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NOGODZ20's avatar

Simply put: Donald Trump has declared war on both the United States and the people within its borders.

Let him be branded as the evil fascist he is, along with all those who stand by him

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oraxx's avatar

Republicans claim to love America but somehow manage to hate just about everyone living here.

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Jelly's avatar

They also aren’t too fond of the Constitution, which is the other essential part of America. One would think their declared patriotism somewhat overstated.

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Eric's avatar

The fetishization of the Constitution has got to stop. It just has to. It's invoked to justify every selfish, grotesque act people can come up with. The Constitution doesn't give you a license to be a shithead. I wonder how many of these people have read the entire thing, and not just the Bill of Rights, and not just the fucking Second Amendment.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

I suspect that, to them, the Constitution is an idea that they can twist into anything they want it to be. That being the case, actually READING it would work against what they want.

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Maltnothops's avatar

“I suspect that, to them, the Constitution is an idea that they can twist into anything they want it to be.”

And not coincidentally, they do the same with Christianity.

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

Just like they do with the bible.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

It's not patriotism. It's jingoism and zealotry in the service of a madman.

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John Roberts's avatar

Yes, "essential part of America" the United States and the Americans living there. MAGA is alive and well!

God Bless America? 🤔

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dammit barry's avatar

KKKristers are full of hatred

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Tinker's avatar

He needs to be branded a traitor, along with anyone who is enabling him. At this point I call anyone who voted for him this last time a traitor because he told us what he was going to do.

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XJC's avatar

Us vs Them.

Exactly what They Want.

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cdbunch's avatar

So what of us they won't accept as part of Us? Are we supposed to still consider them part of us? They've declared themselves as Them, regardless of what we want.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

This is nothing but the naked plans of Project 2025 put into one of Dear leader's Edicts. It has basically identified what The Regime considers thought crimes.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

His speech to the Generals should have been a catalyst for them. But they’re still just blather.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Notice how those generals didn’t applaud either Trump or Hegseth for their rants? Dead silence. Maybe the wheels are turning in their heads.

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Old Man Shadow's avatar

By regulation, they are not supposed to applaud political statements. But the looks on their faces ranged from shock and disbelieve to "What the fuck?"

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Maltnothops's avatar

I admired their self control in not rolling their eyes. I looked at any video I found for eye rolling but didn’t see any.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

They already started to turn* during the 2017-2021 farce. Too bad it wasn't enough.

* Defense secretary Mattis, conservative, dragging his feet when drumpster wanted to ban transgender from serving.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

Looks like he is on track to ban women, gays, and blacks. He wants a whole army of straight, white, christian nationalist men.

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Len Koz's avatar

Then when he attacks some country and our troops suffer casualties, who's will there be less of in this country?

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

The wheels need to be spinning quite a bit faster.

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Linda's avatar

We all know who he’s been talking about as “the enemy within”.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Trump is the domestic enemy that I swore an oath to defend against when I enlisted in the military and again when they sent me to Vietnam for a year (unlike the 5-deferment draft dodger with the bone spurs).

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Linda's avatar

💯

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Linda's avatar
2hEdited

AKA those of us with our critical thinking skills still intact and developed emotional intelligence ✨

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Tinker's avatar

I am an US citizen and a retired US Army veteran. Trump has unequivocally declared war on me and my family. By not providing the required check on the Executive branch the Supreme court, the Senate and the House are complicit in this act of treason. Right now our best course is to get out and vote against the Republicans at every turn. It's an uphill fight because the State has their own propaganda network that has brainwashed millions of people who think they are intelligent because they believe in lies, bullshit and conspiracy nonsense.

If we can get the Democrats back in power, then and only then can we start to have dialog about how to move the country forward from this brush with fascism. Our first priority needs to be crushing the Republican party and hold them accountable for this act of treason. Any Democrat that 'reaches' across the isle is providing aid and comfort to the enemy of the state. Instead, those Democrats that are more conservative need to reach across the isle to those of us who feel we have zero representation right now.

You want to declare me your enemy Donald? I do the same.

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RegularJoe's avatar

I am S̶p̶a̶r̶t̶a̶c̶u̶s̶ Antifa.

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Julie's avatar

I find it hilarious that the serial psychopath, is going after something he doesn’t believe in. Total Fraud TACO ✌🏻

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Ann Higgins's avatar

Not hilarious. Horrifying.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

My exact thought. This memorandum is FUCKING DANGEROUS and needs to be treated as such!

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Julie's avatar

It’s a bit of both.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Further Thought: This memorandum could, if carried to its logical conclusion, paint a target on organizations such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Americans United, American Atheists, and even the ACLU.

This cannot be tolerated and it needs to be dealt with IMMEDIATELY.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

I see other targets : the Democratic party as a whole and the Freethought caucus.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Well put and on point!

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John Roberts's avatar

Americans United, American Atheists, ACLU, all from the land mass call America with two 35 American countries and two continents. The MAGA cult is strong. 🤣

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Joe King's avatar

𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦: 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛.

How many people that I know thought I was being hyperbolic when I told them that the Regime was pushing for an authoritarian theocracy where I could be imprisoned for my lack of belief? Well, here it is. An explicit directive from the president himself ordering law enforcement to target me for imprisonment, just because I disagree with him.

Gilead is now here.

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Jelly's avatar

Said my congressman, “This is absurd. It goes against the First Amendment in so many ways. The lawlessness of this president needs to stop but I will absolutely support him even if it doesn’t.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Oh, SWELL ... 😖

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

The way it’s worded it would be an attack on the current Republican and MAGA folks. Anti-traditional American values = fascism. Baked right into our government is freedom to critique religion, and politicians. This very memo is anti-American values.

But hey, these people confuse being loud with being a majority.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

You know it as well as I do: when Trump endorses free speech, he means HIS free speech. Anyone else and especially anyone with an alternative opinion doesn't qualify.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

There it is in black and white. Trump not only can't deal with opposing opinions; he wants any such expressions to be ILLEGAL, and that includes those of us who don't subscribe to religion and indeed, point out the multiple problems that religion has demonstrated. This goes past "state-sanctioned persecution of critics."

And into state-sanctioned PROSECUTION of critics. Just as illegal and just as in need of confrontation and countering.

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RegularJoe's avatar

I am S̶p̶a̶r̶t̶a̶c̶u̶s̶ Antifa.

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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larry parker's avatar

Sparty! I didn't know you went to Michigan State.

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RegularJoe's avatar

My first wife was a sophomore there when we met.

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oraxx's avatar

Where there is the expectation of privilege, equality will be seen as persecution. No group expects privilege quite like evangelical Christians. Personally, I think people like Trump, Charlie Kirk and many others who cannot shut up about their religiosity make compelling cases for atheism.

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Old Man Shadow's avatar

Freedom of speech is the freedom to say what the government tells you to say.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Seems to me as though it's about time for some very considered and serious civil disobedience. Whatcha think?

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Old Man Shadow's avatar

Yep.

Fuck Trump. Fuck Christian Nationalists. Fuck "Free" market capitalist corporatist bullshit that leaves people broken, poor, and struggling to survive.

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cdbunch's avatar

That will only get worse when the infrastructure is decimated by the coming war. That's why so many are sticking their heads in the sand and trying to pretend this is normal.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

“I don’t want to sound hyperbolic but the plain truth is that NSPM-7 is a declaration of war on anyone who does not support the Trump administration and its agenda. Yes, it repeats the word “violent” over and over to purport only to go after citizens who are moved to take up arms, but it also directs monitoring and intelligence collection to map and target the new “evildoers,” to borrow a Bush label he took from the Bible just days after 9/11.”

He also said that the deportations were only for criminals, but we see how that’s working out. They’ve extended the definition of criminal to mean anyone who “broke the law to enter the country” (which isn’t a criminal offense) and then still targeted folks who haven’t even done that, citizens and green card holders, and people with still valid visas and such. This will not be any different. It will be anyone who isn’t actively groveling at his feet, worshiping him. This is a direct attack on our country. It’s time for a coup.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Anti-morality? We've seen kkkonservative kkkhrstians operate. It is THEY who are anti-morality.

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Dave Ingrey's avatar

From Trump's memo, without any apparent irony? "support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender". Should the President expect a visit from the FBI?

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Boreal's avatar

All projection, all the time. Everything they accuse others of, they are doing, have done or are planning to do.

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wreck's avatar

President Miller (AKA Nosferatu McGoebbels (https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-this-shitweasel?utm_source=publication-search)) is really feeling his oats. Pedodent tRump will attach his pubic signature to anything the Nazi in Chief puts in front of his putrid demented face.

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