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https://eand.co/do-americans-get-that-trump-is-instituting-martial-law-86362b107b1cYesterday, the Mayor of Portland was gassed by the secret police of storm troopers that Donald Trump has sent to occupy the city.
Wait. What? Lets read that sentence again.
Yesterday, the Mayor of Portland was gassed by the secret police of storm troopers that Donald Trump has sent to occupy the city.
If I wrote that sentence five years ago, you would have laughed at me. It would have seemed impossible. Inconceivable. Outlandish. And yet here we are.
Shortly before that, Trump announced that he was sending his new secret polices shock troops men in camouflage body armor, carrying machine guns, abducting people off the streets, and now gassing mayors nationwide.
If I wrote that sentence five years ago, you never would have read another word I wrote. And yet here we are.
Where is this, though, this strange new territory America finds itself in? Whats really happening here?
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triron
(22,007 posts)Nevilledog
(51,137 posts)That's where the next atrocity will happen.
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)pre-elections, and was 99.99% roundly booed as a crackpot.
Still I persisted.
The question is, even if finally more and more people ARE recognizing it, WHAT DO WE DO???
Countless pundits and journalists are talking about it, and NOT ONE, to my knowledge, has put forth ANY IDEA about how to deal with it.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)It has been obvious that he would go there if the right circumstances gave him the opportunity, (and maybe if not).
That is something one hopes to be wrong about, but we have a bona fide tin pot dictator with deep set psychological issues and he needs an outlet as well as total power and control. It was clear all along, but maybe people were just looking at his TV "character" and not analyzing him all along.
We do have to stay on this. All of us. It may come down to "being there" for people in the areas effected. It must be made clear that we have the Constitution on our side in regards to resisting and throwing off any tyranny.
Though some are saying, "don't do anything and don't give him what he wants" I don't think passivity will do anything now, but allow this Hitler to plow everything down. We have to collectively stand tall and be brave and bold, but not reckless or brash. Respond, don't react.
DSandra
(999 posts)- Hundreds of thousands of fearless Americans
- A brave, fearless, smart leader to organize the people in unison
- Ingenious strategists
Captain Zero
(6,813 posts)See how good these goons are all sleep deprived.
Find out how they are being fed too. Proceed from there.
Eyes and ears is the first step in resistance once the established order has been subverted.
magicarpet
(14,157 posts)This is a vehicular motif that he hopes assures his re-election.
Spill and splash Democ-RAT blood to excite the racist bread and circus crowd he calls his base.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Great first verse is very fitting...
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Of course, the song later turns on the demonstrators, which is often fitting as well...
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
triron
(22,007 posts)Oil. Fortunately I was able to avoid the draft or I might have gone to Canada (but now that I think
about it maybe I should have and then just have stayed there--I was very young and hadn't started
my career).
Blue Owl
(50,448 posts)n/t
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)I'm worried there is some "Julius Schreck" kinda guy (formed the SS) that is looking to become Trump's right hand man by building up Trump's private army. Shock troops so to speak. That'll be what Trump would look to in order to disrupt the election.
Thekaspervote
(32,779 posts)Almost all if not all polling places are non federal properties which his goons would have no ability to wield any authority.
States control elections, set times and polling places, not some federal goons or the idiot in the WH.
Not saying I dont think the gop wont try to suppress the vote, they already are! Am I worried they will try and steal it, yes! But this is not 2016. We are wiser and smarter and have great enthusiasm on our side. The gop doesnt
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Intimidating voters, coordinating with sympathetic police departments, doing ID checks under the guise of looking for illegal aliens, and generally just ignoring the law on election day.
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)Bill Barr
diva77
(7,647 posts)that would rein in Dump has been one of Sadistic-Grim-Reaper-McConnell's delights.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)Will he use them to thwart voting or if the election goes against him, will he use them to help steal the election?
Only time will tell but if we don't start doing something NOW we're going to regret it I believe.
Mayors, governors, citizens, unions, EVERYBODY should be out in the streets and general strikes called. The fact that this isn't happening is actually more chilling than the damned fascist power grab.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Wants to go back to feaudalism. They are Nazi social darwinists.
We need to remove them.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... urban areas.
brooklynite
(94,624 posts)Ive lived under Martial Law; whats happening isnt anything close to it.
Would you consider it Martial Law if a member of Congress was arrested ? Because probably 20-30 of them have been, Over the past few decades, when showing up at some local protest. And not by the Federal Government. By local police, generally under the authority of Democratic Mayors. We can argue the facts, but its not Martial Law.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)With four months ago, he is set up to do whatever. Really. Lets all shut up. Right now. Not like he would do anything stupid, dangerous, corrupt. Lie, or anything like that.
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Thekaspervote
(32,779 posts)Listing percentages of groups and people that would have to fall in line, the destruction of a lot more of the government, control of the federal reserve, the military.
It went on to say If he were going to do fascist take over, he should have started months months ago. The logistics at this late date...its just not physically possible. He doesnt have enough in place to make it happen. Frankly, hes just to fucking lazy. Hes never had or made plans, he probably doesnt have the mentality for it. And, even if miller, bannon and others are in the background pushing for this, dotard continues to shoot himself in the foot and foil their plans.
Am I Right? Was the article right?
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)They cannot even grasp how masks are helpful or how to use them.
Kaleva
(36,315 posts)Other then dealing with COVID-19, my life really isn't much different then when Obama was president and I suspect the same is pretty much true with most of us here.
Cosmocat
(14,566 posts)Its just that 1/3 of us are cheering it on because LIBERALS! and another 1/3 just don't care.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)Nt
ancianita
(36,110 posts)They get that it's really happening. Most other Americans? No.