You're assuming that, by the time of this "letter", Bezos hasn't been driven out of business by the tRump tariff wall and sold the ComPost to Steven Miller (or one if the tRump kids) for pennies on the dollar.....
It's very good. but you neglected to mention that He carried the weight of the world upon his broad shoulders. The majestic hands bit was very good, though. Lol!
This is a scenario that depends on a military that will violate its oath and obey illegal orders. (We already know that most of law enforcement would because so many of them are control freaks.) If that happens our last defense will be all the women who are beyond child bearing ages and are non-maga. We must unite now, women, and like my namesake in the Old Testament we must use all cleverness and wiles to get into their tents and do away with them as they would surely do unto us.
Judith beheaded Holofernes, the Assyrian enemy of the Israelites, with his own sword in his own tent. After she wowed him with her alluring beauty and got him drunk.
These guys make the German-American Bund look positively quaint.....but no less dangerous. Of course, JD will find the road to right-wing fascist heaven may be paved with a few brambles, like the economic collapse that will come with the elimination of 15 million people, most of whom were essential workers in fields that now have to fight for labor. The resulting inflation will make the Covid episode look also quaint by comparison. And what happens if blue states suddenly have "economic emergencies" and cannot pass on their collected federal taxes to the national government? Careful what you wish for, fella.....
Dear Leader Junior's plans don't seem to anticipate the Resistance that lives in the bone marrow of freedom loving Americans. Invest in Claymores. Might leave burn marks on your door and porch, but the bastids won't get in. And just keep your fingers crossed behind your back when they force you to take that maga oath so you can infiltrate some of those newly formed departments and sabotage their inner workings.
Since the intention of a second bite at the apple, as I see it, is unlimited graft and kleptocracy, the chaos of economic confusion, deportations, fear, etc, and all oversight ended will just make theft easier. The majority of us will be trying to stay alive and stay out of the clutches of a government that depends on denunciation to the "authorities". That's how it works. Unfortunately Americans, attracted to the sparkling criminality of djt are woefully unprepared for what the Fascist gop and Project 2025 really have in mind. Despite djt's obvious descent into dementia, these folks are smart and ruthless, and theyve learned from orban, putin, and others through the efforts of c-pac for just this purpose. I'm working for democracy and that means Harris and dems down ballot. A long struggle is ahead.
Linda - a point you picked up on and most people (it seems) miss: tRump is a useful idiot to Stephen Miller, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Putin, Urban et al. They will be the ones pulling the strings. Watch those guys behind the scenes!
It would be interesting to see David Corn's words show up in the online versions of the LAT and WAPO, whose oligarchical owners have decided to "obey first", something that no individual or any essentially national newspapers are doing by not endorsing any presidential candidate. A horrifying scenario. Appeasement on display and crass "self-interest" . Huge riches do not make for backbone or courage. I suppose these papers will send reporters to the orange faced conman at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Listen closely for any speakers channeling the speakers at the last fascist rally on 20 February 1939. How will these non- endorsement papers "sanewash" this madness?
Historians are now secretly recovering and hiding the detailed operational plans for the Underground Railroad, to replicate the escape of slaves to Canada for journalists and Rebels opposing Trumpism. In parallel, Wilderness Survival Training, seed storage and Victory Garden instruction is taking place in states that still allow teaching
The good news is that the Vance led government is too stupid to get ahead of this
I've always liked David Corn. He's been around a while and at Mother Jones he has done some top rate investigative journalism. His Halloween crack at satire here is also first rate.
But I am just too strung out to laugh. I'm no fan of the Dodgers or the Yankees but I watched every pitch last night just for the diversion - and I'll add it was well worth it. (Tonight's game starts at 8ET.) Anyway, my sense of humor has turned into curating insults.
I tried early voting today (the first day of it here) but the line was too long. It was the first time I have ever seen a line to vote in my town - so I'm taking that as a good sign, but still not laughing.
"Many of Trump’s supporters perceive Trump the way Trump perceives himself. In their minds, he is a liminal figure [on the threshold of two different forms]: superhuman in some ways; but also lacking certain qualities that most people, for better and for worse, possess. A liminal figure who is more than a person, but less than a person, too, may not be subject to the rules and contingencies that pertain to regular people. Conventional norms of rectitude and decency do not apply.
"In the eyes of his supporters, Trump possesses extraordinary powers that are wielded for good and against evil. Who cares if he is flawed? So what if he lacks certain distinctively human qualities? What does it matter that he is rude, authoritarian or even a criminal?"
WHOA!!! This is WAAAY beyond BRILLIANT!!! Should be passed around to ever anti-drumpf person in the U.S. Then we can finally understand what the hell goes on in the minds of MAGAs. This is the first time I've "gotten it". Thank you SO much for sharing this, MaryPat.
Why I hate historical fiction:
It's always too real.
This is the nightmare scenario we face.
Thanks for sharing (I guess).
Fabulously written! Maybe WAPO can publish this?
You mean if they had a spine….and a pair?
No spine required to publish this.
Touche' ...
Perfect suggestion, JBR.
You're assuming that, by the time of this "letter", Bezos hasn't been driven out of business by the tRump tariff wall and sold the ComPost to Steven Miller (or one if the tRump kids) for pennies on the dollar.....
Let’s all fervently hope that not one word of this scenario ever becomes true! God Bless The Free Democratic United States of America!
Or if come true, as Putin likes to call the country Little Russia. Republican Union of Sh*tho*e States in America.
It's very good. but you neglected to mention that He carried the weight of the world upon his broad shoulders. The majestic hands bit was very good, though. Lol!
Complain to David Corn, opinion writer at Mother Jones, the writer who was brilliant enough to come up with this. :-)
Terrifying! All the more so because it's so believable. God help us!
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorrie, and Vincent Price together couldn’t be as scary!
Add Lara Trump, Laura Ingraham, and Sarah Wackobee.
🤮
This is a scenario that depends on a military that will violate its oath and obey illegal orders. (We already know that most of law enforcement would because so many of them are control freaks.) If that happens our last defense will be all the women who are beyond child bearing ages and are non-maga. We must unite now, women, and like my namesake in the Old Testament we must use all cleverness and wiles to get into their tents and do away with them as they would surely do unto us.
Judith, I don't know who our namesake is in the Bible, but yeah, we are not dead yet. And we're still fierce.
Judith beheaded Holofernes, the Assyrian enemy of the Israelites, with his own sword in his own tent. After she wowed him with her alluring beauty and got him drunk.
"I'm not dead yet!" 😁
🎯🐈⬛💙🥷
These guys make the German-American Bund look positively quaint.....but no less dangerous. Of course, JD will find the road to right-wing fascist heaven may be paved with a few brambles, like the economic collapse that will come with the elimination of 15 million people, most of whom were essential workers in fields that now have to fight for labor. The resulting inflation will make the Covid episode look also quaint by comparison. And what happens if blue states suddenly have "economic emergencies" and cannot pass on their collected federal taxes to the national government? Careful what you wish for, fella.....
Dear Leader Junior's plans don't seem to anticipate the Resistance that lives in the bone marrow of freedom loving Americans. Invest in Claymores. Might leave burn marks on your door and porch, but the bastids won't get in. And just keep your fingers crossed behind your back when they force you to take that maga oath so you can infiltrate some of those newly formed departments and sabotage their inner workings.
Since the intention of a second bite at the apple, as I see it, is unlimited graft and kleptocracy, the chaos of economic confusion, deportations, fear, etc, and all oversight ended will just make theft easier. The majority of us will be trying to stay alive and stay out of the clutches of a government that depends on denunciation to the "authorities". That's how it works. Unfortunately Americans, attracted to the sparkling criminality of djt are woefully unprepared for what the Fascist gop and Project 2025 really have in mind. Despite djt's obvious descent into dementia, these folks are smart and ruthless, and theyve learned from orban, putin, and others through the efforts of c-pac for just this purpose. I'm working for democracy and that means Harris and dems down ballot. A long struggle is ahead.
Linda - a point you picked up on and most people (it seems) miss: tRump is a useful idiot to Stephen Miller, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Putin, Urban et al. They will be the ones pulling the strings. Watch those guys behind the scenes!
Bruce, thanks for the mention of blue states that give more to the feds than they get. That money makes a difference to red states.
It would be interesting to see David Corn's words show up in the online versions of the LAT and WAPO, whose oligarchical owners have decided to "obey first", something that no individual or any essentially national newspapers are doing by not endorsing any presidential candidate. A horrifying scenario. Appeasement on display and crass "self-interest" . Huge riches do not make for backbone or courage. I suppose these papers will send reporters to the orange faced conman at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. Listen closely for any speakers channeling the speakers at the last fascist rally on 20 February 1939. How will these non- endorsement papers "sanewash" this madness?
They already do.
Historians are now secretly recovering and hiding the detailed operational plans for the Underground Railroad, to replicate the escape of slaves to Canada for journalists and Rebels opposing Trumpism. In parallel, Wilderness Survival Training, seed storage and Victory Garden instruction is taking place in states that still allow teaching
The good news is that the Vance led government is too stupid to get ahead of this
Then there are the guns.
"It's a poor atom blaster that won't point both ways.” — Quote by Isaac Asimov.
Substitute 'gun' for 'atom blaster'.
"I'll give you my gun when you pry (or take) it from my cold, dead hands" -- Quote by Charlton Heston
I've always liked David Corn. He's been around a while and at Mother Jones he has done some top rate investigative journalism. His Halloween crack at satire here is also first rate.
But I am just too strung out to laugh. I'm no fan of the Dodgers or the Yankees but I watched every pitch last night just for the diversion - and I'll add it was well worth it. (Tonight's game starts at 8ET.) Anyway, my sense of humor has turned into curating insults.
I tried early voting today (the first day of it here) but the line was too long. It was the first time I have ever seen a line to vote in my town - so I'm taking that as a good sign, but still not laughing.
Sounds about right. I can’t think of JD without Dean Wormer coming to mind. “Put Vance on it. He’s a nasty little shit.”
Your best/scariest/funniest/scariest/freakiest ever.
Did I mention scariest?
Congratulate my friend David Corn, opinion writer at Mother Jones. My contribution was cross-posting it.
I initially thought that YOU had written it! (Maybe put him name in CAPITALS at the top of the page?)
Try this for dessert:
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-mass-psychology-of-trumpism/
"Many of Trump’s supporters perceive Trump the way Trump perceives himself. In their minds, he is a liminal figure [on the threshold of two different forms]: superhuman in some ways; but also lacking certain qualities that most people, for better and for worse, possess. A liminal figure who is more than a person, but less than a person, too, may not be subject to the rules and contingencies that pertain to regular people. Conventional norms of rectitude and decency do not apply.
"In the eyes of his supporters, Trump possesses extraordinary powers that are wielded for good and against evil. Who cares if he is flawed? So what if he lacks certain distinctively human qualities? What does it matter that he is rude, authoritarian or even a criminal?"
WHOA!!! This is WAAAY beyond BRILLIANT!!! Should be passed around to ever anti-drumpf person in the U.S. Then we can finally understand what the hell goes on in the minds of MAGAs. This is the first time I've "gotten it". Thank you SO much for sharing this, MaryPat.
Will do......but thank YOU for sharing......
The stuff of nightmares, indeed…
Gee, thanks! Just what I needed: another nightmare. ;-)
Sorry, TC, and David Corn as well. I just couldn't bring myself to read beyond the first few paragraphs.
Do you think JD will wait that long? April 26, 2025
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