I will forever wonder whether Trump understands any of it. Nazi theory/ brute power is simple enough; the Neanderthals perfected it. So it's not a stretch for Trump. But to me, he became Leonard Leo's useful idiot years ago. They saw a moron who could easily be manipulated with ego, power, gold bobbles and voila. He is delivering everything the Heritage Foundation, Russel Vought and the masterminds behind project 2025 could have asked for.
That and one who could get the WH for them, however legally or illegally they got it. Thank you, Peter Thiel. All they have to do with Trump is to keep allowing him to pick up his “carrots” wherever he finds them and get richer by the day. We are truly “through the looking glass” into Nevernever Land. Thom’s calling out of the Nazi playbook is so accurate and enlightening and timely. I remember reading, during the first term nightmare, that Trump, his sons, and Kushner kept a copy of Mein Kampf by their bedsides. Figures. May they all rot in hell. SMIB. Btw, we should not forget to keep an eye on that shadowy, quiet and super dangerous head of the OMB, Russ Vought, and to pay attention to his May 2022 online essay in which he spelled out his vision for Project 2025. We also need ears on the Heritage Foundation’s meeting and activities. I’m not hearing much about them these days and that is not good.
Multiple recent reports detail an increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in predominantly Black neighborhoods of Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz in October 2025. Critics allege these raids have terrorized Black and brown communities, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defends the operation as targeting criminal non-citizens.
Black Neighborhoods does anyone get the significance, First it was immigrants,now blacks, and finally whites, well the whites who aren't lining the streets, screeching Hail Trump
Trans and anti Trumpers will be rounded up by the other members of Bondi's GESTAPO
Daniel if you are responding to JMcKay, you make no sense at all. JMcKay, made no mention that antifa was an organization, but in fact all of us opposed to fascism are antifascist or antfia.
If you fucking mean, that antifa doesn't fucking exist, we all know that including JMcKay, you are making an issue out of a non issue Daniel, are you having problems? When JMcKay said we are all antifa, they were saying that anyone is antifascist, anti Trump, Anti NAZI like you and me and the rest who post here are considered Antifa by Trump. I repeat there is no such thing as ANTFIFA, but there is such a thing as antifascism, and you would be one, as well as I, The word Antifa came about because some not to clever young person thought it would be a great word to describe antifascism.
Slow down Daniel, don't be so fucking reactionary., and looking for offense.
You define a concept, then you name it, and it seems to become real for the mind. Talking about it, examining it, making light of it, making it dangerous, only seems to make it “more real” to the mind.
This is what we are. Thinking, imagining, believing, beings. This is how we make things real to ourselves.
Mr. Baltimore, You are correct, we live in a reality made up of linguistic symbols. You are talking about reification. It has some odd characteristics.
If I tell you to not use cocaine; I am presenting you with the possibility that you could do it. Cocaine use is an admissible social definition. That is, it is something we regard as admissible into our discourse. I might tell you to not have sex with a young girl. That is a subject which is an admissible social definition. However, I will not tell you that you should not cut up a young girl into pieces and eat her. That is not an admissible social definition. It is simply "understood" that cannibalism is not something anyone would fail to see as harmful and prohibited.
Nevertheless there are examples of cannibalism. eg. the nonfiction book ALIVE by Piers Paul Read about the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes. They engaged in cannibalism to survive. Afterwards some of the survivors became suicidal from shame and self doubt.
What, Dr Suess? Or that we're all Antifa? I'm pretty sure the latter is the way Trump wants to cast anyone who doesn't get down on their knees to kiss the Great Golden Butt.
Thom: "So far here in Portland, for example, Trump’s and Noem’s attempts at provocation have been met with street theater, dancing furries, people bringing flowers to the ICE building, and a naked bike ride protest."
First, NYT reports "So far here in Portland, for example, Trump’s and Noem’s attempts at provocation have been met with street theater, dancing furries, people bringing flowers to the ICE building, and a naked bike ride protest."
During the George Floyd protests, accusations that right wingers had depicted themsel=ves as "Antifa."
In June 2020, Twitter removed an account with the handle @ANTIFA_US that was pushing violent rhetoric. An investigation linked the account to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, who were attempting to pose as Antifa to incite violence in residential areas.
Google: I intelligence documents and news reports indicate that white supremacists and other far-right extremists deliberately infiltrated and agitated during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Portland. Their actions were a factor in escalating tensions and contributing to violence, though the bulk of the protests remained peaceful.
Key points regarding extremist involvement:
- Boogaloo movement: Members of this anti-government, far-right movement, who hoped to instigate a civil war, viewed the protests as an opportunity for armed confrontation with law enforcement.
- Proud Boys: This far-right group, labeled as an extremist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center, held rallies in Portland during the protests. The group is known for instigating violence and has a documented history of conflict with counter-protesters.
Purposeful incitement: Some white supremacist accounts on social media spread disinformation and actively encouraged violence during the protests. Some posed as "antifa" to incite conflict.
- Extremist goal: Analysis from organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) showed that some extremists saw the protests as a chance to create chaos and advance their agenda.
Right-wing focus: Internal police reports and leaked documents confirmed that law enforcement was aware of far-right extremists trying to attack protesters and police during the demonstrations.
Once upon a time, the FBI actually kept track of the far-right to protect us. Now KA$H wants to hire them.
In fairness, there are always anarchists that want to break things and steal stuff. Maybe the ones in Portland are getting too old for that crap and have gotten a little smarter over the last five years. Or it could be they are scared and they should be.
I think they were sent by right wing groups to evoke outrage.
E.G. the Minneapolis police linked the "Umbrella Man," a figure seen smashing windows during the George Floyd protests, to a white supremacist prison gang known as the Aryan Cowboys (or Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood). Police suspect this individual was trying to incite violence and racial unrest.
Actually I'm pretty sure in Portland during BLM it was both a-holes and paid provocateurs. I watched the live streaming and most of it went on at night. This stuff, at an ICE facility? They will "make you famous". I just hope the kiddos get it. They seem to. So far so good.
In Portland, the news caught a masked, and black garbed "rioter" being picked up by a van.
I first saw this crew in Seattle during the WTO riots. A group of masked, black clad males with baseball bats, were busting store windows.
What the left falls down on, is not arresting these people when they show up
I've known two agent provaceurs ins my life, one who infilatrated neo NAZI's and tried (hilariously) to get the old ladies in tennis shoes (John Birch Society) to commit acts of violence, the other was a professional who infiltrated MOVE, but after Wound Knee II, he converted to Islam is now an Imam.
After the Wounded Knee I I, as you called it, I read a article in I believe WP, that a Eric Prince group of Mercenaries involved indicated they were available to disrupt future protests so I look at these few people as paid Provocateurs.
just because a bunch of whack jobs decided to use the term antifa does not mean that it’s an actual organization - those whack jobs who called themselves antifa, were opposed to the Nazis in Charlottesville -
Trump and Stephen Miller,
(who looks like a Nazi walks like a Nazi and talks like a Nazi)
Have decided to use that term in a generalization against anybody that opposes them - so my point is that if you are someone who is not Maga does not support Donald Trump then he is going to label you as antifa - and my first post tried to say that anybody who stands against fascism is anti-fascist or Antifa and not a terrorist
The NYT quote should be: "But in the bifurcated media world of 2025, one side’s comparative calm is the other’s “hellscape” — as the White House described Portland on Wednesday — and the narrative that the Trump administration has wanted has been supplied by a coterie of right-wing influencers elevated by Mr. Trump himself."
Mr. Solomon, Charlie Manson commanded his "family" to brutally murder wealthy White citizens as a false flag action designed to enrage the Whites against the Blacks in America. It was both a personal and political motive on Manson's part. This is not new. But it is much more dangerous currently because of the potential that the false flag action could work as intended in today's political climate.
“It’s coming to an end guys. I’ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they’ve confided that Trump’s movement/support is fading,” Swalwell tweeted. “As one told me, ‘this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no one wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time.”
The renowned writer Timothy Snyder has made a wonderful video on how Antifa began when the Nazis we’re gaining power and how that evolved into the third reich - I highly recommend you check it out
Creating an Insurrection in order to invoke The Insurrection Act
That is TRump's specialty, create a problem then act like he fixed it. It is usually to make money, but this time it's a power grab.
Worst of all, Donald and his Cult are willing to look stupid to get it done. I guess Cosplay Kristi couldn't ask her own people on site for a situation report. She'd rather lie and live out her fantasies in Portland and Chicago. They are a lot better than being stuck in South Dakota with her husband and kids.
Miller seemed to be listening to legal advice through an earpiece. What a nitwit. He's going to need it for HIS day in court. Looks like they may have to pay someone to start their insurrection. We need to film every crowd, especially at the beginning of a demonstration. See you in the streets.
So Stephen Miller is not a cabinet member or (as I understand it) a government employee, but as an instigator, can he not be charged or legally neutralized in some way?
Under the current administration, probably not. We have a convicted felon in the White House. a man who has control of Congress and the Supreme Court. Toss in Tom Homan, the head of I.C.E., filmed accepting a bag containing $50,000. And then we have Clarence Thomas driving around in a $250,000 RV. Miller isn't going to be touched as long as Republicans control the government. To that end, Miller is working diligently to ensure that they never are out of power again. Hence the topic of this thread: Plenary Power.
"In the second Trump administration, Stephen Miller holds two titles: White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and United States Homeland Security Advisor.
He assumed both positions on January 20, 2025."-AI Overview
He can be held responsible for certain things---pretty sure that is why he was listening to a lawyer in his ear-piece. He's going to do his worst, yet try to make sure no one can prove it came from him.
This situation reminds me of Grover Nordquist putting out a (clearly unconstitutional) petition to not approve any new or additional taxes petition that was signed by almost every Republican congress person, like fifteen or twenty years ago. Like Miller, Nordquist had no governmental position , and so could not be held accountable in any way.
I think there is reason for some. Today Curtis Yarvin talked about the right needing a place to literally go by 2029. Nick Fuentes posted about the TRump's provocation in Chicago and Portland. I'd like to thank him for putting that in writing.
Bondi lying and humiliating herself at the hearing. Tariffs (new today-100% on China), Epstein files and survivors, health insurance debacle, and TRump's endless corruption. They can't hold a town hall. I hate that people will suffer, but the only way is up and out.
It's going to be an uphill battle in order for it to succeed. My great concern is that people are scared of him. They're afraid of what he might do, what he's capable of doing. Their fear is completely justified but the only way out, as you say, is up.
There is starting to be rumblings on the right.I am almost breathless seeing Marjorie Taylor Greene standing up to him and his Machine. My guess isI that a fair number are scared shitless of sticking their necks out. However, if enough do I'm pretty sure more will follow. Considering the lack of vision and rigor from the Democrats (I refuse to refer to them as the left— they aren't), that in part I have to tie my hopes on the Republicans frightens me.
And as for suffering, the sooner people wake up to the fact that they are going to suffer regardless perhaps a little courage will sneak back in.
Of course, those few (Republican) people would have to stick their necks out - and that's easy for us to say. I hope I'm wrong, but it appears that they would have to be directly affected - and hit hard - to really brave that action.
So right Richard. MTG is citing the financial hardship conditions of HER grown children. In their twenties, they are telling her that they will never be able to afford a house, health insurance, etc.
She has two sons and a daughter. Guessing when it comes to Epstein Files, she or her daughter know women that have been abused.
In a sense we all have our necks stuck out. I realize that at this point for any Republican in Congress to speak out it would quite possibly mean the end of their political careers, as per Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. However, there are a few bucking the tide, well 2 — MTG and Rand Paul, with Murkowski and Collins resistant to some of the agenda as well. There are others in the wings but they aren't going to come out unless as they feel they have a reasonable chance of survival.
Assuming we have an election in 2026 — no guarantee at this moment — some will move as the tide is moving and may move closer to old Republican talking points. And as far as sticking our necks out is concerned, I have little doubt they keep a beady eye on sites like this and have a fairly sizable enemies list to draw from.
The fascists love to dismiss democracy as a failed system, but democracy didn't fail them; they failed democracy. To run a democracy requires a general acceptance of certain basic human virtues, like honesty, trust, and fairness, that make sharing of power and responsibility possible. Democracy is political socialism. so of course fascists hate it.
the republican party was always the party (since Nixon & especially Reagan ) of racism and hate, out to destroy the middle class, supplementing the wealthy and powerful with more and more......
they are nothing but hypocrites on the so called principles they pretend to stand for....what a fu*king joke.
Requires aid of a foreign country. It's insurrection.
18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Key Elements of Treason
Levying War: This involves engaging in actual warfare against the U.S.
Adhering to Enemies, Giving Aid and Comfort: This means providing support or assistance to enemies of the United States.
Overt Act: There must be a public act that demonstrates the intention to betray the country.
Two Witnesses: The overt act must be testified to by at least two witnesses.
Apparently CNN stands for Courting Nazis Network -
"Stephen Miller appears to be salivating at the prospect, telling CNN that “under Title 10 … the president has plenary authority” and then suddenly realizing that he’d slipped and let the cat out of the bag; he froze for the next dozen or so seconds until CNN claimed technical difficulties and cut away. When they came back, Miller omitted that “plenary” word that Karl Schmitt so loved — which means “ultimate power that nobody can challenge” — from his final remarks."
He gets off on the sadism and the attention. This Administration is filled with psychos. I believe that story, but I also believe he was born this way.
Miller makes a good tarbaby. The eye should be on the prize. Cut off the head and the body dies.
Miller has to be aware that his DNA would condemn him to extermination by Nazis but is in denial. Miller should be aware that if Vought's Project 2025 wre culminated, he'd be considered a 2nd class citizen. it's also bizarre that his wife is closely associated with Musk. Reminds me of Fran Collin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Collin
I heard cases for Cambodians who were kids when the Pol Pot regime came to power. They killed virtually all adults -- including their own parents and siblings. The psychiatrists determined thst they had lost their identities and became, in essence, automatons. You't think Miller has lost his identity. Grandson of immigrants. Was not a member of a fraternity at Duke, was in:
Duke Conservative Union: Miller served as the organization's executive director.
Miller isn't the first to act thiis way. E.G. Torquemada, the grand inuisitor of the Spanish Inquisiktion, tortured and killed his own people.
I heard SS cases involving many self admitted racists and the reacism was a function of disease, like paranoid schzophrenia.
I knew some nutsy koo Jews who have similar confusion -- probably due to mental impairments..
Tomás de Torquemada was not a "converso," but his family's status was a subject of controversy and debate. Some sources claimed his family had converso (Jewish convert) ancestry, while others, including a recent study, found no evidence of it in his family line.
What the Spanish Inquisition really did was to separate the wealthy from their jewels, gold and property. All it took as an accusation, and the property was confiscated, and split between the crown and the inquisitor.
Claiming that a person was a converso, was also a way to get even with someone with whom you had a grudge. Same thing happens in Muslim countries, only calling them a murtad, an apostate,
Denouncing a neighbor or co worker is the way to control the population, Próximamente en un vecindario cerca de usted
In 1980 I stopped at a convenience store in a Cambodian neighborhood, and it scared the hell out of me. hanging around the store were a bunch of young me with dead eyes, literally vacant and scary eyes not a sign of humanity in any of them.
Been trying to figure that out, too. However there is precedent. I believe that the composer Mendelssohn courted Christian society and denied his Jewish parentage. At least, as I recall, it was him.
IMHO Trump doesn't need the rationalization of the Insurrection Act to take over. Under unitary executive theory, he can just abolish Congress and the Supreme Court and thus not be held accountable during an "emergency."
The one thing Thom did not address is the high likelihood that Homan and Ice Barbie will eventually incite riots to justify Trump's final fascist takeover. It is not that tricky for police to trigger riots in order to justify mass brutality and arrests of people just trying to defend themselves against being beaten or shot. One might expect it to be a coordinated effort involving all occupied cities at once.
When that happens, it will be too late for politicians to do anything to stop it. Doubtless, the Supremes will be shocked even though they are the chief enablers of the ongoing insurrection by the current administration. MAGA congress members will likely not bat an eye, as their jobs as sycophants will remain secure. Soon, US gulags will start filling up with people trying to restore the freedoms that US democracy once ensured. In the end, America will become just one big industry as America's proletariat are assimilated by the Machine Pink Floyd warned us was coming. Schools will no longer educate, just groom.
I think all of this is possible and more but the 1 factor @ this point that could make a difference is if the financial markets sell off badly. Wall Street destruction,401 K holders losing 50% this might make a difference.
BTW,I don't think for 1 second that this is going to end peacefully. Trump is going after any groups that appose him including Indivisable,the group that has planned a large NO KINGS rally on 10/18. Anyone posting here should join a rally,our words are not changing anything.
Agree, Sir. Although not the only thing, the biggest thing printed on that limb is HEALTH CARE. Greedy, corrupt, and not very bright. That's the insurance companies and the Republicans enabling them.
Is of this all because El Presidente has a small plenas?
Trump is, in the end, a poltroon with a dash of Foghorn Leghorn tossed in to thicken the sauce. He definitely is not one for the trenches or fighting to his last drop of blood (which anyway is currently clogged up in his cankles). Miller, on the other hand, upon looking into his squinty eyes, strikes me as the type person who would have no trouble blowing the brains out of a two-year old. I'm not really into the concept of evil but Miller is the closest approximation I am aware of. He looks like he could be comfortable wearing one of those stereotypical Nazi jackets, the ones with the high collars and the large lapels. L'Eminence Grise, Reinhard Heydrich reincarnated to make a second try.
Democracy isn't valued in America. The ones who declare themselves the true patriots are the ones currently hellbent on destroying it. Other than its Articles and Amendments, they love the Constitution. For the rest of the population, it's something you do during the middle of football season, conveniently placed on Tuesday so they don't have to miss a game. How many know the Preamble, or if there even is one? Or have ever stopped to consider the meaning of the line"...with liberty and justice FOR ALL"? As good Americans we repeat it on a regular basis but we do so without considering its meaning, let alone stopping to consider its meaning or our personal responsibility to work toward it?
Showing up peacefully in the streets on October 18th for No Kings Day 2 is why we are failing. We're going to get our very clever posters ready, meet in the park at noon, and be home in time for afternoon tea. And then we'll start thinking about our next event, somewhere in November. They do not stop. Their commitment is 24/7. Our protests are as threatening to them as a flower show, in part because our protests don't amount to anything.
Consider what they have done in the last 8 days. Consider what they may do in the next.
This is a brilliant article Thom. It sums up the plan and how close we are to the point of no return. The American people should dump Donald Scrump asap. Can the military step in and bring an end to this madness and badness? They are sworn to protect the Constitution. The law is fighting well. Humpty-Trumpty has lost a lot of cases. Let's hope he has a great fall. The independent media are doing a gr8 job is fighting for truth and exposing the lies and corruption. I watch Thom, Midas Touch, David Packman, Brian Cohen, etc. We are fighting the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. They have done a good job in giving Trumpass the Congress. The election was rigged using voter suppression. Trump knows he will go to jail if he is removed from office. The Epstein files will finish him and he knows it. He is all over those files. His health issues might kill him. But will his death stop the plan? Tune in next week to see the final episode.
Mr. Hartmann. Schmitt was ALMOST correct when he said all we have to deal with is POWER. Or, power is all there is. He would have been correct if he had said CONTROL is all there is. CONTROL over human behavior comes from two sources: power and influence.
1) POWER is the ability to control the behavior of people even against their own will. Power comes ultimately through the barrel of a gun. Mao got that right.
2) INFLUENCE is the ability to control the behavior of people by getting them to agree with you and behave in the way you want. Propaganda is important here.
By concentrating his attention on only power and ignoring any explicit reference to control; it was inevitable that Schmitt would conclude that a powerful leader without constraints, is the best system.
If, on the other hand, if one were to recognize that CONTROL is the axiom from which we must proceed, then we would not agree with Schmitt as he prescinds to an all powerful leader.
If we instead placed power in the hands of all of us we might have a different system. We have attempted to place power in the hands of the people with our limited attempts at POLITICAL control through democracy. But we have ignored ECONOMIC control.
In our privately owned and controlled economic system we have authoritarianism right from the start. The private owners are the controllers. This is the reason I stated in past comments that there are only 2 social classes in America: owners and workers. If control over the levers of power were placed in the hands of all workers in the form of COOPERATIVES where the people who did the actual work [the vast majority of us] were the ones who owned the economic enterprises [businesses] and made the decisions; we would avoid the problem of ineffective government. We would in effect be combining the POLITICAL and ECONOMIC institutions in a democratic form of control. Both power and influence would then be in the hands of the vast majority of Americans, not in the hands of an oligarchy. This is the definition of SOCIALISM, not the definition you gave in your previous blog. What you called SOCIALISM is actually what has historically been called LIBERAL DEMOCRACY. SOCIALISM is a system in which the people who do the work are the same people who own and control the system.
It is no coincidence that the core pillar of the Republican Party has always been PRIVATE enterprise. Never FREE enterprise. The most important imperative to the Republican Party is to keep ownership and control of the system in the hands of a small wealthy elite. The Republican Party readily abandons FREE enterprise when it comes to bailing out huge corporations which are in danger of going bankrupt. But the Republican Party will never drop its demand that the economic system remain PRIVATE, with occasional bail-outs from public tax funds.
As an addendum I must add that the USSR was never a socialist system. It was a fascist system which misrepresented itself as a socialist system; especially after Lenin suddenly, unexpectedly died, and Stalin subsequently assumed top leadership. Stalin found it necessary to push Trotsky out of the way because Trotsky was a true socialist who saw accurately, what Stalin was doing. Trotsky fled to Mexico to preserve his life. But Stalin was so afraid of him that he sent killers to Mexico to assassinate Trotsky. China is a separate discussion.
Miller has carried out every threat he has made. He ignores habeas corpus in dealing with immigrants. He heads the White House National Security Council (more likely, he is the only member with a say). I play and his name and call him subdemon because of the vile evil he represents, along with Vought watch for the plenary hammer to fall.
If there is no law, but just raw power, then it may be necessary for the people to show Vance, Thiel, Trump, et al that we the people have that plenary power and it will ultimately be used against them, and that includes the Republicans. Every day the people who read these posts learn great lessons and discover new information and insights. But we are limited in what we can do and what we can affect. Those people are not likely to appear for a debate with any of us. But I am wondering if Thom and others were to write and widely publish articles addressed directly to those people, some of the messages might reach them and inform them on some level. Most of those dunces are in the same Fox Noise and right-wing bubble as the average low-information citizen. If they found enough articles and messages with their name as the recipient, is it possible they would gain enough knowledge to affect their behavior, their language, or their votes? Isn't it worth a try?
I think the end game is not only clear but inevitable. Unless our military leaders and troops balk at following unconstitutional orders, the felon-in-chief, his Nazi spokesman, self-hating Jewish Goebbels Miller and the morbidly rich who think they will profit from it will get the violent upheaval they want. If that happens, we are dead as a country, and the only positive to come out of it may be the end through the violence they want of many of those in its vanguard, not that I want that. Sadly, many of the lesser figures in the MAGAtariat, the delusional followers of the felon-in-chief, like the delusional followers of Hitler, will suffer as well. Our enemies will be waiting to pick up the pieces. Good time to learn Mandarin, as I did decades ago in a happier time, though it is gone now from lack of use.
I will forever wonder whether Trump understands any of it. Nazi theory/ brute power is simple enough; the Neanderthals perfected it. So it's not a stretch for Trump. But to me, he became Leonard Leo's useful idiot years ago. They saw a moron who could easily be manipulated with ego, power, gold bobbles and voila. He is delivering everything the Heritage Foundation, Russel Vought and the masterminds behind project 2025 could have asked for.
According to Ivava, his first wife, the only book on his nightstand was an anthology of Hitler's speeches.
He is, by far, the most ignorant president we've ever had. However, he does make an excellent churl to let slip the hounds of war for his overlords.
That and one who could get the WH for them, however legally or illegally they got it. Thank you, Peter Thiel. All they have to do with Trump is to keep allowing him to pick up his “carrots” wherever he finds them and get richer by the day. We are truly “through the looking glass” into Nevernever Land. Thom’s calling out of the Nazi playbook is so accurate and enlightening and timely. I remember reading, during the first term nightmare, that Trump, his sons, and Kushner kept a copy of Mein Kampf by their bedsides. Figures. May they all rot in hell. SMIB. Btw, we should not forget to keep an eye on that shadowy, quiet and super dangerous head of the OMB, Russ Vought, and to pay attention to his May 2022 online essay in which he spelled out his vision for Project 2025. We also need ears on the Heritage Foundation’s meeting and activities. I’m not hearing much about them these days and that is not good.
yes. he's been useful to them in all dimensions.
I hope all the Trump Republican sycophants (including SCOTUS) realize that if they start a Civil War, their lives will be in jeopardy too
We are all ANTIFA as Antifa stands for anti-fascist - all of our brave soldiers in World War II could be labeled antifa
Even the pope meets their definition of antifa- we must not let Trump and Steven Miller claim martial law
First they came for the Socialists........
Multiple recent reports detail an increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in predominantly Black neighborhoods of Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz in October 2025. Critics allege these raids have terrorized Black and brown communities, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defends the operation as targeting criminal non-citizens.
Black Neighborhoods does anyone get the significance, First it was immigrants,now blacks, and finally whites, well the whites who aren't lining the streets, screeching Hail Trump
Trans and anti Trumpers will be rounded up by the other members of Bondi's GESTAPO
Speak for yourself. It's a fiction. Not an organized organization. No Antifa protest.
Daniel if you are responding to JMcKay, you make no sense at all. JMcKay, made no mention that antifa was an organization, but in fact all of us opposed to fascism are antifascist or antfia.
Are you well Daniel?
Doesn't fucking exist. It's a ruse.
If you fucking mean, that antifa doesn't fucking exist, we all know that including JMcKay, you are making an issue out of a non issue Daniel, are you having problems? When JMcKay said we are all antifa, they were saying that anyone is antifascist, anti Trump, Anti NAZI like you and me and the rest who post here are considered Antifa by Trump. I repeat there is no such thing as ANTFIFA, but there is such a thing as antifascism, and you would be one, as well as I, The word Antifa came about because some not to clever young person thought it would be a great word to describe antifascism.
Slow down Daniel, don't be so fucking reactionary., and looking for offense.
You are nuts. Trump attacks an organization called "antifa." There is no such organization.
That we oppose Nazis does not make us "antifa."
You define a concept, then you name it, and it seems to become real for the mind. Talking about it, examining it, making light of it, making it dangerous, only seems to make it “more real” to the mind.
This is what we are. Thinking, imagining, believing, beings. This is how we make things real to ourselves.
Mr. Baltimore, You are correct, we live in a reality made up of linguistic symbols. You are talking about reification. It has some odd characteristics.
If I tell you to not use cocaine; I am presenting you with the possibility that you could do it. Cocaine use is an admissible social definition. That is, it is something we regard as admissible into our discourse. I might tell you to not have sex with a young girl. That is a subject which is an admissible social definition. However, I will not tell you that you should not cut up a young girl into pieces and eat her. That is not an admissible social definition. It is simply "understood" that cannibalism is not something anyone would fail to see as harmful and prohibited.
Nevertheless there are examples of cannibalism. eg. the nonfiction book ALIVE by Piers Paul Read about the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes. They engaged in cannibalism to survive. Afterwards some of the survivors became suicidal from shame and self doubt.
Both + and - media coverage platforms, makes more real, the illusion (that shall remain un-named).
If you admit you belong to a "terrorist" organization, you could be prosecuted.
Daniel - get a grip man!
Obviously if you admit that you are part of a “terrorist organization”
(Proud boys?) then you can be prosecuted - however don the con is the one trying to tie the word Antifa to a fictional terrorist organization-
Oh, and by the way, I found the headquarters for antifa - it’s located in Normandy, France near Omaha Beach
Unlike you, I have prosecuted people. YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE to fall for this.
Agree.
I'm pretty sure Jim meant it as metaphor, Like Dr Suess's "We are all a little weird..."
Put head in noose. It's not true. Anyone who admits if can be prosecuted.
What, Dr Suess? Or that we're all Antifa? I'm pretty sure the latter is the way Trump wants to cast anyone who doesn't get down on their knees to kiss the Great Golden Butt.
Thom: "So far here in Portland, for example, Trump’s and Noem’s attempts at provocation have been met with street theater, dancing furries, people bringing flowers to the ICE building, and a naked bike ride protest."
First, NYT reports "So far here in Portland, for example, Trump’s and Noem’s attempts at provocation have been met with street theater, dancing furries, people bringing flowers to the ICE building, and a naked bike ride protest."
During the George Floyd protests, accusations that right wingers had depicted themsel=ves as "Antifa."
In June 2020, Twitter removed an account with the handle @ANTIFA_US that was pushing violent rhetoric. An investigation linked the account to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, who were attempting to pose as Antifa to incite violence in residential areas.
Google: I intelligence documents and news reports indicate that white supremacists and other far-right extremists deliberately infiltrated and agitated during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Portland. Their actions were a factor in escalating tensions and contributing to violence, though the bulk of the protests remained peaceful.
Key points regarding extremist involvement:
- Boogaloo movement: Members of this anti-government, far-right movement, who hoped to instigate a civil war, viewed the protests as an opportunity for armed confrontation with law enforcement.
- Proud Boys: This far-right group, labeled as an extremist organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center, held rallies in Portland during the protests. The group is known for instigating violence and has a documented history of conflict with counter-protesters.
Purposeful incitement: Some white supremacist accounts on social media spread disinformation and actively encouraged violence during the protests. Some posed as "antifa" to incite conflict.
- Extremist goal: Analysis from organizations like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) showed that some extremists saw the protests as a chance to create chaos and advance their agenda.
Right-wing focus: Internal police reports and leaked documents confirmed that law enforcement was aware of far-right extremists trying to attack protesters and police during the demonstrations.
Once upon a time, the FBI actually kept track of the far-right to protect us. Now KA$H wants to hire them.
In fairness, there are always anarchists that want to break things and steal stuff. Maybe the ones in Portland are getting too old for that crap and have gotten a little smarter over the last five years. Or it could be they are scared and they should be.
I think they were sent by right wing groups to evoke outrage.
E.G. the Minneapolis police linked the "Umbrella Man," a figure seen smashing windows during the George Floyd protests, to a white supremacist prison gang known as the Aryan Cowboys (or Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood). Police suspect this individual was trying to incite violence and racial unrest.
https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/aryan-cowboy-brotherhood?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10844164222&gbraid=0AAAAADtja51jow8Y4L0if3MBkg6wRSqaQ&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3aLHBhDTARIsAIRij587_PcHnOUlRIgsDfvqPn6xfwYdClSXht3R7e1sZuZlS_n4AR0cWt8aAjMYEALw_wcB
Actually I'm pretty sure in Portland during BLM it was both a-holes and paid provocateurs. I watched the live streaming and most of it went on at night. This stuff, at an ICE facility? They will "make you famous". I just hope the kiddos get it. They seem to. So far so good.
In Portland, the news caught a masked, and black garbed "rioter" being picked up by a van.
I first saw this crew in Seattle during the WTO riots. A group of masked, black clad males with baseball bats, were busting store windows.
What the left falls down on, is not arresting these people when they show up
I've known two agent provaceurs ins my life, one who infilatrated neo NAZI's and tried (hilariously) to get the old ladies in tennis shoes (John Birch Society) to commit acts of violence, the other was a professional who infiltrated MOVE, but after Wound Knee II, he converted to Islam is now an Imam.
After the Wounded Knee I I, as you called it, I read a article in I believe WP, that a Eric Prince group of Mercenaries involved indicated they were available to disrupt future protests so I look at these few people as paid Provocateurs.
It's also alleged that group of masked, black clad males with baseball bats, who were busting store windows were commissioned by right wing donors.
We had the same in DC.
Love that ending!
Hoover also kept lists of Communists and homosexuals..
Daniel, you need to take a chill pill -
just because a bunch of whack jobs decided to use the term antifa does not mean that it’s an actual organization - those whack jobs who called themselves antifa, were opposed to the Nazis in Charlottesville -
Trump and Stephen Miller,
(who looks like a Nazi walks like a Nazi and talks like a Nazi)
Have decided to use that term in a generalization against anybody that opposes them - so my point is that if you are someone who is not Maga does not support Donald Trump then he is going to label you as antifa - and my first post tried to say that anybody who stands against fascism is anti-fascist or Antifa and not a terrorist
The NYT quote should be: "But in the bifurcated media world of 2025, one side’s comparative calm is the other’s “hellscape” — as the White House described Portland on Wednesday — and the narrative that the Trump administration has wanted has been supplied by a coterie of right-wing influencers elevated by Mr. Trump himself."
Mr. Solomon, Charlie Manson commanded his "family" to brutally murder wealthy White citizens as a false flag action designed to enrage the Whites against the Blacks in America. It was both a personal and political motive on Manson's part. This is not new. But it is much more dangerous currently because of the potential that the false flag action could work as intended in today's political climate.
I know it’s fiction - they have tried to make the term Antifa = terrorist
But the term Antifa has been around since World War II - and it’s a shortening for the meaning behind it, which is anti-fascist
100 GOP members to ‘jail break’ from Trump, Swalwell says
https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/epstein-bomb-about-to-drop-100-gop-members-to-jail-break-from-trump-swalwell-says/
“It’s coming to an end guys. I’ve spoken to a lot of House Republicans this week and they’ve confided that Trump’s movement/support is fading,” Swalwell tweeted. “As one told me, ‘this Epstein bomb is about to drop and no one wants to defend a pedo-protector. It’s just a matter of time.”
The renowned writer Timothy Snyder has made a wonderful video on how Antifa began when the Nazis we’re gaining power and how that evolved into the third reich - I highly recommend you check it out
Creating an Insurrection in order to invoke The Insurrection Act
That is TRump's specialty, create a problem then act like he fixed it. It is usually to make money, but this time it's a power grab.
Worst of all, Donald and his Cult are willing to look stupid to get it done. I guess Cosplay Kristi couldn't ask her own people on site for a situation report. She'd rather lie and live out her fantasies in Portland and Chicago. They are a lot better than being stuck in South Dakota with her husband and kids.
Miller seemed to be listening to legal advice through an earpiece. What a nitwit. He's going to need it for HIS day in court. Looks like they may have to pay someone to start their insurrection. We need to film every crowd, especially at the beginning of a demonstration. See you in the streets.
So Stephen Miller is not a cabinet member or (as I understand it) a government employee, but as an instigator, can he not be charged or legally neutralized in some way?
Under the current administration, probably not. We have a convicted felon in the White House. a man who has control of Congress and the Supreme Court. Toss in Tom Homan, the head of I.C.E., filmed accepting a bag containing $50,000. And then we have Clarence Thomas driving around in a $250,000 RV. Miller isn't going to be touched as long as Republicans control the government. To that end, Miller is working diligently to ensure that they never are out of power again. Hence the topic of this thread: Plenary Power.
"In the second Trump administration, Stephen Miller holds two titles: White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and United States Homeland Security Advisor.
He assumed both positions on January 20, 2025."-AI Overview
He can be held responsible for certain things---pretty sure that is why he was listening to a lawyer in his ear-piece. He's going to do his worst, yet try to make sure no one can prove it came from him.
This situation reminds me of Grover Nordquist putting out a (clearly unconstitutional) petition to not approve any new or additional taxes petition that was signed by almost every Republican congress person, like fifteen or twenty years ago. Like Miller, Nordquist had no governmental position , and so could not be held accountable in any way.
I love your optimism.
I think there is reason for some. Today Curtis Yarvin talked about the right needing a place to literally go by 2029. Nick Fuentes posted about the TRump's provocation in Chicago and Portland. I'd like to thank him for putting that in writing.
Bondi lying and humiliating herself at the hearing. Tariffs (new today-100% on China), Epstein files and survivors, health insurance debacle, and TRump's endless corruption. They can't hold a town hall. I hate that people will suffer, but the only way is up and out.
It's going to be an uphill battle in order for it to succeed. My great concern is that people are scared of him. They're afraid of what he might do, what he's capable of doing. Their fear is completely justified but the only way out, as you say, is up.
There is starting to be rumblings on the right.I am almost breathless seeing Marjorie Taylor Greene standing up to him and his Machine. My guess isI that a fair number are scared shitless of sticking their necks out. However, if enough do I'm pretty sure more will follow. Considering the lack of vision and rigor from the Democrats (I refuse to refer to them as the left— they aren't), that in part I have to tie my hopes on the Republicans frightens me.
And as for suffering, the sooner people wake up to the fact that they are going to suffer regardless perhaps a little courage will sneak back in.
Of course, those few (Republican) people would have to stick their necks out - and that's easy for us to say. I hope I'm wrong, but it appears that they would have to be directly affected - and hit hard - to really brave that action.
So right Richard. MTG is citing the financial hardship conditions of HER grown children. In their twenties, they are telling her that they will never be able to afford a house, health insurance, etc.
She has two sons and a daughter. Guessing when it comes to Epstein Files, she or her daughter know women that have been abused.
In a sense we all have our necks stuck out. I realize that at this point for any Republican in Congress to speak out it would quite possibly mean the end of their political careers, as per Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. However, there are a few bucking the tide, well 2 — MTG and Rand Paul, with Murkowski and Collins resistant to some of the agenda as well. There are others in the wings but they aren't going to come out unless as they feel they have a reasonable chance of survival.
Assuming we have an election in 2026 — no guarantee at this moment — some will move as the tide is moving and may move closer to old Republican talking points. And as far as sticking our necks out is concerned, I have little doubt they keep a beady eye on sites like this and have a fairly sizable enemies list to draw from.
The fascists love to dismiss democracy as a failed system, but democracy didn't fail them; they failed democracy. To run a democracy requires a general acceptance of certain basic human virtues, like honesty, trust, and fairness, that make sharing of power and responsibility possible. Democracy is political socialism. so of course fascists hate it.
Jefrey,good post.
the republican party was always the party (since Nixon & especially Reagan ) of racism and hate, out to destroy the middle class, supplementing the wealthy and powerful with more and more......
they are nothing but hypocrites on the so called principles they pretend to stand for....what a fu*king joke.
If SCOTUS makes rulings that are not legally supported by the constitution - does that meet the definition of treason?
Requires aid of a foreign country. It's insurrection.
18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
Key Elements of Treason
Levying War: This involves engaging in actual warfare against the U.S.
Adhering to Enemies, Giving Aid and Comfort: This means providing support or assistance to enemies of the United States.
Overt Act: There must be a public act that demonstrates the intention to betray the country.
Two Witnesses: The overt act must be testified to by at least two witnesses.
How about two hundred million witnesses?
That is a great question. Who and what holds SCOTUS accountable? Anything?
Apparently CNN stands for Courting Nazis Network -
"Stephen Miller appears to be salivating at the prospect, telling CNN that “under Title 10 … the president has plenary authority” and then suddenly realizing that he’d slipped and let the cat out of the bag; he froze for the next dozen or so seconds until CNN claimed technical difficulties and cut away. When they came back, Miller omitted that “plenary” word that Karl Schmitt so loved — which means “ultimate power that nobody can challenge” — from his final remarks."
Nothing to see here..
On Stephanie Miller today, Angela reported that a class mate of Miller said that he was rebuffed by a Latino with whom he was obsessed.
I still can't get over, how the grandson of people who fled pogroms turns out to be a NAZI, quoting Schmidt and actiing Goebbels
He gets off on the sadism and the attention. This Administration is filled with psychos. I believe that story, but I also believe he was born this way.
Miller makes a good tarbaby. The eye should be on the prize. Cut off the head and the body dies.
Miller has to be aware that his DNA would condemn him to extermination by Nazis but is in denial. Miller should be aware that if Vought's Project 2025 wre culminated, he'd be considered a 2nd class citizen. it's also bizarre that his wife is closely associated with Musk. Reminds me of Fran Collin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Collin
I heard cases for Cambodians who were kids when the Pol Pot regime came to power. They killed virtually all adults -- including their own parents and siblings. The psychiatrists determined thst they had lost their identities and became, in essence, automatons. You't think Miller has lost his identity. Grandson of immigrants. Was not a member of a fraternity at Duke, was in:
Duke Conservative Union: Miller served as the organization's executive director.
Miller isn't the first to act thiis way. E.G. Torquemada, the grand inuisitor of the Spanish Inquisiktion, tortured and killed his own people.
I heard SS cases involving many self admitted racists and the reacism was a function of disease, like paranoid schzophrenia.
I knew some nutsy koo Jews who have similar confusion -- probably due to mental impairments..
Tomás de Torquemada was not a "converso," but his family's status was a subject of controversy and debate. Some sources claimed his family had converso (Jewish convert) ancestry, while others, including a recent study, found no evidence of it in his family line.
What the Spanish Inquisition really did was to separate the wealthy from their jewels, gold and property. All it took as an accusation, and the property was confiscated, and split between the crown and the inquisitor.
Claiming that a person was a converso, was also a way to get even with someone with whom you had a grudge. Same thing happens in Muslim countries, only calling them a murtad, an apostate,
Denouncing a neighbor or co worker is the way to control the population, Próximamente en un vecindario cerca de usted
In 1980 I stopped at a convenience store in a Cambodian neighborhood, and it scared the hell out of me. hanging around the store were a bunch of young me with dead eyes, literally vacant and scary eyes not a sign of humanity in any of them.
Been trying to figure that out, too. However there is precedent. I believe that the composer Mendelssohn courted Christian society and denied his Jewish parentage. At least, as I recall, it was him.
IMHO Trump doesn't need the rationalization of the Insurrection Act to take over. Under unitary executive theory, he can just abolish Congress and the Supreme Court and thus not be held accountable during an "emergency."
We used to talk about this stuff under GWB.
The one thing Thom did not address is the high likelihood that Homan and Ice Barbie will eventually incite riots to justify Trump's final fascist takeover. It is not that tricky for police to trigger riots in order to justify mass brutality and arrests of people just trying to defend themselves against being beaten or shot. One might expect it to be a coordinated effort involving all occupied cities at once.
When that happens, it will be too late for politicians to do anything to stop it. Doubtless, the Supremes will be shocked even though they are the chief enablers of the ongoing insurrection by the current administration. MAGA congress members will likely not bat an eye, as their jobs as sycophants will remain secure. Soon, US gulags will start filling up with people trying to restore the freedoms that US democracy once ensured. In the end, America will become just one big industry as America's proletariat are assimilated by the Machine Pink Floyd warned us was coming. Schools will no longer educate, just groom.
I think all of this is possible and more but the 1 factor @ this point that could make a difference is if the financial markets sell off badly. Wall Street destruction,401 K holders losing 50% this might make a difference.
BTW,I don't think for 1 second that this is going to end peacefully. Trump is going after any groups that appose him including Indivisable,the group that has planned a large NO KINGS rally on 10/18. Anyone posting here should join a rally,our words are not changing anything.
Think of a tree.
Trump and his F-Troop have all sat on the leafy side of the limb that is going to fall 1,000 feet once they finish sawing it off the trunk.
They are going to Crash Out, my friend. Down. Down. Down like Homer Simpson.
Agree, Sir. Although not the only thing, the biggest thing printed on that limb is HEALTH CARE. Greedy, corrupt, and not very bright. That's the insurance companies and the Republicans enabling them.
F for F*ck-up.
Is of this all because El Presidente has a small plenas?
Trump is, in the end, a poltroon with a dash of Foghorn Leghorn tossed in to thicken the sauce. He definitely is not one for the trenches or fighting to his last drop of blood (which anyway is currently clogged up in his cankles). Miller, on the other hand, upon looking into his squinty eyes, strikes me as the type person who would have no trouble blowing the brains out of a two-year old. I'm not really into the concept of evil but Miller is the closest approximation I am aware of. He looks like he could be comfortable wearing one of those stereotypical Nazi jackets, the ones with the high collars and the large lapels. L'Eminence Grise, Reinhard Heydrich reincarnated to make a second try.
Democracy isn't valued in America. The ones who declare themselves the true patriots are the ones currently hellbent on destroying it. Other than its Articles and Amendments, they love the Constitution. For the rest of the population, it's something you do during the middle of football season, conveniently placed on Tuesday so they don't have to miss a game. How many know the Preamble, or if there even is one? Or have ever stopped to consider the meaning of the line"...with liberty and justice FOR ALL"? As good Americans we repeat it on a regular basis but we do so without considering its meaning, let alone stopping to consider its meaning or our personal responsibility to work toward it?
Showing up peacefully in the streets on October 18th for No Kings Day 2 is why we are failing. We're going to get our very clever posters ready, meet in the park at noon, and be home in time for afternoon tea. And then we'll start thinking about our next event, somewhere in November. They do not stop. Their commitment is 24/7. Our protests are as threatening to them as a flower show, in part because our protests don't amount to anything.
Consider what they have done in the last 8 days. Consider what they may do in the next.
See you there!
This is a brilliant article Thom. It sums up the plan and how close we are to the point of no return. The American people should dump Donald Scrump asap. Can the military step in and bring an end to this madness and badness? They are sworn to protect the Constitution. The law is fighting well. Humpty-Trumpty has lost a lot of cases. Let's hope he has a great fall. The independent media are doing a gr8 job is fighting for truth and exposing the lies and corruption. I watch Thom, Midas Touch, David Packman, Brian Cohen, etc. We are fighting the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. They have done a good job in giving Trumpass the Congress. The election was rigged using voter suppression. Trump knows he will go to jail if he is removed from office. The Epstein files will finish him and he knows it. He is all over those files. His health issues might kill him. But will his death stop the plan? Tune in next week to see the final episode.
Mr. Hartmann. Schmitt was ALMOST correct when he said all we have to deal with is POWER. Or, power is all there is. He would have been correct if he had said CONTROL is all there is. CONTROL over human behavior comes from two sources: power and influence.
1) POWER is the ability to control the behavior of people even against their own will. Power comes ultimately through the barrel of a gun. Mao got that right.
2) INFLUENCE is the ability to control the behavior of people by getting them to agree with you and behave in the way you want. Propaganda is important here.
By concentrating his attention on only power and ignoring any explicit reference to control; it was inevitable that Schmitt would conclude that a powerful leader without constraints, is the best system.
If, on the other hand, if one were to recognize that CONTROL is the axiom from which we must proceed, then we would not agree with Schmitt as he prescinds to an all powerful leader.
If we instead placed power in the hands of all of us we might have a different system. We have attempted to place power in the hands of the people with our limited attempts at POLITICAL control through democracy. But we have ignored ECONOMIC control.
In our privately owned and controlled economic system we have authoritarianism right from the start. The private owners are the controllers. This is the reason I stated in past comments that there are only 2 social classes in America: owners and workers. If control over the levers of power were placed in the hands of all workers in the form of COOPERATIVES where the people who did the actual work [the vast majority of us] were the ones who owned the economic enterprises [businesses] and made the decisions; we would avoid the problem of ineffective government. We would in effect be combining the POLITICAL and ECONOMIC institutions in a democratic form of control. Both power and influence would then be in the hands of the vast majority of Americans, not in the hands of an oligarchy. This is the definition of SOCIALISM, not the definition you gave in your previous blog. What you called SOCIALISM is actually what has historically been called LIBERAL DEMOCRACY. SOCIALISM is a system in which the people who do the work are the same people who own and control the system.
It is no coincidence that the core pillar of the Republican Party has always been PRIVATE enterprise. Never FREE enterprise. The most important imperative to the Republican Party is to keep ownership and control of the system in the hands of a small wealthy elite. The Republican Party readily abandons FREE enterprise when it comes to bailing out huge corporations which are in danger of going bankrupt. But the Republican Party will never drop its demand that the economic system remain PRIVATE, with occasional bail-outs from public tax funds.
As an addendum I must add that the USSR was never a socialist system. It was a fascist system which misrepresented itself as a socialist system; especially after Lenin suddenly, unexpectedly died, and Stalin subsequently assumed top leadership. Stalin found it necessary to push Trotsky out of the way because Trotsky was a true socialist who saw accurately, what Stalin was doing. Trotsky fled to Mexico to preserve his life. But Stalin was so afraid of him that he sent killers to Mexico to assassinate Trotsky. China is a separate discussion.
Miller has carried out every threat he has made. He ignores habeas corpus in dealing with immigrants. He heads the White House National Security Council (more likely, he is the only member with a say). I play and his name and call him subdemon because of the vile evil he represents, along with Vought watch for the plenary hammer to fall.
We are in perfect agreement. I consider Thiel to be the pope in the Church of Satan and the other two are the chief cardinals.
Did you see the piece in WAPO about Thiel’s lecture series. https://wapo.st/43g8yJs
It’s enlightening. Don’t forget Thiel’s chief acolyte Vance.
If there is no law, but just raw power, then it may be necessary for the people to show Vance, Thiel, Trump, et al that we the people have that plenary power and it will ultimately be used against them, and that includes the Republicans. Every day the people who read these posts learn great lessons and discover new information and insights. But we are limited in what we can do and what we can affect. Those people are not likely to appear for a debate with any of us. But I am wondering if Thom and others were to write and widely publish articles addressed directly to those people, some of the messages might reach them and inform them on some level. Most of those dunces are in the same Fox Noise and right-wing bubble as the average low-information citizen. If they found enough articles and messages with their name as the recipient, is it possible they would gain enough knowledge to affect their behavior, their language, or their votes? Isn't it worth a try?
I think the end game is not only clear but inevitable. Unless our military leaders and troops balk at following unconstitutional orders, the felon-in-chief, his Nazi spokesman, self-hating Jewish Goebbels Miller and the morbidly rich who think they will profit from it will get the violent upheaval they want. If that happens, we are dead as a country, and the only positive to come out of it may be the end through the violence they want of many of those in its vanguard, not that I want that. Sadly, many of the lesser figures in the MAGAtariat, the delusional followers of the felon-in-chief, like the delusional followers of Hitler, will suffer as well. Our enemies will be waiting to pick up the pieces. Good time to learn Mandarin, as I did decades ago in a happier time, though it is gone now from lack of use.