Trump clearly is a threat to the American public. He is clearly threatening the American citizen. Your 'when' question is a very good and reasonable question.
I'd be blown out of the water if Kamala said just 80% of what Mr. Schmidt said in this video, in a speech he she gave. It'd be one for the ages. But all we got were generalities and a short video of D spewing some venom. It wasn't enough
I was thinking the same thing. Trump has made no secret of what he intends to do if elected. If he wins, he will have the right to say that the majority approves of his program.
When Trump gets the first hint on November 5 that he’s being beaten soundly by Kamala, and calls forth those “standing by”, it will be too late for the LAW to stop the bloodshed. Now is the time to anticipate, take high ground, and make the point now and until Nov 5 that any acts of violence will be CRUSHED.
I have no doubt that Traitor Demented Don the Con will start a coup after he is defeated on Election Day! President Biden it is up to you to declare martial law and end this fascist movement forever! That means the arrest and detention of Trump and his lieutenants and the directive for the U.S. military to defeat the Trump’s militia boys. They believe their AR-15 rifles are capable of defeating the U.S. Military?
The militia boys should go on YouTube and watch an A-10 USAF Warthog aircraft fire its Gatling gun! Time to take the trash out!!!
Sounds good, but who do we make the point to that trump is horrible? Other than voting, encouraging others to vote, how do we crush trump and co? I wish I knew what more ordinary citizens like us here can do? I feel helpless as I see this person spewing his hatred. My sister is so indoctrinated by him, has convinced her children he’s going to save our country. Her mind will never be changed that he isn’t some sort of god who can do no wrong. We don’t own guns and if we did, we wouldn’t patrol the streets. I just don’t know what to do to stop him.
Yes! When FEMA is standing down and being relocated because of MILITIAS that are armed they have stated they are “hunting FEMA”, when does the actual POTUS or VPOTUS swing into action and at least TALK about it?? WTAF? Why is all this just passed over???
YES!! Good! Now they just need to arrest the instigator and Liar in Chief. All these minions are getting arrested and sitting in jail and SCROTUS remains unscathed. I’m so glad they galvanized into action, at least on ONE front.
He and Repubs have already harmed the citizens in WNC. The Guard had to evac Helene recovery workers when they found nefarious militia hunting FEMA this past Friday.
Yes, this is the question. For me, it's more like, where have they been? All of the goings on over these past years has been allowed it seems to me. There are multitudes of people connected to him, all culpable for or capable of hideous evils. I shared a Substack that arrived in my inbox here in a different comment, but it's here. I wanted Steve and everyone to see what this guy was saying, very scary shit!
The threat to our democracy is worse than Steve says. I believe that the Silicon Valley crowd, the Tech Bros like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, want one of their own in the Oval Office, namely, J.D. Vance. Trump is too erratic and downright embarrassing for them. They aren't particularly hostile to migrants, gays, etc.; they just want to run the country. They are Libertarians, they think they're smarter than the rest of us, and above all else, they don't want to pay taxes. And Trump has talked about giving Musk a role in his administration, maybe even a Cabinet post.
So if Trump wins (God forbid!), I'd sleep with one eye open if I was him. Thiel and Musk and their ilk won't want to put up with Trump's crap for long, not with Vance waiting in the wings, and they are ruthless. (Who would question the sudden death of an unhealthy 78 year old whose medical condition is kept a mystery?)
I also suggest that if you look at this thesis, Musk's purchase of Twitter doesn't look so frivolous. He's shut down a lot of the dissent already, and he's now got his own platform -- and Trump's appreciation.
See Autocracy, Inc by Anne Applebaum. An affiliation of the new worldwide self-appointed aristocracy. They cross ideological, religious and territorial boundaries to protect each other's interests. The common thread is power, money, control. Also see Bill Browder's books and the Magnitsky Act. If Donald wins the WH there will be no stopping the thieving oligarchs, anywhere in the world.
That's a good way to put it, and he's so foolish and arrogant that he won't even realize it. They'll suck up to him, like Vance and Musk so obviously do now and just like Putin does, and he'll become more and more vulnerable to their machinations.
Trump might as well be using the Nazi salute, ordering the "Proud Boys" and their ilk to goosestep, adopt the Swastika as his party's insignia on all uniforms, and grow a toothbrush mustache. His fascism is that obvious. I fear people who support him know this. I posted why stopping him and his movement will be so difficult, likely winding up in widespread violence, in response to Steve's prior p[presentation. I repeat:
I am more fearful than ever that getting Maga types to understand the threat Trump represents is far more difficult than we think, regardless of who is trying to get them to understand.
Maga true believers have no "essential self." They are cultural absolutists who deal with uncertainty by asserting that their culture, in all aspects, is superior to all others. They do not believe this based on inductive fact-based reasoning but on the basis of revealed and deductively reasoned absolute truths (dogma).
As James T. Houck ("In Praise of Naturalism: A Cultural Critique of Religion," Free Inquiry, October-November 2024 issue), writes, they live in a cultural dream state, "where White, male, Christian, heterosexual Americans (are) privileged and...innately superior to their binary counterparts: ethnic, female,secular, homosexual, and foreign."
We need an ad on tv with a split screen. Trump raging in one of his rallies on one side and hitler raging in one of his rallies on the other side, with a translation next to it.
It already exists!! I think the Lincoln folks have done it! Anyway it’s good!
Until citizens start loosing their SS and Medicare benefits and Trumps government starts figuring how you pension and 401k
Money somehow belongs to the
government (Trump)instead of YOU then it won’t be real!!
By that time it will way too late!! Some of the
European Jews heard stories early on Got out just in time but for most it was way too late !
I’m old enough to remember the draft and the
positive effect it had on young men.
They would leave boys and return Men!
In just a few short weeks they grew up right
before the eyes of their family and friends!
They were never the same. There was always a sense of patriotism and true dedication the rest of their lives.
Many of these young men went on to have long or lifelong careers! It was a fair system and required men at very impressionable ages
to meet and interact with other men of different races,socioeconomic,and educational backgrounds! For many it broke down barriers and required them to submit
to authority in a positive,self esteem producing manners! These things I was able
to see with my own eyes as a child and teenager! Many young men want to”join” groups,gangs and yes,misguided political parties of very questionable ethics. I am truly and proudly terrified of what may befall us
on November 5 !!
The person who mentioned Trump being the
“Trojan Horse” is prophetic indeed! Trump is a very dangerous Clown🤡but his super rich
Nazi cronies are Lethal! Why could any Jew
ever be seduced by the bait DJT is dangling?
One of my favorite quotes is this:
“When the moth believes the candles fire he becomes a willing martyr to his own desires!”
Imagine, millions of Americans take the words of Trump acolytes like Charlie Kirk seriously:
“This election is literally about are we allowed to fight back against invading armed hordes. Let me say that again — this entire election is about are we allowed to fight back against an invading armed fighting force and hordes and swarms of people that want to take our stuff, take women, and loot the entire nation. These are landing parties on the United States of America. Donald Trump’s campaign is a rejection and a refutation of the Third World conquering America.” – Charlie Kirk, on today’s podcast.
No evidence, pure racist, xenophobic bullshit taken seriously by too many Americans, likely some of
them are your neighbors...the banality of evil (Hanna Arendt) is alive and well in America today.
Donald Trump is the biggest threat to American Democracy EVER!!! He is deranged and unhinged and is willing to do anything to win and get what he wants. He cares NOTHING about liberty or freedom or rights. The ONLY thing he cares about is what HE wants - PERIOD!!! That is the WORST quality to have in ANY leader of any kind........... He is a SICK OLD MAN who is totally out of control..............that needs to be dealt with once and for all before he destroys everything that is America............
“It is dangerous” and it’s inhuman self interest, Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1935- warning Europe- and again in 1963- warning all. Heed the call brave humans. Thank you Steve
Almost scared speechless! What could happen from all these Trump threats is paralyzing and frightening. Read the Robert Reich, Substack of today called - “May I Have a Word?” It is outstanding and a frank assertion of what we are facing these next 20+ days. Reich is a Master of Calmness and makes some helpful statements. It is what it is! Now, cope with it.
Are Americans even allowed to vote to do away with democracy in favor of authoritarianism? Or can the present administration take action to prevent it? As an extreme case, if Trump wins, can Biden order him assassinated before Jan. 20?
As the chief law enforcement officer, the President has the power to protect the nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The "immunity" ruling is the cherry on top of this mandate. President Biden can arrest and detain anyone who is threatening the existence of the country.
As we close in on Election Day, I would like to take this moment to place a few of my many concerns before the readership of Steve’s excellent Substack( which by the way has been profoundly prescient regarding the Harris campaign).
1. Responsibility for the shitshow we find ourselves in starts with Biden and those around him who knew that the president’s cognitive decline was precipitous over a year ago and engaged in a coverup, aided by certain members of Congress and the media, to keep the truth of his decline from the American people.
2. Perhaps the greatest dereliction of duty by any Attorney General in our history. The failure to move to prosecute Trump for attempting a coup to overturn the election results of 2020. Sheer unadulterated gutlessness and gross incompetence.
3. The continued dumbing down of the American citizenry by right- wing media with the connivance, I believe, of Putin, and other foreign entities whose goal is to destroy this nation from the inside.
4. The incontrovertible fact that a significant portion of the population of this country now consists of incredibly ignorant, under- educated, no- information voters who are either willing duped or intellectually incapable of cognitive reasoning.
5. A Democratic Party whose leadership is dominated by individuals well past their sell by dates.
Steve, please contact the Harris campaign and tell them exactly what your warning is. You are so right about everything you have told us about the dangerous future we will have if Trump is elected. I'm praying for you and all of us American people. I think when I continue to give my money to the Harris campaign I'm including a letter to Harris about coming out stronger against Trump. Force him to answer her about his fascist ideas. Come on people who believe in democracy please write it call your Democratic Senators and Representatives and tell them to fire it up against this sick man before it's too late.!
STEVE!! You’re a respected known known in all the political circles!! CALL the HARRIS CAMPAIGN.
Yesterday I drove my car in the Indivisible Parade to the Polls. My care all decorated with signs and flags. I am doing Neighbor to Neighbor Outreach. Checking on voter registration and helping neighbors make a plan to vote.
This is what I can do.
YOU are already capturing many with your stack and The Warning YouTube channel. And YOU know all the numbers. Please start calling them. Dial right into the Harris campaign.
She needs to hit this head on. Militias are already roaming in North Carolina.
I still insist that more people will vote Harris/Wolz. Yes, others may secretly be voting for the fascist. What shakes me is the fact that German people in the 1930s, 1940s were considered highly intelligent, and yet, they bowed to one deranged man. I have an in-law who is quite intelligent, her late father a nyc judge, and yet likes a con man. People, as Obama said don't know what real strength is, like being responsible for your actions. There lies the problem. The law gave a free pass to criminal trump. His rhetoric is abusive to free speech. Why are top officials so afraid? This fear mongering is wimpy and made worse by silence. The young women like Cassidy H. were the only ones to speak out. How can anyone doubt a strong, wise, kind woman like Kamala? I hope people wise up because they must for America.
Terrifying post as it should be! For people to get another visceral sense of what we will confront if Trump gets into office I suggest your readers watch on Netflix the 6 episode series on Netflix- Hitler: Evil on Trial. It will her you get a real sense of the evil that is possible if we allow Trump to become president
This is past time for Harris to repeat the words said by Senator Welsh to Senator Joseph McCarthy on June 9, 1954: “Have you no shame?” If it wasn’t clear before, and it should have been, this past weekend was a turning point.
Steve,
When does it become a government responsibility to protect its Constitutional Republic from threatened violent overthrow by a fascist regime?
If voters are suppressed from within by a slow moving coup…
If violence is practiced to suborn an election…
If lies are used to misinform and aggravate fascistic supporters…
If retribution is used against citizens who oppose fascism…
If mass deportations of legitimate residents, families and citizens are threatened…
When should the elected government take firm action to preserve itself? Or is it “up to the voters” who remain unafraid to put down the insurrection?
Trump clearly is a threat to the American public. He is clearly threatening the American citizen. Your 'when' question is a very good and reasonable question.
I'd be blown out of the water if Kamala said just 80% of what Mr. Schmidt said in this video, in a speech he she gave. It'd be one for the ages. But all we got were generalities and a short video of D spewing some venom. It wasn't enough
I was thinking the same thing. Trump has made no secret of what he intends to do if elected. If he wins, he will have the right to say that the majority approves of his program.
If Trump wins, we will be governing by the uneducated minority! Get ready!
We are going to get what we deserve!
We don’t deserve Republican wins by the electoral college when they lose the popular vote!
At what point does Pres. Biden recognize the Clear and Present Danger?
When Trump gets the first hint on November 5 that he’s being beaten soundly by Kamala, and calls forth those “standing by”, it will be too late for the LAW to stop the bloodshed. Now is the time to anticipate, take high ground, and make the point now and until Nov 5 that any acts of violence will be CRUSHED.
I have no doubt that Traitor Demented Don the Con will start a coup after he is defeated on Election Day! President Biden it is up to you to declare martial law and end this fascist movement forever! That means the arrest and detention of Trump and his lieutenants and the directive for the U.S. military to defeat the Trump’s militia boys. They believe their AR-15 rifles are capable of defeating the U.S. Military?
The militia boys should go on YouTube and watch an A-10 USAF Warthog aircraft fire its Gatling gun! Time to take the trash out!!!
Sounds good, but who do we make the point to that trump is horrible? Other than voting, encouraging others to vote, how do we crush trump and co? I wish I knew what more ordinary citizens like us here can do? I feel helpless as I see this person spewing his hatred. My sister is so indoctrinated by him, has convinced her children he’s going to save our country. Her mind will never be changed that he isn’t some sort of god who can do no wrong. We don’t own guns and if we did, we wouldn’t patrol the streets. I just don’t know what to do to stop him.
Biden White House must be prepared!!!!!!!
Yes! When FEMA is standing down and being relocated because of MILITIAS that are armed they have stated they are “hunting FEMA”, when does the actual POTUS or VPOTUS swing into action and at least TALK about it?? WTAF? Why is all this just passed over???
They arrested one of the MAGAt militia! I am positive that the FBI and North Carolina state police are on this matter!
YES!! Good! Now they just need to arrest the instigator and Liar in Chief. All these minions are getting arrested and sitting in jail and SCROTUS remains unscathed. I’m so glad they galvanized into action, at least on ONE front.
Joey has become the pathetically weak caricature of what the right wing doesn't fear or respect in Democrats. This is why we find ourselves here.
He and Repubs have already harmed the citizens in WNC. The Guard had to evac Helene recovery workers when they found nefarious militia hunting FEMA this past Friday.
Good question. DOJ/ FBI where are you????
Yes, this is the question. For me, it's more like, where have they been? All of the goings on over these past years has been allowed it seems to me. There are multitudes of people connected to him, all culpable for or capable of hideous evils. I shared a Substack that arrived in my inbox here in a different comment, but it's here. I wanted Steve and everyone to see what this guy was saying, very scary shit!
Brilliant questions. I have the same ones.
I want to know this, too.
The threat to our democracy is worse than Steve says. I believe that the Silicon Valley crowd, the Tech Bros like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, want one of their own in the Oval Office, namely, J.D. Vance. Trump is too erratic and downright embarrassing for them. They aren't particularly hostile to migrants, gays, etc.; they just want to run the country. They are Libertarians, they think they're smarter than the rest of us, and above all else, they don't want to pay taxes. And Trump has talked about giving Musk a role in his administration, maybe even a Cabinet post.
So if Trump wins (God forbid!), I'd sleep with one eye open if I was him. Thiel and Musk and their ilk won't want to put up with Trump's crap for long, not with Vance waiting in the wings, and they are ruthless. (Who would question the sudden death of an unhealthy 78 year old whose medical condition is kept a mystery?)
I also suggest that if you look at this thesis, Musk's purchase of Twitter doesn't look so frivolous. He's shut down a lot of the dissent already, and he's now got his own platform -- and Trump's appreciation.
See Autocracy, Inc by Anne Applebaum. An affiliation of the new worldwide self-appointed aristocracy. They cross ideological, religious and territorial boundaries to protect each other's interests. The common thread is power, money, control. Also see Bill Browder's books and the Magnitsky Act. If Donald wins the WH there will be no stopping the thieving oligarchs, anywhere in the world.
I never did get around to reading Autocracy, but I will. That sounds exactly like what I am trying to say. And Bill Browder is one of my heroes.
Agree.
Is Trvmp their Trojan horse?
That's a good way to put it, and he's so foolish and arrogant that he won't even realize it. They'll suck up to him, like Vance and Musk so obviously do now and just like Putin does, and he'll become more and more vulnerable to their machinations.
Trump might as well be using the Nazi salute, ordering the "Proud Boys" and their ilk to goosestep, adopt the Swastika as his party's insignia on all uniforms, and grow a toothbrush mustache. His fascism is that obvious. I fear people who support him know this. I posted why stopping him and his movement will be so difficult, likely winding up in widespread violence, in response to Steve's prior p[presentation. I repeat:
I am more fearful than ever that getting Maga types to understand the threat Trump represents is far more difficult than we think, regardless of who is trying to get them to understand.
Maga true believers have no "essential self." They are cultural absolutists who deal with uncertainty by asserting that their culture, in all aspects, is superior to all others. They do not believe this based on inductive fact-based reasoning but on the basis of revealed and deductively reasoned absolute truths (dogma).
As James T. Houck ("In Praise of Naturalism: A Cultural Critique of Religion," Free Inquiry, October-November 2024 issue), writes, they live in a cultural dream state, "where White, male, Christian, heterosexual Americans (are) privileged and...innately superior to their binary counterparts: ethnic, female,secular, homosexual, and foreign."
We need an ad on tv with a split screen. Trump raging in one of his rallies on one side and hitler raging in one of his rallies on the other side, with a translation next to it.
It already exists!! I think the Lincoln folks have done it! Anyway it’s good!
Until citizens start loosing their SS and Medicare benefits and Trumps government starts figuring how you pension and 401k
Money somehow belongs to the
government (Trump)instead of YOU then it won’t be real!!
By that time it will way too late!! Some of the
European Jews heard stories early on Got out just in time but for most it was way too late !
I’m old enough to remember the draft and the
positive effect it had on young men.
They would leave boys and return Men!
In just a few short weeks they grew up right
before the eyes of their family and friends!
They were never the same. There was always a sense of patriotism and true dedication the rest of their lives.
Many of these young men went on to have long or lifelong careers! It was a fair system and required men at very impressionable ages
to meet and interact with other men of different races,socioeconomic,and educational backgrounds! For many it broke down barriers and required them to submit
to authority in a positive,self esteem producing manners! These things I was able
to see with my own eyes as a child and teenager! Many young men want to”join” groups,gangs and yes,misguided political parties of very questionable ethics. I am truly and proudly terrified of what may befall us
on November 5 !!
The person who mentioned Trump being the
“Trojan Horse” is prophetic indeed! Trump is a very dangerous Clown🤡but his super rich
Nazi cronies are Lethal! Why could any Jew
ever be seduced by the bait DJT is dangling?
One of my favorite quotes is this:
“When the moth believes the candles fire he becomes a willing martyr to his own desires!”
YES!!!!!!!
great idea!
Imagine, millions of Americans take the words of Trump acolytes like Charlie Kirk seriously:
“This election is literally about are we allowed to fight back against invading armed hordes. Let me say that again — this entire election is about are we allowed to fight back against an invading armed fighting force and hordes and swarms of people that want to take our stuff, take women, and loot the entire nation. These are landing parties on the United States of America. Donald Trump’s campaign is a rejection and a refutation of the Third World conquering America.” – Charlie Kirk, on today’s podcast.
No evidence, pure racist, xenophobic bullshit taken seriously by too many Americans, likely some of
them are your neighbors...the banality of evil (Hanna Arendt) is alive and well in America today.
Donald Trump is the biggest threat to American Democracy EVER!!! He is deranged and unhinged and is willing to do anything to win and get what he wants. He cares NOTHING about liberty or freedom or rights. The ONLY thing he cares about is what HE wants - PERIOD!!! That is the WORST quality to have in ANY leader of any kind........... He is a SICK OLD MAN who is totally out of control..............that needs to be dealt with once and for all before he destroys everything that is America............
Now a militia of men with guns have stopped first responders from helping in North Carolina.
My husband just told me. It is crazy stuff. Hopefully it will stop the middle of the road people from voting for him.
“It is dangerous” and it’s inhuman self interest, Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1935- warning Europe- and again in 1963- warning all. Heed the call brave humans. Thank you Steve
Almost scared speechless! What could happen from all these Trump threats is paralyzing and frightening. Read the Robert Reich, Substack of today called - “May I Have a Word?” It is outstanding and a frank assertion of what we are facing these next 20+ days. Reich is a Master of Calmness and makes some helpful statements. It is what it is! Now, cope with it.
This is similar to Jim Monsees’ question.
Are Americans even allowed to vote to do away with democracy in favor of authoritarianism? Or can the present administration take action to prevent it? As an extreme case, if Trump wins, can Biden order him assassinated before Jan. 20?
As the chief law enforcement officer, the President has the power to protect the nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The "immunity" ruling is the cherry on top of this mandate. President Biden can arrest and detain anyone who is threatening the existence of the country.
I m hoping Biden and Harris have a plan!!!!
Good question.
I wish I was a fly on the wall in the Oval Office!
As we close in on Election Day, I would like to take this moment to place a few of my many concerns before the readership of Steve’s excellent Substack( which by the way has been profoundly prescient regarding the Harris campaign).
1. Responsibility for the shitshow we find ourselves in starts with Biden and those around him who knew that the president’s cognitive decline was precipitous over a year ago and engaged in a coverup, aided by certain members of Congress and the media, to keep the truth of his decline from the American people.
2. Perhaps the greatest dereliction of duty by any Attorney General in our history. The failure to move to prosecute Trump for attempting a coup to overturn the election results of 2020. Sheer unadulterated gutlessness and gross incompetence.
3. The continued dumbing down of the American citizenry by right- wing media with the connivance, I believe, of Putin, and other foreign entities whose goal is to destroy this nation from the inside.
4. The incontrovertible fact that a significant portion of the population of this country now consists of incredibly ignorant, under- educated, no- information voters who are either willing duped or intellectually incapable of cognitive reasoning.
5. A Democratic Party whose leadership is dominated by individuals well past their sell by dates.
Steve, please contact the Harris campaign and tell them exactly what your warning is. You are so right about everything you have told us about the dangerous future we will have if Trump is elected. I'm praying for you and all of us American people. I think when I continue to give my money to the Harris campaign I'm including a letter to Harris about coming out stronger against Trump. Force him to answer her about his fascist ideas. Come on people who believe in democracy please write it call your Democratic Senators and Representatives and tell them to fire it up against this sick man before it's too late.!
STEVE!! You’re a respected known known in all the political circles!! CALL the HARRIS CAMPAIGN.
Yesterday I drove my car in the Indivisible Parade to the Polls. My care all decorated with signs and flags. I am doing Neighbor to Neighbor Outreach. Checking on voter registration and helping neighbors make a plan to vote.
This is what I can do.
YOU are already capturing many with your stack and The Warning YouTube channel. And YOU know all the numbers. Please start calling them. Dial right into the Harris campaign.
She needs to hit this head on. Militias are already roaming in North Carolina.
I still insist that more people will vote Harris/Wolz. Yes, others may secretly be voting for the fascist. What shakes me is the fact that German people in the 1930s, 1940s were considered highly intelligent, and yet, they bowed to one deranged man. I have an in-law who is quite intelligent, her late father a nyc judge, and yet likes a con man. People, as Obama said don't know what real strength is, like being responsible for your actions. There lies the problem. The law gave a free pass to criminal trump. His rhetoric is abusive to free speech. Why are top officials so afraid? This fear mongering is wimpy and made worse by silence. The young women like Cassidy H. were the only ones to speak out. How can anyone doubt a strong, wise, kind woman like Kamala? I hope people wise up because they must for America.
Terrifying post as it should be! For people to get another visceral sense of what we will confront if Trump gets into office I suggest your readers watch on Netflix the 6 episode series on Netflix- Hitler: Evil on Trial. It will her you get a real sense of the evil that is possible if we allow Trump to become president
This is past time for Harris to repeat the words said by Senator Welsh to Senator Joseph McCarthy on June 9, 1954: “Have you no shame?” If it wasn’t clear before, and it should have been, this past weekend was a turning point.
Thank You, Steve for sharing this video today and will reStack ASAP 💯👍🇺🇸💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊