Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US — AP
Above is the ludicrous headline of a disturbing AP story that disguises Trump’s plans for martial law by teasing them as if a vast expansion of the Marine Corps “toys for tots” program may be at hand. If only.
Alas, the story is about the 1792 Insurrection Act, which would give Donald Trump carte blanche to deploy the world’s most powerful military to a Main Street near you.
Before continuing it is important to note the merger between fascism and dissatisfaction necessary for a free people to willingly trade in their liberty.
referenced this in his “Morning Shots” today, taken from a perfect piece of written and political brilliance by David Frum from 2019. This is absolutely true:Without immigration restrictions, there are no national borders. Without national borders, there are no nation-states. Without nation-states, there are no electorates. Without electorates, there is no democracy. If liberals insist that only fascists will enforce borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job liberals refuse to do.
Let’s be clear about something else as well. Only a morally degenerate people would allow themselves to be captured by fascists in an election where the fascists are perfectly clear about what is coming. There will certainly be no shortage of warnings about the catastrophe that lies ahead. In fact, those warnings will likely become evidence in whatever revenge plot will be inflicted against those who spoke out against Trump and the danger ahead.
Certainly no people who are too afraid of geriatric political establishments, mean tweets and green room rules are ever going to be able to recover what is lost. The absence of character in our age will extinguish American liberty every bit as much as Trump’s selfishness.
I’ve written a couple of stories about the US military over the last months. I hope you will read them. They speak more directly about the coming chaos should Trump win.
What will you do then?
The AP story makes clear that the only thing separating the 75th Ranger Regiment and a city street near you is a concept that hovers at the edge of extinction in America.
Restraint.
There will be no restraint with regard to Donald Trump’s ambitions should he raise his hand again. His defiance against reality, defeat and his enemies will have prevailed, and the revenge will begin. Donald Trump keeps these promises. He always has.
Isn’t it time to wake up before it’s too late?
“If liberals insist that only fascists will enforce borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job liberals refuse to do.”--David Frum
I’m sorry, exactly which liberals believe in an open border policy? This is nonsense, perpetrated by the right-wing whack jobs that also believe there’s a “War on Christmas” and Jesus was white!
When Trump was president, there was a bi-partisan immigration bill bill passed by Congress and waiting for Trump’s signature, before Trump’s favorite fascist demon, Stephen Miller, put a Breitbart article in front of him, stating that immigrants are responsible for 90% of all murders, drugs and rapes in this country. So the diaper Don of the Mango mafia nixed the bill.
The bill had $30 billion for the wall, thousands of new CBP agents, upgraded equipment at border checkpoints, and an upgraded immigration process. All liberals asked for was that all Dreamers be granted a path for citizenship.
Bottom line: republicans continue to use immigration as red meat to the base, yet do little to control the flow of undocumented immigrants into the country or try to solve the issue. In fact, they are a hindrance to immigration reform and the reason it can’t be solved.
It’s the same nonsensical argument that republicans are better on crime and the economy, when all evidence points to the contrary. What democrats need are better marketing consultants and advertising firms, because they suck at messaging!
Just some thoughts!...:)
Repugnicans have brilliantly played the MSM for decades, peddling fear and hatred via an ethics-free, profit-driven corporate structure that places shareholder return uber alles, to effectively distract from their core avarice and incompetence. Democrats, and democrats, would do well to take note and adjust accordingly. The entertainment industry is brimming with potential PR help here; see Taylor Swift.