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Vi Mooberry's avatar

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow! Creeps in this petty pace from day to day/ To the last syllable of recorded time!" The despair that is felt by so many in our present time is perfectly reflected by Shakespeare. The eclipse of light brought about by this administration will forever be remembered for its harshness, arrogance, and vengeful attitude. Planting seems like a good idea at this strategic point, whether it's seeds or ideas, or both.

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Kasey Coff's avatar

Re the release of personal files and the weaponization of databases: just what were Big Balls and the rest of the DOGE gang of idiots up to when they were embedding themselves into government systems?

Re the rattling of global sabers: ol' Secretary of War Pete has an idea. Let's call in all high-ranking military officers (and their assistants) to Quantico (coordinates available online) for a 20-minute peptalk on "warrior ethos."

Not as if it's the worst thing this regime has done - unless it turns into a Night of the Long Knives.

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Jay Wilson's avatar

Now that Trump will be joining Kegseth, the rumors are ramping up. It's definitely more than a pep talk about "warrior ethos"...more likely a way to force them to sign loyalty oaths ---to the Dear Leader.

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Jack McGowan's avatar

Pete did think it was cool that the Nazis did it in 1933. If he doesn’t repeat, he will rhyme.

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Kasey Coff's avatar

I hadn't heard that Trump would be there - gawdlmighty, that definitely makes me antsy...

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Patricia Davis's avatar

Streaming into the void, they listened briefly hearing only the wind..looked at each other whimsically and went about the day … nothing was happening.

How long will it take…how best to prep for the starkness to come..as businesses close, farms go bankrupt, dealers skeletize their crew, shelves go bare?

No ,we will not placate the King. Left to us we will endure as ground zero is reached in the ‘pollings’.

There is no war in Portland , but nay there are those still applauding the demented ramblings of a saddest sadist loser and the sorry set of loyals…the war is quite correctly within….it is the enemy ….

May Peace Be With You

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Vicki Greene's avatar

I live in a very red area and they're still saying January 06 was just a protest with a few bad actors.

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Waldo Littlefield's avatar

For the autocrat there is only one version of the future. In George Orwell’s words : “Imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.”

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TJ's avatar
Sep 28Edited

Does anyone thinks this will be the last time this occurs?…

A branch of the National Archives released a mostly unredacted version of Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s military records to Nicholas De Gregorio, an ally of Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent in the New Jersey governor’s race. The disclosure potentially violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and exemptions established under the Freedom of Information Act.

According to the reporting, the National Archives’ National Personnel Records Center turned over Sherrill’s full military file, which included personal information about the New Jersey Democrat and her family, details of her nine-year service record in the Navy and even the nondisclosure agreement between her and the U.S. government to safeguard classified information.

Perspective for 2026 elections come November 3, 2026.

1. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.

2. 36 states and three territories will be holding regularly scheduled gubernatorial elections. The governors of 15 states and two territories will be term-limited.

3. Ten states will be holding regularly scheduled lieutenant gubernatorial elections.

4. 30 states, two territories, and one federal district will be holding regularly scheduled attorney general elections.

5. 26 states will be holding regularly scheduled secretary of state elections.

6. 27 states will be holding regularly scheduled treasurer elections.

7. 23 states will be holding regularly scheduled auditor elections.

8. 88 state legislative chambers and 5 territorial chambers will be holding regularly scheduled elections.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_elections

With DOGE, Big Balls and the boys as well as Peter Thiel and Palantir with their hands in every government databases this will not get better.

As tomorrow grows near and all 800+ high ranking military officers are scheduled to “all” be at Quantico, what a logistical nightmare, and now the Commander-n-Grift attending with good ole Pete. It’s hard to believe that this will only be a 20-minute peptalk on "warrior ethos."

The rumblings are that Hegseth is flexing on the assembled “Top Brass” will be required to take a new oath that focuses on the national leader, Donald Trump, and omits mention of allegiance to the Constitution and the UCMJ.

Let us hope that these rumblings are wrong. Let us also hope that if the rumbles are right, the assembled military will remember the oath of allegiance they have already taken and will refuse to bow down to dictatorship… Let us hope..

Simply cannot conceive that 800+ senior military commanders in this country would ever take such an oath. I cannot believe Hegseth would be both that stupid and arrogant as to demand it. But time and time again this regime has not shined when it comes to intelligence or humility and humanity, has it..

What is also concerning is laying our nation bare such as a gathering of military leadership would be a target for terrorists all under one roof. Let alone leaving large numbers of absentees at military facilities around the globe opened as vulnerabilities worldwide. The potential for a disaster is substantial. Again stupidity and arrogance seems to keep this regime rolling. A metamorphosis of this orange-make-upped-clown who sees himself as another “Great Dictator”.

Oh how someone in the 21st century could mimic Charlie Chaplin’s scenes..

Will be going out to water the garden and dream of better times..

Charlie Chaplin - Complete Globe Scene - The Great Dictator

https://youtu.be/-jj-PaqFrBc?si=I8mXcJNuOOFOJGcB

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Jay Wilson's avatar

"As tomorrow grows near and all 800+ high ranking military officers are scheduled to “all” be at Quantico, what a logistical nightmare..."

THIS is something our enemies have been waiting for... and it's all but impossible to defend against:

https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/congress-is-scared-shitless?r=10sd39

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Julie Bannerman's avatar

Mary Geddry’s cogent daily summaries lead me again to wonder how millions chose this path of chaos and destruction despite the mountain of evidence that predicted it.

According to CBS News on July 29, 2025, Trump’s approval among those 18-29 - the demographic Charlie Kirk and other MAGA operatives focused on with notable success in 2024 - dropped from 55 percent on January 20 to 28 percent as of the analysis. Of course it did! “Reality bats last” as the saying goes!

Somehow we in the pro-democracy ranks need to crack the code of election strategy. Evidence, logic and popular policies clearly aren’t the formula. The mountain of far right propaganda, lies, culture warfare and MAGA identity politics is high.

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Carol Pladsen-Bloom's avatar

I will try to read later. The first paragraph raised my anxiety to uncomfortable levels.

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