Two hundred and fifty years after rejecting monarchy, America celebrates with deepfakes, palace justice, peeling pool liner, and a republic still trying to remember what independence means.
HOW WILL ALL OF THIS INSANITY END, HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH CAN THIS SITUATION BE FIXED, SUPPOSE HE CHANGES THINGS SO THAT HE CAN REMAIN IN POWER, YOU CAN BET HE IS LOOKING FOR THAT LOOPHOLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO STILL LOVE THEIR COUNTRY MUST BAND TOGEHER TO STOP THIS MISS-USE OF POWER, TO SAVE WHAT REMAINS, SAD,SAD, SAD.
We went to the Tall Ships parade for the Nation's 200th anniversary and it was wonderful. The ships were amazing and everyone was excited to celebrate the nation's birthday. It was an incredibly festive atmosphere. This 250th should be even better and yet I am filled with sadness and despair not only at what is happening to our country but also how many people seem not to notice.
Diane, I lived in New York at that time, and I too was so happy and proud to be an American, born in this Country of recent immigrants. I was hoping I would be alive to see the 250th celebration. Here I am.....I feel the very same sadness you describe. I also feel so ashamed of what this gop Congress has allowed to happen; from allowing such incompetent and vile individuals positions of power to not reigning in this monster that is president. God have mercy on us all.
The self-imposed mad king wanna be, definitely needs to be impeached, removed, and convicted. I stand with Major Watson on that score.Then maybe, maybe we have some chance at restoring some semblance of sanity to America. We will never be what we were, but I hope we can be better.
You and Jack Smith are so right to sound the alarm at this pivotal juncture in our nation’s 250 year history.
Trump and his enablers have breathtaking wealth and power. They have also shown their intent, in both language and actions, to impose an authoritarian regime that is antithetical to our founders’ vision (see, for example, the Preamble to the Constitution).
Trump world’s government and private power is unprecedented. It extends to military and paramilitary forces, government surveillance and legal apparatus, social media platforms with advanced tools to micro-target voters with manipulative content, and control of major news outlets.
This 4th of July through January 19, 2027, will test whether “we the people” are up to the moment. These coming months could make the lead up to Trump’s attempted coup of January 6, 2021, seem like amateur hour.
As Mr. Smith says, we must first imagine, with clear eyes, how the coup masters might try to keep power before and in the weeks after the November 2026 elections.
In addition to supporting pro-democracy candidates, we must reach out to state and local agencies with authority to protect election processes, machines and ballots and support state and private legal defense and election protection teams prepared to defend the Republic (peacefully and legally). Let’s do it!
Um….the declaration wasn’t signed until the August. It was accepted on the fourth. My source is HCR.
HOW WILL ALL OF THIS INSANITY END, HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH CAN THIS SITUATION BE FIXED, SUPPOSE HE CHANGES THINGS SO THAT HE CAN REMAIN IN POWER, YOU CAN BET HE IS LOOKING FOR THAT LOOPHOLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO STILL LOVE THEIR COUNTRY MUST BAND TOGEHER TO STOP THIS MISS-USE OF POWER, TO SAVE WHAT REMAINS, SAD,SAD, SAD.
We went to the Tall Ships parade for the Nation's 200th anniversary and it was wonderful. The ships were amazing and everyone was excited to celebrate the nation's birthday. It was an incredibly festive atmosphere. This 250th should be even better and yet I am filled with sadness and despair not only at what is happening to our country but also how many people seem not to notice.
Diane, I lived in New York at that time, and I too was so happy and proud to be an American, born in this Country of recent immigrants. I was hoping I would be alive to see the 250th celebration. Here I am.....I feel the very same sadness you describe. I also feel so ashamed of what this gop Congress has allowed to happen; from allowing such incompetent and vile individuals positions of power to not reigning in this monster that is president. God have mercy on us all.
The self-imposed mad king wanna be, definitely needs to be impeached, removed, and convicted. I stand with Major Watson on that score.Then maybe, maybe we have some chance at restoring some semblance of sanity to America. We will never be what we were, but I hope we can be better.
You and Jack Smith are so right to sound the alarm at this pivotal juncture in our nation’s 250 year history.
Trump and his enablers have breathtaking wealth and power. They have also shown their intent, in both language and actions, to impose an authoritarian regime that is antithetical to our founders’ vision (see, for example, the Preamble to the Constitution).
Trump world’s government and private power is unprecedented. It extends to military and paramilitary forces, government surveillance and legal apparatus, social media platforms with advanced tools to micro-target voters with manipulative content, and control of major news outlets.
This 4th of July through January 19, 2027, will test whether “we the people” are up to the moment. These coming months could make the lead up to Trump’s attempted coup of January 6, 2021, seem like amateur hour.
As Mr. Smith says, we must first imagine, with clear eyes, how the coup masters might try to keep power before and in the weeks after the November 2026 elections.
In addition to supporting pro-democracy candidates, we must reach out to state and local agencies with authority to protect election processes, machines and ballots and support state and private legal defense and election protection teams prepared to defend the Republic (peacefully and legally). Let’s do it!