Trump, Musk, Bannon, Flynn, and Project 2025's Kevin Roberts are actively transforming the structure of our government. When, and how, will we fight back?
Thank you, Greg Olear, for a basic compendium of the mess we're in. I have entertained the thought that we are in a (so far) bloodless coup, a war, or revolution that has been building up to this moment since the "Reagan revolution", when the idea that "government is the problem" was first introduced. This is a drive to establish a government of, by, and for the oligarchs, and their ammunition is torrents of money.
This is an accurate description of what is taking place. This is a classic fascist (anti-Marxist) counterrevolution. Trump is the nominal leader, because he has been created in the image of racist white America. He was created by Rupert Murdoch and his business allies. Now he has a life of his own and is becoming rather unwieldy. He and his reckless ally, Elon Musk, are endangering Project 2025. The counter revolution may crater in the near future. If not, it will destroy the country in the long run.
A well written article. Many of your points are true. Should have some things been done differently? Of course. However, this struggle is not over. Not by far! There are far many Americans that do like what they are seeing in this administration. That includes the military. We are getting closer to a point where there will be changes. And I believe it will be for the benefit of working people. Change is never easy. But you know what? Americans have always stepped up in crunch time. They will again!!!
Very well written and very informative; enough so to convince me to upgrade to paid.
There is one thing, however. Your suggestions including ending the Electoral College and statehood for DC and Puerto Rico are but window dressing. Once comrade Krasnov declares martial law - and he will - there will be no more elections, and the existence or nonexistence of the electoral college and the states of DC and Puerto Rico will be completely irrelevant.
Also, until he does declare martial law, our first job is to make sure these bastards can’t continue to hack our elections. There is no way Krasnov won the White House fairly or squarely. Just look at his character. Right there it would be harder to believe he didn’t steal the election than that he did.
The first and biggest question is: how are we going to stop Martial law from happening in the first place? Seriously. Because once it’s in, we are doomed. How do you get rid of martial law once it has started? Answer: you don’t. You bow down to it or you die.
This is the scary truth ~ every word! We have a stupid, deranged, narcissist dictator, drunk on his own power & being allowed to break any laws he wants, with "immunity", thanks to what is supposed to be the SUPREME Court; their decisions based on the Constitution. Easy to see they threw that right out the window!
As we are being destroyed from within & soon to be a Country none of us will recognize as being the USA...more like a clone of Russia, Hungary & other Kleptocracy/Oligarchy kingdoms, we WILL all suffer! The Billionaires & Corporations that have stolen our freedom & democracy, with help from the MAGA/GOP, have installed their figurehead puppet of chaos to keep people distracted while they totally destroy us, for their own benefit. Being filthy rich got boring, so now the takeover of our Country & they're getting so high on the power! When they get bored with all that power & infighting starts...then what?!
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain", said the wizard. The wizard was a phony, a big fat liar, yet he made his unplanned "reveal* look like an act of great generosity...& the people were fooled, distracted... then he took off in his hot air balloon, to find a new group of people to convince of his "greatness". ( No doubt he found 1; plenty of fools in the world who will believe & ask no questions.) Trump is the naked Emperor strutting down the street while the people tell him how beautiful his royal robes look. Delusional people with more ego than talent should never be rulers! You'd think we'd have learned that the last time. Most of us did. But, 8.1 million ballots that were tossed out, not counted by the Party running the show & here we are. Again.
Those of us who've read PROJECT 2025 know what's coming & how bad it will be for 99% of us. We know this was a planned coup & by whom & why. This should be the biggest news ever - it's HUGE!! Life here will never be the same for us regular Americans & yet no one is being told what's in store for us! Everyone should know! Why is this takeover NOT headline news?! (A compromised media is the short answer.) The rest of the world watches in horror & wonders when "we the people" are going to open our eyes, put on our armor & fight for our freedom & democracy?! Our enemies rejoice as we destroy ourselves & they need not do a thing, but watch it happen. No more "shining light upon the hill". If you give a damn about democracy, the freedom that we all take for granted will always be ours, a future with promise of a better tomorrow, in the once-great & proud to be free USofA....GET OVER IT!! Because while we are infighting (by design) & busy trying to survive, that top 1%, with all the money & power, have used some of their extra $1,000,000s to buy OUR democracy for themselves alone.
That is the plan; 4 decades in the making; spelled out in detail in P-2025; the Wealth Class vs. Us -- the huge, cheap, disposable labor pool, living in abject poverty, forever used & abused without even the right to object, without freedom of movement even. "STUCK!" And they'll say we did it to ourselves. That we voted for that to be our future, & our children's, & their children too. That we didn't care enuff to fight back against it while we still had the right to. Demand to know what's in that 900pg "Project 2025"... the ultimate wet dream of billionaires & Corporate America...a nation full of powerless slaves in every skin color & their children, working for food, or pennies a day ~ all for the benefit of the "upper crust", the elite 1%.
If that sounds like a future you can live with -- "Congrats!" Ya got it.
If however, you can't imagine living in that hellhole & raising your children in it, as they labor beside you, crying that they're hungry... Well, then you'd better wake up, get up, speak out. Get informed. Protest the shit going on right now, even if it isn't affecting you YET. (It will!) Protest now, while you have that right - they fully intend to take it away! Trump has spoke of calling out the military against protesters, or maybe his little army of pardoned militia, or both.
ONLY IF ENUFF OF US SHOW UP, SPEAK OUT, FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS & THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION & OUR RIGHT TO LIVE FREE - A RIGHT SO MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT & DEFEND - ONLY THEN, IN HUGE NUMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM WHAT THEY HAVE SO METICULOUSLY PLANNED TO DO TO US!
They're counting on:
* The deep division & hate they've sown amongst the people;
* The popular news media they control that keeps their dirty secret;
* People struggling to get by & unwilling to believe what's going on until it happens to them;
* The laziness of a nation full of people that think it can't happen here, even while IT IS;
*** "United we stand. Divided we fall." ... And we fall HARD when we fall folks! If we don't stand up for ourselves & each other NOW, there won't be anyone to stand up for you later!
This Sat. April 19th, there will be more peaceful protests taking place all over. If you're too lazy, or don't care, or think you have better things to do... Shame on you! (If you have to work, you're excused🫠)
They were held midday last time; I expect it'll be the same this time. MSM did not cover it last time, but if #s are growing, they can't keep ignoring it. "HANDS OFF"... What do you want the Gov't to keep it's stinkin' hands off of? (Plenty of things to choose from, since they're into everything!) Pick 1 or 2 & make a sign, or just show up ~ it's all good ~ just be there & show the world that we won't go quietly! Show others that we have the numbers to make good change happen; that we can & will "make some noise", by God!! Just be sure to keep it a non-violent protest. Be prepared to stand & speak out, if you care about anything, this is our chance to be heard! "Make It So!"
Can’t upgrade to paid. I click the link and my screen goes white and stays white. I’ll try again in the app, but I can’t help suspecting this isn’t some innocent glitch.
It's a pluto-populist faux revolt intended to lock the billionaire oligarchs into their positions of wealth and power indefinitely, despite all the potential challenges. It isn't just occurring in the USA either.
Thank you, Greg Olear, for a basic compendium of the mess we're in. I have entertained the thought that we are in a (so far) bloodless coup, a war, or revolution that has been building up to this moment since the "Reagan revolution", when the idea that "government is the problem" was first introduced. This is a drive to establish a government of, by, and for the oligarchs, and their ammunition is torrents of money.
This is an accurate description of what is taking place. This is a classic fascist (anti-Marxist) counterrevolution. Trump is the nominal leader, because he has been created in the image of racist white America. He was created by Rupert Murdoch and his business allies. Now he has a life of his own and is becoming rather unwieldy. He and his reckless ally, Elon Musk, are endangering Project 2025. The counter revolution may crater in the near future. If not, it will destroy the country in the long run.
A well written article. Many of your points are true. Should have some things been done differently? Of course. However, this struggle is not over. Not by far! There are far many Americans that do like what they are seeing in this administration. That includes the military. We are getting closer to a point where there will be changes. And I believe it will be for the benefit of working people. Change is never easy. But you know what? Americans have always stepped up in crunch time. They will again!!!
Hold Anti-Trump/Musk demonstrations in front of Republicans' local offices.
Mitch McConnell is the very reason we are here, HE refused to vote to convict the felon. But for that snivelling coward, this video would not exist.
Okay. Here is it.
WHAT WE NEED IS A LIST OF GOALS OF P2025 and which ones
a) Have been accomplished
b) Are being attempted now
c) Have been decisively rejected
d) Are under dispute in the courts
e) Require Congressional approval
This list should be updated EVERY WEEK and sent to 1,000 news outlets, along with the named of any editors who refuse to publish it.
/me kicks the can down the road.
Well and clearly stated. Thank you.
Peacefully Revolt!!!
Very well written and very informative; enough so to convince me to upgrade to paid.
There is one thing, however. Your suggestions including ending the Electoral College and statehood for DC and Puerto Rico are but window dressing. Once comrade Krasnov declares martial law - and he will - there will be no more elections, and the existence or nonexistence of the electoral college and the states of DC and Puerto Rico will be completely irrelevant.
Also, until he does declare martial law, our first job is to make sure these bastards can’t continue to hack our elections. There is no way Krasnov won the White House fairly or squarely. Just look at his character. Right there it would be harder to believe he didn’t steal the election than that he did.
The first and biggest question is: how are we going to stop Martial law from happening in the first place? Seriously. Because once it’s in, we are doomed. How do you get rid of martial law once it has started? Answer: you don’t. You bow down to it or you die.
78 days!! Unbelievable. It feels at least like a year1/2. Truly.
Deplorable!
Both sides don’t.
This is the scary truth ~ every word! We have a stupid, deranged, narcissist dictator, drunk on his own power & being allowed to break any laws he wants, with "immunity", thanks to what is supposed to be the SUPREME Court; their decisions based on the Constitution. Easy to see they threw that right out the window!
As we are being destroyed from within & soon to be a Country none of us will recognize as being the USA...more like a clone of Russia, Hungary & other Kleptocracy/Oligarchy kingdoms, we WILL all suffer! The Billionaires & Corporations that have stolen our freedom & democracy, with help from the MAGA/GOP, have installed their figurehead puppet of chaos to keep people distracted while they totally destroy us, for their own benefit. Being filthy rich got boring, so now the takeover of our Country & they're getting so high on the power! When they get bored with all that power & infighting starts...then what?!
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain", said the wizard. The wizard was a phony, a big fat liar, yet he made his unplanned "reveal* look like an act of great generosity...& the people were fooled, distracted... then he took off in his hot air balloon, to find a new group of people to convince of his "greatness". ( No doubt he found 1; plenty of fools in the world who will believe & ask no questions.) Trump is the naked Emperor strutting down the street while the people tell him how beautiful his royal robes look. Delusional people with more ego than talent should never be rulers! You'd think we'd have learned that the last time. Most of us did. But, 8.1 million ballots that were tossed out, not counted by the Party running the show & here we are. Again.
Those of us who've read PROJECT 2025 know what's coming & how bad it will be for 99% of us. We know this was a planned coup & by whom & why. This should be the biggest news ever - it's HUGE!! Life here will never be the same for us regular Americans & yet no one is being told what's in store for us! Everyone should know! Why is this takeover NOT headline news?! (A compromised media is the short answer.) The rest of the world watches in horror & wonders when "we the people" are going to open our eyes, put on our armor & fight for our freedom & democracy?! Our enemies rejoice as we destroy ourselves & they need not do a thing, but watch it happen. No more "shining light upon the hill". If you give a damn about democracy, the freedom that we all take for granted will always be ours, a future with promise of a better tomorrow, in the once-great & proud to be free USofA....GET OVER IT!! Because while we are infighting (by design) & busy trying to survive, that top 1%, with all the money & power, have used some of their extra $1,000,000s to buy OUR democracy for themselves alone.
That is the plan; 4 decades in the making; spelled out in detail in P-2025; the Wealth Class vs. Us -- the huge, cheap, disposable labor pool, living in abject poverty, forever used & abused without even the right to object, without freedom of movement even. "STUCK!" And they'll say we did it to ourselves. That we voted for that to be our future, & our children's, & their children too. That we didn't care enuff to fight back against it while we still had the right to. Demand to know what's in that 900pg "Project 2025"... the ultimate wet dream of billionaires & Corporate America...a nation full of powerless slaves in every skin color & their children, working for food, or pennies a day ~ all for the benefit of the "upper crust", the elite 1%.
If that sounds like a future you can live with -- "Congrats!" Ya got it.
If however, you can't imagine living in that hellhole & raising your children in it, as they labor beside you, crying that they're hungry... Well, then you'd better wake up, get up, speak out. Get informed. Protest the shit going on right now, even if it isn't affecting you YET. (It will!) Protest now, while you have that right - they fully intend to take it away! Trump has spoke of calling out the military against protesters, or maybe his little army of pardoned militia, or both.
ONLY IF ENUFF OF US SHOW UP, SPEAK OUT, FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS & THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION & OUR RIGHT TO LIVE FREE - A RIGHT SO MANY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT & DEFEND - ONLY THEN, IN HUGE NUMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM WHAT THEY HAVE SO METICULOUSLY PLANNED TO DO TO US!
They're counting on:
* The deep division & hate they've sown amongst the people;
* The popular news media they control that keeps their dirty secret;
* People struggling to get by & unwilling to believe what's going on until it happens to them;
* The laziness of a nation full of people that think it can't happen here, even while IT IS;
*** "United we stand. Divided we fall." ... And we fall HARD when we fall folks! If we don't stand up for ourselves & each other NOW, there won't be anyone to stand up for you later!
This Sat. April 19th, there will be more peaceful protests taking place all over. If you're too lazy, or don't care, or think you have better things to do... Shame on you! (If you have to work, you're excused🫠)
They were held midday last time; I expect it'll be the same this time. MSM did not cover it last time, but if #s are growing, they can't keep ignoring it. "HANDS OFF"... What do you want the Gov't to keep it's stinkin' hands off of? (Plenty of things to choose from, since they're into everything!) Pick 1 or 2 & make a sign, or just show up ~ it's all good ~ just be there & show the world that we won't go quietly! Show others that we have the numbers to make good change happen; that we can & will "make some noise", by God!! Just be sure to keep it a non-violent protest. Be prepared to stand & speak out, if you care about anything, this is our chance to be heard! "Make It So!"
Brilliant. True. Scary as fuck.
Can’t upgrade to paid. I click the link and my screen goes white and stays white. I’ll try again in the app, but I can’t help suspecting this isn’t some innocent glitch.
It's a pluto-populist faux revolt intended to lock the billionaire oligarchs into their positions of wealth and power indefinitely, despite all the potential challenges. It isn't just occurring in the USA either.
https://gezwinstanley.wordpress.com/how-democracy-dies/
It’s going to be long in waiting. Do you know the movie-The Exorcist (a good 30 yrs ago? So frightening.
Trump has created such a nightmare. God bless us all.