conduct elections to the states. It was precisely so that no yahoo charlatan like Trump could rig them for himself.

We are under a regime controlled by a psychopath who has been getting away with lying and doing whatever the hell he wants his entire life.
We are living the reality of his dark personality and character.

and it can get much, much worse.

I have been saying for years.......WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET......and it is getting increasingly so every day that passes.....

He makes a phony crisis emergency, then announces HE is the only one smart enough to solve this emergency /??????????
Perfect symptom of a Psychopath at work, along with gaslighting the blame to everyone except himself.....

Once again, the Reality is that we have to quit just saying Trump this and Trump that........He couldn't have survived a week into his first term, if it weren't for the backing and enabling of: The Republicans in the House and Senate, The Republican Main Stream Media, The Republican Corporations, and especially the Republican Supreme Court Justices........
And with all of those entities continuing to back him 100%, he will get worse and worse, until THEY all do something about him.
Of course, the next politcian(s)they corruptly install, could actually be worse. Then they can act from the shadows, behind smoke and mirrors with out Trump bragging to the public what they are doing, as well as Trump going off the rails with his own personal tangents.......

There is soooo much impending shit about to descend on us, that hasn't even been realized yet.........

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but often forget those in the shadows, many who have been planning and lurking for years.

I was just reading about how Putin increased his power with a series of horrific bombings of apartment buildings that killed hundreds of residents. People were terrified and wanted a strong leader to protect them. Putin blamed the bombings on Chechnya.

The same tactic has been used throughout history by tyrannical leaders playing on people's fears.

That Putin has been blackmailing Trump, countless other Politicians, Many of the U.S. Uber Rich, and interfering with the elections since 2015. Putin also went out of his way to continue all of his gathering of scut on these individuals as far back as the early 90's.......And now we are finding that Elon was working with Putin, along with Epstein and Trump, to make it happen........

I can only think, that the reason for Trump/Republicans dragging their feet on the Epstein information, is that Trump has a list of everyone on the Epstein Documents, and is using that information for his greatest grift of all, and is personally blackmailing all those individuals himself.............Not unlike the Mafia's "Protection Money" scams............

It has been obvious for a good many years that Putin and/or Trump have been blackmailing and bribing a lot of people in DC. It took a long time to set all this into motion and the Russians with their KGB history are extremely good at what they do. They know how to play the long game. The Russian Mafia is terrifying and they are everywhere worldwide.

I think we all figured out that was what was going on with Lindsey Graham for the last ten years. He couldn't be any more obvious.

will be perfectly willing to defy courts to maintain their power, I fear that only physical force would stop them.

It is not just Trump. During the campaign, when Project 2025 was brought up, Peter Thiel (Vance's mentor) said that Project 2025 would bring a revolution in US governance. He said that the revolution would be bloodless only if the left accepted it. If we opposed it, it would not be bloodless.

If Trump declares an emergency to take over elections, there will be massive protests. The response to such protests would be violent. Trump would call upon his ICE army, militias and the National Guard to squash the protests.

Would members of the Guard and regular Army refuse illegal orders or comply with killing civilian protesters? Would they split apart into opposing factions?

I feel like that kind of confrontation could happen.

but I'm afraid that is a very likely scenario. History would agree with you as well.

Such violence would be terrible. Like a civil war, but not limited to one region against another region. It would not be just red states against blue states. It would be fascist vs democracy factions within cities and states.

Hardly anyone would be safe anywhere and I can picture Trump watching as the country burns in much the same way he did on Jan 6. His ultimate retribution. Plus, he thrives on chaos.

Yes, he loves chaos. But he is backed, funded, and coached (as much as anyone can coach him) by far right individuals and groups. When Trump entered the political scene , he was a gift to them for promoting their agendas.

We make a huge mistake if we think that Trump is the source of the fascist movement in the US. Vance was promoted as Trump's VP in 2024 by Peter Thiel.

Have you noticed how Trump sometimes prefaces a comment with, "I'm not supposed to say this, but...."? Or, "They don't want me to say this...."

It sounds like a rebellious child disobeying his parents in public where they can't stop him, just to prove that he has some independence.

I know that Bob Woodward is not popular on DU because he saved significant info for his book instead of going public with it right away, but there are things he's written that are worth paying attention to. In his book, Peril, he describes how Trump was depressed and angry after the 2020 election and failure of his coup attempt. He would have languished away at Mar a Lago, occasionally spouting his BS in self-defensive media statements except that Lindsay Graham made frequent trips to MAL to encourage Trump that he still had a future in political leadership.

Trump talked about being "the chosen one." I can just imagine envoys from the far right telling him that as encouragement. I can imagine them flattering him with religious slants like "This is your destiny. God has chosen you and we are obeying God's will and command. Only you can save America and the world, so we will help you, but you must follow our advice because we are God's messengers to you."

To normal people, that sounds insane, especially since Trump is not and never has been religious. But to a depressed narcissist who was already showing signs of mental decline it would be uplifting music to his ears. I believe that a group of far right leaders has been playing him like a puppet, with just enough string to be himself, but pulling hard on the strings when he strays too far or does something that might hurt their agenda.

Remember that bizarre campaign rally when Trump swayed back and forth on the stage while Noem stayed with him, constantly calling him "sir" and leading him to remember what they were doing next? Trump had some kind of episode that day and Noem was in hand to be his handler. I believe that he is getting cocktails of meds to keep him functioning.

It is the people behind Trump who are leading the fascist agenda. They are the ones who will step in to run the show if the country falls into total chaos. Or, if they decide to ditch Trump when he is of no further use to him. Vance is their chosen one to take over.

I know that this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but we are already past normal into territory where political agendas are beyond what we ever thought could happen in the US. The patterns of RW politics in the US now follow patterns of other democracies that have been taken over by autocrats.

All for the benefit of a few top-level assholes while the rest of us suffer....

"Executive Orders" another favorite tool of wanna be dictator's political party.............

Blame spell-checking.

you should post a warning in your title: "Stop eating or drinking anything before reading"

Good one......caught me off guard.....LOL

I have a spare keyboard or two, by the way.

Which he is lying about

A hot civil war. And since Krasnov and Whiskey Pete have fired all the competent and honorable military leaders, it’s likely to turn out very differently than they think it will.

That what they want? ( I think that is possible as well) When a animal ( TSF) is cornered,(EPSTEIN FILES) expect ANYTHING!

with enough Atomic Weapons to destroy the planet earth one thousand times over.

Putin, NKorea, Trump, Netanyahu...............

If any of them are going down, they are ALL of the personality type of ......."I'll Show YOU.........I Go, You GO.

He's reading the script.

that conglomeration of bullshit between trump's ears.
The man is obviously insane and needs to be treated as such.
And the republicans sit on their hands and do nothing.

I mean, they ARE false accusations against his political opponents, but like so much else with him, it's just a huge confession of his own intent.

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being COMMITTED by Federal agents who claim to be 'protecting' us !!!!!! (ICE)

but TRUMP and his executive branch IS the only 'national emergency'!


Clearly we are well past '25th Amendment time',
and scuttlebutt says that even many members of the cabinet
are now growing tired of him....

86-47

... so far, no mention of Epstein.