Bunkerboy will NOT last until 2026 and President elon WILL be deported by President Vance, who is a dope, but not a big fat toddler who surrenders to EVERYTHING!
I have no doubt that when Thiel pulled out & told Vance to wipe his chin, Thiel informed him very plainly that the plan was for him to invoke the 25th. I'm just fear that a JV Schvantz in office (if it's actually something you can conceive), would be even worse than a trump in office. Not that I'm suggesting trump stay in office by any means...
Agreed. I have thought for over a year that invoking the 25th was the Vance & boys plan all along. Either that, or Trump will die because he looks pretty bad now and has very low energy if he is not taking extra adderall to stay somewhat coherent and focused. But I fear Vance is even more Hitleresque in his ideas of eugenics and race superiority. To me, it is pure and dangerous power hunger that Vance has; while Trump is more hungry for power to fill a huge black void in his soul started in his early life. One could almost feel sorry for him if not for his total lack of insight and disdain of knowledge of any sort. Everything he does is instinctive and feral.....
I doubt he’ll surrender his very own fascist “presidency”. He’s more incel-nazi, while Trump is more capitalize, get revenge, and get back to the golf course.
Trump was asked (one of those fluffy interviews) if he considered Vance his successor and he responded with "no" (okay, did he understand the question?) - but he often says or does things that foretell his intentions.
In the meantime, Elon (and his mother and one of the kids) are in the White House - arriving, it seems, on Air Force One last night?
Well if they invoke the 25th we would at least get the amusing spectacle of trump being dragged by the elbows backwards out of the oval dragging his heels across the White House long. It's just a question of whether the oligarchy can convince enough in cabinet to vote in favor
Let's hope the republican party will grow a spine. trump is a despicable disgusting traitor with 34X Convicted FELONIES 👿 Wake up people and get the narcissistic dangerous wack job out of our white house. And take vance and Elon with him. 😉👍💙
unfortunately, that young child is being used for a shield. Notice that he is often on Elon's shoulders to protect shots in the head. Elon wears a shield under his clothes, so he is not that concerned about being shot in the chest. He just needs a shield for his head, which is his son. That child will grow up as screwed up as his male parent. God help us and help that little guy.....Hope someone can rescue him while there is still time.......
Tuesday will be interesting (which may be the understatement of the day - but the day isn't over)
I am NOT a fan of the Senator providing the Democrat's response (for a few hundred reasons) - and some of the ramifications I've imagined and discussed with friends are total nightmare fuel.
I will not be drawn into debate over this post. I am aware of the arguments of people who disagree with the statements below. I am posting this for all those who may be living in fear in this moment so you know you are not alone. Al Updike
I want to share this piece in solidarity:
This is where I stand. The 45/47th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all or most of the people I love.
Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:
•I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years and Biden cleaning up his mess...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his principles and his attempts to work within the system.
•I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.
•I will not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent of the Senate.
•I will not "work together" to build a wall.
•I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.
•I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries who seek asylum.
•I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.
•I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.
•I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.
•I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.
•I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.
•I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.
•I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.
•I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.
•I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.
•I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.
•I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.
•I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.
•I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.
•I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.
•I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.
•I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.
•I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.
•I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.
•I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.
•I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."
•I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.
•I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.
•I will not “work together” to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.
•I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.
•I will not support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.
•I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.
This is my line, and I am drawing it.
•I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself.
•I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:
That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.
Feel free to unfriendly me on facebook if you wish.
I rarely publically get involved and this is not politics but this is about being kind, having morals, and behaving in a way as if my children and Grandchildren are always watching me and others who set an example. This affects me and my family and friends in way more ways than one.
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN. COPY AND PASTE AND ADD YOUR NAME TO THE TOP. THIS NEEDS TO BE HEARD LOUDLY AND CLEARLY .
Signed
Kathleen Anderson
Tara Scott
Bart Kennedy Davis
Rebecca Jean Slaughter
Sharon Hoiland Dyer
Jacqueline McDonnell (Lead as if your children are always watching)
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.
Trump and his lackeys are smearing excrement
all over themselves and calling it beauty cream. The republican party has ordered a life time supply,
Got a feeling it will be a short life
Bunkerboy will NOT last until 2026 and President elon WILL be deported by President Vance, who is a dope, but not a big fat toddler who surrenders to EVERYTHING!
Vance is as dangerous as Elon. He Thiel and Elon are all in this together.
THIELON! The new wonder drug to fulfill billionaires' delusion of supreme power!
I have no doubt that when Thiel pulled out & told Vance to wipe his chin, Thiel informed him very plainly that the plan was for him to invoke the 25th. I'm just fear that a JV Schvantz in office (if it's actually something you can conceive), would be even worse than a trump in office. Not that I'm suggesting trump stay in office by any means...
Agreed. I have thought for over a year that invoking the 25th was the Vance & boys plan all along. Either that, or Trump will die because he looks pretty bad now and has very low energy if he is not taking extra adderall to stay somewhat coherent and focused. But I fear Vance is even more Hitleresque in his ideas of eugenics and race superiority. To me, it is pure and dangerous power hunger that Vance has; while Trump is more hungry for power to fill a huge black void in his soul started in his early life. One could almost feel sorry for him if not for his total lack of insight and disdain of knowledge of any sort. Everything he does is instinctive and feral.....
Oh absolutely. Schvantz is an evil, evil tool, & those who will be trying to wield him have nothing but evil intent.
I doubt he’ll surrender his very own fascist “presidency”. He’s more incel-nazi, while Trump is more capitalize, get revenge, and get back to the golf course.
Trump was asked (one of those fluffy interviews) if he considered Vance his successor and he responded with "no" (okay, did he understand the question?) - but he often says or does things that foretell his intentions.
In the meantime, Elon (and his mother and one of the kids) are in the White House - arriving, it seems, on Air Force One last night?
It's a crazy time.
But he's golfing, of course.
Well if they invoke the 25th we would at least get the amusing spectacle of trump being dragged by the elbows backwards out of the oval dragging his heels across the White House long. It's just a question of whether the oligarchy can convince enough in cabinet to vote in favor
Let's hope the republican party will grow a spine. trump is a despicable disgusting traitor with 34X Convicted FELONIES 👿 Wake up people and get the narcissistic dangerous wack job out of our white house. And take vance and Elon with him. 😉👍💙
Of course, a number of cabinet members are oligarchs.
Toddler is the smartest one there…
unfortunately, that young child is being used for a shield. Notice that he is often on Elon's shoulders to protect shots in the head. Elon wears a shield under his clothes, so he is not that concerned about being shot in the chest. He just needs a shield for his head, which is his son. That child will grow up as screwed up as his male parent. God help us and help that little guy.....Hope someone can rescue him while there is still time.......
Thiel owns Vance he is the brains behind most of the destruction. Thiel loves Putin.
Is Putin in the closet?
I've always believed that T.Rump does his face makeup with his used diapers. It's the ketchup that turns the normally brown shade of $hit to orange.
Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow , Supreme Court Justices Thomas, And other Republican judges want project 2025..
Such a superb analogy, Dannys!
I have since realized the attended ramifications and how it is and will play out. Tuesday should prove if my assesmemt is correct.
Tuesday will be interesting (which may be the understatement of the day - but the day isn't over)
I am NOT a fan of the Senator providing the Democrat's response (for a few hundred reasons) - and some of the ramifications I've imagined and discussed with friends are total nightmare fuel.
Pass it on:
Mary Rockers
I will not be drawn into debate over this post. I am aware of the arguments of people who disagree with the statements below. I am posting this for all those who may be living in fear in this moment so you know you are not alone. Al Updike
I want to share this piece in solidarity:
This is where I stand. The 45/47th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all or most of the people I love.
Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:
•I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years and Biden cleaning up his mess...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his principles and his attempts to work within the system.
•I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.
•I will not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent of the Senate.
•I will not "work together" to build a wall.
•I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.
•I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries who seek asylum.
•I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.
•I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.
•I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.
•I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.
•I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.
•I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.
•I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.
•I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.
•I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.
•I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.
•I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.
•I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.
•I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.
•I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.
•I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.
•I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.
•I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.
•I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.
•I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.
•I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."
•I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.
•I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.
•I will not “work together” to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.
•I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.
•I will not support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.
•I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.
This is my line, and I am drawing it.
•I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself.
•I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:
That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.
Feel free to unfriendly me on facebook if you wish.
I rarely publically get involved and this is not politics but this is about being kind, having morals, and behaving in a way as if my children and Grandchildren are always watching me and others who set an example. This affects me and my family and friends in way more ways than one.
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN. COPY AND PASTE AND ADD YOUR NAME TO THE TOP. THIS NEEDS TO BE HEARD LOUDLY AND CLEARLY .
Signed
Kathleen Anderson
Tara Scott
Bart Kennedy Davis
Rebecca Jean Slaughter
Sharon Hoiland Dyer
Jacqueline McDonnell (Lead as if your children are always watching)
Chic Lisitano
Martha Chamberlain
Nino Mangini
Katie Green Benvenuto
Susan Cole Bainbridge
BetsyKatz
Erin Weseli Rossi Siebert
Robin Mezger
Pam Petersen
Glee Langenbacher
Carol (RedSnap)Goolsby
Darell Walker Sr
Lisa Staton Dyer
Floyd Kitchen
Deborah Millington Holmes
Jeremy Parker
Randy Caldwell
Kelly Gilmore
Janice Wise
Dr. Christopher Eaton
Kathleen Farrell
Rosa M. Bender
Robert Corsini
Grace Roberts Dyrness
Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Pedro J. Windsor-Garcia
Lori Keller Burns
Kathleen Steele Pautler
Thomas Nemmer
Beth Licata Cooke
Erin Selig
Joseph Fell
Donna Berry
Sandy Hoffman Nelson
Karen Fishlock Miliotto
Craig Wright
Andy Tamarin
Denise Malone
Gloria Konsler
Debbie Pye
Lisa Behm
Alison Donley
Brenda Voshell McNeil
Bunnie Bryant
Bishop Karen Oliveto
Judy Fjell
Karen S Ripley
Cate Larsen
Brinda Arias Moffitt
Charlotte Xanders
Cayce Wallace
Natalie Cortez
Jerry Perry
Lisa Travers
Jonathan Woodward
Linda Carlos
Sally Mitchell
Valerie Richie
Betsy Nickerson
Nancy Nickerson
Wes Melton
Rhys Lovell
Carol Koos
Cristina Ortega
Daniella Barroqueiro
Gilford Moore
Diane Lathrop
Bill Vance
Joanne R. Clayton
Timothy Vantran
Kelcy M. Allwein
Frank J. Stech
Virginia Segal Manczuk
Evelina Kahn
Judi Gardner
Steve Burby
Rich Buley-Neumar
Scott Frazier-Maskiell
Matt Bonham
Maida Belove
Christie Trout
Terri Gherardi
Jo Campbell-Amsler
Kim William Jones
Kevin Anderson
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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.
Wake up people before it’s too late
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.
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
I love this! Give them enough rope....thanks
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.