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Patti B's avatar

I'd like to know who these ICE, aka SS, thugs are. They all look like overweight couch potatoes in need of a gym membership. They come out in frumpy street clothes from Walmart wearing balaclavas and a vest with POLICE ironed on and unmarked black SUVs carrying big guns and no warrants snatching people off the street. I think they're pardoned J6 domestic terrorists.

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Michael's avatar

They should remove their mask. When wearing their mask and no paper work they are thugs. They are no law enforcement.

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Dee Joy's avatar

Most of the j6 insurrectionists were identified bc they didn't wear masks or when they took their masks off, through footage. That's why they're wearing masks now, to make sure they can't be identified.

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Dee Joy's avatar

Fabian Schmidt was abducted and held by the ICE Gestapo for two months. He said they were disrespectful, unprofessional and goading him. They had no training and didn't know what they were doing Schmidt said. They're definitely the proud boys and the pardoned j6 insurrectionists.

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Leah Baum's avatar

I agree. He pardoned the J6 traitors so he can have his on personal army.

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Jean Conley's avatar

....and he definitely has one now...........

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JosieHope's avatar

I may be wrong, but I faintly remember in one of the MAGA rallies someone telling the crowd to put their names on a list, because they would be hiring a lot of people.

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Nora M's avatar

I agree that they are his brown shirts.

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Barb O's avatar

I'd sure like an investigation into new hires this year who work for ICE. They are most likely the same militia types at J6 who are eager and willing to beat people up with impunity. They live in your neighborhood.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Cat's avatar

Thank you Michael, for continuing to speak up and out, to let us know exactly what is happening. I’m an old, retired woman. I am sick of that ass in the oval. I have been, and will continue to speak out, call and write my representatives, and call out what the 🍊 🫏 is doing to all of us! They can come for me! Im ready to face them down! I’ve had enough! I am an RN, Paramedic, Firefighter. I retired after 35 years. I volunteered in my community. I did it to help others. I have no regrets. I will not sit down and shut up! I have rights to speak out and have an opinion. This is not a dictatorship country, at least not if we all fight back! Let’s go! We can and will stop this atrocity!

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

I love your spirit. Ooh rah as my husband would say. I will fight with you. Can we be those ladies sitting somewhere putting things together to help the cause?

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Cat's avatar

Thank you! I want to be the old lady when people see me and they say, “oh no! What is she going to do now?!” I’ve always been outspoken. Comes with working in a male dominated job! I’m always looking for ways to get involved and help our cause!

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

My kids always say that and so do others. But my kids are very proud of what I am doing.

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Mingo's avatar

I will not sit down and shut up either. I'm five foot nothing but have had grown men afraid to face me. We need to keep standing up to these bullies, male or female.

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Cat's avatar

We can do this if we band together, stand up, and demand this entire circus stops! 25th amendment needs to be invoked now!

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WJB Motown's avatar

United we stand......Divided we fall.... Very simple. Underground resistance movements were critical in helping to defeat the axis powers during WW2......history repeats itself.

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Jean Conley's avatar

Looks like we're going to need to do that NOW, too.

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Maryooch's avatar

Another retired firefighter, ready to put some skills to use! 🙂

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Dee Joy's avatar

Yay Cat! Thankyou for your invaluable service to the community. You are an inspiration 💖⭐️💖

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Cat's avatar

Thank you! 😊

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Dee Joy's avatar

Experts leaving USA 🥲 giving info. NYT

https://youtu.be/IXR9PByA9SY?si=B4YfOlYc3gfT1C6N

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Patti B's avatar

Cat, I'm a senior too and share your opinion and stance. Based on the rallys and protests I've been participating in, I have no doubt we, the people, have the power in our numbers to resist this fascist regime. I've met so many people of all demographics and walks of life with one common goal against trump and Doge and sicophants, and that is to protect our democracy and constitution for all Americans. That being said, on June 14th, (same day as trumps vanity dictator victory day parade,) there is another nationwide NO KINGS protest scheduled. Details can be found on these organizations websites for anyone who is interested: 50501; moveon; mobilizeus

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Jean Conley's avatar

I hate to say you're right, but you DEFINITELY ARE.

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Robert C's avatar

It’s reported that the GOP budget bill will add $3.3 trillion to the deficit, but what portion of that is attributable to the tax cut for the wealthy, and what portion of that is attributable to giving the military more than they even requested, to hit Trump’s totally arbitrary $1 trillion figure? These numbers need more attention!

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Jean Conley's avatar

ALL of those tax cuts are going to go to the wealthy (and the wealthy are mostly republiCRAP).

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Andrea Tuthill 🇺🇸🏴🇮🇷🇨🇦's avatar

I can’t even imagine Habba being one bit more competent than pirro. She, like the rest of this administration, are in it for the performance, period. I couldn’t have recognized half of Biden’s cabinet, as most of them weren’t on tv but a handful of times. This so called cabinet is on tv more than doing or, maybe more importantly LEARNING their jobs, or even basic facts about the constitution that a fifth grader would know.

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Claire's avatar

This is the woman who said “I’d rather be pretty than smart because you can fake smart”!!!

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Dorothy's avatar

She is neither pretty or smart, but ugly inside and out. As a union girl, I fought nasty corporate attornerys like her and won. She's a mere corporate lacky, only in it to destroy other people. I know the M.O.

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Leah Baum's avatar

That twits only job as a lawyer was a parking garage lawyer. My gawd she’s dumber than a door knob.

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D Epp's avatar

They're on TV because most of them came from TV--Fox, to be specific, but also other right-wing propagandists. TV is what they know.

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Leah Baum's avatar

Felon 47 has hired 26 idiots who worked at faux noise.

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Thank you Michael for your bravery. Canadian born and raised but moved to the States in 2008, became a citizen in 2017 and met and married my forever love, a Veteran, who died in July 2024 from esophageal cancer. My husband hated Trump and the way he ridiculed veterans. I may become afraid but I will never stand down. Not ever. I will fight for my husband, for our families, both in Canada and the US and for our friends.

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Tammie Honican's avatar

I'm so sorry for your loss! He would love the fact that you are going to fight the good fight! And I will never quit the fight. Apparently it's up to us! And I stand with Canada also. I only live about 100 miles from the boarder, up here in the Pacific Northwest in Washington. I have a lot of family that lives in Canada. And I love the Canadian people! I hate what dump has done!

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Jean Conley's avatar

I think I can say for all of us that our husband did a great job of protecting our country. I wish you the best.

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Sky Blue's avatar

REAL COURAGE is about being afraid of something but doing it anyway!

Our politicians need REAL COURAGE NOW!

WE ALL NEED to be COURAGEOUS TOGETHER NOW!!!

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Cydnie's avatar

This is an honest question… WHY did you lie for Trump? Republicans are bold face lying to constituents and seem to have no problem with it, so I'd like to know why. Is it fear of losing a job? Fear of secrets being exposed? Fear of crimes being exposed? Lying for large sums of money? Fear of losing power? What could make all of these people knowingly lie to the American public? I honestly want to understand, because I couldn't do it.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Tammie Honican's avatar

Thank you Michael for your contribution to the truth! There is one thing that is really disturbing, and that is, who in the hell are these ice guys? Where do they come from? Why do they get to hide their identities? Are they even Americans? I have been wondering about this for awhile now! Keep up the good work!

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Maryooch's avatar

There's a short clip on YouTube showing some basement-dwelling "alpha" boy all dressed up in an ICE jacket with a tag around his neck, admitting that he got the jacket from amazon, and isn't really ICE - just likes to freak people out. What the hell has happened to this society???

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Tammie Honican's avatar

I saw that video! It was so deplorable I couldn't hardly belive it! He thought it was fun to go out and scare these poor people! Disgusting on a whole new level! Plus he's impersonating an official law enforcement! Why is he not getting arrested?

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Maryooch's avatar

I wondered that myself.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Tammie Honican's avatar

Well said, well said! It is pretty disgusting! It is at this point the only way you can look at it!

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Paula DiSipio's avatar

Rump is the bully on the playground. He is incapable of forming healthy relationships so he intimidates to get control. A master manipulator is not smart enough to function without beating down people. Why don’t you see it?

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Andrea Tuthill 🇺🇸🏴🇮🇷🇨🇦's avatar

Why doesn’t who see it? Only a blind person or willfully blind person can claim NOT to see it. All of us been seeing it for years!😂😂

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Paula DiSipio's avatar

Then we have remiss in forcing rump to be removed. To think we have watched for years and not acted on it-makes us weaker

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Paula DiSipio's avatar

And you did nothing

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NCBluegirl's avatar

Don't be afraid people. Donald Trump won't be around forever. He'll make a mess. But we'll have our opportunity to rebuild our country.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Tammie Honican's avatar

The sucky thing is that, if they take dump out, then we have jd, and if the fire jd then we have Mikey johnboy! It's going to be a lose lose situation, for awhile! I wonder if jd would change his tune if he didn't have dump standing over him?

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Christine Mackay's avatar

Let us stand strong together. LIKE so many, who went before us. Thinking of the abolitionists, those who fought for civil rights and many other brave folk!

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

Trump is a dangerously, insanely senile, bullying old man. He is like a nasty, evil, hissing, spitting, hitting, kicking, biting old nursing home patient who has to be put in restraints to stop him from seriously hurting himself and others. We, The People and the Judges who uphold the rule of law are the restraints. We can't let him scare us into allowing his abuse or ignore him and hope he will calm down.

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Angie's avatar

You damn right.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Chameleon's avatar

This piece nails something we don’t talk about enough: fear isn’t just a side effect of Trump’s approach — it is the strategy. The examples Cohen gives aren’t isolated abuses of power; they’re signals. Signals to mayors, lawmakers, and citizens that speaking out will cost you.

What’s striking is how familiar this playbook feels. Target minorities. Weaponize the law. Redefine dissent as disloyalty. It’s not subtle — it’s deliberate. And it’s gaining ground because fear works, especially when it’s dressed up as “law and order.”

We’re watching a soft authoritarianism test its limits — how far it can go before people push back. This article is a reminder: the time to push back is now, before fear becomes the new normal and democracy the forgotten casualty.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Angie's avatar

Americans need to stop being so chickenshit.

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Dorothy's avatar

What do you suggest we should do? Riot? Drumpf will declare martial law. Attack the Capitol like the scum on Jan. 6 who couldn't accept the election results? We may be headed for civil war, and you say we Americans need to stop being "chickenshit?" I think you need to sit down and stfu.

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Angie's avatar

Get into the fucking streets, every SINGLE protest, and stop worrying about what your little bipartisan knitting group might think. If you’re afraid of being arrested, you aren’t the kind of American we need in this moment. You should run for office. That’s where the scared people go to hide.

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Frank Black's avatar

Ice keeps this shit up and they won’t be alive much longer. Also, donnie has pissed off everyone. How long before someone ends the motherfucker?

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KC's avatar

Good luck, Ivanka (look-alike), in pursuing her aspirations with Trump.

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