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Deiettra Malone's avatar

The United States of Hell is where we are living now!

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Erik S's avatar

It’s going to get worse. Unless you make millions a year, it’s going to be rough. The GOP has zero plans to control inflation. You can see this in the tariffs problems. It’s creating uncertainty which is not good for business. Raising prices on everything. It’s all a ploy to make those with money, MORE MONEY while driving the rest of us deeper into the poorhouse.

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Judy Cross's avatar

I believe that is exactly what they are doing. No health insurance for the poorest, so they don't get care or medication. Then what happens? They die. Food prices will become so high that only the richer people will be able to eat. What happens to those that cannot afford to buy food. They starve to death. People that can't afford to have a home or apartment will be on the streets, trying to survive. They will be picked up by ICE and sent to a foreign country. I believe that is exactly the plans of this government and where we are heading if we don't stop them. We have to fight harder than any of us have ever fought before to get rid of this regime before it is too late. Even the republicans will be part of this "getting rid of the poor, the weak, the infirm, the ones they don't think are worthy and they need to start paying attention before it's too late for us and for them.

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Black Raven's avatar

They are telling the American people "Let them eat cake." Like in the French Revolution. But this time they're really saying "Let them eat shit." But we can also start our own Revolution and eat the fucking rich.

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gunter.huainigg's avatar

How abou this?:

From Liz Cheney

Dear Democratic Party,

I need more from you.

You keep sending emails begging for $15,

while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.

This administration is not simply “a different ideology.”

It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the executive pen all under its control.

And you?

You’re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF.

That won’t save us.

I don’t want to hear another polite floor speech.

I want strategy.

I want fire.

I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle — not fits inside one.

Every time I see something from the DNC, it’s asking me for funds.

Surprise.

Those of us who donate don’t want to keep sending money just to watch you stand frozen as the Constitution goes up in flames — shaking your heads and saying,

“Well, there’s not much we can do. He has the majority.”

I call bullshit.

If you don’t know how to think outside the box…

If you don’t know how to strategize…

If you don’t know how to fight fire with fire…

what the hell are we giving you money for?

Some of us have two or three advanced degrees.

Some of us have military training.

Some of us know what coordinated resistance looks like — and this ain’t it.

Yes, the tours around the country? Nice.

The speeches? Nice.

The clever congressional clapbacks? Nice.

That was great for giving hope.

Now we need action.

You have to stop acting like this is a normal presidency that will just time out in four years.

We’re not even at Day 90, and look at the chaos.

Look at the disappearances.

Look at the erosion of the judiciary, the press, and our rights.

If you do not stop this, we will not make it 1,460 days.

So here’s what I need from you — right now:

1. Form an independent, civilian-powered investigative coalition.

I’m talking experts. Veterans. Whistleblowers. Journalists. Watchdog orgs.

Deputize the resistance. Build a real-time archive of corruption, overreach, and executive abuse.

Make it public. Make it unshakable.

Let the people drag the rot into the light.

If you can’t hold formal hearings, hold public ones.

If Congress won’t act, let the country act.

This isn’t about optics — it’s about receipts.

Because at some point, these people will be held accountable.

And when that day comes, we’ll need every name, every signature, every illegal order, every act of silence—documented.

You’re not just preserving truth — you’re preparing evidence for prosecution.

The more they vanish people and weaponize data, the more we need truth in the sunlight.

2. Join the International Criminal Court.

Yes, I said it. Call their bluff.

You cannot control what the other side does.

But you can control your own integrity.

So prove it. Prove that your party is still grounded in law, human rights, and ethical leadership.

Join.

If you’ve got nothing to hide — join.

Show the world who’s hiding bodies, bribes, and buried bank accounts.

Force the GOP to explain why they’d rather protect a war criminal than sign a treaty.

And while you’re at it, publicly invite ICC observers into U.S. borders.

Make this administration explain — on camera — why they’re terrified of international oversight.

3. Fund state-level resistance infrastructure.

Don’t just send postcards. Send resources.

Channel DNC funds into rapid-response teams, legal defense coalitions, sanctuary networks, and digital security training.

If the federal government is hijacked, build power underneath it.

If the laws become tools of oppression, help people resist them legally, locally, and boldly.

This is not campaign season — this is an authoritarian purge.

Stop campaigning.

Act like this is the end of democracy, because it is.

We WILL REMEMBER the warriors come primaries.

Fighting this regime should be your marketing strategy.

And let’s be clear:

The reason the other side always seems three steps ahead is because they ARE.

They prepared for this.

They infiltrated school boards, courts, local legislatures, and police unions.

They built a machine while you wrote press releases.

We’re reacting — they’ve been executing a plan for years.

It’s time to shift from panic to blueprint.

You should already be working with strategists and military minds on PROJECT 2029,

a coordinated, long-term plan to rebuild this country when the smoke clears.

You should be publicly laying out:

• The laws and amendments you’ll pass to ensure this never happens again

• The systems you’ll tear down and the safeguards you’ll enshrine

• The plan to hold perpetrators of human atrocities accountable

• The urgent commitment to immediately bring home those sold into slavery in El Salvador

You say you’re the party of the people?

Then show the people the plan.

4. Use your platform to educate the public on rights and resistance tactics.

If they’re going to strip us of rights and lie about it — arm the people with truth.

Text campaigns. Mass trainings. Downloadable “Know Your Rights” kits. Multilingual legal guides. Encrypted phone trees.

Give people tools, not soundbites.

We don’t need more slogans.

We need survival manuals.

5. Leverage international media and watchdogs.

Stop hoping U.S. cable news will wake up.

They’re too busy playing both sides of fascism.

Feed the real stories to BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Spiegel — hell, leak them to anonymous dropboxes if you have to.

Make what’s happening in America a global scandal.

And stop relying on platforms that are actively suppressing truth.

Start leveraging Substack. Use Bluesky.

That’s where the resistance is migrating. That’s where censorship hasn’t caught up.

If the mainstream won’t carry the truth — outflank them.

Get creative. Go underground. Go global.

If our democracy is being dismantled in broad daylight, make sure the whole world sees it — and make sure we’re still able to say it.

6. Create a digital safe haven for whistleblowers and defectors.

Not everyone inside this regime is loyal.

Some are scared. Some want out.

Build the channels.

Encrypted. Anonymous. Protected.

Make it easy for the cracks in the system to become gaping holes.

And while you’re at it?

Stop ostracizing MAGA defectors.

Everyone makes mistakes — even glaring, critical ones.

We are not the bullies.

We are not the ones filled with hate.

And it is not your job to shame people who finally saw the fire and chose to step out of it.

They will have to deal with that internal struggle — the guilt of putting a very dangerous and callous regime in power.

But they’re already outnumbered. Don’t push them back into the crowd.

We don’t need purity.

We need numbers.

We need people willing to burn their red hats and testify against the machine they helped build.

7. Study the collapse—and the comeback.

You should be learning from South Korea and how they managed their brief rule under dictatorship.

They didn’t waste time chasing the one man with absolute immunity.

They went after the structure.

The aides. The enforcers. The loyalists. The architects.

They knocked out the foundation one pillar at a time —

until the “strongman” had no one left to stand on.

And his power crumbled beneath him.

You should be independently investigating every author of Project 2025,

every aide who defies court orders,

every communications director repeating lies,

every policy writer enabling cruelty,

every water boy who keeps this engine running.

You can’t stop a regime by asking the king to sit down.

You dismantle the throne he’s standing on — one coward at a time.

Stop being scared to fight dirty when the other side is fighting to erase the damn Constitution.

They are threatening to disappear AMERICANS.

A M E R I C A N S.

And your biggest move can’t be another strongly worded email.

We don’t want your urgently fundraising subject lines.

We want backbone.

We want action.

We want to know you’ll stand up before we’re all ordered to sit down — permanently.

We are watching.

And I don’t just mean your base.

I mean millions of us who see exactly what’s happening.

I’ve only got 6,000 followers — but the groups I’m in? The networks I touch? Over a quarter million.

Often when I speak, it echoes.

But when we ALL

speak, it ROARS with pressure that will cause change.

We need to be deafening.

You still have a chance to do something historic.

To be remembered for courage, not caution.

To go down as the party that didn’t just watch the fall — but fought the hell back with everything they had.

But the clock is ticking.

And the deportation buses are idling.

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Dave G's avatar

Never liked her Dad much. But Liz is Amazing!

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Judy Cross's avatar

Gunter: Thank you for sharing this. She is so right. I hope they will start doing what she is suggesting before it is too late. I wish she was in Congress right now.

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Erik S's avatar

They’re driving us to revolt. That way Donnyboy can stay in power. How I see it.

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Barbara Hopper's avatar

That's my take. I remember one of Trump's rally speeches where he said that all it was going to take was one awful bloody day, then all will be good. When the poor revolt en mass, he will mow them down, and declare Martial Law. Then we can't have elections to put him out of office.

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SFGal's avatar

With Democracy Docket's 55 lawsuits in 24 states combatting voter suppression on all fronts this regime already is preparing for no future elections in this nation. Carefully analyzing the attacks on birthright citizenship it too is ultimately all about voter suppression, the children of undocumented and their generation of children as well. It is a pervasive undermining of free elections with ramifications far beyond the surface issues. Repugs are feeling invulnerable ("they'll get over it") because they are secure knowing there will be no legal 2026 election given how many they plan on disenfranchising through one con or another. The SCOTUS is on their side, definitely not ours!

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Sue's avatar

Well put. That is reminescent of the 1930's. Cruelty and Greed.

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Sally Buehne's avatar

Seems more like medieval times. Soon the rich will be Lords and we'll all be serfs.

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Vivian Fletcher's avatar

Absolutely! I agree and I am sick and disgusted!

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Larry Lathrop's avatar

Nobody is talking about how the current purposeful devaluation of the US dollar is set to ravage consumers. Of course, cryptocurrency is being touted as the eventual replacement for the dollar whether it is said directly or not. Thus, the billionaire criminals running our government will wildly benefit, while the rest of us fall further and further behind.

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Erik S's avatar

They (Congress and Senate) signed off on that bill (Crypto) so fast the ballpoint pens exploded….

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gunter.huainigg's avatar

The strategy is to enslave the normal people.Back to a form of aristocracy , an oligarchy with those uber-rich living like monarchs back in the days and served by peasants.

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AAA M's avatar

You said it. Everyday is a freaking nightmare.

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Betty Bad's avatar

I can’t believe the Judges in the Supreme Court is selling

America down the river!!!

They should be the first to be

replaced under Taco Trump !!!!

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Rachel C's avatar

What else would they do? They are bought and paid for. Except for our blisteringly brilliant women: Kagan, Sotomayor, Brown Jackson. 👹

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Tammy  Scott's avatar

We need to abort The Supreme Corrupt Court!

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Betty Bad's avatar

Exactly!!

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Rhonda's avatar

I will not bend a knee to oligarchy, I turn my back on it. I'm an American and Americans fight for Democracy....

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Well, not all Americans . . .

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Rhonda's avatar

Yes, those who bend their knee are un-American fascists pretending their not betraying their country...

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Larry Lathrop's avatar

Almost the entire Republican party can now be classified as Jingos or false patriots. The Confederacy rises from the grave.

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO END UP AS A CIVIL WAR.

I’m sitting here pondering what the fuck is happening to my Democratic government? It all boils down to that we’re all different and in many ways we’re all the same. But it is the here and now, so, what is the worst-case scenario are we realistically looking at? And how can we avoid it.

I was told the worst things that we’re looking at now is a Civil War, and I say this because just before the shit hits the fan, and I’m told it will hit the fan, I’d say 75% to 80% of the American people will be ready to fight for Freedom. This majority of the people will know exactly which elected leaders caused this volcano that is about to explode.

So, no matter which sides comes out on top, all the conservative of the Supreme Court Justices and all the Republicans in Congress that backed the Trump government will never be safe.

These co-conspirator’s of Trump must really recognize what they have caused and created, so it behooves them to reverse all the decisions that they made to further this takeover of our American Government, and take a stand for Democracy, and while many of them have stood on the sidelines holding Trump’s coat, because as sure as God made little green apples, one day you will be hunted down. That is if history repeats itself.

So, mark my words, and so will for that matter, that every elected Republican leader, in every city in the United States of America, will be hunted down, as well. And y’all should Govern yourselves accordingly.…..and that goes for your families as well!

The really sad part is, that all of Law Enforcement and our Military will be caught in the middle. They will have a difficult choice to make, because they took an Oath, which is a just cause, and on the other hand do they blindly follow that Oath, or do they fight the real enemy that didn’t follow America’s Constitution and the laws of America?

These American heroes have families to consider, and they might be fractured politically as well.

America, we have a dictatorship at the wheel of this ship! SOS

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

🇺🇸THE PEOPLE DECLARE; AMERICA BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE 🇺🇸

We are the rightful owners. The government is our employee. And justice is long overdue.

We, the People of the United States of America, hereby declare that:

• IMPEACH AND CONVICT TRUMP & VANCE!

• The government is not our ruler, but our employee — hired, funded, and directed by us, the sovereign citizens of America.

• For too long, that employee has acted against our will, against our interests, and in service to corporate and financial masters who have bought the law, corrupted the courts, and captured our democracy.

• The fruits of our labor have been stolen, our families buried in debt, our bodies broken by stress, and our dreams deferred — all the while; a corrupted government, protected by corrupted attorneys, enriched its donors, protected its cronies, and silenced its critics.

• We have been denied the most basic human guarantees: Free health, Free education, housing, and dignity — not because we can’t afford them, but because greed & corruption has stood in the way.

Today, We the People Say:

✅ We are the owners of this nation — not banks, not billionaires, not politicians and not the corrupted attorneys.

✅ The American government is our employee, and our Public Servants will serve us, or be fired, or indicted, convicted and imprisoned.

✅ We grant ourselves the bonus we were always owed:

• Free health care, dental care, & prescriptions. No more Insurance companies, no more HMO’s, no more PPO’s, no more deductibles, no more co-pays. No Insurance company employee will lose their job.

• Free education, free childcare for the poorest families from birth until 18 years of age, and open 24/7. This includes universities and technical schools, but no private schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.

• No more Income Taxes if you earn less than $1,000,000.00. No I.R.S. agent will lose their job.

• Unconscionable Debt-free lives.

• A stable home and no property taxes on our personal residences.

• A living wage for a reasonable decent life.

• Time to raise and care for our children, to care for our elders, to care for the children, to care for the poor, to care for the middle class, to protect the rich as well, to care for our sick, and to care for our Great Veterans.

• Equal rights for everyone. We are a secular Nation. You have the Right to worship your religion, or not believe in a religion, this is a must for America to Prevail as a Democratic Country, with a Democratic Government .

• A Woman’s body belongs to the Woman; The Woman makes every decision about her body.

• Control of our own future & spread our happiness and prosperity to the World!

• Like China, America will print our money with no National Debt, & we will retire The Federal Reserve Banking Act. America will print all the money necessary to keep our Democracy free and prosperous and keep the U.S. dollar valuable worldwide.

• If an Immigrant is in the USA illegally, and they have no weapons or violence in their history, we must allow them to apply for asylum or citizenship. For over 70 years our Government allowed and caused the immigration issue to become uncontrollable. Humanely & practicable, this is our best solution. Get caught coming over the border illegally now, means 1 year detention, then immediate deportation and no hearing.

✅ And we say never again will we be ruled by fear, trapped by excessive debt, or sold off to the highest bidder.

This is not revolution — this is our reward for developing a great Democracy and our hard work.

This is not utopia — this is justice.

This is not theory — this is what happens when the people remember they are the sovereign power in a free nation.

We are not asking.

We are not pleading.

We are restoring what is ours.

And we will never give it back.

AMERICA; FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE…..

FOR OUR PEOPLE, BY OUR PEOPLE, OF OUR PEOPLE…..

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Susan Meeker-Lowry's avatar

And right now, in order to get from here to there, it appears it will take a revolution in the streets.

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

Absolutely correct, but the streets to me means, knocking on every door on every block in the USA, so everyone gets a copy of my mandate, which is this; 🇺🇸THE PEOPLE DECLARE; AMERICA BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE 🇺🇸

We are the rightful owners. The government is our employee. And justice is long overdue.

We, the People of the United States of America, hereby declare that:

• IMPEACH AND CONVICT TRUMP & VANCE!

• The government is not our ruler, but our employee — hired, funded, and directed by us, the sovereign citizens of America.

• For too long, that employee has acted against our will, against our interests, and in service to corporate and financial masters who have bought the law, corrupted the courts, and captured our democracy.

• The fruits of our labor have been stolen, our families buried in debt, our bodies broken by stress, and our dreams deferred — all the while; a corrupted government, protected by corrupted attorneys, enriched its donors, protected its cronies, and silenced its critics.

• We have been denied the most basic human guarantees: Free health, Free education, housing, and dignity — not because we can’t afford them, but because greed & corruption has stood in the way.

Today, We the People Say:

✅ We are the owners of this nation — not banks, not billionaires, not politicians and not the corrupted attorneys.

✅ The American government is our employee, and our Public Servants will serve us, or be fired, or indicted, convicted and imprisoned.

✅ We grant ourselves the bonus we were always owed:

• Free health care, dental care, & prescriptions. No more Insurance companies, no more HMO’s, no more PPO’s, no more deductibles, no more co-pays. No Insurance company employee will lose their job.

• Free education, free childcare for the poorest families from birth until 18 years of age, and open 24/7. This includes universities and technical schools, but no private schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.

• No more Income Taxes if you earn less than $1,000,000.00. No I.R.S. agent will lose their job.

• Unconscionable Debt-free lives.

• A stable home and no property taxes on our personal residences.

• A living wage for a reasonable decent life.

• Time to raise and care for our children, to care for our elders, to care for the children, to care for the poor, to care for the middle class, to protect the rich as well, to care for our sick, and to care for our Great Veterans.

• Equal rights for everyone. We are a secular Nation. You have the Right to worship your religion, or not believe in a religion, this is a must for America to Prevail as a Democratic Country, with a Democratic Government .

• A Woman’s body belongs to the Woman; The Woman makes every decision about her body.

• Control of our own future & spread our happiness and prosperity to the World!

• Like China, America will print our money with no National Debt, & we will retire The Federal Reserve Banking Act. America will print all the money necessary to keep our Democracy free and prosperous and keep the U.S. dollar valuable worldwide.

• If an Immigrant is in the USA illegally, and they have no weapons or violence in their history, we must allow them to apply for asylum or citizenship. For over 70 years our Government allowed and caused the immigration issue to become uncontrollable. Humanely & practicable, this is our best solution. Get caught coming over the border illegally now, means 1 year detention, then immediate deportation and no hearing.

✅ And we say never again will we be ruled by fear, trapped by excessive debt, or sold off to the highest bidder.

This is not revolution — this is our reward for developing a great Democracy and our hard work.

This is not utopia — this is justice.

This is not theory — this is what happens when the people remember they are the sovereign power in a free nation.

We are not asking.

We are not pleading.

We are restoring what is ours.

And we will never give it back.

AMERICA; FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE…..

FOR OUR PEOPLE, BY OUR PEOPLE, OF OUR PEOPLE…..

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SFGal's avatar

I nominate YOU official leader of the Resistance!

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

I will Honorably be theLeader f the resistance, that's why I joined the crowd on substack, I just have to figure out how to manage the dashboard to go live !!! Forever grateful SFGal

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SFGal's avatar

You do that and keep us posted!

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Larry Lathrop's avatar

The coming Civil War will pit Democracy against Capitalism.

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

Larry you are correct, because capitalism is greed driven and free markets are predatory driven. We need price controls! Essentials must be price protected. Tariffs punish us because it's a tax we pay. The Federal Reserve Act destroyed our ability to print money and use it to keep America prosperous and happy for most Americans. My plan will give us a life we deserve........All we have to do is be the world's leading Democracy, and have a thriving economy by the people, for the people, of the people.....

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SFGal's avatar

I second my nomination stated above!

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

United We Stand, Divided We Fail.

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Sally Buehne's avatar

Or Democracy against Oligarchy.

The U.S. is a capitalist democracy, and has been since the earliest days of this nation. But there must be a balance of capitalism with socialism. Look to those Scandinavian social democratic countries, where it's reported that those populations have the highest satisfaction with their governments. Why – and why doesn't the U.S. try to emulate their models? [rhetorical question]

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Larry Lathrop's avatar

This country has ALWAYS favored fascism over socialism. Just look at the post WWII situation. This country virtually welcomed Nazis to resettle in this hemisphere (forget Nazi hunters) while starting black lists for Russian sympathizers.

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Lucky Lieberman's avatar

Sally, there are 220 million adults in the USA. say we enroll 190 million against the 1%, it's, we the people, for the people, of the people......let's be that POWER!!

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Catherine Ognissanti's avatar

Republicans think they are above the law and do whatever the hell they want, but the rest of us have to abide by the rules of law. Talk about a hypochritical party. Trump called AOC the dumbest person in congress. He is the dumbest person in the world. He is crass, mean, vile and a criminal. People who voted him in are now seeing just how he is ruining their lives. All the people he is attacking were stupid enough to vote for him. Well welcome to hell, of which you all put us in.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

First off, although I share your sense of outrage where Trump is concerned, please don't make the mistake of thinking Trump is the "dumbest person in the world." He is, indeed, crass, mean, vile, and a criminal, but also incredibly smart at what he wants to be smart at: gaining money, power, favour, sycophants . . .

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Bmandiego's avatar

His money has turned his personalty disorders into a political movement.

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SFGal's avatar

Totally! What an astute observation!

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SFGal's avatar

And as the Senate budget bill is televised right now, DT has issued a warning to his MAGA cult that anyone who fails to vote for his budget has made the decision they will no longer remain in office. So are they going to vote for their constituents or keeping their cushy positions on the tax-payer dole? Any guesses?

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

They'll vote to keep their cushy positions.

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JA's avatar

Trump projection, my dear!

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Sharon's avatar

The problem is that Democrats play by the rules that the Federalist Society created by their judicial welding of power. In 2010, while Obama was president, Citizens United passes through the supreme court allowing corporations unlimited access to politics through financial influence. We didn't just arrive at this moment and Project 2025 is the culmination of a well planned coup. What do we do next??? MAGA is a zombie cult. Dems still focus on what's bunched up in their rear ends. We need grass roots leadership and a strong wind and current to right this ship in the near future.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Yes, MAGA is a zombie cult.

But QAnon was worse. Any idea where they are? Still hanging out in Dallas for the rebirth of JFK?

They can't have simply woken up one morning with functioning brains....

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Susan Meeker-Lowry's avatar

When Citizens United passed, all bets were off. We all knew that. Here we are.

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SFGal's avatar

An author commented this morning on MSNBC: Fear is the real power. Ignorance is the real enemy.

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

Many of us have been saying the supreme Court is corrupt. We were saying that months before the election. Now they are blatantly proving us right.

Corrupt, bought and paid for, in Trump's pocket.

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

And another thing to thank Joe Biden for: he's the one who let Clarence Thomas in.

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JA's avatar

Old Bush nominated Thomas!

That was the start of the jumble!

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Sally Buehne's avatar

Biden can be blamed for not stopping the attacks on Anita Hill, and especially for not calling any other witnesses who were also allegedly sexually harassed by Thomas, but Biden did NOT vote to confirm Thomas.

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SFGal's avatar

Sally clarified the facts on that issue. Thank you!

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SFGal's avatar

Yep! After his SOTU event he made a point of shaking Roberts' hand, thanking him, saying he wouldn't forget and as one analyst this morning stated: Roberts smiled like a seal just thrown a fish treat. Not too obvious.

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Marion Z Murphy's avatar

Term limits for these jackasses ! Have any of them actually read the Constitution?

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Doesn't matter what you read if you don't live it. That includes the Constitution, Bible, Quran, Torah . . . Reading is the easy part.

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Kate's avatar

Obviously not!! Proof of that noem the dog killer and MTG the loudmouth one didn't know what habeas corpus is and the other oh I didn't read that part of the bill! It's their JOBS to READ and know these things!! Bunch of halfwit idiots! IMPEACH THEM ALL!;

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Rachel C's avatar

Sorry, but their jobs are to kiss donnie’s butt. You don’t have to know anything to do that. Just be able to read whatever drivel Stephen Miller puts in front of you. The entire cabinet was selected to destroy the department they are assigned. 👹

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Kate's avatar

Totally correct!!

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SFGal's avatar

And after all their paid vacations, holidays, recesses, etc., it still comes down to last-minute harried haggling back-room intimidation to pass a budget impacting our lives for decades at least. What a freakin' clown show we're paying for only to be punished.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

About as many who have actually read the Bible (versus those who simply claim they have.)

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SFGal's avatar

You mean like "Two Corinthians"?

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Yeah, a WHOLE lot like that.

I wish just ONE damn christian would realize that when The Cowardly Lyin' was asked for his "favorite Bible verse", the fool couldn't even come up with The Golden Rule.

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Judy Cross's avatar

I have a question about ICE. Can each state legally enact a law that says that ICE cannot operate in their state?

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

It's pretty hard to get around the higher legal standing of federal laws over state.

And I dare say that if it ever looked as if any blue state might get out from under control (e.g.-California and Maine), I'm certain that Trump will simply ask for a new law, or enforce/interpret old laws in ridiculously cruel ways.

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JA's avatar

Trump cannot govern by the Constitution, but he can ONLY use Executive Orders!

Congress could write and carry forth bills which would take more time than Trump’s impatience can handle. So EO’s are on his menu-written by the head of Project 2025.

Congress should do its job! They are defunct and completely inactive.

Do not count on them solving all the problems they are making! Weak weenies on The Hill! Scary cats?

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Judy Cross's avatar

I was so hoping that there was some way this could be done. Thanks for the answer.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

If this ever becomes a battle of attrition, the side with true passion and a strong moral center should be able to outlast racist greedmongers.

And we have ideas. They only have threats and cruelty.

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SFGal's avatar

You betcha! I'm so moved by reading all these intelligent analyses, ideas, and comments, feeling so proud to be in such amazing company that stimulates the mind and stirs the spirit! I'm simply overwhelmed by absorbing all the thought-provoking contributions in today's communication! I love being in this Meidas community of like-minded citizens from all walks of life and the nation. You give me hope!

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Kate's avatar

I'm in Oregon and there's a law here where the local police do not have to assist in ice raids....for now anyway

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SFGal's avatar

Why the hell not?!?! Just do it!

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Gina Goulart's avatar

The Supreme Court is throwing America under the bus!! It's simply horrible 😔

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Carl Selfe's avatar

We remain abused by this lawless administration and their goonish Brownshirts. Led by a psychopathic neo-fascist, they are in chaos. This weekend we face the Big Beautiful Bill in Congress. Right now, we must let each of our representatives and senators know we stand strongly opposed to a vote for this bill (in any of its forms with the 2017 tax cut). Call them now. Let them know that you will not ever get over it if they vote for the bill. Why? Because Mitch McConnell said “They will get over it.” The audacity. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/big-beautiful-bull?r=3m1bs

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

Your representatives and senators don't care how you stand on this bill unless they think it will cost them their jobs.

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Kate's avatar

RIGHT?!!! SICKENING ISN'T IT?!!

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SFGal's avatar

Their only raison d'etre, short and simple is numero uno!

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Cat's avatar

They are afraid to lose their money and power. They aren't interested in doing what they were elected to do, the goal is to be a multimillionaire while throwing their constituents and the Constitution under the bus.

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Kate's avatar

McConnell is to blame for the FELON being where he is. The old fart says what they all think...raise our taxes starve us out. .it's sickening. They're all SUCKERS AND LOSERS sucking the hind teat of the FELON! This is what the maggots signed up for and they're now smelling the 💩hitting their fans!! They might wake up at some point but at this point it's too late! Now we're all paying for it!

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SFGal's avatar

I read an essay in the Editorial Board.com stating MAGA's motivating principle for all us little people is driven by Social Darwinism, i.e., a modern uptake on the survival of the fittest, but today it's the richest sacrificing all else. Seems about right.

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Kate's avatar

EXACTLY! They take all the immigrants away, so no one to pick our food, it all dies, food prices rise higher, people can't pay their bills and mortgages, no more affordable health care if any at all. Fights ensue water is scarce poorest die and we all end up starving or worse and all to OBEY the BIGGEST PIECE OF 💩 that has EVER been elevated to the presidency!! Yes Darwinism at its worst!

F all you MAGGOTS!! And the

gop! KARMA NOT JESUS IS COMING FOR YOU ALL WITH YOUR LIES AND HATRED!

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SFGal's avatar

And Gil Duran of Nerd Reich explores and explicates much of this tech-fascist belief system propagated by Silicon Valley leadership, i.e., we're all simply needless detritus, a drag on the AI - crypto - anti-democratic utopia envisioned by the Leonard Leo, Musk, Thiel, Yarvin, Vance cabal.

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SFGal's avatar

Or "We're all going to die" first! The MAGA totally epitomize empathy for our electorate.

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Kate's avatar

Or McConnell saying " Oh they'll get over it!" Good thing he's leaving old POS responsible for not impeaching the FELON in the first place! Spineless bastard..

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SFGal's avatar

Well, as Joni Ernst enunciated, old McConnell ain't exempt from the common destiny (to quote Chief Seattle). He don't look like he's too long for this world.

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Kate's avatar

Yea she's a real prize herself! These people aren't too long in their political careers either...

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Connie Larsen's avatar

Off topic for a minute!

Let’s bring Sherrod Brown back. N get rid of Gym Jordan , 17 yrs! Nothing but rolled up sleeves on a vicious, corrupt incompetent lieing po shit!💩

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JA's avatar
Jun 28Edited

YOU need to speak to those RED Ohio voters! Brown was in the Senate, beaten by a Trumpie. Brown was respected.

Jordan is long termed Trumpie/Congressman who lusts for power! Jordan is NOT respected!

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Connie Larsen's avatar

I know Brown was a senator that worked for the people, was sadly voted out for a trump ass kisser. I like to ask Gym what he is doing to prevent so many terrible spills in Ohio! But he is to busy kissing trumps ass n investigating innocent people!

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Brian Burton's avatar

Trump is not an authoritarian — he's a full-on dictator. That's not a prediction. It's where America is, right now, today. It's a dictatorship. His executive orders have made Congress redundant. His SCOTUS appointments have made the high court his personal echo chamber. He threatens lawyers and judges and makes major law firms his unpaid servants. He grabs people off the streets, denies them any redress or defence and deports them to concentration camps wherever. He holds military birthday parades for himself and floods the streets with troops. He attacks universities and eviscerates public school cirricula to extinguish critical thinking and turn out zombie "patriots" in his own dullard image. And he makes war on the press. Anyone have a better definition of a dictator???

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JA's avatar

Senator Whitehouse is a voice to listen to! He is knowledgeable and wise. Bring it on, Senator.

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Richard France, Ph.D.'s avatar

Once upon a distant time, prior to the Court becoming our Supreme Judicial HOAX, Justice Louis Brandeis anticipated today's dire circumstances when he wrote, "You can have democracy, or you can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but you can't have both." WE ARE NOW AN OLIGARCHY, AMERICA, WITH A FULL-FLEDGED DICTATORSHIP ON THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT HORIZON.

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JA's avatar

OLE’ You have spoken the real truth! Thank you!

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Black Raven's avatar

We need to topple the Heritage Foundation and all these dark money donor billionaire oligarchs. They are the ones making the laws and then the unsupreme right-wing fascist corrupt justices follow suit. Why? Because they're on their payroll. These right-wing fascist courts work for the billionaires not the citizens of this country. It is disgusting, abhorrent, and evil. Get rid of Citizens United and Heritage Foundation and watch how the rest of the republican regime falls altogether.

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JA's avatar

Wish it were that easy!

Citizens United set up the oligarchs rising to power and control in this country. (Check Russian oligarchs out!) Putin uses them to reign! Piles of money!

Democracy and Oligarchy cannot live together!

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Martha Fiorillo's avatar

The Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation have become tools for Authoritarians in this country to destroy our democracy. They want to eliminate our rights to fair elections,education,affordable health care,opportunity for all who work to support their families.

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Black Raven's avatar

It is why we must continue our fight. It won't happen overnight. Because these are evil people dead set on destroying humanity. But we will survive. There is no other choice but to survive. That means fighting back. Protesting, organizing, etc.

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SFGal's avatar

It's starting to feel like "Soylent Green."

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Dik de Bruijn's avatar

And how do you plan to "topple" the Heritage Foundation?

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Black Raven's avatar

Just like other autocracies have fallen. Do the research.

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JA's avatar

Heritage Society/Foundation is run by oligarchs and their henchmen!

Leonard Leo is way more than a millionaire!

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Sue's avatar

How?

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