The GOP members of Congress should be very afraid that they will not be reelected because of the stink he has put on them. The fact that they are not seeming to be afraid makes me wonder if they all think there’s not going to be any more elections anyway so they don’t have to worry.
If there ever IS another "free/fair" election! Remember Trump told his base they would never have to vote again. And now the news that Trump is dismantling the US cybersecurity blocking Russia from infiltrating our country...
Trump is on track to dismantle our democracy faster than Hitler did in 1933...
"Hitler systematically disabled & then dismantled his country’s democratic structures & processes in less than 2 months’ time—specifically, 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, & 40 minutes. The minutes, as we will see, mattered."
Trump, Vance, the Oligarchs and the authors of Project 2025 ALL understand this 👇
“The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction.” - Joseph Goebbels, March 23, 1933 (The day Hiter succeeded in destroying Germany"s democracy)
I don't think ENOUGH Americans actually know how Hitler destroyed Germany"s democracy, nor how quickly and "democratically" he did it.
It will take just a few Republicans in the House and Senate to grow a spine to stand up to Trump to prevent the dismantling of our democracy. It is up to their constituents to make them accountable. We're already seeing it start to happen at town halls.
I recommend watching Rachel Maddow or listen to her podcast, to maintain some degree of hope.
Because the Senate and House are controlled by Republicans, they have the keys now to limit Trump. But they are spineless and afraid of Trump. It is their constituents who will have to give them the courage to oppose Trump.
I have written elsewhere, if we wait until the midterms there won't be any midterms! The time for action is now! And I've learned calling my representative for calling my senators is a waste of time! They may have to make a record of the call but that doesn't mean they have to do anything with it they don't care! My senators and representative are all Republicans and I live in a deeply Red State the state of florida. So no they don't care about my opinion because my opinion doesn't matter to them and in Florida it just doesn't matter! I really believe and embrace my heart to even say so but we are headed towards another civil war because Republicans are going to back down with all of their crap and the only way to get the country back on track is for Democrats to do stuff and Democrats are too wimpy they whine about this they whine about that to talk about working across the aisle. Working across the aisle who are you kidding when has ever a Republican worked across the aisle especially since John McCain passed away you think Republicans are going to work across the aisle where they have both houses and Congress and the presidency as well as the Supreme Court of their backs pocket hell no! It's time that we face reality and realize that pacifying Republicans is not going to get the job done!!
A two-party system was never sustainable. But who listens to us Independents. I agree with you that we won’t make it to midterms. I wholly expect tomorrow to be a very black day. I grew up in Florida—I know exactly what you mean. Come on over to Oregon, where the reds are fairly elusive.
I expect the dunghole will fully exert his executive powers of the State of Emergencies Act to first declare martial law, and then declare no more elections after he thinks he has us fairly contained.
My instincts are telling me that with the nationwide protests tomorrow, which are now going worldwide, he’ll declare Marshall law. Unfortunately, my instincts have always been on point. Let’s hope I am finally very wrong.
Our European allies are protesting with us tomorrow! They know that the United States is outside the White House. The White House abandoned them, but they have not abandoned us. There is hope.
Brian - I was shocked like everyone else at the recent debacle in the Oval Office. Of note was Trump's red-faced rant about Putin being the only one who stood by him after the 2020 election was stolen from him. Did they stay in touch for the past 4 years, with Putin soothing poor Donnie's crushed ego? Is that really what all this retribution is about? If so, then he really HATES all of America and it won't matter if his poll numbers drop, his followers get angry, or even if he loses court cases. All of our protests/activities will be for nothing unless we can impeach his entire administration. They are actively cutting us off from our allies as they gut our ability to respond. We are looking at more than a Constitutional crisis; this is an existential crisis. Am I crazy here?
Joyce, not crazy. You are seeing clearly what we’re up against. If only Congress, judges, governors, local authorities could see it too - and do something to stop this train from barreling off a cliff!
No, you are NOT crazy. You’re absolutely correct about everything. But we, the people, don’t have the power to remove him and his administration from office. Congress has that power, and they are silent and complicit in all of this crap.
We, the people signed the Constitution into play, and it is we, the people who must raise the voice against bad things being done by our government. Congress is supposed to follow the Constitutional words and intent, but that is only assured with the consent of the people not letting Congress and other political leaders do what they want without oppression by us. We are the power of our Constitutional democratic republic, and we can make Congress act as the Founders intended by not voting for people who intend to control things for their own purpose, and by letting current officials know that if they don't start acting with responsibility toward the expectations of their office toward what we, the people and our nation need and want toward a "more perfect union", not toward a fascist oligarchy they will be kicked to the curb. Rights come with the responsibility to protect them, which is our job, not to just depend on Congress to do it.
No I think you are absolutely correct, however congress and senate are the only ones to impeach and they control both, they are moving so fast because they do not want to take the chance of losing that control in 2026. The only way is to convince Republicans that this is not what we want, I think some are afraid to speak up.
Not crazy, and maybe exactly right! We need to stand up and pressure the Dems and Independents to enact impeachment on the grounds of Constitutional violations and endangering our national security because of what he is doing. The idea that a president is immune from prosecution for anything he/she does while in office is absolutely anti-Constitutional and must be addressed that way in order to point out that we were never intended to support a criminal actor in office, and that crimes are not "official acts" as intended by the Founders...
One of the least shocking turns of events in this whole crazy process. DJT doesn’t care about anyone except the guy he sees in the mirror every morning.
As we speak, the Mump administration is dismantling all the safeguards we have in place to protect our elections from foreign and/or cyber interference. They don’t give a damn what’s popular and what isn’t. With Musk’s money and all the electronic doors wide open to Russia, not only will we have the most intense disinformation and misinformation campaigns since this all began, but we’ll be lucky if our votes aren’t just handed to Big Balls to dispose of. MAGA will continue to be fed red meat based on unchecked lies and cultural horseshit, and good people will continue to play the game based on rules that no longer exist.
This, along with the Trump family taking over the RNC, should be all the proof you need to know they are not planning on having elections in 4 years, much less 2. Outside of some benevolent hacker out there figuring out a way to freeze the assets of their major donors including Musk, I don't see any way out of this. A Politico article just came out about a huge Tennessee donor putting up speaker Mike Johnston in a swanky DC apartment. I did a little background search on the guy and it's terrifying. How many of these Elon Musk rich guys are out there funding this nonsense? Money talks to these people and nothing else. If you figure out a way to freeze their assets then you can make them squeal, otherwise we're all just along for the ride.
What a bunch weak minded little boys in congress with no backbone they are willing to destroy this country which will destroy their own families also to appease a narcissistic sociopath murderer 👺👺
You continuously refer to him as a, "lame duck president," which according to his own base is a misnomer. He has no plans to exit the Whitehouse. He actually voiced to that ignorant base, "vote for me & you won't have to worry about voting again," or "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
Those are not the words of a president, they are the ravings of a pathological narcissist, a megalomaniac hell bent on revenge, power & legacy.
Unless 'We the People...' mobilize immediately to neutralize this existential threat to the well being of every human on this planet, George Orwell's 1984 becomes more than a dystopian fantasy.
Hope the Democrats take this opportunity to come up with a slogan that all can get behind. We cannot attack tRump face on, as MAGA will reject it, but we can attack his cuts. Government cuts screw the people. Musk cuts so he can get a handout increase of your dollars. I know it is too many words, I'm not an ad writer, but maybe someone/group can do a great job of it.
We also need to figure out how to air any such ad in a place that MAGA faithful would see like Twitter or Fox. I have a feeling they would reject any ad regardless of how much you were willing to pay for it. We really need to sneak the message in through some of their 4 Chan and other horrid sites like It's coming from one of their allies or something. Like it's a message directly from Q himself.
The orange felon is holding the whole country out to dry. Our Canadian and European allies want nothing to do with us. A US nuclear sub went to Norway to refuel were denied because they are American. This is six weeks! WTF????
The WH Presser with Zelensky was a DISTRACTION. While the UN and our past allies see Russia as a cyber threat, Trump’s new cabinet and DOGE spent last week dismantling our cybersecurity against Russia. Trump left the WH to golf, JD went Skiing and Zelensky went to save his people and fight a war.
And who came to help the US when we were attacked 9/11/2001? 136 nations. DID ANY ONE OF THEM ASK FOR THEIR $ BACK?
Brian Tyler Cohen - PLEASE - the press is NOT explaining this Budget. It was DUE for approval by House/Senate/President BEFORE the Congressional year started 10.1.2024. It was STALLED and STOPPED by Republican in House. Now the R are blaming Dems for delays in 2025, as if this is a normal budget. No one is calling them out. The agreement to move Budget forward was to continue paying for projects in process - promises being broken
Unless the Democrats run someone like Sanders, and not some corporate hack like Clinton or Obama or Kerry--each of whom thinks running to the right of the GOP will garner them votes---we can expect another four years of MAGA, someone like Vance or whatever. It's silly to say the "Republicans are doing Democrats' work" because liberals and progressives, so to speak, were so sure that everyone would see how bad the current president is. So much for that. What we voters need to do is insist on really expanding that tent. This voter? Neither party works for workers. Neither party stands with unions. Neither party really wants to get rid of the Electoral College (unless their party's candidate loses). One person, one vote. Where is the Democratic Party on this disenfranchisement of millions of voters in the last election? It's all silence. Get corporate money out of politics. Think locally.
We are at a juncture in history that has been written about by science fiction writers for the past 60 years. There is a branch in the road to the future separating societies that are run by wealthy overlords and those that are run by representative government. The one led by wealthy overlords are characterized by oppression, aggression and domination as the fundamental tools of managing society. The ones led by representative government cooperation, opportunity and equality. It is a pretty clear choice. A very popular story line follows heroes who combat the wealthy overlords but rarely even in fiction are they successful in replacing them with representative government. This type of entertainment was/is not written by authors simply seeking sales. These are future historians who are warning us. it is not a coincidence that the most popular stories in our time are the ones where the oppressed are resisting that oppression and the HERO emerges to … do something … never sure exactly what the outcome is because the story ends when the Hero kills the villain as if that solves all problems.
The fact is becoming more and more clear that to change the course we are currently on is going to require more than the normal functioning of our previously trusted institutions such as the judiciary or future elections. What is unclear is what it is going to take for the vast majority of Americans, and citizens of the Earth to realize just where we are in or path toward the future. We are at that branching point. Or, sadly we are just past it on the Oligarch branch. The further we go down that branch the more bloody and impossible it will be to change our course. This is why Musk wants speed and wants to break things first. Once they are broken he thinks we will be more likely to accept his solution which will put him in charge. I say this about Musk but it is patently true about the project 2025 authors, about Trump who will become a minor player soon, and Vance who is the real puppet scheduled to wear the face of this change while he masters remain behind the scenes enjoying their luxuries.
So, it is important for us who are in opposition to the Oligarch branch to not become distracted by the popularity contest between the different factions. This is a distraction just like Trump’s Greenland, or renaming the Gulf or going to Ft Knox. And, the notion of the Hero is only a function of story telling. That is not how this is going to play out. So, don’t be depending on someone else’s actions. Unfortunately, we don’t have a plan. Or if we do it is not being publicized. I have no idea why. So I assume we really don’t have one. As I have said waiting and depending on the institutions that are being actively dismantled by our leaders is not a plan. And waiting two years for the mid terms is way to slow. Some 45% of Americans still favor Trump and what he is doing. Even while when you talk to them their approval is based on a hope that it will all work out … somehow.
As long as this regime’s cuts and “policies” don’t affect the people who elected Donald the Despicable, those people DGAF.
I have unfriended several people on social media who have complained to me about my political beliefs because they are straight, white males who haven’t had their rights taken away or threatened.
The GOP members of Congress should be very afraid that they will not be reelected because of the stink he has put on them. The fact that they are not seeming to be afraid makes me wonder if they all think there’s not going to be any more elections anyway so they don’t have to worry.
If there ever IS another "free/fair" election! Remember Trump told his base they would never have to vote again. And now the news that Trump is dismantling the US cybersecurity blocking Russia from infiltrating our country...
Trump is on track to dismantle our democracy faster than Hitler did in 1933...
"Hitler systematically disabled & then dismantled his country’s democratic structures & processes in less than 2 months’ time—specifically, 1 month, 3 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, & 40 minutes. The minutes, as we will see, mattered."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/
Trump, Vance, the Oligarchs and the authors of Project 2025 ALL understand this 👇
“The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the means to its own destruction.” - Joseph Goebbels, March 23, 1933 (The day Hiter succeeded in destroying Germany"s democracy)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/
I don't think ENOUGH Americans actually know how Hitler destroyed Germany"s democracy, nor how quickly and "democratically" he did it.
It will take just a few Republicans in the House and Senate to grow a spine to stand up to Trump to prevent the dismantling of our democracy. It is up to their constituents to make them accountable. We're already seeing it start to happen at town halls.
I recommend watching Rachel Maddow or listen to her podcast, to maintain some degree of hope.
Because the Senate and House are controlled by Republicans, they have the keys now to limit Trump. But they are spineless and afraid of Trump. It is their constituents who will have to give them the courage to oppose Trump.
We may not have another fair election with Elon at the helm. We have to force change now not in 2026. We don't have that time.
I have written elsewhere, if we wait until the midterms there won't be any midterms! The time for action is now! And I've learned calling my representative for calling my senators is a waste of time! They may have to make a record of the call but that doesn't mean they have to do anything with it they don't care! My senators and representative are all Republicans and I live in a deeply Red State the state of florida. So no they don't care about my opinion because my opinion doesn't matter to them and in Florida it just doesn't matter! I really believe and embrace my heart to even say so but we are headed towards another civil war because Republicans are going to back down with all of their crap and the only way to get the country back on track is for Democrats to do stuff and Democrats are too wimpy they whine about this they whine about that to talk about working across the aisle. Working across the aisle who are you kidding when has ever a Republican worked across the aisle especially since John McCain passed away you think Republicans are going to work across the aisle where they have both houses and Congress and the presidency as well as the Supreme Court of their backs pocket hell no! It's time that we face reality and realize that pacifying Republicans is not going to get the job done!!
A two-party system was never sustainable. But who listens to us Independents. I agree with you that we won’t make it to midterms. I wholly expect tomorrow to be a very black day. I grew up in Florida—I know exactly what you mean. Come on over to Oregon, where the reds are fairly elusive.
┗(•ˇ_ˇ•)―→ 𝔹𝕀ℕ𝔾𝕆!. They are confident free and fair elections in the U.S. are over.
Yes they are.
I expect the dunghole will fully exert his executive powers of the State of Emergencies Act to first declare martial law, and then declare no more elections after he thinks he has us fairly contained.
My instincts are telling me that with the nationwide protests tomorrow, which are now going worldwide, he’ll declare Marshall law. Unfortunately, my instincts have always been on point. Let’s hope I am finally very wrong.
Our European allies are protesting with us tomorrow! They know that the United States is outside the White House. The White House abandoned them, but they have not abandoned us. There is hope.
I think you are right.
Yea, exactly my thought. Trumps already floating the idea of a 3rd term.
I think they made their own minds up, about whether to do nothing or bend the knee.
Brian - I was shocked like everyone else at the recent debacle in the Oval Office. Of note was Trump's red-faced rant about Putin being the only one who stood by him after the 2020 election was stolen from him. Did they stay in touch for the past 4 years, with Putin soothing poor Donnie's crushed ego? Is that really what all this retribution is about? If so, then he really HATES all of America and it won't matter if his poll numbers drop, his followers get angry, or even if he loses court cases. All of our protests/activities will be for nothing unless we can impeach his entire administration. They are actively cutting us off from our allies as they gut our ability to respond. We are looking at more than a Constitutional crisis; this is an existential crisis. Am I crazy here?
Joyce, not crazy. You are seeing clearly what we’re up against. If only Congress, judges, governors, local authorities could see it too - and do something to stop this train from barreling off a cliff!
No, you are NOT crazy. You’re absolutely correct about everything. But we, the people, don’t have the power to remove him and his administration from office. Congress has that power, and they are silent and complicit in all of this crap.
We, the people signed the Constitution into play, and it is we, the people who must raise the voice against bad things being done by our government. Congress is supposed to follow the Constitutional words and intent, but that is only assured with the consent of the people not letting Congress and other political leaders do what they want without oppression by us. We are the power of our Constitutional democratic republic, and we can make Congress act as the Founders intended by not voting for people who intend to control things for their own purpose, and by letting current officials know that if they don't start acting with responsibility toward the expectations of their office toward what we, the people and our nation need and want toward a "more perfect union", not toward a fascist oligarchy they will be kicked to the curb. Rights come with the responsibility to protect them, which is our job, not to just depend on Congress to do it.
No I think you are absolutely correct, however congress and senate are the only ones to impeach and they control both, they are moving so fast because they do not want to take the chance of losing that control in 2026. The only way is to convince Republicans that this is not what we want, I think some are afraid to speak up.
But how do we impeach them?? They own the Congress it will never pass. We cannot wait til 2026 we may not have an election then!!
Not crazy, and maybe exactly right! We need to stand up and pressure the Dems and Independents to enact impeachment on the grounds of Constitutional violations and endangering our national security because of what he is doing. The idea that a president is immune from prosecution for anything he/she does while in office is absolutely anti-Constitutional and must be addressed that way in order to point out that we were never intended to support a criminal actor in office, and that crimes are not "official acts" as intended by the Founders...
One of the least shocking turns of events in this whole crazy process. DJT doesn’t care about anyone except the guy he sees in the mirror every morning.
As we speak, the Mump administration is dismantling all the safeguards we have in place to protect our elections from foreign and/or cyber interference. They don’t give a damn what’s popular and what isn’t. With Musk’s money and all the electronic doors wide open to Russia, not only will we have the most intense disinformation and misinformation campaigns since this all began, but we’ll be lucky if our votes aren’t just handed to Big Balls to dispose of. MAGA will continue to be fed red meat based on unchecked lies and cultural horseshit, and good people will continue to play the game based on rules that no longer exist.
This, along with the Trump family taking over the RNC, should be all the proof you need to know they are not planning on having elections in 4 years, much less 2. Outside of some benevolent hacker out there figuring out a way to freeze the assets of their major donors including Musk, I don't see any way out of this. A Politico article just came out about a huge Tennessee donor putting up speaker Mike Johnston in a swanky DC apartment. I did a little background search on the guy and it's terrifying. How many of these Elon Musk rich guys are out there funding this nonsense? Money talks to these people and nothing else. If you figure out a way to freeze their assets then you can make them squeal, otherwise we're all just along for the ride.
And do all financial paths lead back to Leonard Leo?
And The Federalist Society. They’ve been a busy bunch.
What a bunch weak minded little boys in congress with no backbone they are willing to destroy this country which will destroy their own families also to appease a narcissistic sociopath murderer 👺👺
It's horrible what is happening.
#weakestgeneration
You continuously refer to him as a, "lame duck president," which according to his own base is a misnomer. He has no plans to exit the Whitehouse. He actually voiced to that ignorant base, "vote for me & you won't have to worry about voting again," or "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
Those are not the words of a president, they are the ravings of a pathological narcissist, a megalomaniac hell bent on revenge, power & legacy.
Unless 'We the People...' mobilize immediately to neutralize this existential threat to the well being of every human on this planet, George Orwell's 1984 becomes more than a dystopian fantasy.
I agree that we're waiting too long. Something needs to be done now.
One of the things I can’t understand…….if these billionaires aren’t paying taxes, how can they be given a tax cut?
That is an excellent question!!
They would get money refunded to them because they would look like they overpaid with the tax cuts.
Hope the Democrats take this opportunity to come up with a slogan that all can get behind. We cannot attack tRump face on, as MAGA will reject it, but we can attack his cuts. Government cuts screw the people. Musk cuts so he can get a handout increase of your dollars. I know it is too many words, I'm not an ad writer, but maybe someone/group can do a great job of it.
We also need to figure out how to air any such ad in a place that MAGA faithful would see like Twitter or Fox. I have a feeling they would reject any ad regardless of how much you were willing to pay for it. We really need to sneak the message in through some of their 4 Chan and other horrid sites like It's coming from one of their allies or something. Like it's a message directly from Q himself.
How about "Stop the ACTUAL steal!"
The orange felon is holding the whole country out to dry. Our Canadian and European allies want nothing to do with us. A US nuclear sub went to Norway to refuel were denied because they are American. This is six weeks! WTF????
Aww, did anyone remember everything he touches dies. It was murder
The WH Presser with Zelensky was a DISTRACTION. While the UN and our past allies see Russia as a cyber threat, Trump’s new cabinet and DOGE spent last week dismantling our cybersecurity against Russia. Trump left the WH to golf, JD went Skiing and Zelensky went to save his people and fight a war.
And who came to help the US when we were attacked 9/11/2001? 136 nations. DID ANY ONE OF THEM ASK FOR THEIR $ BACK?
Brian Tyler Cohen - PLEASE - the press is NOT explaining this Budget. It was DUE for approval by House/Senate/President BEFORE the Congressional year started 10.1.2024. It was STALLED and STOPPED by Republican in House. Now the R are blaming Dems for delays in 2025, as if this is a normal budget. No one is calling them out. The agreement to move Budget forward was to continue paying for projects in process - promises being broken
Unless the Democrats run someone like Sanders, and not some corporate hack like Clinton or Obama or Kerry--each of whom thinks running to the right of the GOP will garner them votes---we can expect another four years of MAGA, someone like Vance or whatever. It's silly to say the "Republicans are doing Democrats' work" because liberals and progressives, so to speak, were so sure that everyone would see how bad the current president is. So much for that. What we voters need to do is insist on really expanding that tent. This voter? Neither party works for workers. Neither party stands with unions. Neither party really wants to get rid of the Electoral College (unless their party's candidate loses). One person, one vote. Where is the Democratic Party on this disenfranchisement of millions of voters in the last election? It's all silence. Get corporate money out of politics. Think locally.
Well stated, Domenick
Facing dystopian change.
We are at a juncture in history that has been written about by science fiction writers for the past 60 years. There is a branch in the road to the future separating societies that are run by wealthy overlords and those that are run by representative government. The one led by wealthy overlords are characterized by oppression, aggression and domination as the fundamental tools of managing society. The ones led by representative government cooperation, opportunity and equality. It is a pretty clear choice. A very popular story line follows heroes who combat the wealthy overlords but rarely even in fiction are they successful in replacing them with representative government. This type of entertainment was/is not written by authors simply seeking sales. These are future historians who are warning us. it is not a coincidence that the most popular stories in our time are the ones where the oppressed are resisting that oppression and the HERO emerges to … do something … never sure exactly what the outcome is because the story ends when the Hero kills the villain as if that solves all problems.
The fact is becoming more and more clear that to change the course we are currently on is going to require more than the normal functioning of our previously trusted institutions such as the judiciary or future elections. What is unclear is what it is going to take for the vast majority of Americans, and citizens of the Earth to realize just where we are in or path toward the future. We are at that branching point. Or, sadly we are just past it on the Oligarch branch. The further we go down that branch the more bloody and impossible it will be to change our course. This is why Musk wants speed and wants to break things first. Once they are broken he thinks we will be more likely to accept his solution which will put him in charge. I say this about Musk but it is patently true about the project 2025 authors, about Trump who will become a minor player soon, and Vance who is the real puppet scheduled to wear the face of this change while he masters remain behind the scenes enjoying their luxuries.
So, it is important for us who are in opposition to the Oligarch branch to not become distracted by the popularity contest between the different factions. This is a distraction just like Trump’s Greenland, or renaming the Gulf or going to Ft Knox. And, the notion of the Hero is only a function of story telling. That is not how this is going to play out. So, don’t be depending on someone else’s actions. Unfortunately, we don’t have a plan. Or if we do it is not being publicized. I have no idea why. So I assume we really don’t have one. As I have said waiting and depending on the institutions that are being actively dismantled by our leaders is not a plan. And waiting two years for the mid terms is way to slow. Some 45% of Americans still favor Trump and what he is doing. Even while when you talk to them their approval is based on a hope that it will all work out … somehow.
I love this! Give them enough rope....thanks
As long as this regime’s cuts and “policies” don’t affect the people who elected Donald the Despicable, those people DGAF.
I have unfriended several people on social media who have complained to me about my political beliefs because they are straight, white males who haven’t had their rights taken away or threatened.