Rise of Fascism in the United States [SPLIT]

[rareboy]

Hopefully the Courts support the right to break quorum and they successfully outast the
timetable on gerrymandering the state.

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

So his brownshirts and black shirts will now be running rampant and roughshod over DC while they ship off the poor and the mentally ill to concentration camps to get them out of sight.

Like everything he does now, the pretext is a lie.

This is about demonstrating imperial power.

And no one will raise a finger. Congress will support him. The Courts know that he has the authority to call in the National Guard and take over the police force.

His next move will be to abolish home rule in DC and start a purge of all the people and organizations quartered in the capital that he hates.

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

This is Alternet, which I rate as often unreliable, but have seen this item mentioned over the last few days in different streams.

As I noted, Trump is hardening DC for a reason. He has 30 days (or longer if Congress gives him the approval to do it) of having the DC police in his control and keeping the National Guard in place.

I fully expect him to try to extend martial law prior to trying to seize (with GQP assistance) dictatorial powers.

Revealed: Pentagon planning rapid-deploy 'reaction force' to quell civilian dissent

As the Trump administration continues to push the boundaries of centuries-old constraints on domestic power, the Pentagon is reportedly developing a multi-million-dollar plan to create a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force”—armed with weapons and riot gear, ready to be deployed...

www.alternet.org

 

[rareboy]

At the heart of the matter ....Posse Comitatus....a law that prevents the military from undertaking actions that are only withing the purvue of civilian law enforcement, unless authorized by Congress.

And that is the case being heard now in California while Trump tries version 2.0 in DC.

This will ultimately define whether the US is to become a militarized police state under a dictator.

Get ready folks.

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www.politico.com

 

[KaraBulut]

At the heart of the matter ....Posse Comitatus....a law that prevents the military from undertaking actions that are only withing the purvue of civilian law enforcement, unless authorized by Congress.

And that is the case being heard now in California while Trump tries version 2.0 in DC.

This will ultimately define whether the US is to become a militarized police state under a dictator.

Get ready folks.

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www.politico.com

The DC situation is a little different. There's a 1973 law that Congress enacted which gives Congress and a DC local government joint control over the District. It also gives the President the right to nationalize the DC police in the event of an emergency. Apparently, Jan 6th wasn't an emergency but Big Balls getting carjacked while out at 3AM in the gayborhood was.

Manchin sabotaged the latest Democratic attempt to grant Statehood to DC. A couple months back, the Republicans tried to undo Home Rule for DC without recommending a replacement which would have given control of the District back to the Federal Government.

You are correct that these faux emergencies that Trump is creating is the underpinning for what he's been able to do. That was all laid out in Project 2025 and it's ridiculous that the Democrats didn't do something about it before they lost control of the government in January.

 

[rareboy]

So the article is behind the WaPo paywall, but there you have it folks.

On the other hand, I am sure that Bezos is all for this military protection of his empire.

 

[rareboy]

The DC situation is a little different. There's a 1973 law that Congress enacted which gives Congress and a DC local government joint control over the District. It also gives the President the right to nationalize the DC police in the event of an emergency. Apparently, Jan 6th wasn't an emergency but Big Balls getting carjacked while out at 3AM in the gayborhood was.

Manchin sabotaged the latest Democratic attempt to grant Statehood to DC. A couple months back, the Republicans tried to undo Home Rule for DC without recommending a replacement which would have given control of the District back to the Federal Government.

You are correct that these faux emergencies that Trump is creating is the underpinning for what he's been able to do. That was all laid out in Project 2025 and it's ridiculous that the Democrats didn't do something about it before they lost control of the government in January.

The Dems have done fuck all about Project 2025 from the outset. Let's be clear. except for about a dozen of them, the rest only have one thing in mind. Being re-elected and secure in their role as do-nothings...well paid off by the same interests that pay off their GQP colleagues. They know they no longer matter. They are just window dressing like the so-called 'opposition' party members in any one of the dicatatorships disguised as a 'democracy'.

The rank and file Dems love Project 2025 and the GQP initiatives. They are raising millions off it. With no responsibility to actually do anything except post shit on Social Media and lecture TRumpCo. reps when they appear before the committees.

 

[KaraBulut]

The Dems have done fuck all about Project 2025 from the outset. Let's be clear. except for about a dozen of them, the rest only have one thing in mind. Being re-elected and secure in their role as do-nothings...well paid off by the same interests that pay off their GQP colleagues. They know they no longer matter. They are just window dressing like the so-called 'opposition' party members in any one of the dicatatorships disguised as a 'democracy'.

The rank and file Dems love Project 2025 and the GQP initiatives. They are raising millions off it. With no responsibility to actually do anything except post shit on Social Media and lecture TRumpCo. reps when they appear before the committees.

Sadly, I agree with you about the fecklessness of the Democrats. They're still playing by the rules of the last century when everyone in Congress referred to each other as "my esteemed colleague".

The Democrats are just in a complete state of absurdity at the moment. While the Democratic grassroots is fired up, there's no one emerging as a leader in the Democratic Party because a) too many in leadership qualify for Medicare and b) they can't stop trying to keep their porridge not too hot and not too cold.

In the past week, I saw an interview where Pete Buttigieg was being asked about Zohran Mamdani's position on Palestine. Instead of saying, "We're in the middle of an autocratic crisis, do you think I give a shit about a mayoral candidate's political beliefs?", he gave a reasonably evasive answer.

There was also a story about Ben Jealous being fired from the executive leadership of the Sierra Club. Did anyone stop to ask, "Why the fuck did someone think it was a good idea to hire Ben Jealous to run the Sierra Club?".

The Democrats have a talented bench of young talent but they keep returning back to the same old geezers who did nothing to plan for 2025. I mean... the opposition wrote down the entire plan for what they were going to do if they got into power. Somehow, the Democrats spent $1,014,000,000 in the 2024 election cycle, yet they still managed to lose the Congress and the White House. All that money and they still didn't have any plan for how they were going to keep MAGA at bay. Even after the MAGA plan was given to them in the form of Project 2025!

The Republicans won by 1 percent or less and yet, the Democrats can't find any leverage to block what is happening? It's just pathetic.

 

[rareboy]

As I noted....it seems intentional. The GQP Congress members are just in it for themselves at this point...except for a very small group...it is like they capitulated without lifting a finger.

Sometimes you pick up this pathetic little quiver from them that 'come the 2026 elections' things will change but except for Newsom going scorched earth, where are the other Dem governors and Congress members willing to get muddied in this fight?

Crickets.

All we get, even from people like Pete, is prevarication and waffling.

 

[Alistair]

 

[cityboy-stl]

As I noted....it seems intentional. The GQP Congress members are just in it for themselves at this point...except for a very small group...it is like they capitulated without lifting a finger.

Sometimes you pick up this pathetic little quiver from them that 'come the 2026 elections' things will change but except for Newsom going scorched earth, where are the other Dem governors and Congress members willing to get muddied in this fight?

Crickets.

All we get, even from people like Pete, is prevarication and waffling.

There's JB Pritzker. But yeah, you're right, all you get from the rest of them is lip-service and token opposition but no real fight.

 

[rareboy]

But they plan on doing exactly that.

Manufacturing a 'national emergency'.

Get their compliant GQP congress to approve martial law without a time limit.

Finally seize all powers and release the army into cities across the US.

 

[rareboy]

Eventually it is a zero sum game.

Unless there's another blue state or two that can then add their seats to California's, the GQP will have no problem just wiping out the voices of Dems entirely in Texas and delivering the seats to Trump in 2026.

Abbott: Texas can ‘eliminate’ 10 Democratic districts in response to California

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) warned that Texas could get rid of as many as 10 Democratic districts if California moves ahead with its plan to redraw its House map and neutralize the expected GOP gains in the Lone Star State. “Listen, all those big blue states, they’ve already gerrymandered,”...

www.yahoo.com

 

[KaraBulut]

For the record... and it's even on Congress' website!

https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/115608/documents/HHRG-118-GO00-20230329-SD008.pdf

The Two-Decade Red State Murder Problem

• The murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Donald Trump has exceeded the murder rate in the 25 states that voted for Joe Biden in every year from 2000 to 2020.
• Over this 21-year span, this Red State murder gap has steadily widened from a low of 9% more per capita red state murders in 2003 and 2004 to 44% more per capita red state murders in 2019, before settling back to 43% in 2020.
• Altogether, the per capita Red State murder rate was 23% higher than the Blue State murder rate when all 21 years were combined.
• If Blue State murder rates were as high as Red State murder rates, Biden-voting states would have suffered over 45,000 more murders between 2000 and 2020.
• Even when murders in the largest cities in red states are removed, overall murder rates in Trump-voting states were 12% higher than Biden-voting states across this 21-year period and were higher in 18 of the 21 years observed

Where's the plan for sending the National Guard into Florida and Texas to fix their murder problem?

 

[NotHardUp1]

Perhaps the Resistance will begin with a sub:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dept-fires-charges-staffer-threw-sandwich-federal-agent-in-d-c/

 

[rareboy]

At least DC A.G. has finally come out with a statement that Bondi's declaration is not proper and that DC mayor should ignore it.

D.C. AG Tells Mayor To Ignore Bondi's Latest Takeover Attempt

Schwalb sent a letter to Smith on Thursday evening informing her that the “Bondi Order is unlawful,” and “you are not legally obligated to follow it.”

crooksandliars.com

 

[rareboy]

The language of the order:

 

[rareboy]

Part of the fascist plan is to clearly align with other fascist leaders...in this case, Putin's puppet in Belarus.

The 'highly respected' nonsense is a dog whistle...or more like a bullhorn, signalling Trump's full intention to align the US with the Kremlin.