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To my US readers:
Today we witnessed an attempted coup by Trump supporters, instigated by Trump himself, supported inside Congress by Hawley, Cruz, and others. At the very least they are white supremacist terrorists.
This should not get swept under the rug like so much of Trump's other misdeeds and corruption.
This needs to be prosecuted as the sedition and insurrection it is. It is just as treasonous as the secessionists of the old confederate states. It needs to be squashed, and squashed hard.
I'm a nobody. I don't hold any office, I don't have lots of money.
But I am a US citizen, and I demand that Congress, the FBI, and the Secret Service do whatever they need to to bring these traitors to justice.
What can we do?
We need to pull together, or they'll try to pick us off one by one.
Even if they defeat this now, unless it has heavy consequences we won't be rid of MAGAt "Y'all Queda" terror until they have no support and no place to hide.
Today we witnessed an attempted coup by Trump supporters, instigated by Trump himself, supported inside Congress by Hawley, Cruz, and others. At the very least they are white supremacist terrorists.
This should not get swept under the rug like so much of Trump's other misdeeds and corruption.
This needs to be prosecuted as the sedition and insurrection it is. It is just as treasonous as the secessionists of the old confederate states. It needs to be squashed, and squashed hard.
I'm a nobody. I don't hold any office, I don't have lots of money.
But I am a US citizen, and I demand that Congress, the FBI, and the Secret Service do whatever they need to to bring these traitors to justice.
What can we do?
- Start with demanding that Fox News be removed from your cable service for "material support of terrorism".
- Do Not vote for any of the treasonous GOP for any office, not even dog catcher. As long as the GOP embraces Trumpism, even if not in name, reject them utterly.
- Do not patronize MAGA businesses. Starve the beast.
- Cut ties with your MAGA relatives. I know it's hard, but this shit has to have consequences, even for the footsoldiers.
- Demand that your elected representatives denounce this, and if necessary, resign from the GOP..
- For the duration of the pandemic, observe all public health directives and CDC guidelines. Starve Covid of victims.
- If you can afford it, give to progressive/reformist causes, including the ACLU.
- Stay aware of both local and national politics. Be aware of the shenanigans being pulled in your name.
We need to pull together, or they'll try to pick us off one by one.
Even if they defeat this now, unless it has heavy consequences we won't be rid of MAGAt "Y'all Queda" terror until they have no support and no place to hide.
I Don't Care About AIG's Bonuses
Well, I do, and I still care about the trillions of dollars wasted in Iraq - including those pallets of cash (over half of which probably went into AlQ's pockets, as a "thanks" for helping keep the Bushies in power) and sweetheart contracts to Haliburton, KBR and Blackwater!
IMO, the GOP is pushing this crap to a frenzy to a) bring down Obama in revenge for him actually winning, b) distract people from demanding an accounting for their activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, c) distract pedople from their own corruption, and d) as a way of pissing in the well that they have been made to realize that they no longer own.
The pigopolists and the GOP need to worry about this strategy, though, because once people start asking those hard questions, it is very hard to stop it. The obscene costs and shady deals of the Iraq mess *will* be brought up, again and again, until we get the real answers. If the Obama administration and Congress don't want to get answers for us, then we will keep dumping incumbents out until we find those who will.
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, apocryphal
Well, I do, and I still care about the trillions of dollars wasted in Iraq - including those pallets of cash (over half of which probably went into AlQ's pockets, as a "thanks" for helping keep the Bushies in power) and sweetheart contracts to Haliburton, KBR and Blackwater!
IMO, the GOP is pushing this crap to a frenzy to a) bring down Obama in revenge for him actually winning, b) distract people from demanding an accounting for their activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, c) distract pedople from their own corruption, and d) as a way of pissing in the well that they have been made to realize that they no longer own.
The pigopolists and the GOP need to worry about this strategy, though, because once people start asking those hard questions, it is very hard to stop it. The obscene costs and shady deals of the Iraq mess *will* be brought up, again and again, until we get the real answers. If the Obama administration and Congress don't want to get answers for us, then we will keep dumping incumbents out until we find those who will.
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant." Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, apocryphal
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