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.
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.
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.
The Republican plan is to win next year’s election this year. Yes, the voting will be bent, jacked and hammered this year, 2025, one year before the official voting. Because this is the year of The Great Purge.
Germans remember well that fateful day ninety-two years ago this week: February 27, 1933. It started when the government, in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack.