In a deeply troubling development that could reshape the balance between the press, Congress, and executive power, the Trump Administration has taken steps to dismantle key protections for journalists and may soon shift how federal prosecutors pursue cases against members of Congress.
No one is to be feared but God. Trump is a bully and God will soon bring him to his knees. Trump calls himself a King I will never bow down or be afraid of a THUNG CRIMINAL. I serve only one God the one that die on the cross. God said the wicked will FALL I promise you they will
God cannot prevent what man does. But there is something that exists and we all have experienced it where no matter how wronged we each may be things do work out if you keep your faith and keep on showing up.
This god needs humans to fully deploy their faith thru action, Jesus physically assaulted the money changers in the main temple. Now we have graft at a scale never seen in modern history (meme coins, suing media and law firms, money money money hardens power). god has allowed all of this, unchecked. When will 47 reap what he is sowing???
Don't hold your breath! trump has escaped justice all his long life. We have to hope that his cholesterol catches up to him. The only problem is, if that happens while in office, Vance takes over and he's shown himself to be completely equipped to continue this mayhem. As for you BELIEVERS! Remember Vance is one of the fake christians running the show. There are so many of them. Including Thiel, Musk and other high ranking moneymen. America has millions of "soldiers for God" in trumps name!
It is beyond me other than to protest and engage in activism. I know from long experience that nothing can harm me, and it is not for me to control the fate of another; for their fate will come without any help from me. I just let go and do what is in front of me and in my power. We each have a unique set of gifts. It is best to recognize and honor not denigrate what you can do well and follow that path for there is where your power and passion lie and it is good. The unification of all of us and all of our gifts will most certainly topple the Regime of Trump; and then we need to get to work and push for everything else we want that has been sidelined and ignored in favor of the influence of money and greed. We have the power. The blessing is this crisis has woken us up to it. The only thing anyone has in a crisis to fear is fear itself. United we stand! We are making history. Good on all of us. Bravo!
The Bible is a myth. If there was a God, he would intervene to stop the evil. Please don't tell me that Satan has the Earth. I don't believe that either.
Christians have perpetrated a lot of evil in their God's name for centuries.
don't know what it is and doubt my life will renew with life in any other form but there is something out there and my feeling is you can call it God or any other name in my view it is the greater good of all living things and the spirituality humans have incorporated into their lives that creates an energy -- how will any of us know or really know but I have faith in that there is something and each of us were born to a religion some of those which have been twisted by the evil that is true to man alone not animals -- us -- however the tenets of all religions teach a unified guidance which is the same no matter the religion -- God I would posit is the potential of mankind if we followed the tenets of our religions as they were intended -- to fight over it is counter-productive -- to explore the potential of a unified spirituality guided by the tenets of our individual faith or just our own guidance as taught to us as children for how we should treat each other and how we should conduct our lives -- there is a power in it all practice their own religion or spirituality or whatever -- fighting over it is like a shrinking of the potential into a space no larger than the head of a pin -- or death
There is a saying ascribed to Jesus "Don't worry about tomorrow for I am already there." That always helped me in a crisis of worry and loss and fear. I search for inspiration no matter what the source may be, and I am limited because I am only human, and my sources are limited as well because they are the works of man. And this is where I am and will forever be until I am no more.
People are still responsible for their actions, god has nothing to do with that. Also, if we’re going to rule our country based on a 2000 year old book, then we need to be living in the same conditions as 2000 years ago. I’m not game for that.
Where would you search or go for guidance then if you discount the words of humanity that came before you and lived their brief lives constrained with the same limitations and faced with the same needs and loss and joy over a few or today even a bit more decades of life.
Instead of being scared and worried, read the book of REVELATIONS. God said every knee will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord, but so many of people are ready to worship Trump and bow down to him instead of standing up to him it a shame. You need to be praying and turn back to God, God said if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face repent for their sins and ask for forgiveness I will hear from heaven and heal the land. But people had become so rebellious against God instead of drawing closer to him. Everyone faith is being tested the devils time is short the spirit of the anti christ has surfaced soon he will reveal himself to the world to deceive many.
It's apparently you don't know God is maybe you need to pick up a Bible and get to know him. I promise you every knee will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. It you denounce God you will have eternal life in hell. The time is coming when we all will judged.
no one knows -- and as for me I believe in the goodness and potential of humanity and today I believe the power we have united -- no one can deny there is something there when united and there is good and there is evil but there is also hope and love and faith and joy and generosity and compassion -- perhaps combined it is what each culture identifies as their spiritual guide -- who knows about palaces in the sky and Gods and after life; perhaps that is too simplified; but I can testify that those whom I knew that had faith and practiced the tenets taught by their spiritual guide be it Jesus or any other figurehead, lived wonderful lives and made a difference in the lives of others -- we can make a difference as well united surrendering ourselves to the power that we joined in one purpose can produce -- that's real for sure
It’s just silly to think some Divine being is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves. That’s our only option. We have to be fearless & do the work to bring this tyrant to his knees & quash Project 2025 completely. There is no God coming to do that for us. It’s us, only us, or we lose our democracy & our beloved freedom.
But yet he chose, on that fateful day, to take the life of an innocent bystander while permitting T to survive with a band-aid on his ear. Can’t reconcile that with all kind and all powerful.
That doesn't make him infailable. All he wants is power, money, and revenge. That's dictatorship, not leadership. He is a failure in business and a felon. Is it okay to accept a $400M flying palace claimed to be free? It will take 5 years and $1B to retrofit. For a guy that keeps touting American made he is accepting a plane from a foreign advisary. It's not free. Both Bondi and Patel worked with the Qatar in some form. Suddenly, Qatar is buying $98B in weapons from us. And they are buying Boing. Trump will sell us out to the highest bidder. Right now, it's not Russia. Trump is only successful at gaming the system. He wants to cut entitlement programs like social security and spend $45M on a military parade for his birthday. The latter is waste and abuse. We have, thus far, spent $26M for Trump to golf at his resorts. Rooms for Secret Service are nearly $900 a night. Then there are meals. All that money goes into his pocket. He is a master grifter. Flying Air Force One is $200K per hour. Waste and abuse.
I respect the office, not the occupant. I respect our Constitution, not those who seek to destroy it. Please do not turn a blind eye to his blatant cruelty and disregard for those who do not look like him, have money like him, believes they are better than others, like him, are ignorant like him, and want complete power like him. These are small-minded, selfish, brutal bullies. The tide is turning. This will not stand.
That doesn't make him infailable. He has been impeached twice, a felon, and a business failure. He is only successful at gaming the system. Is it okay to reduce, if not elimate, Social Security and Medicare claiming they fraud, waste, and abuse while spending $45M on a military parade on his birthday? He wants power, money, and revenge. He said he would be stupid to turn down a free flying palace as Air Force One. It's unconstitutional. Plus, it will take 5 years and a billion dollars of our tax money to take apart and retrofit. A reason we don't have a replacement Air Force One is he nixed it un Trump 1.0. There are strings attached. Suddenly, Qatar is buying $98B of weapons from us and buying Boeing.
Thus far, we have spent $26M on Trump's golf trips at his resorts. We are charged nearly $900 a night for Secret Service plus other amenities. All of that goes into his pocket. He is a Grifter-in-Chief.
Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
Every time I am in a good mood celebrating a win against this administration something horrific comes out and wipes out my happy. I am so tired of these morons
I think that fear is the number one weapon of the Republican Party currently. Fear is very Primal and it creates paralysis and confusion. This is their objective so somehow we have to dig deep and find our courage and put our energy into the ideals and things that we feel are most important in our own individual lives. We all must dig deep and find The Well of Courage in this time of fear being weaponized 24/7. At least that's my take and I'm sorry you're feeling so much fear, I understand. Take heart we will get through this sooner or later.
I agree. Although I swing back & forth from panic to calm, in those moments when I am feeling some hope I tell myself to keep going, it might take a while but he's losing it and eventually he will slip up big time. He made a huge mistake I believe cozying up with the Saudi's.
We had a win with SCOTUS yesterday, that's a start. Hopefully, the are realizing just what a mess was created by giving him immunity. Possibly they will revoke? This is me, trying to stay hopeful.
Fear is normal but the answer to fear is moving forward in the throes of fear where action releases your courage and courage frees you from fear.
In fact, if it helps as it has helped me over my lifetime to think of the word FEAR as an acronym for what it is in most cases False Evidence Appearing Real. Expect it but have a plan to process thru it and in turn throw off the shackles of paralyzing fear.
It's hard but after a while at least you start building experiences where you can look back deep inside of fear and realize you had no reason to be fearful, and it was a waste of time remaining in that space.
The fear stays until it is gone, but it can be a choice to be paralyzed by it or move forward inside the realm of fear continually reminding yourself that with faith and courage you will be okay.
We are only human but think how blessed we are as well. We are not alone. There is a world of people who support us in our crisis. And we have each other. United we can do anything. Not one of us is alone!
They are truly terrified for very real and legitimate reasons. However, it's like pre hitlerian Germany, people just were sleepwalking right into a fascist sadistic regine.
I know some brilliant MAGAs who unfortunately have shown to me they get some benefit when others are punished and so celebrate an autocrat who will deliver it. It is not sadism. It is a deep need for others to be hurt; people they hate. And it is also a revelation of deep prejudices. They are really a sorry lot.
I bookmarked Just Security - tracks most/all open litigation against EOs and dumptrucks actions. Even simply checking the total helps. Currently 241 and growing
In my opinion it is a combination of people being conned by a master con man; but it is also not just being conned which can happen to anyone, absolutely anyone. It is also a group that has deep prejudice and hate and literally see those they hate as less than human; people they want removed, expunged and hurt so badly they might as well be dead.
It’s because they understand that you would have to be corrupt and evil to use weaponize these policies and they don’t think the other side would do that.
How about "not evolved"? They are not all stupid, so it is not a good label. But they are trapped in prejudice and hate and the faux belief they have the right and power to condemn another human being -- even if the reason is a fishing expedition, they need to participate in to come up with to justify their wish to hurt another.
They are not all stupid. So, it is not just stupid. It is prejudice and hate and a fear maybe that they are threatened and/or blaming. It is a base level of humanity for certain, but not stupid.
Sorry -- Vee Lavallee -- but I cannot just stand by and ignore your attack of another poster that was undeserved, damning and unnecessarily aggressive.
'The people' need to fight fire with fire. Use this corrupt administration own technique - flood the zone with protests, speaking out, be united. This has to happen en masse!
What Trump does to one of us he will do to anyone of us. People have been suffering and brutally treated for a while now. Nothing new just a widening and broadening of targets.
I have been trying to think of a way to get something ‘off my chest”. My intuition has been ‘telling me’ that Democrats need to organize some type of method (I have an idea, but don’t know how well it would work).
There are movements growing (like Lev Parnas/ Michael Cohen/ Adam Kinzinger etc) that need to be connected. There are people who know more about this than I do (and have more influential followers too) PRIVATELY (untraceable, if possible)
I am trying to get this going and would like to be involved, but don’t know how. The may come a time it will not be safe/possible to keep in touch over the internet.
United we do stand. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Resist it. We must show up. It is our civic duty to our country and each other and our children. There really is no choice. In fact, we are a bit too quiet given what is happening. Ukrainians would be living in the streets not just a couple of hours for one day but every day. They know what is at stake. We have never experienced what will happen if we do not resist. There is much to do. If protesting is not for someone else that is not all that needs to be done certainly. There is so much work to be done.
I wasn’t saying not to protest. What I am saying is we need to stay in touch.
Ex:
The so-called “Broligarchs” run most of the internet and may wreak havoc. The Republicans organized ‘trouble makers’ to pretend the protesters were violent. Something like this can happen again. We need to make sure communication
channels remain open, so other groups (in all areas)that are protesting are aware of potential trouble in advance.
There is a very active group on Substack that you may want to connect with and I think it is called People Power. I’m not certain. Maybe someone else can weigh in on their name.
Oh, that is very true and important. It is beyond me, however. But if you reached out to organizers of the major groups or joined in an online meeting that would be the avenue to follow in addressing it. I will be in a meeting on Tuesday online and a protest in June. It is there that something like this would best be explored or suggested. It’s an important observation and that is what being united produces. Each of us has something to contribute for the greater good. I think you have found your calling if I may say so — the pre-planning for interconnectedness and communication.
Perhaps you could connect with top organizers of these protests and set up private radio communications? Have private messengers. Megaphones. Have blank signs to write messages on for if the media shows up? Make flyers. Posters. Traditional mail. Local radio. Town halls, word of mouth. Carrier pigeons? Always use private VPN’s on your phone during these events if possible.
I agree with contacting top organizers, but it may be just as important to connect with influencers in ‘this movement’ . People like Michael Cohen, Lev Parnas, Adam Kinzinger, Tristan Snell, Scott Dworkin and many others have movements, but there needs to be a connection.
It would also be a good idea to have more people to connect with protestors, in case one system doesn’t work.
Mail might not be the best idea. Some people may be living with tRuMP supporters.
I do like the other ideas 😊
Thanks for the input & I have started doing research into some available options.
I think you are spot on here and my fear is trouble being stirred up in the midst of protests not to mention some proud boy or Mega nutcase driving through a crowd in their four wheel truck. If you protest please be safe and be aware of what's going on around you. There are many methods of resistance and we each have to dig deep into our own well of Courage and do what we can do in our own way.
On thinking about this, I felt the need to do more than doompost about their ability to shut down cell service in the area of a big scary protest. We have options!
If that scenario arises it's unlikely they'd go so far as to take down hardwired (cable, fiber) internet. Thus, what we need to do is have our phones set to search for hotspots and/or find a business that has guest wifi, like a fast food place or coffee shop. Then make sure your phone settings allow calls to be made via wifi. This will also allow vids to be uploaded. Hope this helps.
Wow! Chrissa you do realise that what you just said is playing into their hands? They want you to be afraid to talk in public. Setting up a "secret" talk space will mean that fewer people will be heard. Or at least the only ones listening are the ones who are already on your side. This information these podcasters give needs to be heard by trump supporters or those that are teetering either way. BE LOUDER AND PROUD
It’s not about a secret space per se. You do understand that we advertise where we’re going to be & when, will make it easier for ‘trouble’ to happen. I believe that could even be why they want more ‘machine guns’. This is about playing smart and possibly saving lives. It’s likely similar ‘attacks’ could be simultaneous. It’s also possible the so-called Broligarchs will monitor sites and even shut them down. Didn’t Something like that happened in Ukraine with Starlink? Haven’t Countries shut Twitter down (China) b cause of protests.
I am saying we need to prepare in advance for such things to be successful.
I am not sure why some people don’t understand this.
Not if we can find another mode of communication. I have an idea, I am not ready to suggest publicly- partly because people are hesitant to discuss this. There are other means of communicating for emergencies
I’m so exhausted which is what they want. You and your journalistic cohorts must scream this latest atrocity from the rooftops. Have they no shame? It’s now a rhetorical question. 🤬🤬
The Heritage Foundation and this administration has to be stopped and it has to be done soon. This is why the orange a**hole said that you only have to vote for me one more time. There won’t be elections in 2026 and I thats probably why Republican congress members have no care about passing a bill that hurts the elderly and children and the marginalized. Why he let and got away with letting Musk destroy the federal government. We, the people, have to protest in Washington DC. No one is coming to save us.
This is how the administration will operate but it didn't change the constitutional protections. It is important to resist and know your rights everyone. Those don't change at the whims of the DOJ.
This administration is horrifying.
It's a regime, not an administration.
It's like Nazi Germany
True!
No one is to be feared but God. Trump is a bully and God will soon bring him to his knees. Trump calls himself a King I will never bow down or be afraid of a THUNG CRIMINAL. I serve only one God the one that die on the cross. God said the wicked will FALL I promise you they will
If there were such a "God", they would never have allowed Trump to get as far as he has, to have the power he has.
God cannot prevent what man does. But there is something that exists and we all have experienced it where no matter how wronged we each may be things do work out if you keep your faith and keep on showing up.
This god needs humans to fully deploy their faith thru action, Jesus physically assaulted the money changers in the main temple. Now we have graft at a scale never seen in modern history (meme coins, suing media and law firms, money money money hardens power). god has allowed all of this, unchecked. When will 47 reap what he is sowing???
Don't hold your breath! trump has escaped justice all his long life. We have to hope that his cholesterol catches up to him. The only problem is, if that happens while in office, Vance takes over and he's shown himself to be completely equipped to continue this mayhem. As for you BELIEVERS! Remember Vance is one of the fake christians running the show. There are so many of them. Including Thiel, Musk and other high ranking moneymen. America has millions of "soldiers for God" in trumps name!
There is a Biblical saying that reads, judge ye not lest ye be judged.
It’s beginning
It is beyond me other than to protest and engage in activism. I know from long experience that nothing can harm me, and it is not for me to control the fate of another; for their fate will come without any help from me. I just let go and do what is in front of me and in my power. We each have a unique set of gifts. It is best to recognize and honor not denigrate what you can do well and follow that path for there is where your power and passion lie and it is good. The unification of all of us and all of our gifts will most certainly topple the Regime of Trump; and then we need to get to work and push for everything else we want that has been sidelined and ignored in favor of the influence of money and greed. We have the power. The blessing is this crisis has woken us up to it. The only thing anyone has in a crisis to fear is fear itself. United we stand! We are making history. Good on all of us. Bravo!
The Bible is a myth. If there was a God, he would intervene to stop the evil. Please don't tell me that Satan has the Earth. I don't believe that either.
Christians have perpetrated a lot of evil in their God's name for centuries.
Exactly why as a teenager I couldn’t continue being a catholic.
don't know what it is and doubt my life will renew with life in any other form but there is something out there and my feeling is you can call it God or any other name in my view it is the greater good of all living things and the spirituality humans have incorporated into their lives that creates an energy -- how will any of us know or really know but I have faith in that there is something and each of us were born to a religion some of those which have been twisted by the evil that is true to man alone not animals -- us -- however the tenets of all religions teach a unified guidance which is the same no matter the religion -- God I would posit is the potential of mankind if we followed the tenets of our religions as they were intended -- to fight over it is counter-productive -- to explore the potential of a unified spirituality guided by the tenets of our individual faith or just our own guidance as taught to us as children for how we should treat each other and how we should conduct our lives -- there is a power in it all practice their own religion or spirituality or whatever -- fighting over it is like a shrinking of the potential into a space no larger than the head of a pin -- or death
thanks for sharing
HE WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. They say. If choosing Leo X1V is his way then I can only hope he's guiding him well.
There is a saying ascribed to Jesus "Don't worry about tomorrow for I am already there." That always helped me in a crisis of worry and loss and fear. I search for inspiration no matter what the source may be, and I am limited because I am only human, and my sources are limited as well because they are the works of man. And this is where I am and will forever be until I am no more.
God gave us free choice. Adam and Eve were the first to test. We need to step up and speak out.God didn't vote this thing in the people did.
But couldn’t that validate that there’s a devil ?
There is good and evil certainly.
People are still responsible for their actions, god has nothing to do with that. Also, if we’re going to rule our country based on a 2000 year old book, then we need to be living in the same conditions as 2000 years ago. I’m not game for that.
Where would you search or go for guidance then if you discount the words of humanity that came before you and lived their brief lives constrained with the same limitations and faced with the same needs and loss and joy over a few or today even a bit more decades of life.
Instead of being scared and worried, read the book of REVELATIONS. God said every knee will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord, but so many of people are ready to worship Trump and bow down to him instead of standing up to him it a shame. You need to be praying and turn back to God, God said if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face repent for their sins and ask for forgiveness I will hear from heaven and heal the land. But people had become so rebellious against God instead of drawing closer to him. Everyone faith is being tested the devils time is short the spirit of the anti christ has surfaced soon he will reveal himself to the world to deceive many.
Is god in the room with us? Will he stop the suffering this regime is causing or is he sitting up in his palace still fuckin bitches?
I can understand your rage but send it where it belongs. To YOUR GODDAMNED PRESIDENT!
It's apparently you don't know God is maybe you need to pick up a Bible and get to know him. I promise you every knee will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. It you denounce God you will have eternal life in hell. The time is coming when we all will judged.
no one knows -- and as for me I believe in the goodness and potential of humanity and today I believe the power we have united -- no one can deny there is something there when united and there is good and there is evil but there is also hope and love and faith and joy and generosity and compassion -- perhaps combined it is what each culture identifies as their spiritual guide -- who knows about palaces in the sky and Gods and after life; perhaps that is too simplified; but I can testify that those whom I knew that had faith and practiced the tenets taught by their spiritual guide be it Jesus or any other figurehead, lived wonderful lives and made a difference in the lives of others -- we can make a difference as well united surrendering ourselves to the power that we joined in one purpose can produce -- that's real for sure
It’s just silly to think some Divine being is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves. That’s our only option. We have to be fearless & do the work to bring this tyrant to his knees & quash Project 2025 completely. There is no God coming to do that for us. It’s us, only us, or we lose our democracy & our beloved freedom.
Jesus died on the cross. He served god.
Jesus died on the cross to save our sins. God so gave the world his only begotten child which is Jesus to save us from our sins.
But yet he chose, on that fateful day, to take the life of an innocent bystander while permitting T to survive with a band-aid on his ear. Can’t reconcile that with all kind and all powerful.
My thoughts exactly... I'm patiently waiting for his fall
That doesn't make him infailable. All he wants is power, money, and revenge. That's dictatorship, not leadership. He is a failure in business and a felon. Is it okay to accept a $400M flying palace claimed to be free? It will take 5 years and $1B to retrofit. For a guy that keeps touting American made he is accepting a plane from a foreign advisary. It's not free. Both Bondi and Patel worked with the Qatar in some form. Suddenly, Qatar is buying $98B in weapons from us. And they are buying Boing. Trump will sell us out to the highest bidder. Right now, it's not Russia. Trump is only successful at gaming the system. He wants to cut entitlement programs like social security and spend $45M on a military parade for his birthday. The latter is waste and abuse. We have, thus far, spent $26M for Trump to golf at his resorts. Rooms for Secret Service are nearly $900 a night. Then there are meals. All that money goes into his pocket. He is a master grifter. Flying Air Force One is $200K per hour. Waste and abuse.
Keep repeating that truth! This "efficient" administration needs to be exposed to more people.
Reality check ☑️
So you’ll be ok when his ICE thugs come knocking on your door to cart you off to who knows where, because that’s what YOUR president is ordering.
Then can I suggest you choose your words very carefully in future.
Don't call women "dear" it's patronising.
I respect the office, not the occupant. I respect our Constitution, not those who seek to destroy it. Please do not turn a blind eye to his blatant cruelty and disregard for those who do not look like him, have money like him, believes they are better than others, like him, are ignorant like him, and want complete power like him. These are small-minded, selfish, brutal bullies. The tide is turning. This will not stand.
NO - he is NOT our President. Presidents do not act like this. This is NOT what our Founding Fathers meant by “President”.
In case you have not noticed, we are headed into a full blown DICTATORSHIP. In fact, we are probably already there.
I think your words are totally out of line. Maybe you should go somewhere else and make ignorant remarks.
In any case, DO NOT answer me, because I have said all I will say to you.
That doesn't make him infailable. He has been impeached twice, a felon, and a business failure. He is only successful at gaming the system. Is it okay to reduce, if not elimate, Social Security and Medicare claiming they fraud, waste, and abuse while spending $45M on a military parade on his birthday? He wants power, money, and revenge. He said he would be stupid to turn down a free flying palace as Air Force One. It's unconstitutional. Plus, it will take 5 years and a billion dollars of our tax money to take apart and retrofit. A reason we don't have a replacement Air Force One is he nixed it un Trump 1.0. There are strings attached. Suddenly, Qatar is buying $98B of weapons from us and buying Boeing.
Thus far, we have spent $26M on Trump's golf trips at his resorts. We are charged nearly $900 a night for Secret Service plus other amenities. All of that goes into his pocket. He is a Grifter-in-Chief.
Are you a Trump fan 😱
Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
MAGA will cheer at this not understanding any of it!
They understand. They want this. They never wanted democracy for brown people.
It’s not just brown people, but anyone that’s not MAGA and worships FOTUS, the Felon in WH.
Dear God will this ever end. This is mental torture
Or worse. Some will know exactly what it means and cheer the loudest.
So true
Magas have unsmartness. My new word…it’s like unalive.
That’s true!
Every time I am in a good mood celebrating a win against this administration something horrific comes out and wipes out my happy. I am so tired of these morons
Trump and his gang do their best to keep us from the Truth. They enjoy deflecting.😡😡😡
We must all rise up together! Be so loud they have to listen!!!
Next protest in June nationwide.
I’m in.
There is not a strong enough emotion to describe how frightening this is
I think that fear is the number one weapon of the Republican Party currently. Fear is very Primal and it creates paralysis and confusion. This is their objective so somehow we have to dig deep and find our courage and put our energy into the ideals and things that we feel are most important in our own individual lives. We all must dig deep and find The Well of Courage in this time of fear being weaponized 24/7. At least that's my take and I'm sorry you're feeling so much fear, I understand. Take heart we will get through this sooner or later.
I agree. Although I swing back & forth from panic to calm, in those moments when I am feeling some hope I tell myself to keep going, it might take a while but he's losing it and eventually he will slip up big time. He made a huge mistake I believe cozying up with the Saudi's.
We had a win with SCOTUS yesterday, that's a start. Hopefully, the are realizing just what a mess was created by giving him immunity. Possibly they will revoke? This is me, trying to stay hopeful.
Fear is normal but the answer to fear is moving forward in the throes of fear where action releases your courage and courage frees you from fear.
In fact, if it helps as it has helped me over my lifetime to think of the word FEAR as an acronym for what it is in most cases False Evidence Appearing Real. Expect it but have a plan to process thru it and in turn throw off the shackles of paralyzing fear.
It's hard but after a while at least you start building experiences where you can look back deep inside of fear and realize you had no reason to be fearful, and it was a waste of time remaining in that space.
The fear stays until it is gone, but it can be a choice to be paralyzed by it or move forward inside the realm of fear continually reminding yourself that with faith and courage you will be okay.
We are only human but think how blessed we are as well. We are not alone. There is a world of people who support us in our crisis. And we have each other. United we can do anything. Not one of us is alone!
Excellent post!
Fear is their most used weapon. And it seems to be working. Republican Congress members appear to be frightened.
They are truly terrified for very real and legitimate reasons. However, it's like pre hitlerian Germany, people just were sleepwalking right into a fascist sadistic regine.
MAGAs are unsmart…my new word. Kind of like unalive !
I know some brilliant MAGAs who unfortunately have shown to me they get some benefit when others are punished and so celebrate an autocrat who will deliver it. It is not sadism. It is a deep need for others to be hurt; people they hate. And it is also a revelation of deep prejudices. They are really a sorry lot.
I bookmarked Just Security - tracks most/all open litigation against EOs and dumptrucks actions. Even simply checking the total helps. Currently 241 and growing
How do they never think of how things can be used AGAINST themselves? Smh
In my opinion it is a combination of people being conned by a master con man; but it is also not just being conned which can happen to anyone, absolutely anyone. It is also a group that has deep prejudice and hate and literally see those they hate as less than human; people they want removed, expunged and hurt so badly they might as well be dead.
It’s because they understand that you would have to be corrupt and evil to use weaponize these policies and they don’t think the other side would do that.
Unsmartness…my made up word.
How about "not evolved"? They are not all stupid, so it is not a good label. But they are trapped in prejudice and hate and the faux belief they have the right and power to condemn another human being -- even if the reason is a fishing expedition, they need to participate in to come up with to justify their wish to hurt another.
I like non evolved
Not evolved
Most likely. Stupid is as stupid does is what my southern granny used to say.
They are not all stupid. So, it is not just stupid. It is prejudice and hate and a fear maybe that they are threatened and/or blaming. It is a base level of humanity for certain, but not stupid.
I don't ponder whether someone else is learning from their mistakes. A lifetime is not enough time to check myself on that score.
Stop with the patronising "dear" you robot!
Sorry -- Vee Lavallee -- but I cannot just stand by and ignore your attack of another poster that was undeserved, damning and unnecessarily aggressive.
Okay I apologise for upsetting YOU.
Very disturbing.
'The people' need to fight fire with fire. Use this corrupt administration own technique - flood the zone with protests, speaking out, be united. This has to happen en masse!
There is a nationwide protest in June.
Also may 23rd/ 24th look for protests for Memorial Day.
This is beyond frustrating and frightening they better be careful that would mean Jim
Jordon or Graham could be held accountable
He’s wanting to turn our country into Russia but we must not let him!!
What Trump does to one of us he will do to anyone of us. People have been suffering and brutally treated for a while now. Nothing new just a widening and broadening of targets.
But WE knew this before the election!
I have been trying to think of a way to get something ‘off my chest”. My intuition has been ‘telling me’ that Democrats need to organize some type of method (I have an idea, but don’t know how well it would work).
There are movements growing (like Lev Parnas/ Michael Cohen/ Adam Kinzinger etc) that need to be connected. There are people who know more about this than I do (and have more influential followers too) PRIVATELY (untraceable, if possible)
I am trying to get this going and would like to be involved, but don’t know how. The may come a time it will not be safe/possible to keep in touch over the internet.
There is a nationwide protest in June.
This is good…but what if, somehow, we can’t stay in touch with each other, possibly even during this protest and something happens because of it.
It’s not that I want to be negative…it’s our new reality.
United we do stand. There is nothing to fear but fear itself. Resist it. We must show up. It is our civic duty to our country and each other and our children. There really is no choice. In fact, we are a bit too quiet given what is happening. Ukrainians would be living in the streets not just a couple of hours for one day but every day. They know what is at stake. We have never experienced what will happen if we do not resist. There is much to do. If protesting is not for someone else that is not all that needs to be done certainly. There is so much work to be done.
I wasn’t saying not to protest. What I am saying is we need to stay in touch.
Ex:
The so-called “Broligarchs” run most of the internet and may wreak havoc. The Republicans organized ‘trouble makers’ to pretend the protesters were violent. Something like this can happen again. We need to make sure communication
channels remain open, so other groups (in all areas)that are protesting are aware of potential trouble in advance.
There is a very active group on Substack that you may want to connect with and I think it is called People Power. I’m not certain. Maybe someone else can weigh in on their name.
Oh, that is very true and important. It is beyond me, however. But if you reached out to organizers of the major groups or joined in an online meeting that would be the avenue to follow in addressing it. I will be in a meeting on Tuesday online and a protest in June. It is there that something like this would best be explored or suggested. It’s an important observation and that is what being united produces. Each of us has something to contribute for the greater good. I think you have found your calling if I may say so — the pre-planning for interconnectedness and communication.
Perhaps you could connect with top organizers of these protests and set up private radio communications? Have private messengers. Megaphones. Have blank signs to write messages on for if the media shows up? Make flyers. Posters. Traditional mail. Local radio. Town halls, word of mouth. Carrier pigeons? Always use private VPN’s on your phone during these events if possible.
I agree with contacting top organizers, but it may be just as important to connect with influencers in ‘this movement’ . People like Michael Cohen, Lev Parnas, Adam Kinzinger, Tristan Snell, Scott Dworkin and many others have movements, but there needs to be a connection.
It would also be a good idea to have more people to connect with protestors, in case one system doesn’t work.
Mail might not be the best idea. Some people may be living with tRuMP supporters.
I do like the other ideas 😊
Thanks for the input & I have started doing research into some available options.
I think you are spot on here and my fear is trouble being stirred up in the midst of protests not to mention some proud boy or Mega nutcase driving through a crowd in their four wheel truck. If you protest please be safe and be aware of what's going on around you. There are many methods of resistance and we each have to dig deep into our own well of Courage and do what we can do in our own way.
We can count on them shutting down cell service in the area of protests if they become serious. It's routine in countries ruled by fearful dictators.
On thinking about this, I felt the need to do more than doompost about their ability to shut down cell service in the area of a big scary protest. We have options!
If that scenario arises it's unlikely they'd go so far as to take down hardwired (cable, fiber) internet. Thus, what we need to do is have our phones set to search for hotspots and/or find a business that has guest wifi, like a fast food place or coffee shop. Then make sure your phone settings allow calls to be made via wifi. This will also allow vids to be uploaded. Hope this helps.
Those are not movements and they already connected. Dems have a message. The right-wing noise machine drowns it out.
I don’t mean messaging. I mean interference so we can’t communicate/are ‘watched’ online. We need some way to communicate offline too.
Wow! Chrissa you do realise that what you just said is playing into their hands? They want you to be afraid to talk in public. Setting up a "secret" talk space will mean that fewer people will be heard. Or at least the only ones listening are the ones who are already on your side. This information these podcasters give needs to be heard by trump supporters or those that are teetering either way. BE LOUDER AND PROUD
It’s not about a secret space per se. You do understand that we advertise where we’re going to be & when, will make it easier for ‘trouble’ to happen. I believe that could even be why they want more ‘machine guns’. This is about playing smart and possibly saving lives. It’s likely similar ‘attacks’ could be simultaneous. It’s also possible the so-called Broligarchs will monitor sites and even shut them down. Didn’t Something like that happened in Ukraine with Starlink? Haven’t Countries shut Twitter down (China) b cause of protests.
I am saying we need to prepare in advance for such things to be successful.
I am not sure why some people don’t understand this.
Yes to all you say is happening. Yet I still feel that the mainstream media could be made to stop being bias -
if: their advertisers are boycotted,
if:people cancel their subscriptions to those news outlets until they start doing their job as journalists and report the truth. All of it.
Nothing scares them more than losing money.
What do you think?
I agree- just like I believe in protests. I just want all of us to be as safe as possible
Amen to that!
FYI: I never said not to advertise, well likely need to be more creative
What happens if the internet ‘goes off’?
Not if we can find another mode of communication. I have an idea, I am not ready to suggest publicly- partly because people are hesitant to discuss this. There are other means of communicating for emergencies
I’m so exhausted which is what they want. You and your journalistic cohorts must scream this latest atrocity from the rooftops. Have they no shame? It’s now a rhetorical question. 🤬🤬
The Heritage Foundation and this administration has to be stopped and it has to be done soon. This is why the orange a**hole said that you only have to vote for me one more time. There won’t be elections in 2026 and I thats probably why Republican congress members have no care about passing a bill that hurts the elderly and children and the marginalized. Why he let and got away with letting Musk destroy the federal government. We, the people, have to protest in Washington DC. No one is coming to save us.
Thanks again for your good reporting. I’m a paid subscriber upholding your work.
This is how the administration will operate but it didn't change the constitutional protections. It is important to resist and know your rights everyone. Those don't change at the whims of the DOJ.
https://www.rcfp.org/doj-announces-plans-to-revoke-news-media-guidelines/