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slightlv

(8,327 posts)
39. Absolutely they want to go to war with us.
Wed Jul 15, 2026, 05:45 PM
10 hrs ago

They've been kicking and screaming about it since trump 1.0... always asking, can we get our guns now? Can we shoot them now? They're clamping at the bit to be turned loose on everything not MAGA. Trump has always pushed this model... he's always stoked the worst possible in men to spew forth. You don't think he wants voter rolls just to check off a few names, do you? He's gonna find out who's Republican and who's not, and then he and his goons are gonna come after those that aren't. You might still have elections, but they'll be Russian-type elections; not anything resembling what we've had in our country for 250 years. Wanna run as a Democrat for some position? Ya better have good security, cause they'll be gunning for anyone calling themselves such a thing.

I'm going NUTS with this feeling inside that something huge is going to burst forth... and soon. It'll bury us, and I can't get a handle on what it is... but I do know trump's got ALL OUR money, and he's got all kinds of plans he's thought about through the years, as well as ideas, plans, and horrible schemes from people like Stephen Miller. He also knows time is running short for him to get things done the way he wants them - especially in ensuring he leaves the country to his family to rule from his death onwards. A true family dynasty. And all the money is theirs. (SMDH) trump forever and ever, amen is how he sees it. I feel the same sense of foreboding now that I did prior to SCOTUS killing women's autonomy. And again, everyone seems to be in disbelief that anything like that can happen here. In other countries, sure... Slavic nations, Latino nations, African nations... but never someplace like the USA. Just look at how many different paths to getting the SAVE Act passed he's got going on right now. There's not only the SAVE America Act, itself (which even most R's won't for), but he's gotten the meat of it written in the NDAA... and now there's a $95 billion budget extra for that Resolution 3.0 that R's think they can pass without any Dem help... and it's even written in there... along with more money for Iran and (ha ha!) Farmers. Like Farmers will see anything much come out of trump that's good. It CAN and WILL happen here unless we can figure out a way around it. And now I"m at a loss... how DO you fight against it when everything he does zeroes in on what you absolutely do NOT want, and he's using your money to do it?! As I read yesterday, we now have garbage trucks doing AI surveillance on neighborhood care, among other things, no doubt. I just discovered 10 of those Flock cameras covering the path to my local grocery store. OK... I'm an old person and I like to be left alone, for the most part. But I've never wanted to spied on... young or old... and especially when they'll arrest you for holding a piece of broken paint, or throwing a sandwich. Ridiculous is beyond what it is now, IMO. WE are the enemy trump and other R's have wanted to get rid of since the 1960's or earlier. They're just making their moves out in public now... YMMV, of course.

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OK, they want to use our money to go to war against our fellow Americans? Come on. Walleye 20 hrs ago #1
and they will get it rampartd 12 hrs ago #26
Absolutely they want to go to war with us. slightlv 10 hrs ago #39
Look in the mirror Johnson.................. Lovie777 20 hrs ago #2
So they want us taxpayers to pay for the upcoming war on us? Biophilic 20 hrs ago #3
SEIG HEIL WmChris 19 hrs ago #4
Agree, but finding actual constitutional believing politicians is harder than it should be. Biophilic 19 hrs ago #5
It is very difficult for that true believer in Democracy to get elected. efhmc 12 hrs ago #32
Fighting communism? lonely bird 19 hrs ago #6
The commies are landing on our shores, can't you see them? sop 19 hrs ago #7
Of course, silly me lonely bird 19 hrs ago #8
Oh, it's just relogic 17 hrs ago #14
Johnson sees communists everywhere there's anyone with a "D" behind their name in Congress, slightlv 10 hrs ago #40
Yes, but there is more lonely bird 7 hrs ago #49
No Republicans would recognize it if it kicked them in the balls. To them, it's just a useful boogeyman they use to Karasu 10 hrs ago #44
The 1950s called. They want their boogeyman back. CousinIT 18 hrs ago #9
Republicans are completely uncreative and always fall back on the same tired old shit. Karasu 10 hrs ago #45
Are we back in the 1950s???? AZLD4Candidate 17 hrs ago #10
In the 1950s we were told that commies were hiding under our beds. dedl67 15 hrs ago #21
I was more worried about monsters. Harker 14 hrs ago #23
They're not under the bed Katcat 10 hrs ago #43
How about fighting Republican fascism? CaptainTruth 17 hrs ago #11
The Fascists were very anti-Comminsm. seem like Johnson is in Goosestep 31j20b3 15 hrs ago #20
i agree but rampartd 12 hrs ago #27
We all know it's not about Communism. It's about Right Wing Power 31j20b3 12 hrs ago #29
absolutely rampartd 12 hrs ago #30
If a Proud Boy knocks on my door.., pdxflyboy 11 hrs ago #35
i won't tell you thats a bad thing. rampartd 6 hrs ago #50
Ah, but he got smarter as is now naming social democracy as communism... slightlv 10 hrs ago #41
Mike Johnson is a walking echo chamber of Trump's mindless blatherings. patphil 17 hrs ago #12
Where? Where is Communism a part of the US? Fla Dem 17 hrs ago #13
Trump is the one who is up Putin's ass, not us. Prof. Toru Tanaka 16 hrs ago #17
Republicans just use it as a catch-all for anyone to the left of Genghis Khan. They couldn't give less of a shit about Karasu 9 hrs ago #46
Shameless demagog. Martin68 17 hrs ago #15
Fuck you! liberalgunwilltravel 17 hrs ago #16
The Pentagon doesn't perform domestic operations beyond disaster recovery, firefighting etc ChicagoTeamster 16 hrs ago #18
I'd like to know exactly what "communism on our " Shores " is? And who would they prosecute? ashredux 16 hrs ago #19
Threats and fear played well in the age of ink. BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #22
Heck, Mikey himself couldn't answer the question you pose. llmart 12 hrs ago #33
Well there is "The Hog Farm" BubbaJoe 13 hrs ago #24
i dont think the rs would know a communist if they saw one . hem more distraction from the epstien files . AllaN01Bear 12 hrs ago #25
THAT FUCKING SMIRK! Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #28
350 billion for a figment of their imagination and how much for testosterone testing for the troops? 🤬 Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #31
And then turn those testosterone laden men on the people of the U.S. slightlv 10 hrs ago #42
If he's suggesting the military be turned on American citizens The Wizard 12 hrs ago #34
If he's planning for the Pentagon to fight his opponents (us) at home, he's planning on using the Insurrection Act. hedda_foil 11 hrs ago #36
Drones, robot dogs, data centers... LuvLoogie 11 hrs ago #37
First off, was there a "Reconciliation 2.0"? I don't remember it. maxsolomon 11 hrs ago #38
Anyone to the left of a fascist is a "communist", apparently. Good old Red Scare bullshit never dies. Karasu 9 hrs ago #47
It's not communists you need to fight. Try the guys with masks covering there faces that like to march in our streets. appleannie1 9 hrs ago #48
Communism? Dafuq? He took some nasty brown acid. Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #51
Imaginary money Turbineguy 5 hrs ago #52
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