So what was just done in Venezuela sets a precedent and [View all]

pretext for future action by this lawless administration and military. Whether Maduro is a bad guy or not the fact remains that the Venezuelan Supreme Court confirmed in 2024 that he was duly and lawfully elected. Therefore it doesn't matter how much the government of another country hates him or what they think he has done. The fact remains that we attacked another country and kidnapped their lawfully elected leader.

We attacked a fellow UN Member State that was not attacking us militarily and we kidnapped their leader. So this corrupt US government and military has decided that they have the right to do the same to any country they have any disagreement with at any time. They have established the precedent for kidnapping the leaders of other countries they do not like or are accusing of crimes and then play judge and jury. They have established the precedent that they will do so in connection to demands that natural resources of that country be turned over to the corrupt US government.

When a Democrat is elected President in 2028, despite the voter repression and voter/ballot manipulation of Musk et al, and this corrupt current administration makes accusations against that winning candidate what won't they do? Say it out loud to yourself. What won't they do? What is the clear demonstration of their conduct so far? So what won't they do in the future? What won't they do?

So domestically they have unleashed repression and censorship, instituted quasi state run media, instituted massive racial profiling and violent deportation, instituted violent repression of protestors, made sweeping restrictions on immigration, made sweeping moves to repress and restrict the ability of citizens to leave the country, made moves to repress the speech of students based on national origin/religion/political view, ignored/openly lied to courts, openly pursued vindictive prosecutions against political opponents and dismantled any semblance of a functioning civil rights function at DOJ.

So I remind those who called it "needlessly alarmist" when early on many of us warned that time was short that you can stick your assurances about how "they can't do that". We tried to tell you that there was literally nothing these people wouldn't do. You mocked us and ridiculed us. So now you can proceed to tell me more of what "they won't do". Comfort yourselves with your delusions of the fascists somehow "not doing" this or that.