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Shan Zim's avatar

Unbelievable. Congress where the fuck are you?

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Katherine L. Butler's avatar

They've ABDICATED (the Republicans) all of their RESPONSIBILITIES !!!!! A bunch of SPINELESS GROWN MEN & WOMEN-Although, even some of the women are railing against quite a bit of the stuff that their party & President are doing and also trying to do !!!! Attacking Venezuela, REALLY ???? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Merry's avatar

So much for the Nobel PEACE Prize. President of Peace?

Trump is a lawless evil mobster. Republicans - where the hell are you? STEP UP AND STOP THIS MADMAN!

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Dorothy Wellington's avatar

Any move of Trump always involve to "steel, kill and destroy!" For he is a thief! (John 10:10)

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Merry's avatar

Yes, the wolf in sheep’s clothing. A Trojan horse. Evil personified. We are staring wickedness in the face.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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BT's avatar

Wrong, sweetie. Stop projecting.

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James Lukeman's avatar

He or she or it can’t help it.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate. You're lying! You liberals are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. You're part of the problem. Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. — The thing is, liberalism, which you support goes hand in hand with Fascism which you claim to oppose, but you don't. You Democrat supporters are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. Unlike you liberals, I have factual and educational material. Moreover, because you haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy, you always seem to assume that those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you simply don't know any better. Only focusing on the terrible things the Republican Party is doing and ignoring what the Democrats do makes you not all that different than the Trump cult. Refer to the information I've collected on my website via my profile regarding the evils of capitalism. Start with the Dialectical Materialism page. While you're there, educate yourself on other topics as well. Oh, and stop assuming and calling everyone a Trump supporter who disagrees with and knows more than you. It's incredibly childish.

■ Liberalism and Fascism

https://youtu.be/6ceSi2hLQ7g

■ Critique of the Western Left

https://youtube.com/shorts/k_aCwWTGgXQ

■ Battling the Fake Left

https://www.youtube.com/live/_O8UFkoPhz8

■ A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

■ No Kings Protests and The Democratic Party

https://youtu.be/hUa2Lr6em3Q

■ A March About Nothing

https://youtu.be/WDISVEdlLJs

■ Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter

https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/why-the-no-kings-protests-didnt-matter?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

■ Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

https://youtu.be/wyIxCAZ4vlY

■ The Folly of Greens and Social Democrats

https://youtu.be/BRkUl-ZaU1g

■ Marxism Vs. Liberalism

https://youtu.be/lc3_z9Vhihw

■ Marxism and the Bourgeois Left

https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/11/05/marxism-leninism-is-not-part-of-the-left/

Oh, and lastly. In terms of the United States. We must never salute and show respect towards the American flag. The United States was founded on genocide and built with slavery, with the United States empire responsible for countless deaths. The American flag is soaked in blood. The only time to smile when in the presence of the flag is when it's on fire or being torn to shreds. When it comes to holidays like Independence Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day, that they are not worth celebrating as they are about brainwashing people that the United States is a great country and reinforcing that lie for those who already believe it. These holidays, I would argue, are primarily about selling and reinforcing the lie that service to the United States military industrial complex somehow made the country and that of the world a better place. After you take the time to learn about the history of the United States and its actions, you'll hopefully come to the same conclusion that I have, which is that there is NOTHING honorable about choosing to be a pawn for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie, or capitalists if you prefer. The fact of the matter is that the United States bullies and terrorizes the rest of the world as it refuses to take care of its own citizens, because of this I can't help but look at the United States' flag in disgust. The ONLY time when it was acceptable to support the troops and that of the military was during WW2. That's it. But even then, the United States didn't win the war. The Soviet Union did. The United States just swooped in at the last minute to do some minor cleanup and took all the credit. Almost immediately after the dust settled, the bourgeoisie wasted no time in stabbing the Soviet Union in the back by spreading anti-communist propaganda to get the public to fear and hate everything that gave power and any resemblance of freedom and prosperity to the proletariat. Now, if you know someone who has "served" and was injured or killed. Don't get mad at me for speaking truth to power. Direct your anger towards the United States government for sending them off to die in a pointless war, conflict, or military operation that the United States instigated. Let me be absolutely clear. Although I disagree with Veterans and military personnel, in general, for their choice to be a willing pawn for the military industrial complex who I feel are undeserving of an honor, that does not mean I hate them. Unless they were participants in war crimes and are proud of slaughtering people, whether directly or indirectly, that's a different story. People who are proud of killing others who wish they could do it over and over again, those are sick and twisted individuals. That caveat aside, I believe everyone deserves to have their needs met with a government that actually cares about the well-being of people both here and abroad. In conclusion, the underlying reason for all these wars and conflicts is that the United States needs oil to back up the petro dollar. Without the dollars influence and buying power, the United States loses most, if not all, of its hegemony and economic stranglehold over others. So, basically, the problem is that of capitalism. With that said, though, by no means does that mean other countries are innocent in their foreign affairs, but the United States is by far the worst. It's not even a contest.

■ Military Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign Bases

https://worldbeyondwar.org/military-empires/

■ Companies associated with the military industrial complex

https://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/companies.php

■ The Myth of Western Civilization Exposed

https://youtu.be/OtJcXrpVZsA

■ Mapping US Imperialism https://www.globalresearch.ca/mapping-us-imperialism/5782752

■ US Spreads Misery across the globe

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/02/u-s-spreads-misery-across-the-globe-by-imposing-sanctions-on-a-third-of-humanity/

■ US sanctions kill 500k+ a year

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2825%2900189-5/fulltext

■ An estimation on the Death Toll of Capitalism

https://youtu.be/rIB4e8AfPcM

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Jean Conley's avatar

Everything you said was inaccurate and a lie. You know it and your dimwit leader in the Oval Office knows it. No wonder you named yourself "The Angry Pole." Suits you perfectly. Angry like the Dump in the Oval Office is.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Prole. Not Pole. Calling someone like me who is a real leftist that of a bot and/or a right-winger only proves that you're poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic.

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Matthew Jacobs's avatar

Sweetie, It's time you take your meds and return to your padded room.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Carlee Miller's avatar

Um... whoa there buddy. You're the one who has fallen victim to propaganda. Just because you have "sources" doesn't mean they are factual or aren't heavily edited to make a person think or feel the way they want you to. The more you rail against this stuff, the more evident it is that you are crazy (or schizophrenic?). The only people I've met who talk the way you do are paranoid schizophrenic and are in need of medical help.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Incorrect. Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

🤣

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Sue Stjohn's avatar

Why are you still here? Go live in N Korea and tell us how you made out.

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meenehanbeth@gmail.com's avatar

No we have more sense, pride and morality .

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James Lukeman's avatar

Donald talks like that.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Liar!

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Lisa Weber's avatar

Troll elsewhere. No one cares what you think.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate. You're nothing but a coward who is terrified of consuming any information that proves you wrong.

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Jean Conley's avatar

Look in the mirror--you and your party--and your leader--are the liars.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

My party? My party has no positions of power. Your response lacks any resemblance of an intelligent argument. Calling someone like me who is a real leftist that of right-winger only proves that you're poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic.

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Jill Tierney's avatar

You show zero understanding of what went down this morning. Zero. And in the absence of understanding, you generalize and name-call because you ain't got nuttin.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If I were ignorant and propagandized, then I would be like you. Supporting the corrupt bourgeois power structure, the United States empire as well as its military, the evils of capitalism with everything that entails, and regurgitating bourgeois propaganda.

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M. F. Hopkins's avatar

Please... STFU and return to your parallel universe.

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Nita Uno's avatar

Why you so mad? And name calling? Your attitude is both disrespectful and disgusting, I hope you seek professional help, please take care of yourself. Peace out.

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Carlee Miller's avatar

This trolls ranting are signs of paranoid schizophrenia. He needs medication.

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Valerie Whitney's avatar

If a Democrat were in office this would not be happening!!! Are you trying to justify this lunatics invasion of a sovereign country and taking control of its oil. You are not only pathetic but a complete imbecile. This is an act of war and we, the American people, will pay the price. God helps us.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Incorrect. Calling someone like me who is a real leftist that of a bot and/or a right-winger only proves that you're poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic. Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Barry W's avatar

BS

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No's avatar

That kind of thinking is THE problem! Suggest do some research to enlighten your self. Learn how to be non partisan!

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The Angry Prole's avatar

I have donemy research and I have facts on my side. Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Thomas's avatar

Brainwashed?

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Jean Conley's avatar

Yes. Angry Pole definitely is.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Wrong! — Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. You Democrat supporters are poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic. — You haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy which is why you assume those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you don't know any better. I suggest that instead of making assumptions and whatnot that you put in the time as I have to learn about different things from trustworthy sources, as well as listen to those like myself who have done a majority of the leg work for you by essentially providing you a cheat sheet of information so that you don't have to look things up as much. (Link in profile)

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Sue Stjohn's avatar

Apparently you haven't read Project 2025 or if you have, you don't understand it.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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ELISABETH SULLIVAN's avatar

Bullshit

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered. You haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy which is why you assume those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you don't know any better. I suggest that instead of making assumptions and whatnot that you put in the time as I have to learn about different things from trustworthy sources, as well as listen to those like myself who have done a majority of the leg work for you by essentially providing you a cheat sheet of information so that you don't have to look things up as much. (Link in profile)

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Leah Baum's avatar

Brainwashed MAGA moron troll. Republicans are the party of pathological liars, pedophiles and bigot’s. You supporting a violent pedophile really says more about you. You’re a whiny ass bitch. GTFO!

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Jean Conley's avatar

Oh no, we would not. People who think that (republiCRAPS) are dimwits. Look at how many "strikes," etc., that the Dictator Idiot Moron has committed on other countries????????????? Biden and Obama didn't do any such thing. RepubliCRAPS who believe that are not playing with a full deck.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Incorrect. Biden and Obama are scum and criminals in their own right. If I could attach images in this post that go over that, I would. — Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Reginald's avatar

This is the dumbest, most ignorant, reality-divorced comment I have read in years. Congratulations on starting the new year with a public embarrassment.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Wrong! Nothing I said was inaccurate! You liberals are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. You're part of the problem. Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. — The thing is, liberalism, which you support goes hand in hand with Fascism which you claim to oppose, but you don't. You Democrat supporters are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. Unlike you liberals, I have factual and educational material. Moreover, because you haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy, you always seem to assume that those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you simply don't know any better. Only focusing on the terrible things the Republican Party is doing and ignoring what the Democrats do makes you not all that different than the Trump cult. Refer to the information I've collected on my website via my profile regarding the evils of capitalism. Start with the Dialectical Materialism page. While you're there, educate yourself on other topics as well. Oh, and stop assuming and calling everyone a Trump supporter who disagrees with and knows more than you. It's incredibly childish.

■ Liberalism and Fascism

https://youtu.be/6ceSi2hLQ7g

■ Critique of the Western Left

https://youtube.com/shorts/k_aCwWTGgXQ

■ Battling the Fake Left

https://www.youtube.com/live/_O8UFkoPhz8

■ A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

■ No Kings Protests and The Democratic Party

https://youtu.be/hUa2Lr6em3Q

■ A March About Nothing

https://youtu.be/WDISVEdlLJs

■ Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter

https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/why-the-no-kings-protests-didnt-matter?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

■ Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

https://youtu.be/wyIxCAZ4vlY

■ The Folly of Greens and Social Democrats

https://youtu.be/BRkUl-ZaU1g

■ Marxism Vs. Liberalism

https://youtu.be/lc3_z9Vhihw

■ Marxism and the Bourgeois Left

https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/11/05/marxism-leninism-is-not-part-of-the-left/

Oh, and lastly. In terms of the United States. We must never salute and show respect towards the American flag. The United States was founded on genocide and built with slavery, with the United States empire responsible for countless deaths. The American flag is soaked in blood. The only time to smile when in the presence of the flag is when it's on fire or being torn to shreds. When it comes to holidays like Independence Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day, that they are not worth celebrating as they are about brainwashing people that the United States is a great country and reinforcing that lie for those who already believe it. These holidays, I would argue, are primarily about selling and reinforcing the lie that service to the United States military industrial complex somehow made the country and that of the world a better place. After you take the time to learn about the history of the United States and its actions, you'll hopefully come to the same conclusion that I have, which is that there is NOTHING honorable about choosing to be a pawn for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie, or capitalists if you prefer. The fact of the matter is that the United States bullies and terrorizes the rest of the world as it refuses to take care of its own citizens, because of this I can't help but look at the United States' flag in disgust. The ONLY time when it was acceptable to support the troops and that of the military was during WW2. That's it. But even then, the United States didn't win the war. The Soviet Union did. The United States just swooped in at the last minute to do some minor cleanup and took all the credit. Almost immediately after the dust settled, the bourgeoisie wasted no time in stabbing the Soviet Union in the back by spreading anti-communist propaganda to get the public to fear and hate everything that gave power and any resemblance of freedom and prosperity to the proletariat. Now, if you know someone who has "served" and was injured or killed. Don't get mad at me for speaking truth to power. Direct your anger towards the United States government for sending them off to die in a pointless war, conflict, or military operation that the United States instigated. Let me be absolutely clear. Although I disagree with Veterans and military personnel, in general, for their choice to be a willing pawn for the military industrial complex who I feel are undeserving of an honor, that does not mean I hate them. Unless they were participants in war crimes and are proud of slaughtering people, whether directly or indirectly, that's a different story. People who are proud of killing others who wish they could do it over and over again, those are sick and twisted individuals. That caveat aside, I believe everyone deserves to have their needs met with a government that actually cares about the well-being of people both here and abroad. In conclusion, the underlying reason for all these wars and conflicts is that the United States needs oil to back up the petro dollar. Without the dollars influence and buying power, the United States loses most, if not all, of its hegemony and economic stranglehold over others. So, basically, the problem is that of capitalism. With that said, though, by no means does that mean other countries are innocent in their foreign affairs, but the United States is by far the worst. It's not even a contest.

■ Military Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign Bases

https://worldbeyondwar.org/military-empires/

■ Companies associated with the military industrial complex

https://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/companies.php

■ The Myth of Western Civilization Exposed

https://youtu.be/OtJcXrpVZsA

■ Mapping US Imperialism https://www.globalresearch.ca/mapping-us-imperialism/5782752

■ US Spreads Misery across the globe

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/02/u-s-spreads-misery-across-the-globe-by-imposing-sanctions-on-a-third-of-humanity/

■ US sanctions kill 500k+ a year

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2825%2900189-5/fulltext

■ An estimation on the Death Toll of Capitalism

https://youtu.be/rIB4e8AfPcM

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Reginald's avatar

TLDR but you seem to confuse neolibs with true liberals (progressives). You won't get anywhere publicly advocating for Marxism. Democratic Socialism is becoming an acceptable political identity that will allow true European liberalism to gain a foothold in the United States.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Incorrect. Liberalism and Fascism go hand in hand. Democratic Socialism is a farce. — Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. You Democrat supporters are poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic. — You haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy which is why you assume those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you don't know any better. I suggest that instead of making assumptions and whatnot that you put in the time as I have to learn about different things from trustworthy sources, as well as listen to those like myself who have done a majority of the leg work for you by essentially providing you a cheat sheet of information so that you don't have to look things up as much. (Link in profile)

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ajay ess's avatar

sounds like toxic orange bullshit. even bush had the 'brains' to create a coalition for regime change in afghanistan and iraq (and how well has that worked for us?). for any patriotic american, the unilateral decision to invade by trump is not something patriotic and true americans of any party would agree with. only magats will buy into this shit. russia and china are soooooo happy about this, they will therefore have the right to tell their lies and invade the countries they want....how does it sound to you magats that the only states that will approve of unilateral actions will be china and russia. the obese ego of trump and his propaganda koolaid has lobotomized magat brains.... the rest of us are smart and aks the questions that need to be aksed by congress, so that we can do things properly, legally and according to our constitution. your comment is really completely unamerican!

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You liberals are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. You're part of the problem. Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. — The thing is, liberalism, which you support goes hand in hand with Fascism which you claim to oppose, but you don't. You Democrat supporters are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. Unlike you liberals, I have factual and educational material. Moreover, because you haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy, you always seem to assume that those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you simply don't know any better. Only focusing on the terrible things the Republican Party is doing and ignoring what the Democrats do makes you not all that different than the Trump cult. Refer to the information I've collected on my website via my profile regarding the evils of capitalism. Start with the Dialectical Materialism page. While you're there, educate yourself on other topics as well. Oh, and stop assuming and calling everyone a Trump supporter who disagrees with and knows more than you. It's incredibly childish.

■ Liberalism and Fascism

https://youtu.be/6ceSi2hLQ7g

■ Critique of the Western Left

https://youtube.com/shorts/k_aCwWTGgXQ

■ Battling the Fake Left

https://www.youtube.com/live/_O8UFkoPhz8

■ A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

■ No Kings Protests and The Democratic Party

https://youtu.be/hUa2Lr6em3Q

■ A March About Nothing

https://youtu.be/WDISVEdlLJs

■ Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter

https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/why-the-no-kings-protests-didnt-matter?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

■ Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

https://youtu.be/wyIxCAZ4vlY

■ The Folly of Greens and Social Democrats

https://youtu.be/BRkUl-ZaU1g

■ Marxism Vs. Liberalism

https://youtu.be/lc3_z9Vhihw

■ Marxism and the Bourgeois Left

https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/11/05/marxism-leninism-is-not-part-of-the-left/

Oh, and lastly. In terms of the United States. We must never salute and show respect towards the American flag. The United States was founded on genocide and built with slavery, with the United States empire responsible for countless deaths. The American flag is soaked in blood. The only time to smile when in the presence of the flag is when it's on fire or being torn to shreds. When it comes to holidays like Independence Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day, that they are not worth celebrating as they are about brainwashing people that the United States is a great country and reinforcing that lie for those who already believe it. These holidays, I would argue, are primarily about selling and reinforcing the lie that service to the United States military industrial complex somehow made the country and that of the world a better place. After you take the time to learn about the history of the United States and its actions, you'll hopefully come to the same conclusion that I have, which is that there is NOTHING honorable about choosing to be a pawn for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie, or capitalists if you prefer. The fact of the matter is that the United States bullies and terrorizes the rest of the world as it refuses to take care of its own citizens, because of this I can't help but look at the United States' flag in disgust. The ONLY time when it was acceptable to support the troops and that of the military was during WW2. That's it. But even then, the United States didn't win the war. The Soviet Union did. The United States just swooped in at the last minute to do some minor cleanup and took all the credit. Almost immediately after the dust settled, the bourgeoisie wasted no time in stabbing the Soviet Union in the back by spreading anti-communist propaganda to get the public to fear and hate everything that gave power and any resemblance of freedom and prosperity to the proletariat. Now, if you know someone who has "served" and was injured or killed. Don't get mad at me for speaking truth to power. Direct your anger towards the United States government for sending them off to die in a pointless war, conflict, or military operation that the United States instigated. Let me be absolutely clear. Although I disagree with Veterans and military personnel, in general, for their choice to be a willing pawn for the military industrial complex who I feel are undeserving of an honor, that does not mean I hate them. Unless they were participants in war crimes and are proud of slaughtering people, whether directly or indirectly, that's a different story. People who are proud of killing others who wish they could do it over and over again, those are sick and twisted individuals. That caveat aside, I believe everyone deserves to have their needs met with a government that actually cares about the well-being of people both here and abroad. In conclusion, the underlying reason for all these wars and conflicts is that the United States needs oil to back up the petro dollar. Without the dollars influence and buying power, the United States loses most, if not all, of its hegemony and economic stranglehold over others. So, basically, the problem is that of capitalism. With that said, though, by no means does that mean other countries are innocent in their foreign affairs, but the United States is by far the worst. It's not even a contest.

■ Military Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign Bases

https://worldbeyondwar.org/military-empires/

■ Companies associated with the military industrial complex

https://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/companies.php

■ The Myth of Western Civilization Exposed

https://youtu.be/OtJcXrpVZsA

■ Mapping US Imperialism https://www.globalresearch.ca/mapping-us-imperialism/5782752

■ US Spreads Misery across the globe

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/02/u-s-spreads-misery-across-the-globe-by-imposing-sanctions-on-a-third-of-humanity/

■ US sanctions kill 500k+ a year

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2825%2900189-5/fulltext

■ An estimation on the Death Toll of Capitalism

https://youtu.be/rIB4e8AfPcM

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Jean Conley's avatar

No one should read your comments. All lies. I didn't bother to read this nonsense--wouldn't waste my time. Suggestion: go to where there are "community guidelines" since those sites favor republiCRAP comments.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Wrong! — Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. — Calling someone like me who is a real leftist a right-winger only proves that you're poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic. — You haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy which is why you assume those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you don't know any better. I suggest that instead of making assumptions and whatnot that you put in the time as I have to learn about different things from trustworthy sources, as well as listen to those like myself who have done a majority of the leg work for you by essentially providing you a cheat sheet of information so that you don't have to look things up as much. (Link in profile)

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Linda Weide's avatar

First read it in the Counteroffensive where I usually read about Ukraine. So, Trump has us at War with Venezuela. Did he get permission from Congress? NO!

https://open.substack.com/pub/counteroffensive/p/newsflash-loud-explosions-overnight?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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DG's avatar

Well, evidently Sen. Mike Lee knew about it. Otherwise, I'm leaning towards "Hell no."

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BT's avatar

Mike Lee's lips are permanently stained orange.

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Michele Bouvet's avatar

No he didnt, but SCOTUS said he can break the law and get away with it. DISGUSTING!!!!!!

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Linda Weide's avatar

Yup! We need to get rid of them.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

■ Russia Gate isn't real. It's a complete fabrication. Zelenskyy is a coward and a puppet. Only warmongers, Nazi sympathizers, and otherwise ignorant people support Ukraine.

■ Again. If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you. Democrata committed terrorism and acts of war without approval as well.

■ Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz.

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Linda Weide's avatar

TAP, We need to get rid of SCOTUS. How does your response address what I said?

Zelenskyy may be a puppet, but you have no way of knowing whether he is since you are in the US. If not, where are you. He is not a coward though. He has been offered a cushy life and instead he stands up for his country.

I don't know what YOU mean by Russiagate, but Putin is a bad guy, and friends who are Russian speaking and experts on Russian culture would agree. If you are Russian than weigh in. I am not a Nazi or a Nazi sympathizer, and I don't think you are connecting the dots here. I do know that you are angry, and this is stream of consciousness rage and I doubt you can process or address anything I am saying.

What I can say is that I know real leftists, because I am living in a country that has an active, empowered Left Party, and my mom's friend is a member. I have coffee or tea with her from time to time and I know what she thinks.

I agree that many things about the US were terrible long before Trump. I agree that capitalism is a problem. I also agree that the Democratic party is not left. I have complained that that is a misnomer because I know what real The Left people think. I am in contact. I am anti neoliberalism which I think leads to fascism. I also think that these old ways of describing economics like Capitalism, Communism, Socialism, are not so relevant, and accurate and we need new models that more closely fit our understanding of the world we are in.

I don't believe that there is an "Ideal" government any where, nor can there be. People are too diverse to agree on something. I also do not think that the US government works, and Trump and his fellow MAGAs are doing a good job of showing us why. I don't believe the US is a democracy, certainly not one where voting is free and fair for all. Also, the sexism and racism show it to be a White Supremacist, Male Supremacist country. That still does not mean that my statement that you responded to is wrong, or addressed by your remarks. Why should SCOTUS not be replaced when members are corrupt?

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Zelenskyy is a coward for not standing up to Nazis, NATO, and the imperialist US empire.

Disagree with me about Russia and Ukraine? Then explain all the information I've collected that proves you wrong.

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Linda Weide's avatar

TAP, not until you answer my original question about why SCOTUS should not be removed.

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LeRoy's avatar

Congress hasn’t declared war since 1941.

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Declan's avatar

Schumer.....wake up & DO something

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sharon's avatar

Schumer has NO POWER as minority leader. How are so many supposed "informed" people actually so uninformed?

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Declan's avatar

You are.correct...hes impotent and doesn't pose a threat. Hes worthless after being beaten down by MConnell for 30 years. No voice....nada.

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sharon's avatar

Again, please explain what Schumer or any minority party member can do. We'll wait for your explanation of how the democrats can take charge of the situation. Short answer since they are the MINORITY party they have NO power.

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4dEdited

This is one of our most pressing problems and a big big reason why we are where we are today. Most Americans have NO idea how their government works, thus making, the “both sides are the same” Russian propaganda campaign so successful.

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Rob Jonas's avatar

The Rethugs are in charge of the United. States due to the apathy of some voters, the immorality of other voters and the stupidity of more voters. The douche bags MAGA sycophants have zero integrity, morality or honor. Just like the people they voted for in November 2024.

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Teach84's avatar

They can start by trying to talk some sense into their Republican cohorts! At the very least, they should be calling for all Congress members to return to Washington immediately.

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Declan's avatar

They DO have power if they open their damned mouths and state that this action is illegal

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Paul Bourdon's avatar

McTurtle always had power whether majority or not.

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ajay ess's avatar

in a democracy there are many forms of power. political power is posturing power....and schumer and many politicians like to assume that is the only real form of power. he is a weak coward, will not put his life, money and power in jeopardy even in a fascist dictatorship in his own country. he is fearful of those who have real power....billionaires. he is not standing up to power, he is wilting under it's weight. by speaking out he will lose the donations from those billionaires and risks losing his own wealth.

being straight forward, calling a spade a spade, using words effectively to warn of the danger of this dictatorship regime to our democratic future would be a good start. his long winded pathetic speeches just admit that he has zero power and no 'balls'.

maybe you can think outside the box for a while?

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Merry's avatar

He has no power at this point. Do a little research.

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Thomas's avatar

McConnell has no life left in him. Being a deceptive little piggy for 30 years basically killed him. Now he has to sit around and wait to face his maker.

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Linda Weide's avatar

He has the power to call a press conference and speak out about it. MTG did.

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ajay ess's avatar

standing up and motivating people to resist fascism IS POWER. schumer is more concerned about his political power and it's adjunct wealth accumulating abilities than being a real powerful person. he is a coward that hides behind words instead of standing up and being with the people on the street.

we are not uninformed, just realists.... :)

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Jill Tierney's avatar

Declan: Read the Constitution. You seem confused about the two Houses of Congress and the duties of the people there in. Schumer is the MINORITY leader. The Rs have the majority in BOTH HOUSES, and have done jack shit for the past year-- because the pedophile tells them what to do.

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Merry's avatar

Schumer? What are you talking about? The republicans control both houses of congress right now!

So it’s now up to the REPUBLICANS to step up, honor their oaths to protect and defend our Constitution and the rule of law and stop this lawless and evil monster! But so far they’ve been MIA.

When will enough be enough? If they don’t take appropriate action at this point, then they are all fully complicit.

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Erika Fultz's avatar

Dems are in the minority. What do you propose Schumer do?

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Melanie's avatar

Further, analysis of Schumer shows lots of dark money flowing to him. Though he has no bona fide power he is becoming more wealthy. As a Dem, I’m loath to repeat this but I’ve read it elsewhere as fairly convincing truth. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Melanie

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Patricia Fehrenbacher's avatar

He’s useless as tits on a boar hog as my best friend would say!

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James Lukeman's avatar

Shows how much power Congress really has.

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sharon's avatar

republicans have ALL the power. This is on them. they have abdicated their Constitutional authority to trump. they are traitors to their oath to uphold our Constitution which expressly states the powers of the three branches, and our laws. If we even have elections they need to be all voted out and tried for whatever crimes that apply. This madness needs to stop. I wonder which unelected madman whispered this into trump's demented ear. miller? bannon? musk? kushner? Who is actually pulling the strings?

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Edward mead's avatar

Jerod Kushner could not get a security clearance during Trump's first term

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Gingbos's avatar

All distraction from the Epstein files. As you’ve probably noticed, our “liberal” media has already moved on.

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Merry's avatar

They DO have power. They’re just refusing to use it because they are deferring to Trump. They’re COWARDS and they are complicit in his war crimes if they do nothing.

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Erika Fultz's avatar

When the president isn't on a power trip and majority party isn't scared of said president, like the little weenies currently are, Congress ACTUALLY has control.

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

Republicans have, also been threatened. Remember what Romney said about threatening their families, also. Judge's homes has already been bombed. Ex; the SC Judge, who's house was b9mbed.

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dewsway1's avatar

Congress needs to act NOW!

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Rob Jonas's avatar

You mean the cowardly Rethugs that bow before their master? Not going to happen.

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Suzie's avatar

Sadly we didn't declare war in Venezuela. But we are now definitely at war. Watch the MTN and see the footage of the extensive attack. Maduro was removed and our military bombed several locations. Airports, ports, another island off their coast. This MUST stop. Every military person that has participated must be court martialed.

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Barbara Morgan's avatar

Many hundreds of civilians were probably killed or injured!

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Edie Sadowski's avatar

Amen to your statement! Another oil war? Stop this madman Congress!!!

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Lisa Garza's avatar

The chicken shits are hiding in their mansions and bunkers just like the weak-arse traitors Goebbels Miller and Kegsbreath! If I had the know-how and physical strength, I'd find the weasels and sick bastard traitors and round them and have them ready fir the ICC REGARDLESS of not being part of their "rules"!

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Jill Tierney's avatar

The Rs have the majority and thus bear the responsibility. Just sayin.

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Valerie Whitney's avatar

Are the Republicans the only b people who will pay the price of this illegal invasion? NO, we ALL will!!!

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IM Citizen's avatar

The Mussolini solution. Upside down.

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Johan's avatar

This isn’t improvisation——it’s the National Security Strategy’s “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine being implemented exactly as written.

The November 2025 NSS explicitly calls for “reasserting and enforcing” hemispheric dominance, using military force to deny “non-Hemispheric competitors” (read: China) access to “strategically vital assets” in our sphere of influence.

Maduro’s capture wasn’t the escalation endpoint, it was the template.

The NSS framework identifies “regional champions” who will enforce U.S. interests, and makes clear what happens to governments that refuse: You get labeled narcoterrorist, blockaded, struck, and extracted.

From a behavioral lens, this is commitment escalation.

From a diplomatic perspective, this is the funeral for rules-based order announced on Truth Social at Mar-a-Lago.

—Johan

Former Foreign Service

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Rob Jonas's avatar

If you have former foreign service, perhaps you can explain something to me. After the United States invades Venezuela, how can we now condemn the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, without looking like hypocrites?

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Johan's avatar

You’re absolutely right, and it’s mortifying to watch as someone who spent years in the foreign service defending the rules-based international order.

The short answer: We can’t. Not credibly.

When the U.S. conducts airstrikes on a sovereign capital, extracts a head of state via special forces without congressional authorization, and announces it on social media from a private resort, we’ve just demolished every argument we’ve made about Ukraine for the past three years.

Russia’s justifications for Ukraine were: NATO expansion threatens our security, the government is illegitimate, we’re protecting Russian speakers, we’re fighting fascism/narcoterrorism. We rightfully called that pretextual nonsense masking territorial ambition and resource grab.

Now ask what our justifications for Venezuela are:

Narcoterrorism (in a country that doesn’t produce fentanyl), illegitimate election (though we’ve tolerated countless fraudulent elections when the winner aligned with us), protecting the hemisphere (Monroe Doctrine spheres of influence). Oh, and Trump literally said “we want the oil back.”

From a diplomatic perspective, this is catastrophic.

Every international law argument we’ve made: sovereignty matters, territorial integrity is inviolable, regime change by force is illegal, the UN Charter means something; just became “rules for thee but not for me.”

China’s already making this argument at the UN. Russia will hammer it endlessly. Every autocrat we’ve condemned for extraterritorial military operations now has the perfect deflection: “You did Venezuela.”

The real damage isn’t just hypocrisy, it’s that we’ve *validated the logic* of spheres of influence politics. If the U.S. can militarily enforce its will in the Western Hemisphere because it’s “our backyard,” then Russia’s claim to Ukraine as its near abroad becomes symmetrical. If we can extract leaders we deem illegitimate, what’s to stop China from doing the same in Taiwan if they decide that government is illegitimate?

For those of us who believed American foreign policy, at its best, represented something beyond pure power politics—-This is gutting.

We just proved that the “rules-based order” was always conditional on American interests. When the rules constrain competitors, we invoke them. When they constrain us, we ignore them.

You asked how we condemn Russia without looking like hypocrites.

The answer: We can’t.

We just became the thing we claimed to oppose. And every person still there knows it, even if they can’t say it publicly. And frankly, it’s pathetic that they will still work for this regime. Disgusting…

That’s the real cost of this operation, not just Venezuelan lives, but American credibility on every principle we claimed to defend.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Alastriona's avatar

It also gives China a green light to invade Taiwan which it has always contended is a rogue province

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M K's avatar

My husband literally just asked that question.

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Robert Hart's avatar

The NSS is the rationalization, but Maduro has been a Rubio hobbyhorse for years and the felon Trump sees the opportunity to steal VZ oil. However, you are correct that we are living in a Spheres of Influence foreign policy whereby the US has voluntarily ceded Europe to Putin and Asia to Xi, their respective spheres of influence. If Trump isn't a foreign agent, he might as well be, to give up US' global hegemony for essentially nothing.

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Merry's avatar

Exactly. Thanks for clarifying this situation. The beginning of the end, if left unchecked.

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Edwin Henley's avatar

Mike Lee after talking with Marco Rubio is squarely behind Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/united-states/2026/01/03/us-senator-says-rubio-told-him-maduro-arrested-to-stand-trial-in-us

We need to normalize common sense and healthy cooperation between sovereign states, not illegal international criminal actions coming from the United States which until Trump’s two terms in the White House has been at least giving voice to International peace and cooperation. I personally disagree with many covert imperialistic actions past US administrations have performed. This action has been neither covert nor in the best interests of the US or the World in general. These criminals currently in the administration need to be turned over to the ICC.

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Merry's avatar

We are potentially witnessing the beginning of WW3.

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Chuck Libation's avatar

Let’s all hold our fingers in our asses while the Piggy does what he wants. Pathetic, Useless government.

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Jill Tierney's avatar

A few words: 1. The fucking PRESIDENT is obligated to notify Congress, not the other way around. 2. Even if Congress had been notified, the Rs have the majority in both houses and would have looked the other way.

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Merry's avatar

And when has the constitution and rule of law ever gotten in the way of the madness of dictator Donny? Yes it’s up to the republicans to act accordingly but they’ve been MIA since his first term. They are complicit COWARDS.

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

This administration will just declare this action as Not war, but a conflict.

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Merry's avatar

Yep. Dementia donny makes up the rules as he goes along so they’ll fit his narrative and his agenda.

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Jill Tierney's avatar

If you would read the Constitution you would understand that there are three branches of government, each with its own responsibilities. For example, the Congress is charged with making laws and declaring war. Therefore, your desire for anybody to do anything just isn't possible because there are constraints. We're in the midst of a constitutional crisis with the orange felon because he does whatever he feels like doing with what appears to be impunity because he's always been a rich, entitied bastard who has always gotten his way. Again, there is no quick fix for this problem, basically because the brilliant men who invented this country and its constitution were gentlemen who could not predict that a lawless thug such as the current guy in what's left of the White House would one day be president.

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Alastriona's avatar

On vacation of course just like maga Mike likes

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Merry's avatar

Holy sh*t!! Are we now witnessing the rapid beginning of WW3?

So much for the President of PEACE! This monster has his hand on the nuclear button and he is literally a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!!

Who’s going to stop this evil madman???

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Peggy Lancaster's avatar

Did ANYONE ELSE notice the President DID NOT put his hand on the two stacked bibles that Melania (THE HAMBURGLER), was standing there with when the President was being sworn in with Justice Roberts? Go to YouTube and watch his swearing in.

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Edwin Henley's avatar

Putting his hand on the bible wouldn’t have constrained him to an oath he wasn’t constrained to in his first administration. He simply didn’t want to show how ill he was, as his hands and ankles are where his illness manifests most.

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Nita Uno's avatar

Yes, I noticed it and I’m happy someone else saw it and commented on it as well. Why didn’t they stop it and have him put his hand on it? Maybe this is how we get rid of this regime, he’s not only incompetent, he’s an illegitimate president.

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No's avatar

More like ai bot

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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Marc Klein's avatar

This isn't a President. This isba dictator trying to overthrow a government to steal oil we aren't entitled to.. Yet every Republican is silent on this and allowing it to happen when it's Congress NOT the President to declare war

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Rachel's avatar

He’s insane, and so are his regime!

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Linda Weide's avatar

We need a functioning Congress which we do not have. Trump is an international criminal and should be tried in an international court.

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Porter's avatar

There's not going to be any more elections. Trump told us that we'd never have to vote again if we voted for him - and so Americans voted him into office and he's seizing total power.

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MB Kiefer's avatar

Trump lies, always and everywhere, about everything. He is incapable of anything resembling the truth, and we've known this for more than a decade.

So why do you choose this one thing to believe? There WILL be elections in November, and we WILL vote the treacherous Republicans out. Believe it!

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Ron's avatar

I hope you are correct, but our country is now run by a renegade mad man and a supine Congress, so I can easily imagine that the 2026 elections will be targeted.

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Tony McCune's avatar

Lawsuit against all members of Congress for violating their oath?

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Seti's avatar

He does have to deal with us. This is why you have Second Amendment powers.

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JEAN ELLISOR's avatar

STFU and stop trying to dissuade people from voting.

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Dotty Hopkins's avatar

We do, but that doesn't help enough. We still need a Congress who's there to serve, not to take.

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Linda Weide's avatar

Dotty, I woke my Senator Duckworth and asked for Congress to speak out against this illegal action on the part of Trump. Dick Durbin has checked out and I am not even bothering with him.

We are an international criminal nation just like Russia. It is crazy. My friend's daughter is flying from the US to Europe today and she is scared to get on the plane because she knows they can possibly be targets. I don't think Venezuela will get it together to do anything like that today, but you never know who will help them by attacking US planes.

If Europe and the US had done more to help Ukraine defeat Russia quickly, Trump would not be so emboldened to do this. We should have pushed back on Russia, so nuclear powers do not think they can just win because they have nukes.

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M K's avatar

Start calling their offices. Yes it will be voicemail as it’s the weekend but flood them with our NO’s. Sadly, my 3 are ruby red but they still need to hear no and get back to work and stop this.

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Eddie Howard's avatar

Cowards with no b___s, just like their leader private bone spur

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Merry's avatar

Absolutely correct… the story behind the story. Iran, Venezuela, who’s next… Canada?

“ All of the World’s Oil Reserves by Country, in One Visualization”

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-oil-reserves-by-country-in-one-visualization/

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Barbara Nicholson's avatar

You’ve just defined Trump perfectly. 73 IQ and vicious.

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Mic's avatar

This is a president being blackmailed by Israel to do its dirty work. As usual.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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Nerak's avatar

You are totally delusional. You Trumpers are so totally uneducated and you sir are the ignorant one. If democrats were in office your country wouldn’t be the laughing stock of the world. Trump is just a demented old fool.

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PleaseMakeItStopPlease's avatar

Nice. An illegal war for oil again 🙄 Does trump have an original bone in his body? Still not distracted from the EPSTEIN FILES! Try again mother fucker!

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IM Citizen's avatar

War crimes and pedo crimes all tied to his useless tiny dick.

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Edie Sadowski's avatar

Lost my oldest son 💔 in the last one!

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Richard M Cavagnol's avatar

As a Marine officer for 3 tours in Vietnam, a DoD contractor in Iraq, and a USAID Field Officer with the Marines in Afghanistan, please accept my condolences for your loss.

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Patricia Fehrenbacher's avatar

I’m so sorry!!🙏🏻

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Olivia Youngblud's avatar

I am so sorry, Edie. There is no greater loss. Deep respect and empathy.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Both parties have connections to Epstein. If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz.

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PleaseMakeItStopPlease's avatar

😂 yeah douchebag. Your assumptions are idiotic.Whatever makes you feel better though. Oh, and democrats would never start an illegal war to stop drugs (even though trump is pardoning any drug dealer that can give him a million $), oh wait, he changed his excuse to stealing oil but we all know it’s because he lost the Nobel Peace Prize to a Venezuelan woman. And hey numbnuts, any democrat that is proven to be a pedophile can burn with trump so stop with that stupid ideology. I didn’t even bother to read the 2nd part of your bullshit so run along now and concentrate on supporting Trump’s pedophilia, taking food from babies or taking away women’s right moron 😂

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered. My blunt comment aside. You haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy which is why you assume those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you don't know any better. I suggest that instead of making assumptions and whatnot that you put in the time as I have to learn about different things from trustworthy sources, as well as listen to those like myself who have done a majority of the leg work for you by essentially providing you a cheat sheet of information so that you don't have to look things up as much. (Link in profile)

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Hiroyuki Miyahara's avatar

Trump is a war criminal now. #FDT

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Marc Klein's avatar

He'll never be tried. He's a convicted felon but he's also vindictive. Anyone who attempts to interfere with this war he will get angry and say they have TDS6(a disease he made up)

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MB Kiefer's avatar

I don't care if he's tried, as long as he's stopped! Congress could do that in a heartbeat. What will it take to restore their spine??

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Elaine Lueras's avatar

Not with the spineless soul-less gutless Republikkkraps we have in office. They will not do a thing to go against their Fat Boi Fuhrer.

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Stephen Birchett's avatar

Not while they profit from it.

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Elaine Lueras's avatar

Absolutely

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Olivia Youngblud's avatar

At this point it doesn't really matter if he's convicted or not. He's close to the end of his life, either this year or next. Then he will be "convicted" in a manner that he cannot imagine.

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Nay Leal's avatar

He always was…

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The Angry Prole's avatar

So is Biden and Obama. If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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Sean A Nolan's avatar

Spare us your the psychotically broken delusional babble about the Democrats, Biden and Obama are anything like TraitorTrump, his cabal, cult and TrumpratGOP.

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

I’m sick of these sickos. This is crazy WTF get his psychotic ass out of there now.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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Barry W's avatar

Are you a bot?

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Christopher Pitzi's avatar

Nah.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Liar. You liberals are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. You're part of the problem. Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. — The thing is, liberalism, which you support goes hand in hand with Fascism which you claim to oppose, but you don't. You Democrat supporters are poorly informed and propagandized on many a topic. Unlike you liberals, I have factual and educational material. Moreover, because you haven't developed the skill of critical media literacy, you always seem to assume that those who are reporting factual and educational material are they themselves lying because you simply don't know any better. Only focusing on the terrible things the Republican Party is doing and ignoring what the Democrats do makes you not all that different than the Trump cult. Refer to the information I've collected on my website via my profile regarding the evils of capitalism. Start with the Dialectical Materialism page. While you're there, educate yourself on other topics as well. Oh, and stop assuming and calling everyone a Trump supporter who disagrees with and knows more than you. It's incredibly childish.

■ Liberalism and Fascism

https://youtu.be/6ceSi2hLQ7g

■ Critique of the Western Left

https://youtube.com/shorts/k_aCwWTGgXQ

■ Battling the Fake Left

https://www.youtube.com/live/_O8UFkoPhz8

■ A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

■ No Kings Protests and The Democratic Party

https://youtu.be/hUa2Lr6em3Q

■ A March About Nothing

https://youtu.be/WDISVEdlLJs

■ Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter

https://realleecamp.substack.com/p/why-the-no-kings-protests-didnt-matter?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

■ Zohran Mamdani and Democratic Socialism

https://youtu.be/wyIxCAZ4vlY

■ The Folly of Greens and Social Democrats

https://youtu.be/BRkUl-ZaU1g

■ Marxism Vs. Liberalism

https://youtu.be/lc3_z9Vhihw

■ Marxism and the Bourgeois Left

https://classconsciousnessproject.blog/2025/11/05/marxism-leninism-is-not-part-of-the-left/

Oh, and lastly. In terms of the United States. We must never salute and show respect towards the American flag. The United States was founded on genocide and built with slavery, with the United States empire responsible for countless deaths. The American flag is soaked in blood. The only time to smile when in the presence of the flag is when it's on fire or being torn to shreds. When it comes to holidays like Independence Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day, that they are not worth celebrating as they are about brainwashing people that the United States is a great country and reinforcing that lie for those who already believe it. These holidays, I would argue, are primarily about selling and reinforcing the lie that service to the United States military industrial complex somehow made the country and that of the world a better place. After you take the time to learn about the history of the United States and its actions, you'll hopefully come to the same conclusion that I have, which is that there is NOTHING honorable about choosing to be a pawn for the military industrial complex in service to the bourgeoisie, or capitalists if you prefer. The fact of the matter is that the United States bullies and terrorizes the rest of the world as it refuses to take care of its own citizens, because of this I can't help but look at the United States' flag in disgust. The ONLY time when it was acceptable to support the troops and that of the military was during WW2. That's it. But even then, the United States didn't win the war. The Soviet Union did. The United States just swooped in at the last minute to do some minor cleanup and took all the credit. Almost immediately after the dust settled, the bourgeoisie wasted no time in stabbing the Soviet Union in the back by spreading anti-communist propaganda to get the public to fear and hate everything that gave power and any resemblance of freedom and prosperity to the proletariat. Now, if you know someone who has "served" and was injured or killed. Don't get mad at me for speaking truth to power. Direct your anger towards the United States government for sending them off to die in a pointless war, conflict, or military operation that the United States instigated. Let me be absolutely clear. Although I disagree with Veterans and military personnel, in general, for their choice to be a willing pawn for the military industrial complex who I feel are undeserving of an honor, that does not mean I hate them. Unless they were participants in war crimes and are proud of slaughtering people, whether directly or indirectly, that's a different story. People who are proud of killing others who wish they could do it over and over again, those are sick and twisted individuals. That caveat aside, I believe everyone deserves to have their needs met with a government that actually cares about the well-being of people both here and abroad. In conclusion, the underlying reason for all these wars and conflicts is that the United States needs oil to back up the petro dollar. Without the dollars influence and buying power, the United States loses most, if not all, of its hegemony and economic stranglehold over others. So, basically, the problem is that of capitalism. With that said, though, by no means does that mean other countries are innocent in their foreign affairs, but the United States is by far the worst. It's not even a contest.

■ Military Empires: A Visual Guide to Foreign Bases

https://worldbeyondwar.org/military-empires/

■ Companies associated with the military industrial complex

https://www.militaryindustrialcomplex.com/companies.php

■ The Myth of Western Civilization Exposed

https://youtu.be/OtJcXrpVZsA

■ Mapping US Imperialism https://www.globalresearch.ca/mapping-us-imperialism/5782752

■ US Spreads Misery across the globe

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/01/02/u-s-spreads-misery-across-the-globe-by-imposing-sanctions-on-a-third-of-humanity/

■ US sanctions kill 500k+ a year

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X%2825%2900189-5/fulltext

■ An estimation on the Death Toll of Capitalism

https://youtu.be/rIB4e8AfPcM

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Christopher Pitzi's avatar

Still nah, homie. Lol.

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Helena Llera's avatar

“People to the streets!”

Down with Trump regime!

Down with US imperialism!

No War for Oil!

Viva Venezuela!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Yes.

Get out on the streets, America!

They obviously didn't like what they could see coming in the mid-terms.

"Sorry, can't have elections - can't you see we're at war?"

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Porter's avatar

Trump made this clear during the election. He said that if we voted for him, we'd never have to vote again. So of course there won't be any midterm elections.

He's not doing anything that he didn't tell us he would do, and Americans voted for him anyway. Either he wasn't taken seriously by his MAGATs, or they just thought it was his usual bluster.

He not just hiding from being revealed as a pedophile, he wants to show how big and powerful he is. What will he invade next? Why, Greenland, of course, and after that, maybe parts of Canada or Mexico, or perhaps Cuba - anyplace that doesn't show him enough respect.

This guy is crazy, totally loonie tunes.

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Stephen Birchett's avatar

And if he's not removed what happens then? Xi feels empowered to invade Taiwan, Putin ramps up his war in Europe? USA needs to wake up and realise this is not just the establishment of kleptocratic tyranny at home but the green light for the advance of the new world order as envisaged by the unholy triumvirate of the Heritage Foundations' useful idiot, Putin and Xi Jinping. It seems almost certain that the 2026 mid-term elections in USA will not be held as martial law will be enacted and the oligarchic tyranny destroys American democracy. This catastrophic dystopia can only be averted by American citizens removing Trump and his dreadful regime and restoring a legitimate democracy. Invoke the 25th amendment, impeach or by any other legitimate means lance the boil now before the infection claims us all.

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IM Citizen's avatar

Canada, Greenland, Mexico. He’s already told us he would. Wake the fck Amerika and stop him! Illegally is fine.

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Elaine Lueras's avatar

🍊 Fat Boi is also trying to protect his billionaire pedophile buddies. If they go down, they will take him down with them. Donnie Diddler ain't havin' that.

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Martin Blais's avatar

Unfortunately, this is not a war. It's an illegal invasion, followed by an armed robery, over oil. Exactly like his friend and boss, Putin who is invading Ukraine.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Once he started capturing ships on the high seas, this was only a matter of time.

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Elaine Lueras's avatar

And murdering people at sea. They knew they blew it because subsequent survivors were rescued and repatriated to face drug charges. They weren't summarily executed like the first 2. Talk about admission of guilt without a word.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Silence the witness. Typical mob tactic.

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

Like naming this a conflict, as in Korea Conflict in the, 50's?????

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Porter's avatar

Trump made this clear during the election. He said that if we voted for him, we'd never have to vote again. So of course there won't be any midterm elections.

He's not doing anything that he didn't tell us he would do, and Americans voted for him anyway. Either he wasn't taken seriously by his MAGATs, or they just thought it was his usual bluster.

He not just hiding from being revealed as a pedophile, he wants to show how big and powerful he is. What will he invade next? Why, Greenland, of course, and after that, maybe parts of Canada or Mexico, or perhaps Cuba - anyplace that doesn't show him enough respect.

This guy is crazy, totally loonie tunes.

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brad ziegel's avatar

Correct and this can give them Constitutional suspension powers after he calls for a Marshall law. This has all gone way too far now and if congress is conspiring against us we will have trouble acting within the confines of the law.

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TEH4Control's avatar

It's coming! There will be no mid term election. Buckle your seat belts and get out your barfbags this turbulence will be sickening. Happy 250 birthday America!

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Julius Cesar wasn't killed by the Roman people. He was killed by Brutus and 12 angry senators.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

And which of our "twelve angry senators" is going to even TRY to despatch trump? I'm sure he looks at Schumer and breaks out in a cold sweat - not.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Jesus Christ 🤣. Certainly you're not putting this on Jeffries and Schumer, the minority leaders in Congress. Caesar was killed because he wasn't sharing power in Rome with his senators. They didn't like that and guess what, stab stab, bleed bleed. Caesar ruled through fear. When people are in fear, that's what happens. But let me ask you a question: with our sacred 2A, why hasn't anyone voted a shot? I thought that the 2A was supposed to protect us from tyranny? So far, no shots fired. Instead of wanting things to be done for us, isn't it time that "We The People" do something about it or are we just going to bitch and complain online?

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

■ Side Note: Real leftists who are well disciplined don't support the TQIA+ nonsense.

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Barry W's avatar

Are you a bot?

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Marc Klein's avatar

Who's he going to try to blame this on now and where the fuck is Mike Johnson and Congress? Why are they staying silent on this when Trump just violated several international laws and Violated NATO as well... Do we even have a government anymore?

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IM Citizen's avatar

Where’s the ICC? NATO?

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Marc Klein's avatar

Oh believe me in the morning, our friends will become our enemy and take Venezuela side and Trump will get revenge on any country that gets involved. You'll see. This is going to get ugly very quickly... But we6as a country can bo longer be trusted or relied upon ever again.. Our Democracy is dead... Proving yet again, anything Trump touches, dies.

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IM Citizen's avatar

Hate to tell you bro. 🇨🇦 stopped trusting Amerika on election day. He scary assed. I live in Alberta were the oil is. Just this week I said it coming People said No, he wouldn't bomb oilfields. Right. We next. Trump wants war and vengeance against a world who hates him he's the biggest psycho since Putin and Htler. And all the fascist f ks in between.

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

Am with Canada 🇨🇦

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James Lukeman's avatar

The US population needs to be aware that they chose this when they voted for Trump.

This is, sadly, your collective problem.

Not NATO’s, which you no longer really belong to.

Not the ICC’s, which your government never signed up for.

Clean up your own mess and please leave the rest of the world alone.

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StebbinsGirl's avatar

Not ALL of us voted for this 💩hole!

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Diane J's avatar

The majority of the Americab people didn't vote for him, Musk himself admitted digitally tampering with voting machines to help trump win, in fact in his inauguration address trump said, and it's on video, that he wouldn't have won if the election hadn't been rigged.

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James Lukeman's avatar

Yes. I agree. But there is something fundamentally wrong with your system of government and constitution that needs to be fixed. Maybe Americans need to take a look at other working and reasonably functional democracies. Maybe after a popular uprising of some sort. Sorry, but I cannot see Trump holding any kind of election he can’t win. And who’s to stop him?

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Diane J's avatar

What to you suggest-a dictatorship or kinship?Our system needs some fixing but as originally begun it worked very well until the Republicans sold the country out by allowing oligarchs to pay unlimited amounts via passing Citizens United act to basically buy their party and begin the takeover of our country; attacking the education system to produce the dumbest population possible, stacking the judicial system and buying up the main media sources so they could spread their right wing propaganda. What we need is a full on replay of the American Revolution and return to a government that follows the Constitution.

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Stephen Birchett's avatar

All of what you say is spot on. The Heritage Foundation spelled this out in Project 2025. Here in UK, the Tufton Street 'Think Tanks' have a similar blueprint for oligarchic tyranny in 'Britannia Unchained'. They are manifestos for the cannibal capitalist capture of democracy, for the dismantling of welfare, human and labour rights and abandonment of any vestiges of the social contract. Knowing and sharing this is a start but 'progressives' whether imdependents, Democrats, Greens, democratic socialists or whoever must unite across democracies and actively oppose them. Join your progressive party while they are still out there, go to the meetings, join the protests and the demos, voice your fury while you can. It's not enough to sing to the choir on social media. We are om a struggle for our children and grandchildrens' futures.

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James Lukeman's avatar

I understand your anger and frustration. From an outsider’s perspective, I think your last point is important. The US system worked well until Trump took over the Republican Party and he and his fascist backers started exploring your constitution s greatest weakness - the huge potential for the President to create a dictatorship. Another revolution? Why not? Better than losing your rights and freedoms.

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IM Citizen's avatar

No matter what, Amerika needs to be held accountable and Amerika's citizens are hostage to a tyrant. We don't ignore that. It won't clean itself up. The world has eyes and clout. We'll use it to stop this mthrfckr. Like Htlr was stopped.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Except that not all Americans voted for this.

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James Lukeman's avatar

Yes, but under the current system that governs your elections, enough Americans in the right places (thinking of the electoral college step in the Presidential poll) voted out of the citizens who actually bothered to vote. I’m an Australian and I’m happy to cooperate with compulsory voting. Plus zero gerrymandering. Plus a powerful independent countrywide Electoral Commission that runs elections and uses up to date population data to adjust electorate boundaries so we get as close as possible to one person one vote. Plus a “Westminster” parliamentary system where the executive power comes straight out of a majority in the House of Representatives. Certainly not perfect. But bizarre and dangerous political phenomena do not get into or stay in power for long here.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

This government is really, really fundamentally flawed. This administration has exposed the deep fissures in this system. When we get out of this administration, these flaws have to be addressed. I think that abolishing the Electoral College is a start. If trying to get fake electors to install Trump as President after losing in 2020 isn't a wake up call, I don't know what is.

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elliemae.padme66's avatar

The vast majority of Americans did NOT vote for trump.

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James Lukeman's avatar

But a majority who bothered to vote did. Not a big majority, but enough. Many of these seem to regret it, if opinion poll trends are a reliable guide.

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Cappy Fann's avatar

I didn't vote for him. Never have. Never would.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Supporting NATO means you support terrorism.

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Barry W's avatar

Are you a bot?

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James Lukeman's avatar

I’d say either a bot or an old fashioned Soviet era tragic.

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Cappy Fann's avatar

Mile Johnson is certain he has some balls somewhere, but can't recall where he put them. He's thinking he gave it a try, and that's all we can ask for.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Real leftists don't support the democratic party, Reformist/Trotskyist individuals and organizations, the US military and empire, NATO, No Kings, Mamdani, Bernie, AOC, mRNA's, etc. The fact of the matter is that getting rid of Trump and voting in democrats won't solve the problem. That of capitalism. The US was a terrible country long before Trump, nor was the United States a democracy before him, either. This is the harsh reality of it all, which is that the United States can be considered the following: an oligarchy, a corporatocracy, an inverted totalitarianism system, a gerontocracy, a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, and/or a techno feudalist society. But It is not a democracy, nor is it a republic. Moreover, in a 2014 Princeton Study, it showed that public opinion has a “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. Furthermore, it's important to note that the constitution isn't designed to serve the people as a whole. 📕 Book Recommendation: We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few by Robert Ovetz. —

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Barry W's avatar

Are you a bot?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

"Leave a comment"

WTF can you say about this?

The US is run by a mad man - and there are no nurses in the asylum. . .

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IM Citizen's avatar

You can say NO MORE. And take him down.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

Yeah, the "Peace President." Right. The Warmonger President, as it turns out (as we all knew it would). Of course, because his handlers are warmongering Nazis/Christian Nationalists.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

The Peace Prize hasn't represented fighting for peace for half a century considering that Henry Kissinger received one in 1973. You Democrat supporters are poorly educated and propagandized on many a topic.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

Hilarious. Classic projection. Besides missing the point.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

Incorrect. Nothing I said was inaccurate or right-wing in nature. As per usual you supporters of corrupt bourgeois power structure and the evils of capitalism with everything that entails are both dismissing and purposely refusing to consume factual and educational material because you're nothing more than cowards who are terrified of consuming information that would prove you wrong. You're more comfortable with various lies you've been told and would rather believe in those then to have your delusional and simplistic understanding of the world shattered.

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Patt Minelli's avatar

What an idiot ...

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Donna's avatar

He’s been itching to do this😡

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Danita Hamilton's avatar

Exactly he loves this he better leave these other countries alone. He is one sick sicko

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Rachel's avatar

And he’s gonna go after Greenland next

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James Lukeman's avatar

War against Venezuela? Easy. Typical of a cowardly dictator and his corrupt and incompetent government. Sad for a military whose commanders and soldiers choose to engage in an illegal and immoral war. Shameful for the USA.

Canada and Denmark will be a very different and extremely destructive problem for the USA.

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Rachel's avatar

I know..

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James Lukeman's avatar

Maybe Trump is proving to Putin that he has as much power to invade another country and as much skill in justifying it with bullshit propaganda that even he doesn’t believe. Welcome to life in an imperial dictatorship Americans.

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BorikenLibre787's avatar

Exactly. As an American I can say this: the US knows who to mess with. We never go after countries that can fight back

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Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

WE WON’T FORGET ABOUT THE DEMENTIA, THE TRAFFICKED GIRLS, THE HAND BRUISES, OR THE FACT YOU DIDN’T ASK CONGRESS BEFORE ATTACKING CARACAS!

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BMooreCan's avatar

Not to mention Jack Smith’s testimony that djt helped to plan the insurrection on Jan. 6.

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Beth Beaumont Alvernaz's avatar

This is insane and totally unnecessary.

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The Angry Prole's avatar

If a Democrat were in office, you liberals would be supporting this as every one of you are ignorant and propagandized hypocrites who love every atrocity here and abroad when a Democrat is the one selling it to you.

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Barry W's avatar

Are you a bot?

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Ddennski's avatar

Definitely a bot!

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A doc reads's avatar

This is unspeakably evil.

We the People do not want to harm Venezuela.

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GarBrandt's avatar

wtf?

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Tobechukwu Olumba's avatar

Trump is no President, he is a dictator.

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LeRoy's avatar

He’s just a dick.

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Tobechukwu Olumba's avatar

Oh, yes he is.

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Richard Timko's avatar

Very good description.

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Ron's avatar

Actually, he is a power-drunk madman with a severe narcissistic personality disorder who will do anything to feel powerful and "great." US democracy is on the line. If we don't defend it, we are going to lose it!!

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Patricia Fehrenbacher's avatar

I read one description by someone and loved it! I can’t remember all that went into the comment but she called tRump a “piece of shit McTacotit”😝😝😝😝😝😝

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