Mahmoud Khalil isn’t a criminal. He’s a student, a resident, and a protester. In 1841, Adams stood for people like him. In 2025, Trump locks them away.
Thom Hartmann
America rapidly is slipping into the authoritarian nightmare Putin dreamed of for us.
Once a symbol of dystopian nightmares, the words "show me your papers" now echo in schools, hospitals, and homes—targeting immigrants first, and the rest of us next.
The dismantling of American democracy isn’t a secret conspiracy. It’s a public spectacle—and it’s accelerating.
Musk. Trump. Putin. Labor spies. Stolen data. Treason. This isn’t a thriller. It’s what’s happening inside your government—right now.
History warns us: every major economic crash has led to a world war. Trump’s corruption, debt, and tariffs may be lighting the fuse.
Trump, Musk and the GOP have hotwired our democracy, stripped it for parts, and are selling the pieces to the highest bidder telling us to enjoy the ride, while we're all bound and gagged in the trunk.
April 20, 2025 is the date for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to tell Trump whether or not he can suspend the Constitution and Bill of Rights by invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807.
The question now is whether the rest of America will join Wisconsin in standing up—or if we shall all be forced to bow down and learn to live in Musk’s brave new world.
Whether Trump and Musk are operating on Putin’s instructions or not, the result is the same: the deliberate dismantling of a liberal democratic order that has stood for 240 years.
Dictatorial regimes are famously corrupt, marked by the ignorance and incompetence of the people around the dictator. But when your regime is part mafia spoof, part constitutional crisis, things stop being funny real fast.
Will Trump and Musk succeed in ending our democracy, replacing it with an autocratic “illiberal democracy” like in Hungary and Russia?
Trump has signed a series of Executive Orders (EOs) forbidding lawyers from several of the nation’s largest and most prestigious Democratic-aligned law firms from entering federal buildings or having access to classified information.
Trump’s imperial fantasy isn’t just about power—it’s about dismantling democracy itself. Like Polk, he dreams of annexation; like McKinley, he thrives on manufactured conflict; and like Putin, he seeks absolute control.
While working families struggle, Trump and his billionaire cronies are cashing in big time…
Trump’s tough-guy snarl at Washington DC’s Mayor Bowser last week reminds us that homelessness is the direct result of government policies promoted by Trump and Republicans over the past four decades.
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