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Are we now in full blown fascist totalitarianism?

 
 
 
Elixir said:
I'm betting Venezuela.
Low hanging grapes - lots of oil, poorly defended, access through the Gulf of America where random unknown boats are blown up, minimizing piracy risk, no canal travel required.
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Could be right. But also: here's Trump from his March 4 State of the Union:
"To further enhance our national security, my administration will reclaim the Panama Canal, and we've already started doing it...It was given away by the Carter administration...We're taking it back." (Loud applause from Repugs.)
In Trump's conniving brain: Cheap, relatively. Doable. Relatively small target. Huge ego boost for the base -- I got back our canal. Diversion effect: massive.
 
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Side bet: if Trump does occupy the Canal Zone, it will trigger the Chinese to take Taiwan as a "good for the goose" moment. If Trump is trying to contain both Panama and Portland, he'll turn his back on Taipei.
 
Luckily, This kind of thing would only be a problem in a country where any whack job who is easily influenced by violent political rhetoric has easy access to deadly weaponry and can purchase them with pretty much no questions asked.
 
Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, wrote on the social media site X that U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was calling for the government to be overthrown and should be hanged.

“Until people like this, that advocate for the overthrow of the American government are tried convicted and hanged.. it will continue,” Gillette said in response to a video of Jayapal.
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Rump is NOT "the government". He is just hired help. And extreamly incompetent at his job, and needs to be kicked to the street.
 
unapologetic said:
Rep. John Gillette, R-Kingman, wrote on the social media site X that U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was calling for the government to be overthrown and should be hanged.

“Until people like this, that advocate for the overthrow of the American government are tried convicted and hanged.. it will continue,” Gillette said in response to a video of Jayapal.
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Rump is NOT "the government". He is just hired help. And extreamly incompetent at his job, and needs to be kicked to the street.
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We all know of one actual attempt to overthrow the US government, and surely that is worse than simply advocating for "overthrow" (she actually only called for non-violent resistance).
 
As we enter a world in which the Democratic Party gets deemed a terrorist organization, just the act of voting for a Democrat could be considered an attempt to overthrow the government.
 
Shadowy Man said:
As we enter a world in which the Democratic Party gets deemed a terrorist organization, just the act of voting for a Democrat could be considered an attempt to overthrow the government.
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Which it is, goddam right.
 
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Trump says military should use U.S. cities as "training grounds"​

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in conjunction with his kind of message:
politicalwire.com

Trump Threatens to Fire Military Leaders 'On the Spot'

President Donald Trump threatened to fire top military leaders who might disagree with him at a rare meeting with hundreds of top generals and admirals, USA Today reports. Said Trump: "If you don't like what
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Very disturbing...
 
Don2 (Don1 Revised) said:
Very disturbing...
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Your closing words made me reflect on how disturbing the Trump phenomenon has always been, for me and most of my friends. I have never understood how he attracted anything like the number of voters that consider him an ideal leader. First of all, do they have any character assessment skills whatsoever? He is manifestly a liar, first and foremost. Other striking facets of the man are his juvenile and sadistic thinking and his utter contempt for knowledge. His swearing and abusive name calling are on display every week of the year. Who are these Christians who revere him? What good is their religion if they support this man?
A few minutes ago I googled 'What is the American spirit?' to see what the AI collective brain answer would be. Google wrote a message about our core values being optimism, independence, self-determination, unity, and resilience. Our most important ideal is freedom, which encompasses personal liberties like free speech and freedom of religion. But Trump squats on this definition of America and contradicts most of it. How can those values embody Americanism when we've elected a man who talks about going after the 'vermin' in the country; who talks about protesters as if they are all paid, corrupt agents and allied with terrorism; who tells his DOJ to indict his political foes, and sees that it happens; who says that he is so popular that 'negative reporting' is 'illegal'? Trump crafted his rise to power by playing on the darkest side of our national character. I get it. It's still a baffling problem for me, that so many Americans think this is the way we should be.
 
ideologyhunter said:
It's still a baffling problem for me, that so many Americans think this is the way we should be.
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Yeah, likewise.
I have to hope that the vaunted yuuuge popularity of the TrumPutin Party is another TrumPutin lie.
Not sure if that would be good or bad, but it would speak better of the American people if it is another lie.
 
A day after a (Trump appointed) federal judge blocked the Fascist from sending Oregon National Guard to Portland, the fascist scum is sending 300 California National Guard to Oregon.

Mr. Newsom denounced the move as a “breathtaking abuse of power” and said California would sue.

The move came less than a day after Judge Karin Immergut of the U.S. District Court in Oregon issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mr. Trump and the Defense Department from mobilizing 200 Oregon troops for a 60-day deployment there. Mr. Trump had said the troops were needed to respond to demonstrations at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, but the judge wrote that she expected a trial court to agree with the state’s contention that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority.

“They are on their way there now,” Mr. Newsom said of the California troops in a statement. “This isn’t about public safety, it’s about power. The commander in chief is using the U.S. military as a political weapon against American citizens. We will take this fight to court, but the public cannot stay silent in the face of such reckless and authoritarian conduct by the president of the United States.”
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www.nytimes.com

Trump Sends California Guard Troops to Portland, Ore., Newsom Says

The move follows a judge’s order on Saturday blocked the Oregon National Guard from deploying there. California’s governor said the state would sue.
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said that 101 California National Guard members arrived in her state Saturday night by plane and more are on the way. Kotek said there has been no formal communication with the federal government about the deployment.

“This action appears to intentional to circumvent yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge,” Kotek said Sunday. “There is no need for military intervention in Oregon. There is no insurrection in Portland. No threat to national security. Oregon is our home, not a military target.”
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apnews.com

California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.
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Shadowy Man said:
Any resistance from within the command ranks of the National guard, or just the “I was just following orders” defense?
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No news on that ever it seems. Of course all the military lawyers know that they'd be fired for suggesting that anything Trump does is illegal. Not a peep when he orders boats sunk or this. Never.
 
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