Why are all these people so shocked? I get that former Republicans— who used to seem unshockable—are shocked. And people who are too young to remembered waterboarding at Guantanamo. I got my shocks in the 60s. I’m waiting for a follow up call from Paul Krassner’s ghost, about how Abbie says it’s time for all of us to go underground.
Here is something that has been on my mind. How is the rendition of people (even if they were convicted of something) not "cruel and unusual punishment?"
What an amazing spectacle! The POS who thinks he can do anything and everything he wants is unable to tell the president of a two-bit country he couldn't find on a map that he has to return a man sent there by accident. And that president also is completely, despite having the supreme authority in that country, unable to tell his subordinates to put that man, a green card holder, on a plane to the US.
Forget all the other arguments. Start spreading the word that POS has NO POWER to do anything, so why should anyone do anything for him. Maybe the country should believe it and get rid of the no power nonentity squatting in the White House.
"Of all the abuses of Donald Trump, none poses a graver threat to liberty than his complete contempt for due process." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
Back in the middle 90s, I was going to seminary. One Saturday afternoon, I joined in a protest against El Salvador and their infamous practice of disappearing people. Mothers would go to the enormous dump site to see if they could find any bodies or parts of bodies of their loved ones. And now we have Antichrist Trump who takes such great delight, including his cabinet; namely Bible-thumping Little Marco, laughing at the possibility of Terrorist Trump having five more prisons built by the President of El Salvador. I’m so damn ashamed of being an American right now.
Frightening, infuriating, yes, but that's where we are now, until the people of this country rise up, as I have to believe they will. Instead of fear, let them see our conviction and resolve to stop the immoral and illegal inhumanity of this Mt. Rushmore of crooks and philanderers, and that we will fight, first with the help of the courts - not just for our rights, but for those who cannot help themselves. Strength is the only language a bully understands.
The potential saving grace is that as we are pushed outside of the bedrock of our democracy the opposition to the takeover of fascism grows ever stronger, and leaderlessly, as a body without a head, thanks to the internet we could have an uprising with no blood. MySubstack today deals with that:
There's action in the playing field and I am getting in step
Shock, disbelief, horror, deliberate public terrorism. These words are becoming numbing and almost normal.
When are our elected officials going to stand up in the house and senate and "do an Al Green" non-stop, 24/7 day after day, week after week? Make sure they're on C-Span. Or are these just milk-toast moments showing the rest of us that this is just how it's going to be?
Why are all these people so shocked? I get that former Republicans— who used to seem unshockable—are shocked. And people who are too young to remembered waterboarding at Guantanamo. I got my shocks in the 60s. I’m waiting for a follow up call from Paul Krassner’s ghost, about how Abbie says it’s time for all of us to go underground.
We should all be VERY afraid-especially journalists, so I salute your bravery.
if dictator don is powerless to get Abrego Garcias returned then trump is an impotent dictator
Here is something that has been on my mind. How is the rendition of people (even if they were convicted of something) not "cruel and unusual punishment?"
I said this on another site:
What an amazing spectacle! The POS who thinks he can do anything and everything he wants is unable to tell the president of a two-bit country he couldn't find on a map that he has to return a man sent there by accident. And that president also is completely, despite having the supreme authority in that country, unable to tell his subordinates to put that man, a green card holder, on a plane to the US.
Forget all the other arguments. Start spreading the word that POS has NO POWER to do anything, so why should anyone do anything for him. Maybe the country should believe it and get rid of the no power nonentity squatting in the White House.
"Of all the abuses of Donald Trump, none poses a graver threat to liberty than his complete contempt for due process." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
UNCLE SCAM MUSK GO!
Back in the middle 90s, I was going to seminary. One Saturday afternoon, I joined in a protest against El Salvador and their infamous practice of disappearing people. Mothers would go to the enormous dump site to see if they could find any bodies or parts of bodies of their loved ones. And now we have Antichrist Trump who takes such great delight, including his cabinet; namely Bible-thumping Little Marco, laughing at the possibility of Terrorist Trump having five more prisons built by the President of El Salvador. I’m so damn ashamed of being an American right now.
there trump sits with his only ally.
but he has a herd of collaborators, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Cook and now Maher
That’s what a friend told me today: We jettisoned our closest allies, Mexico, Canada, Ukraine, Germany etc. For what? El Salvador, Russia?
Frightening, infuriating, yes, but that's where we are now, until the people of this country rise up, as I have to believe they will. Instead of fear, let them see our conviction and resolve to stop the immoral and illegal inhumanity of this Mt. Rushmore of crooks and philanderers, and that we will fight, first with the help of the courts - not just for our rights, but for those who cannot help themselves. Strength is the only language a bully understands.
Bukele/El Salvador gets paid per prisoner. So his incentives are aligned with Trump’s agenda. The more the merrier, innocent or not.
Who says globalization is dead! El Salvador, gulag to the world. They have found their competitive advantage on the world stage.
The potential saving grace is that as we are pushed outside of the bedrock of our democracy the opposition to the takeover of fascism grows ever stronger, and leaderlessly, as a body without a head, thanks to the internet we could have an uprising with no blood. MySubstack today deals with that:
There's action in the playing field and I am getting in step
https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/theres-action-in-the-playing-field
Shock, disbelief, horror, deliberate public terrorism. These words are becoming numbing and almost normal.
When are our elected officials going to stand up in the house and senate and "do an Al Green" non-stop, 24/7 day after day, week after week? Make sure they're on C-Span. Or are these just milk-toast moments showing the rest of us that this is just how it's going to be?
Senator Van Hollen is going to El Salvador....Thank him for taking this first real action.
Ask your Representatives to go too...
We can all wear signs or carry posters that proclaim:
I AM ABREGO GARCIA
A more accurate title of your article would be “There Are More Kilmar… “
How many triggers for impeachment do they need?