. Every state capital, every county seat.
This is THE BIG ONE!!!!! As many as we can get to DC!
And those that can't get there must act locally.
You do not stand alone, Chief. In attendance at last weekend's demonstration at our state capital in Olympia (in my US Navy sweatshirt) I met a CPO in his full dress blues! The pushback has already started.
I’ve started to believe the reason The Musk Minions are taking data about the rest of us from U.S. Govt. servers and systems is to share it with militias (including some of the recently released January 6th Felons) as a means of threatening or confronting the rest of us when resistance takes form. I hope I’m completely wrong about this but reducing headcount primarily of one “classification” (probationary employee) across Agencies doesn’t require connecting (DOGE) servers to government networks. OPM has all the data and “access” one needs. I think these firings are a smokescreen: These are modestly paid govt employees. Major $$$ is in consulting and contracting personnel (especially at 3-letter agencies + DoD) and no mention of cuts in those ranks.