Cliff’s Note: Summary of Fred Poag’s emergency live below, but first I had to take the time to thank our Dear President for protecting us.
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Thank You For Saving Me From Antifa, Mr. President!
One of few known Antifa sightings
Thank you Mr. Trump!
I know I have doubted you at times, what with the rampant criminality, con artistry and a general willingness to shart in mixed company.
And for that I am truly sorry.
You did what no other President has been able to do! You got Antifa—which literally stands for anti-fascist, and doesn’t actually exist—designated a terrorist organization!
You, sir, have just sent the strongest message to phantom terrorist groups across the globe in the history of America. Now they know they had better not f*k with the good ole US of A! Just like Venezuelan fishermen!
And! You managed to take time off from having caddies drop your balls on the green to do it!
Something you wouldn’t even do for Charlie Kirk’s Kennedy Center memorial service, which you chair due to your critically acclaimed roles as “old guy who says five words” in Home Alone II, and your Daniel Day Lewis-esque performance below.
I know you’re busy doing president stuff.
Like training your hair to stop growling, neural-linking into Fox & Friends and choosing between the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese meal and Double Quarter Pounder with Bacon and Cheese meal.
So I’ll be brief, Mr. President.
Thank you for having the courage to protect us from counter-insurgency chimeras like Antifa!! And banning their free speech, because who said made up groups have a right to speak freely?? Ya know, relentlessly pursuing the real threats!
I hate to ask more of you, sir…but…
…with the world so dangerous—as you constantly say!—can you stiffen that girdle, flex that lean muscle and keep us safe from the caravan that’s been on its way up from Central America for eight years, kale, cankles, the people eating the dogs, eating the cats, eating the pets of the people who live there, Eric, Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline, the girl from The Ring and Kash Patel’s left, but not right eye?
The caravan is getting closer…
I don’t want to ask for too much of a man hasn’t committed outright insurrection every year of his life from January 1st through 5th and 7th through 31st, but if you do this for us, sir, people are saying you’d be the best President ever.
Like nothing they’ve ever seen before!
Thank you, Mr. Trump!
Cliff
Cliff Schecter wrote ads for former President Biden’s winning campaign vs Donald Trump in 2020, and authored the besteller, “The Real McCain.” He was an executive producer for the 2015 award-winning film “The Algerian,” a former columnist at The Daily Beast and founder of The Blue Amp Substack, with has over 500,000 subscribers
A Summary From Fred’s Emergency Video On Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel’s firing isn’t about late-night comedy—it’s about the future of free speech in America. When ABC caves to pressure and boots a comedian for daring to take a shot at Charlie Kirk, it’s not just about Kimmel.
It’s about silencing every critic of this corrupt, authoritarian regime.
We’ve seen this un-reality tv show before. The Alien and Sedition Acts. The Palmer Raids. McCarthyism. COINTELPRO. The Iraq War.
Whenever an unpopular government or movement feels its grip slipping, it reaches for the same tool: censorship through fear. Fire one big name, and suddenly millions of everyday people start asking themselves—if they can do this to him, what can they do to me?
When even FoxNews can’t hide the truth about what a failure you are
But the truth is, authoritarianism always overreaches.
Trump couldn’t even bother to show up at the vigil for Charlie Kirk at the Kennedy Center, where he installed himself—great man of the arts that he is—as Board Chair, because he was too busy cheating at golf.
This was the young man who was supposedly a friend, a protege, and who “gave his life” for MAGA. But Bedminster was calling, so shooting, schmooting.
Which tells you everything about how much Trump values even his own people. Which is to say, not super bigly.
Trump values power. He values money. He values what’s probably in the Epstein files. He values loyalty (to him, no backsies). He values silence. Yours.
That’s why this moment matters. Because history also shows that people push back. They resist. They link arms and refuse to let despair win.
It’s what Americans did under McCarthy. It’s what generations before us did in harder, darker times. And it’s what we must do now.
So here’s the call: Don’t give in. Don’t shut up. Don’t let a coward like Trump convince you your voice doesn’t matter.
If they’re going after comedians, it’s because comedy cuts deepest. If they’re going after critics, it’s because criticism works. And if they’re going after democracy, it’s because they know they’ve lost the ability to remain in control while we are one.
This isn’t just about Jimmy Kimmel. Remember what we saw CNN do to Jim Acosta. The NY Times do to Paul Krugman. CBS do to Stephen Colbert. The Washington Post do to Karen Attiah.
It’s about whether we’ll let the weakest President we’ve ever seen use his pathetic insecurities as justification for destroying democracy.
In the end, this is about all of us. And it’s about what we do next. Vote. Organize. Speak out. Protest. Convince. Refuse. Uplift. Fight.
Be the candle in the dark. Because Donald J. Trump may be the most feeble and corrupt president in our history—but that means he’s also the most beatable.
Frederic Poag is a contributor to Blue Amp and writer for Missives from a Middle Aged Man. He’s worked in digital media as a producer and writer. As a former Marine, is passionate about veterans’ issues and civil rights
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