Chrysippus

Fate, unless America is the exception to the rule.

7/7 We, the American people, did not wind up with the progress made over the centuries because the government gave it to us but because we demanded it to be provided. The American people are the only American institution that matters.

6/7 And they do it unabashedly and viciously. We are living in an age when Americans are realizing that it is they who have all the power and have had all the power virtually from the inception of the country.

5/7 The Republican Party is a conglomeration of anti-Constitutional people who represent the worst in our society, they are predatory, and protect economic, social, sexual, political, and violent predators.

4/7 or 'we hereby align ourselves with the American people, we are not just a loyal opposition - we are part of the resistance.' Words that inspire! Words that force the Republicans to bristle, defend, and double-down on their lies. The more they are outed, the weaker they become.

3/7 I heard last night's Democratic response and found it to be strong but not strong enough. It should have included words like, 'we are going to resist all efforts of the Republicans to turn this country into a fascist state run by a fascist leader,'

2/7 The representative government is factional and, in many cases, bought and paid for. The people need to have their own SOTU to voice their views openly for all to hear. The Democratic response to the Trump/fascist propaganda must be bold and forceful.

1/7 I did not watch the Trump rally posing as a US/SOTU. If I want fascist propaganda - which I don't! - I would watch the Conservative Media Complex. I watched the People's SOTU, which should be held every year from now on. The American people must have a voice.

Je früher, desto besser!

Common in authoritarian regimes. Banners. Statues. Official Posters. Hussain's banners were pulled down and burned, his statues were pulled down and chopped up, and his official posters were ripped from the walls and thrown into dumpsters. And the same will happen to Trump's.

"What president would willingly give up that kind of power?" Really? That's what you got?

Here's another question for you Judge Gorsuch. What president would willingly give up the power of absolute immunity?

Not a promise but a threat!

Journalismus ohne Kontext ist Stenografie.

4/4 Mussolini adopted the fasces, transforming it from a symbol of republican power into one of fascism (i.e., authoritarianism).

Thus, Trump is following in that pattern, now adopting it as a symbol of his strength and power to punish. The arch is a symbol of dictatorship and tyranny.

3/4 The "fasces" – thus, “fascists” – themselves were a symbol of Etruscan origin, adopted by Rome, and symbolized "imperium" (legal and military power), with rods symbolizing strength and the axe representing the power to punish.

2/4 Germania was Rome’s Latin term for the Germanic tribes that lived east of the Rhine and north of the Danube, the term used by Julius Caesar. It was how 20th-century fascists validated their power, harking back to Rome.

1/4 Fascists were and are very into neo-Roman architecture. In Germany, Hitler built structures in that architectural style. Many of them. They were neoclassical. Speer named the plan "Welthauptstadt Germania," World Capital Germania.

5/5 It's the only thing that makes sense. It's the Occam's razor of probability.

4/5 And I am left with the conclusion, it must have come from Vladimir Putin, who would have planted this thought into his useful idiot, knowing that eventually he would express it and thereby embarrass America and weaken its relationship with NATO allies.

3/5 He has no historical knowledge. He doesn't read. He's an imbecile. So where did this thought, this pathetic ideation, come from?

It would not have come from American military. It would not have come from his evil cabinet. It would not have come from any western diplomat or official.

2/5 These idiotic lies are all front page news throughout Europe. Everyone hates this guy. Britain lost 457 killed and hundreds injured. Per capita, over 40 killed in action, Denmark lost more than the other NATO countries.

And I think to myself, where did this blithering idiot get that thought?

1/5 Trump's Comments at Davos on the Reliability of NATO.

This is possibly the biggest story now in the European press. Trump's tone, his dismissal, diminishing their involvement, how the NATO troops were only incidental and not in the front and that the US did all the fighting in Afghanistan.

Unlikely that Trump is taking aggressive actions toward Greenland without having gotten Republican approval. It seems naive to suppose Congress - majority Republicans - will resist.

There is a civil war taking place against the American people - us! - and we're not mobilized.

2/2 Until I see the police unions come out and condemn ICE, they deserve no trust.

1/2 The police seem to have a problem with the ICE tactics. They're pissed at the erosion of the outreach to the community that they worked hard to establish. As I recall, the police unions were huge boosters of Trump in the 2024 election. They were openly thrilled.

7/7 It is not only the king who is not wearing clothes, but most of the political leaders, too. You're seeing it. It is undeniable. And the vacant myths no longer can disguise the truth.

6/7 The pain you feel is the initial pain you feel when struggling to breath the pure air of freedom. If you are not politically uncomfortable, you are not breathing the air of freedom.

5/7 The America you long for was not real and never was. The pain you feel is the pain that comes when the totems fall over, the myths break apart, the clichés become hollow, and the brown fog, polluted with toxic lies, begins to dissipate.

4/7 "Of, by, and for the people" - Lincoln's famous phrase - was not just alien to the founders, but they would have reviled that concept itself. If Paine were alive today, he'd be in Minnesota. Paine said that ‘where there is no liberty, there is my country.’