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Elixir said:
Harry Bosch said:
Trump is looney, and he’s driving us into a recession depression.
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He will declare a national emergency and try to invoke martial law on April 20 or shortly thereafter.
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Seems appropriate. That's was a big holiday in Europe, back in the '40s, though it seems to be less commonly celebrated these days.

They called it "the Führer's birthday".
 
bilby said:
Trump's logic is simple.

Envisage a young Trump, whose daddy just gave him money to buy ice-cream (that's where money comes from).

He takes his dollar to the ice-cream parlor, and swaps it for an ice-cream. He eats the ice-cream. Now he has nothing, and the ice-cream vendor has his dollar. So the ice-cream vendor is a fucking thief! He took Trump's dollar! Trump wants his dollar back, right now. And if he doesn't get it, he will never buy another ice-cream there, ever again.

He hasn't yet worked out that if he never buys another ice-cream, he will never have another ice-cream; Nor that the vendor would frankly be quite happy for this crazy kid, who called him a thief for no reason, to just bugger off. It means he sells less ice-cream, but really, he can just sell to the other, non-crazy, kids. They may not have as much money, but they do at least understand that after you spend money, it's not your money anymore.

Trump refuses to understand this.
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This is a perfect metaphor of just how infantile what passes for his mind is. He really seems to think that if we run a trade deficit with Canada, that deficit constitutes what Canada ripped off from us! How can a man this stupid be president?
 
bilby said:
They called it "the Führer's birthday".
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And probably will again.

“He's setting us up for Martial Law....just in case y'all we're wondering how he plans on dealing with the backlash he's receiving. April 20. What do stupid abusive narcissistic men do when they're outrageously uncomfortable and widely hated by the majority of the planet??? This. So as bad as things are now, they will get worse if he's not stopped.
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Credit to: Tony Pentimalli

This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law

By Tony Pentimalli

On January 20, 2025, while the press focused on the optics of Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration, something far more dangerous was set in motion—off-camera, away from ceremony, and beneath the radar of a public lulled by spectacle.

Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. But the most alarming part? It gave the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security just 90 days to deliver a joint report on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act.

That deadline is April 20.

This wasn’t about immigration. It was about power.

The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military on American soil. That means troops in our cities. That means bypassing governors. That means suspending protest rights. That means the death of democratic dissent—under the false pretense of restoring “order.”

And Trump’s not hiding it. He’s preparing it.

We’ve seen this before. In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Trump didn’t respond with compassion—he called for “domination.” When the military hesitated to invoke the Insurrection Act, Trump sent federal forces to violently clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could wave a Bible in front of a church. Not an ounce of remorse followed. He was angry the generals didn’t go far enough.

This time, he’s made sure they won’t hesitate.

Since returning to power, Trump has purged the Pentagon of independent thinkers. In their place? Loyalists. Pete Hegseth is now Secretary of Defense. Tulsi Gabbard runs intelligence. And J.D. Vance—Vice President—is openly on board with using military force against Americans on American soil.

Then, on March 19, those three—Vance, Gabbard, and Hegseth—staged a photo op at the southern border. Not a routine visit. Not a strategy session. A performance.

Think about it. Why would the Vice President, the head of military intelligence, and the Defense Secretary all need to go to the border together? Why make a media spectacle of it?

Because it wasn’t about the border. It was about the optics. It was about laying the emotional groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act. They were building the narrative. “We had to act.” “We had no choice.” “The crisis was too big.”

And what comes next?

It’s June 2025. Trump goes on national TV and declares that Democratic cities are under siege by “radicals” and “illegals.” He signs the Insurrection Act order. Troops hit the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia. Protesters are arrested under “emergency provisions.” Journalists are detained. Social media accounts vanish. Immigrants are swept into detention centers. The press is told to stand down. The public is told to shut up.

And it’s all legal.

Some of you might think, “He’s bluffing. The military won’t go along. The courts will stop him.”

Really?

Were they bluffing when federal agents brutalized peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square?

Did the military refuse? No. The National Guard was deployed. Many in uniform carried out the order. It was only later that a few expressed regret—after the damage was done.

Did the courts stop January 6? No. They prosecuted rioters after the fact, but the attack happened. Congress fled. Democracy was nearly strangled live on TV.

Did they stop the family separation policy? No. Thousands of children were taken from their parents before courts intervened—long after the trauma was inflicted.

Did they stop the Muslim ban? No. The Supreme Court upheld it. Entire families were stranded or banned simply because of where they came from.

Did they stop ICE raids or CBP abuses? Rarely. A handful of rulings. A few headlines. But the system kept grinding, unchecked and cruel.

So if you’re waiting for “the system” to save us, you’re waiting for something that has already failed.

The April 20 report is coming. If it recommends using the Insurrection Act—and let’s be honest, it will—Trump will frame it as a reluctant but necessary move. He’ll say he tried everything else. He’ll claim it’s about protecting America.

But what he’s really protecting is his own authority.

This is how authoritarianism arrives: not with tanks, but with legal memos, press events, and a scared public hoping someone else will stop it.

So what do we do?

We speak now. Loudly. Forcefully.

Call your representatives and demand they investigate Trump’s January 20 order.

Push the media to report on the Insurrection Act report before it’s too late.

Demand public statements from military and intelligence leaders—now, not after.

Organize. Educate. Resist.

If you’ve never joined a protest before, this is the moment.
If you’ve never spoken up politically, this is the time.
If you’ve never thought it could happen here—it already is.

The threat isn’t coming.

It’s here.

And silence is exactly what Trump is counting on.
 
Elixir said:
Spacetime Inhabitant said:
Well I am hoping that if and when he declares Martial Law, that the military takes that as an opportunity to arrest him for treason.
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"The Military" is now headed up by a day drunk fratboy. Who did you have in mind.
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The silver lining in this dumpster fire that The Asshole lit is that, if things get worse and stay dismal into 2026, the Dems could flip the House and/or Senate. In the absence of an independent DOJ, and with a judiciary that is MAGA-poisoned, that's about the only way to throw a wrench into the felon's gears. This means paying an excruciating price to gain some control over the man, but what else in our system has a chance?
 
ideologyhunter said:
Elixir said:
Spacetime Inhabitant said:
Well I am hoping that if and when he declares Martial Law, that the military takes that as an opportunity to arrest him for treason.
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"The Military" is now headed up by a day drunk fratboy. Who did you have in mind.
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The silver lining in this dumpster fire that The Asshole lit is that, if things get worse and stay dismal into 2026, the Dems could flip the House and/or Senate. In the absence of an independent DOJ, and with a judiciary that is MAGA-poisoned, that's about the only way to throw a wrench into the felon's gears. This means paying an excruciating price to gain some control over the man, but what else in our system has a chance?
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I dare not speak of that possibility. We’ll see what Putin, Musk and the lesser billionaires throw at the wall. I’m kind of expecting …

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Trump WILL back down, claim victory and blame democrats for the wreckage he leaves in his wake, as is his habit.

His idolators will parrot his handlers’ nonsense and it will echo from the sand traps of Mag-a-Lardo to the Santa Monica pier.
 
Elixir said:
Trump WILL back down, claim victory and blame democrats for the wreckage he leaves in his wake, as is his habit.

His idolators will parrot his handlers’ nonsense and it will echo from the sand traps of Mag-a-Lardo to the Santa Monica pier.
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I'm not so sure. In his first term, he had the "adults in the room" holding him back. Now he's surrounded himself with people who - even if they know better - will say "that sounds like a great idea, boss!"

At the end of last week, a lot of people were hoping he'd back down. When the futures came out last night, those same people figured "he can't ignore this."

When the market tanked again today, he said people need to "take their medicine." He's not trying to pass the buck. He's taking credit for the chaos. He's enjoying this shit show.
 
What should we call the coming recession? One to be remembered by for the history books? Here's a few ideas:

The Trumpression
The Great Orange Depression
The Don Conpression
The Tangerine Tyrant Crash
The Self-Inflicted Don Recession
The Trump Tariff Global Depression
 
Axulus said:
What should we call the coming recession? One to be remembered by for the history books? Here's a few ideas:

The Trumpression
The Great Orange Depression
The Don Conpression
The Tangerine Tyrant Crash
The Self-Inflicted Don Recession
The Trump Tariff Global Depression
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Not worth mocking.
 
Bargain hunting leading to strong opening.

Trump has also suggested negotiations are on going giving markets hope that this is a nothingburger. Of course Trump threatened an additional 50% tariff on China which would slaughter the US and Chinese economies.
 
TV and credit cards said:
Anyone who took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, perhaps.
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There are 273 Republicans in congress who did exactly that, yet they sit on their hands while a foreign drug addict was appointed but not vetted took over THEIR job of overseeing spending and money. They sit idly by as the president ignores a court order. The watch and squirm a bit...not enough to get his attention, at him taking their job of tariffs. Unless you have a backbone, there are 273 men and women who took that oath and will stay on the sidelines.
 
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