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"A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak".
Donald Trump in 2013, during an Obama era shutdown by Republicans over their effort to defund the Affordable Care Act.

Like many others, Trump's failed military parade gives me hope again, not only because of the sparse attendance, but the clear casual disregard by the marching troops. No spin can change the facts, although AI can fake the crowds, I suppose. But the truth is already out there.

Trump has appointed people in charge of the military who are happy to do his bidding over the constitution, and many soldiers support him. The courts can’t keep up with all the bludgeoning of laws. My optimism is slipping into realism.

The pardoned January 6 rioters owe Trump, and they'd be happy to beat up protestors, or incite violence at demonstrations so he can claim emergency powers.

We can't underestimate the level of violence Trump's inciting this time, since he threatened anyone who dared protest his parade in DC. Trump let out all of the January 6 rioters in jail, including hardened criminals.

The assassination of Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as well as the handcuffing of a Senator from a Senate hearing a couple of days ago, is meant to shut lawmakers up. And it will.

This Saturday June 14 is No King's Day, what should be a massive protest against Trump's military parade, militarization of American streets, power grabs, grift and graft, & wanton arrests of legal immigrants and citizens.
It's also Trump's birthday. Let's give him a protest present he won't forget.

It was entirely predictable and predicted that Trump would eventually call the military against protesters, with the goal ultimately being to call for Marshall Law. It's what dictators and authoritarians do. He won't be stopped until citizens get killed.

Facebook locked me out for 6 months citing a violation of their advertising rules. I have no idea what this is about. Worse, they want me to log back in by creating a video portrait, which they'll keep for a year. That's data for face recognition software. No thanks FB. See you on Bluesky.

As we know, a Washington Post political cartoon critical of Trump was recently pulled, and the cartoonist quit. Another reason to cancel a Post subscription if you have one. If enough Post journalists and other employees quit, they could start their own non-profit online news organization.