#trump’s reign of corruption

[bouncinghedgehog]

Wrong Once Again

There is a meme being passed around suggesting that there were NO BANK

FAILURES during the Trump Criminal Reign but this is a lie. There were 16 bank failures between 2017 and 2020.

2017

Washington Federal Bank for Savings, Chicago IL

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Argonia, Argonia KS

Fayette County Bank, Saint Elmo, IL

Guaranty Bank, Milwaukee WI

First NBC Bank, New Orleans, LA

Proficio Bank, Cottonwood Heights, UT

Seaway Bank and Trust, Chicago IL

Harvest Community Bank, Pennsville NJ

2019

City National Bank of New Jersey, Newark NJ

Resolute Bank, Maumee OH

Louisa Community Bank, Louisa KY

Enloe State Bank, Cooper TX

2020

Almena State Bank, Almena KS

First City Bank of Florida, Fort Walton Beach,

FL

The First State Bank, Barboursville, WV

Ericson State Bank, Ericson NE

[reality-detective]

This 👇 was on a Julian Assange channel I follow.

BOMBSHELL! Kamala Harris on the Run! White Hats Track Her Every Move as Trump’s Return Signals the Fall of Deep State Puppets – GITMO Awaits!

Kamala Harris, once the Deep State’s rising star, is now running for cover. After Trump’s 2024 victory, her world turned upside down. The tables have turned, and Kamala is the hunted.

The White Hats are closing in, determined to bring her to justice. Her role as a puppet for elite manipulation is over, and she’s on a one-way path to GITMO. Every hidden action, every deal she struck in secret, has now come to light. She’s no longer a vice president; she’s a fugitive running from the truth.

Kamala’s True Role Exposed

For years, Kamala’s rise was orchestrated to serve the Deep State’s agenda. Her carefully crafted image was nothing more than a mask for elite interests. Behind the public’s view, she was maintaining the Deep State’s grip. But the 2024 election changed everything. With Trump’s win, the patriots gained the power to bring truth to light.

Kamala’s allies and covert connections are now unraveling, and the White Hats are relentless, exposing her network. Her connections to the CIA, FBI, and other shadowy agencies have turned into her greatest liabilities.

Nowhere Left to Run

Kamala’s escape routes are gone, and her elite handlers can’t protect her. The White Hats track her every move. This isn’t just about an election—it’s a strategic takedown of one of the Deep State’s most embedded operatives. And the destination is set: GITMO. She isn’t just another official—she’s a symbol of betrayal, a puppet of globalist interests now facing real justice.

GITMO Awaits: The End of Kamala’s Reign

The facility at GITMO, a site for traitors to the nation, is ready. Kamala’s undermining of democracy and her ties to globalist operatives are being exposed. This isn’t just punishment; it’s about reclaiming America’s integrity. Patriots have uncovered her schemes, her role in destabilizing elections, and her betrayal of the people.

Trump’s Direct Orders

With Trump’s return, the military is acting with purpose. His orders to bring Kamala to justice are not about vengeance—they’re about dismantling every figurehead of the Deep State. Trump’s military allies are ready to see this mission through. Many who once protected her are now cooperating with the White Hats, understanding the stakes.

Kamala’s Fall Sends a Message

Her capture isn’t just personal; it’s a warning to every elite operative who thought they could manipulate the system. The White Hats won’t stop until every corrupt figure has faced justice. Kamala’s downfall is proof that Trump’s America won’t tolerate treason. Patriots everywhere are seeing the truth unfold.

Justice for the People

Kamala’s arrival at GITMO is more than symbolic—it’s the restoration of justice. She represented a corrupt system, but now patriots are reclaiming their nation. Her day of reckoning is near, and the people are watching. This is only the beginning; Trump and the White Hats are dismantling the Deep State piece by piece. In Trump’s America, betrayal will not go unpunished. 🤔

- Julian Assange

[beauty-funny-trippy]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, along with the other two Democrat-appointed justices, powerfully said in the dissenting opinion: the Supreme Court has made “a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of Government, that no man is above the law.”

"When [a president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune,... In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law," wrote Justice Sotomayor.

This corrupt, extreme far-right Supreme Court has just opened the gates and paved the road for a fascist America. It means politicians, judges, their families, etc., will be in fear if they speak out against the president, or don't do what he wants, they could be arrested or killed. If you protest, you and your family could be imprisoned or shot.

When the Executive branch of government has the power to threaten members of the Legislative and Judicial branches, all "checks and balances" preventing the abuse of power have been destroyed.

Why isn't anyone losing their minds that Biden could now become a dictator or order assassinations? Because everyone knows he is a decent man who would never do such a thing.

However, if Donald Trump wins this election, there is literally nothing to stop him from fulfilling his heart's desire and becoming America's first dictator. He, and any future president, can now, legally, stage a military coup and hold on to power for life and his vice president would be the next to reign for the rest of their life. No more real elections.

Now, more than ever, Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to America.

In this election, not voting, is a dangerous choice.

[thenameswinter99]

I generally avoid to talk about politics in my blog, but I woke up choosing violence and I won’t keep myself any longer.

Message to the Americans from an European:

FUCK YOU ALL.

How could you ever, EVER think of voting a racist, homophobic, misogynist, megalomaniac and all the negative adjectives of the world man? I had little hope in Kamala, I had the feeling she would not win… BUT HOW COULD YOU, HOLY SHIT?

Do you think your “saviour”, the same who said that he should have trusted men around like Hitler with their generals? The same man who allowed one his constituents to call Kamala a “whore” and simulated a oral practice with his microphone IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE (who have less brain than him, let’s be honest), the same who organized the assault of Capitol Hill because he could not accept defeat, the same man who had another scum called Elon Musk corrupting the people by donating millions for voting for Trump (a practice ILLEGAL, I L L E G A L), would really MaKe AmErIcAh gReAt AgAiN?

We will talk about this when you’ll cry about multiple civil war starting in your country, because this is what will happen. And I will not be impressed when I’ll read the news in the newspaper.

Don’t cry when you’ll lose your house due to the climate change, because your beloved new President doesn’t believe in climate change and will do everything to turn your back and keep polluting the world, affecting us as well (the Spain floods should be a living example)

Europeans (the intelligent ones, as there are the no brained ones who are celebrating Trump’s victory) are looking at you with extremely side eye because you ruined us. You LITERALLY ruined us, already fragile from two wars that are far from seeing the end. Don’t think that he will be the Messiah that will stop all the wars: it won’t happen. Don’t think the economical and commercial relationships will improve under him: it won’t happen.

For all the women voting for Trump: I hope you look in your mirror in the morning and be ashamed of yourself, because there were women behind you who FOUGHT AND DIED for your fucking rights, and you put your vote on a man that will erase your rights in a heartbeat. Don’t cry when you’ll be treated as a baby machine, because you’ll have to shut up when it will be too late to complain.

For all the Americans who voted for Kamala and tried to break the cycle and giving America a better future: I’m so sorry. I’m so fucking sorry. I know she wasn’t your best candidate, that she has lots of flaws, but the damage would have been less instead of the orange tycoon. We’re living in a simulation of the 1920’s, where violence and ignorance are reigning without being punished. These four years, barring unforeseen events or coups, will pass. And a better future will come.

Thank you for ruining our world, America. Hope you’re proud of yourself. 💜

P.S. Before you attack me after reading my useless wall of text: I’m from Italy, governed by a party of fascist people, with the first Prime Minister being a woman who hates women; who are annulling the women and the LGBTQ+ rights; with the worst press and television censorship; with the population clamouring for higher salaries and lower taxes, but they do nothing; with the highest tax burden but NOTHING is done to lower them; with a Ministry of Transport investigated for kidnapping for ILLEGALLY holding a boat of migrants. I know what will be your destiny, so don’t worry. 💜

[ramlightly]

if you ever do get around to writing and posting the kink character analysis ramble you mentioned in the tags of the "lapis tops" post i would be very interested in reading it and hopefully other people agree with me

Lol I did get a couple of asks for this! Lets see if I can keep this from getting too long.

Okay so- there is a doylist and watsonian aspect to writing kink for characters, right?

Basil and Dandelion have a sub/dom relationship with kinks like humiliation, voyeurism, and bondage. A lot of this is based around Basil''s complicated relationship with sex and catholicism and his own desires to be submissive. Or Dandelion's preference for being on top and being in charge during sex. That's the Watsonian layer.

But then there is my own desires out of their relationship, where I'm playing with hierophilia and a corruption kink and monster-fucking, these not things the characters would be aware of. This is the Doylist layer and are the foundations is what their relationship is actually built on. Basil/Dandelion came together pretty naturally in that regard. I am their god and I want them to fuck like this

In fact, a lot of the characters I make for Temptations are originally because I wanted to explore a different dynamics and relationships. Ginger was for fem-dom. Thistle was because I wanted a bigger lady and a character that acted a third to Basil/Dandelion's dynamic that wasn't romantic. Hollyhock because vampires are hot. They all grew from those originally seeds, but only because I planted them there first.

There are the character's preferences and my preferences for the characters. A a certain point , the actual characterization begins to get in the way. You can't do the same dynamic of Basil/Dandelion with Malady/Lapis. You just cant. Even when originally I that was I was planning for.

Look at Lapis and Basil: they're both bottoms with masochistic tendencies but they have such different characters especially with their feelings about sex. Lapis is sly, clever, and very very careful when it comes to other people. He isn't interested in being humiliated or being treated as an object, he's far too distrusting. There's just been too many relationships where he got hurt from and he likes having control too much. He's the one who holds the reigns during sex, even with Malady. Especially with Malady. They're both into that.

In fact, Lapis and Malady's attitude towards sex is so much more casual compared Basil's and Dandelions. There is a power dynamic, because all relationships are, but they don't have any angst towards fucking. It's fun, they like each other a lot, so they have sex. I was originally planning on them having multiple partners like Basil/Dandelion do, but, honestly those two are stuck at the hip.

It's what I mean about characterization ultimately trumping my intentions. Malady definitely has developed beyond my original concepts for him (he's such a simp now lol, he was supposed to be cool!!!). But it's better to just let character become what they need to be rather try to hamstring them. It's more fun that way, imo.

I'm sparing everyone from going on another tangent, so I'll end it here lol. I hope that was... interesting? At least it's a peak into how I think about characters.

[lemedstudent2021]

4 years ago when the dumbfuck (biden) won, i was a first year university student, nodding along solemnly when my family briefly discussed foreign and internal politics over our tea, pleased to be finally old enough to somewhat contribute to adult conversations.

i still clearly remember my aunt saying "well, he isnt any better [than his predecessor] but at least he cant be worse". the conversation moved on from there, but my thoughts lingered. i didnt know if i wanted to be a cynic or an optimist, so i drank my tea in silence.

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this past year has been one of the darkest in our human history, the scale of death and destruction and pure unadulterated depravity is unmatched. it will truly be long before the world can hope to recover from the atrocious damage that has been dealt, if it ever does.

i wont go into details mainly because i havent the time nor interest in doing so, but the world to no ones surprise is changing, fast and taking a turn for the worse. it has been for years perhaps even decades now. in the grand scheme of things i mean.

for many of us this is nothing new per se, merely a tangible extension of our worst nightmares and fears, but for many others its a reign of terror of the most potent kind. one that will herald further losses, but this time around very few will be spared.

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despite myself i did think that common sense would prevail and wed see the the fucker (trump) behind bars and hopefully dead and not- as of writing- about to win another 4 wretched years in office.

theres a sort of grim satisfaction seeing the bitch (harris) getting a big fuck you to the face, but its devastating to think that she is losing has already lost? to the biggest fuck you to the planet. i truly dont want to imagine what the world is going to look like 4 years from now. if there is anything left of the world to look at.

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there isnt much to say or add i think. nothing i can contribute at least for the time being. i would however like to point to what jon stewart bless his soul has to say about the matter

esp at 02:15

sounds hypocritical to say after having said nothing but the worst, but i mean it when i believe that this isnt the end. to give up now is to doom ourselves and the rest of the world (and perhaps the trajectory of humanity itself, whos to say) into eternal darkness.

ive said it many a time on this blog before and ill continue to say it for as long as there is life in me; power will always be with the people. weve seen it time and time again throught history and before our eyes. we are a force to be reckoned with.

we do hold the power to change the tides, look how many countries fought with everything they had for their freedom, how many times we arose from the ruins and started building anew and with just as much fervour, how much damage we can do to the institutions that dare to transgress.

war brings out the worst in some but the best in others. this is a war, one the corrupt wage on the sanctity of our lives and human rights, one were all on the front lines of, for ourselves and those around us.

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as cliche as it is, and i admit to it being so, our chances honestly are better when we move and act as one. dont be fooled into thinking our differences will seperate us; those in power follow the age old rule of divide and conquer & thrive when we are scattered and lost.

show them that our spirit is one and whole, prove to them that we wont give into their unjust demands. look out for one another and dont hesitate to come to each others aid. be kind to yourselves.

humanity as a whole literally and metaphorically depends on it.

Godbless & Godspeed

[dalekofchaos]

Context

Context for choice 3.

Here is what I mean about The New Republic and The First Order.

What happens after you win a war? How do you not make the same mistakes or become the thing you fought. What happens in a power vacuum? The New Republic should have been the dominant emerging power, and the Remnant should have been a small, secretive, unknown order, striking strategically from the Unknown Regions where they hid, and causing fear and panic to spread in the NR. After the Galactic Civil War, The New Republic commanders the Imperial Fleet and starts protecting systems who join the NR, all while chasing down and fighting any of the Remnants (Moffs, Warlords, Crime Lords, etc) who have grabbed power in the resulting vacuum. We could have seen an evolution of ships from Old Republic to Empire to NR ones. They could have renamed Star Destroyers into Star Defenders. Hell, they could have had a Republic of independent systems, each with their own sizable military, so that power isn’t centralized.

But no, instead of telling an interesting story, we are force fed the recycled poorly written rehashed Rebels vs Empire and the Rebels are made to be weaker than The First Order. The First Order are a terrorist movement, they should not be reigning after Hosnian Prime’s destruction, ESPECIALLY AFTER LOSING STARKILLER BASE!

Choice 4. Here is how I would give Kylo Ren motivation as to why Ben Solo fell and his main motivation as Kylo Ren.

Choice 6. I don't think there was absolutely no need for a Palpatine clone and eventually Palpatine himself(🙄) we all knew what was happening around the time this trilogy was being made. Trump. Base Snoke around the mango Mussolini and his lunatic fringe followers. An Alt-Right cult leader who cultivates the worst people imaginable. All The First Order needed to be was pointing out The New Republic brought the galaxy to an age of scum and villainy. A lawless state that usurped the rightful rulers that brought law and order. Basically "Make the Galaxy great again with Imperial Greatness"

You see, originally Lucas was going to make Palpatine JUST a politician and base him around Richard Nixon.

“George Lucas has spoken on various occasions of the way that the Nixon administration and the Vietnam war had an important influence on how he shaped the plot of the early films in the saga. The impact that these two events had an American in the 1970s started him thinking about the ways in which democracies can sale and how they deteriorating to dictatorships when corruption goes unchecked. He’s quoted as saying that Nixon - Who he viewed as having subverted the Senate and as acting an increasingly imperialistic way - what is the direct inspiration for Emperor Palpatine the supreme leader of the evil Empire in the first Star Wars trilogy”

So I don't see why they couldn't do something similar with the CLEAR FUCKING EVIL going on in the world at the time this trilogy was being made. No Sith master was needed.

In this scenario, I would call The First Order, The Imperium

Now you might have questions. What about the Stormtroopers and Kylo?

Stormtroopers? Don’t abduct kids, nationalize and recruit them willingly. Abducting children and training them to be Stormtroopers instantly made The First Order out to be cartoonishly evil from the start. So what do you do instead? Use propaganda. Nationalize them. Make them believe The Empire was right and convince them that the life of a Stormtrooper will help bring order in a chaotic galaxy. We’ve seen cults do something similar, Far Right Wing groups do it and we’ve seen Trump radicalize and nationalize white supremacists, so it’s not impossible for The First Order to do the logical thing.

Finn only leaves because he sees they are murdering unarmed civilians and chooses to leave. He is an example that it isn't too late to leave harmful fringe cult movements.

So how would Ben turn in this scenario? He's radicalized by Snoke. Ben starts hearing passionate speeches in the senate and Ben is moved. "I know he opposes my mother, but he's making a lot of sense" "He's right, we need to bring order to the galaxy" and Ben is radicalized by this Imperium movement and what he believes is Snoke's righteous cause. To Snoke, Ben represents everything great about the Empire. Snoke collects Sith Holocrons and uses the holocrons to turn Ben Solo into Kylo Ren.

In this scenario, I wouldn't redeem Ben. He is far too gone. He's committed atrocities in Snoke's name, for The Imperium and to bring order to the galaxy. While Finn represents those who could break away from Right Wing movements and Cults. Kylo Ren is far too gone, he's radicalized to the point where he's a die hard believer like Hux and Phasma and he's willing to fight and die for this indoctrination.

Choice 11. The Episode IX rewrite with Ben living and Reylo ending

Choice 12. The original plan for the Sequel Trilogy was to just get three young directors together to direct the Sequel Trilogy. It was supposed to be JJ, Rian and Colin Trevorrow, but Colin's IX was bad and his Jurassic World trilogy was terrible. So I would make either Matt Reves or Greta Gerwig as the director for Episode IX and ideally they would plan the trilogy out together instead of JJ setting up Mystery Boxes and expecting Rian and others open said mystery boxes and Rian subverting expectations.

[mightyflamethrower]

Donald Trump's plan to end the drug epidemic in America by declaring war on the drug cartels. "We will show no mercy on the cartels."

1. "Deploy all necessary military assets, including the US Navy to impose the full naval embargo and the cartels."

2. "Guarantee that the waters of the Western Hemisphere are not used to traffic illicit drugs to our country."

3. "Order the Department of Defense to make appropriate use of special forces cyber warfare and other overt and covert actions to inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership, infrastructure, and operations."

4. "Designate the major cartels as foreign terrorist organizations."

5: "Sever their access to global financial systems."

6. "Get the full cooperation of other governments to stop [the cartels], or we will expose every bribe, every kickback, every payoff, and every bit of corruption that is allowing the cartels to preserve their brutal reign."

7. "Ask Congress to pass legislation ensuring that drug smugglers and human traffickers receive the de*th penalty." "When I'm back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again."

[qqueenofhades]

Question: Why does everyone, even those that want Trump to see consequences for what he did, seem to be hand-wringing over how terrible it is that a former president is being indicted, even to the point of saying it's a 'challenge to [US] democracy'? Plenty of countries all over the world have charged, tried, and convicted former heads of state who did bad shit, and that hasn't, like, tarnished their democracy or anything - I'd argue the opposite, that it's strengthened them, bringing consequences to those who would use positions of responsibility for corrupt ends! Why does the US seem to hold the office of President... tbh, it seems from the outside, almost sacred, like, full Divine Right of Kings shit going on here? All these people saying about having to weigh bringing consequences to Trump against something-something the office of the president. I... confess to not understanding it, and hope you can explain it.

It's that good ol' American Exceptionalism at work again, unfortunately. The whole "America is the Shining City on the Hill, the Example to the Rest of the World, the Peacemaker and Liberator who Brings Justice!!!" narrative is SO strong that it has a) badly warped the teaching of America's actual history, which is considerably less rosy, and b) made it impossible (and still makes it impossible, for some people) to actually reckon both with the terrible political things Trump did and the ugly pre-existing political things he didn't create, but just brought to the surface and gave free reign. In this mindset, of course it's shocking and sad because America doesn't DO these things!!! It's just for Less Good Countries Overseas Somewhere!

Of course, the fact remains that Trump is definitely not the only ex-president who SHOULD be charged (George W. Bush, still a war criminal), and the Republican party has been drifting and continues to drift into open fascism unabated for the last decade or so, while the corporate media does their utmost to shill for the Both Sides Bad!!! narrative as hard as possible (while still somehow having even more unfair standards for the left/Democrats). But because they have spent so long handling Trump with kid gloves, treating the Republicans like an actual political party instead of a nonstop reactionary white-grievance mouthpiece, and everything else that deforms American perceptions of itself, yeah, This Is A Sad Day. Which... yes, from one point of view, it is. It's sad and unforgivable that Trump was ever elected, much less was able to do what he did (and continues to do) for so long. But holding him to account for it is NOT the sad part, and I am equally sick and tired of hearing that, especially when it's paired with the same triumphalist mythology that this country always blithely peddles about itself and which continues to badly affect its understanding of both its past and present.

[trickricksblog08]

🚨 Explosive Announcement: Ron DeSantis Drops Out of Presidential Race, Throws Full Support Behind Trump! 🚨🔥

Prepare for a political earthquake as insider sources reveal that Ron DeSantis, once a frontrunner, is set to step aside in the presidential election race and pledge unwavering support to none other than Donald Trump himself! 😱🤝

💥🌍Collusion Unveiled: Behind-the-Scenes Partnership Between DeSantis and Trump Revealed!🌍💥

In a stunning twist, classified information suggests that DeSantis and Trump have been covertly collaborating from day one! The supposed animosity and feuding? It was all part of a master plan to strategically unite their parties and solidify Trump's stronghold. The ultimate power move is about to unfold on a national stage! 🎭⚡️

⏰🎤 Unforgettable Moment: DeSantis to Join Trump in Public Display of Support and Deception Unmasked! 🎤⏰

As September approaches, brace yourself for an unprecedented show of unity! DeSantis will stand proudly alongside Trump, publicly endorsing him while exposing critical issues such as climate change and the clandestine agenda of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The truth is about to be laid bare for all to see! 🌪💡

💣💼 World Pandemic Treaty: A Sinister Power Play by the New World Order, WHO, and Davos! 💼💣

Beware the imminent push by the shadowy forces of the New World Order, the World Health Organization, and Davos to enforce a global pandemic treaty, set to be ratified in May or shortly thereafter! 😷💸 But fear not, for even if this treaty were to falter, the valiant White Hats and military forces are eagerly prepared to confront the corruption emanating from Davos, WHO, Bill Gates, and more! Brace for a game-changing event intricately tied to military intervention and the unprecedented exposure of Davos, the WEF, WHO, the CIA, nefarious banking entities, and beyond! ⚔️💥

💰💀Collapse of a Dark Empire: The Cabal's Trillion-Dollar Corruption Web Revealed! 💀💰

The covert web of corruption, blackmail, and money laundering masterminded by the elusive Cabal, Davos, the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization, and the powerful world banks is teetering on the brink of an epic collapse! The curtain is falling on their reign of manipulation and control, as the deep state's vast financial network crumbles under the weight of insurmountable debt and exposure. Prepare for earth-shattering revelations! 💥🔓

🌍🏦 United Nations in Crisis: Global Hierarchy Toppling, Offices Shut Down! 🏦🌍

The United Nations' power structure is spiraling into chaos and turmoil! Shutters have closed on UN offices across the world, from Geneva to Asia, sending shockwaves through the international community. While mainstream media cites funding issues, the truth runs far deeper—this is the seismic dismantling of a corrupt institution! 🏢🌐

🔍💰Economic Truth Exposed: Fake Wealth, Pyramid Schemes, and Billionaires' Hidden Fortunes! 💰🔍

Beware the illusion of wealth! The billionaire elite, entrenched in a system of fake fiat money and digital numbers, face a massive reckoning. Their empires built on shaky foundations are crumbling, with reports indicating that most tycoons possess a mere 15% in real assets, choosing instead to hoard hidden fortunes. The truth is finally catching up with the financial charades! 💸🃏

💥 John McAfee💥

[minetteskvareninova]

This One Needs To Be Bilingual Because Holy Fuck/Toto musí byť v oboch jazykoch, lebo do matky do piči...

So, let me get this straight. We have one decent politician in Slovakia, that being our president. She is smart, dignified, accomplished, ready to step up when our dumbass parliament folds in on itself, AGAIN... And how do we treat her? We label her a “western shill” (or other similar things, honestly insert misogynist invective and/or antisemitic dogwhistle of your choice), blame her for everything and drive her away from politics. And then we hail as our savior some blockheaded scumbag whose six-year reign was mostly remarkable for its massive corruption, culminating in a murder of a young journalist and his girlfriend. But he’s Putin’s friend, so I guess he can do no wrong... Or so he claims, honestly this dude’s convictions are about as deep as Trumps’s... Either way, fuck this country and all of the people in it who made this happen. I don’t care how much of a “devoted Christians” (read fundamentalist whackos) you are, none of y’all who were harassing Zuzana Čaputová are seeing gates of heaven. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you.

Takže, či som to pochopila správne. Na Slovensku máme jedného slušného politika, to jest našu prezidentku. Je múdra, schopná, pôsobí dôstojne, je pripravená zakročiť keď sa náš debilný parlament ZASE zloží... A ako sa k nej zachováme? Označíme ju za “zapredankyňu západu” (alebo iné podobné veci, ako domyslite si sexistickú invektívu a/alebo skryto antisemitský výraz podľa svojho výberu), dáme jej za vinu prakticky čokoľvek a vyženieme ju z politiky. A potom ako mesiáša oslavujeme nejakého tehlohlavého hajzla, ktorého šesťročná vláda bola pamätihodná najmä pre všetku tú korupciu, vyústiacu do vraždy mladého novinára a jeho priateľky. Ale ten hajzel je Putinov kamarát, takže asi je úplne dokonalý alebo čo... Alebo aspoň to tvrdí, ako presvedčenia tohto chlapa sú asi také pevné ako Trumpove... V každom prípade, do čerta s touto krajinu a všetkými ľuďmi v nej, ktorí toto spôsobili. Je mi jedno, aký ste vy “tvrdí kresťania” (rozumej švihnutí fundamentalisti), všetci si zaslúžite horieť v pekle. Kurva. Kurva. Kurva.

[top-secret-suicide]

Things trump has stated he wants to do if he is reelected in 24:

End birth right citizenship for kids of illegal immigrants (very clearly unconstitutional)

End DACA

Oversee the biggest mass deportation ever for any and all illegal immigrants, giving national gaurd full reign to deport any undocumented immigrant (would absolutely destroy our economy)

End all racial equity programs and give himself full reign to fund anyone who he believes was discriminated against (January 6ers, proud boys, etc.)

Allow presidents to deny funding approved by congress (he was impeached for this when he withheld resources to ukraine.... would pretty much just kill the checks/balances and the power a president has)

Give himself the right to enact martial law if he believes police aren't doing their job in stopping protests

End public school diversity, inclusion and equity programs and cut funding for public schools who he believes are teaching critical race theory (none are)

End early and absentee voting so people can only vote on election day with voter ID

Give himself the full authority to fire any federal officer who he believes is "corrupt or incompetent" and replace them with loyalists (aka, fire his political foes and replace them with ppl who will do his dirty work for him)

Let's make one thing perfectly clear: trump is a clear danger to our country. We are not exaggerating when we say trump is dangerously close to Hitler. The things he wants to do have one very clear similarity with all of them: it gives HIM MORE POWER and takes power away from other branches. It gives him authority to define things such as critical race theory or gender ideology. It allows him to override the constitutions meaning. Everything gives him more power and THAT is dangerous. Lots of things would hopefully get shut down in court (as they should) but it proves that trump truly believes he should have full control if he's president, it completely goes against our founding fathers and the creation of checks and balances

It's not that biden is good, he's not either, but I will gladly vote for biden for another 20 years over wanna be Hitler trump. Every person needs to step up and vote blue in 2024, we must stop trump from destroying our country.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A reflection on last week.  :::  April 10, 2023

Robert B. Hubbell

             Tonight, I offer a reflection on last week—and a suggestion about how we must respond. We went into last week expecting the news to be dominated by Trump's arraignment. It was—until the GOP-controlled legislature in Tennessee expelled two young Black Representatives for protesting briefly in the well of the assembly. We then received the report of Pro Publica outlining the manifest corruption of Justice Thomas by Texas millionaire and Hitler memorabilia collector Harlan Crow. And then Judge Kacsmaryk issued a thinly disguised religious fiat banning mifepristone for women across America.

         Each of the above events demonstrates the GOP’s efforts to achieve its goals by breaking the democracy that guarantees their liberties in the first instance. But we must now add to the sad litany a new item—Governor Greg Abbott’s pre-emptive announcement that he will pardon a Texas man convicted of murder after a jury trial. At trial, the defendant was able to present his argument that he acted in self-defense. The jury rejected that claim and voted unanimously to convict him of murder.

         Why does Abbott believe that he is justified in pardoning the murderer even before appeals have been heard? Abbott is, after all, substituting his judgment for that of the jurors who heard the evidence first-hand. Abbot believes the defendant is innocent of murder because he killed a “BLM” protester.

That’s right: Governor Abbott has established a new rule that laws do not apply equally to people protesting police killings and right-wing extremists who are upset by the protests. In a single act, Abbott has altered the law in Texas, demoted protestors demanding justice to second-class status, and told Texas jurors that their voices do not matter when MAGA extremists are on trial. In short, “self-defense” is a MAGA “get out of jail free” card under Greg Abbott’s reign in Texas.

         Together, these four instances illustrate a strategy the GOP learned from Trump: If the democratic system does not produce the result you want, then break democracy to obtain a different result. That is what the Tennessee legislators did to Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, that is what religious zealots did to all Americans, that is what monied interests did in bending the Supreme Court to do the bidding of the privileged and elite, and that is what Greg Abbott has done in summarily overturning a jury verdict that flies in the face of the facts.

         We have been confronting this asymmetry from the very moment Trump announced his bid in 2016, and it has worsened over time. As Democrats toil within the system to forge compromises over competing policies, Republicans break the system to get their way. They simply ignore it (McConnell on Merrick Garland’s nomination), they deny it (outcomes of elections), they falsify it (fake electors), they rig the judicial system to guarantee assignment of cases to a sympathetic federal judge (Kacsmaryk), and they attempt to stop its operation through violence (J6).

         There have been scattered calls for Democrats to employ similar tactics. Indeed, some are calling for the federal government to ignore Judge Kacsmaryk’s order if it is not stayed by the 5th Circuit or the Supreme Court. To state the obvious, to do so would amount to “breaking democracy” simply because we don’t like the result. We must not give in to the temptation to adopt the GOP’s anti-democratic tactics. We must fight our battle of resistance from within the walls and ramparts of democracy if we have any hope of saving it.

         The truth is that the rule of law continues to exist in America today because one of America’s major political parties remains committed to upholding that rule—despite the efforts of the other party to destroy it. If both parties feel emboldened to ignore the rule of law, our democracy will be gone. All that will be left is a contest of brute force in which dark money will substitute for violence.

         I do not believe we will reach that point. I have faith that Democrats will do the right thing despite legitimate feelings of anger, hurt, and despair. In each of the four situations described above, there is a democratic path forward to correct the result. It will not be easy, and we may not succeed entirely. But so long as we have a path forward, we should not set aside our great charter and the laws that give it life. It has endured for more than two centuries during equally trying times; we can make it through the present challenges, as well.

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[from comments]

Overall, MAGA Republicans are revealing who and what they are. During the mid-terms, Democrats pushed back against an anticipated red tsunami and vastly outperformed expectations. Perhaps the ongoing MAGA performances will convince even more voters to shut them down.

Jessica Craven's latest post in "Chop Wood, Carry Water," celebrates many recent victories. She also writes that the two Tennessee lawmakers who were expelled can run in the special elections for their seats, and if they win, they cannot be expelled again. As for the other ugly instances cited here, I can sympathize with the anguished plea, "what does it take?" that most of us uttered during the long years of the Trump regime. Read Jessica Craven's post from today to understand that there are reasons for optimism.

https://open.substack.com/pub/chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions/p/extra-extra-april-9th

We are being forged by fire to get as tough as our opponents and as clever. We already outnumber them. We are inspired by the courage of Ukrainians in their fight for their democracy and their lives. We are inspired by the heroes of our own Civil Rights movement that is ongoing. We are inspired by the turnout of the Israeli populace and even its military members that caused the Netanyahu regime to blink. We are being called upon to dig deep, stay tough and committed and resist even though we are tired.

Tomorrow is another day. Let's get on with the work.

[Gary S.]

[dosesofcommonsense]

From BioClandestine on Telegram:

Look, I know Trump isn’t perfect, but we cannot deny that he was right about a lot.

His general thesis is that a Swamp/Deep State exists, they weaponized intelligence agencies to attack him, Russian Collusion was a lie, media and tech are corrupt.

All that ended up being true. So while you may not like him, the reality is that when he came down that escalator, he forced the Deep State to deploy their assets and expose themselves. He was the catalyst for the global awakening we are seeing today.

He could have just stayed at home in his mega mansion with his supermodel wife, but instead he went out of his way to expose this corruption, has been attacked mercilessly by every lever of power in government and the private sector, and now the Biden regime are trying to put him away for life.

The man has earned the right to finish what he started, and the public will be with him this time around. The optics are set. Trump will have free reign to make sweeping changes with executive power, and the MSM’s cries of “DICTATOR!” will be ignored, because the public just witnessed 4 years of the tyrannical and fascistic Biden regime.

If there was ever a chance to legitimately destroy the Deep State, this is it. #Retribution2024

[voskhozhdeniye]

As I have noted on multiple occasions, I pledge allegiance to no political party on the face of the earth. None speak for me. I am a devout monarchist.

That said, I will watch the 2024 US presidential campaign with great interest. It may very well be the last one we see with the United States in its present form.

One thing is increasingly clear: despite his apparent popularity with a substantial plurality of the American electorate, the powers-that-be in the empire will do “whatever it takes” to prevent Donald Trump from even getting on the ballot, let alone actually win again.

Of course, Trump’s supporters believe he is the answer to America’s woes. They believed that in 2016, too. And yet the woes not only continued, they became more severe. Although he paid much lip service to the notion, Trump did nothing whatsoever to threaten the omnipotence of the so-called “Swamp” in Washington. He wrapped himself and his administration in its tentacles.

Many will reflexively reply, “But he didn’t start a war!” And yet all during his term in office the empire greatly accelerated its preparations for the war against Russia now raging in Ukraine — a war whose consequences will include the end of NATO as a credible military/political alliance, and the end of the European Union as a functioning political/monetary alliance.

Meanwhile, wars against Iran and China continue to simmer on the back burner — conflicts which the Trump tenure as president greatly exacerbated, and which the Biden administration has aggravated even further.

The trajectory of events is not amenable to the voice of the people. The Empire At All Costs cult is calling the shots, and war remains their only recourse to the relinquishment of hegemony.

Representative democracy in the United States is irredeemably corrupted. The sprawling permanent apparatus of empire in Washington has become an irreversibly metastasized malignancy on the American body politic, and an existential threat to the world.

Many believe it can be cured by finding and electing “the right people”. I’m sorry folks, but we’re far past that. The people for whom you are permitted to vote are individually and collectively powerless against the real potentates who rule and reign in America.

On November 6, 2024, the American public will be informed that someone has been elected President of the United States of America. Whoever it is, you will be assured that the majority of the electorate voted for him or her. But it won’t be Donald Trump and it won’t be Robert Kennedy, Jr. I seriously doubt it will even be Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.

Of one thing only can we be absolutely certain: whoever it is, it will not be an agent of change for the better.

As Alexis de Tocqueville presciently foresaw way back in the 1830s, American democracy would inevitably lead to a massive permanent state, impervious to the will of the people:

"The democratic tendency … leads men unceasingly to multiply the privileges of the state and to circumscribe the rights of private persons ... often sacrificed without regret and almost always violated without remorse ... men become less and less attached to private rights just when it is most necessary to retain and defend what little remains of them." “After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp, and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. “The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.”

This is where we are, and there will be no turning back. To whatever extent it ever truly was, America will never be made great again. Something great may eventually rise from its ashes … but the ashes will come first.

[bethanythebogwitch]

It's truly strange that Biden has radicalized me left harder than Trump ever did. Like I knew Trump would be bad and he ended up being worse than I ever could have imagined. But Biden I expected to be yet another mediocre establishmentist who would have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the left like basically every Democrat ever. When we got instead was him committing genocide, starting yet another endless war in the Middle East by attacking Yemen, refusing to reign in an openly corrupt SCOTUS, leaving LGBT+ people with no help as the right is actively beginning a genocide of us, selling out the climate to corporations after promising to help stop climate change, lying about being unable to cancel student debt, vetoing actual progressive bills that hit his desk, selling out immigrants to the Republicans, letting Garland sit back and do nothing to investigate Trump until the select committee forced his hand, failing to clean out a lot of trump-appointed saboteurs in government (why the fuck is the same guy who tried to destroy mail-in voting still leading the postal service), failing to restore net neutrality, failing to reign in police brutality and the military-industrial complex, doing nothing about gun violence, doing nothing to prevent the next insurrection, doing nothing to stop the rise of fascism, and so on.

I guess the point is that Biden at least had the chance to help fix this country and be a progressive, but at every opportunity he chose to do the opposite. And now I've gone from wanting to fix the system to wanting to tear it down and start from scratch. And it is truly fucked up that going into the election year he is still the better choice because he at least won't overthrow democracy and install a dictatorship like every Republican wants to do. That is not hyperbole. Read Project 2025, it is terrifying and is exactly what will happen the next time any Republican gets into the White House.