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Soph0571's JournalLet us call them what they are
'The FBI, ATF, DEA, US Marshalls Service and Homeland Security will together be sending hundreds of skilled law enforcement officers to Chicago to help drive down violent crime' - Trump on Wednesday as he continues his violent attack on the constitution. Lets call these agents what they are - Brown Shirts 2020 or as they have become Trumps personal army ...
(saw Storm Trumpers on Daily Kos and thought it very clever - graphic mine)
It only took Hitler 3 months to destroy democracy in Germany and a part of that was his private brown shirt army breaking skulls and intimidating any opposition with violence and death. Trump has gone full on fascist at this point and whatever justification he is trying to give to go in on the streets of any city in America, it is all about breaking skulls to gin up his nazi base and to silence descent of his horror show handling of everything.... November needs to hurry up
When you hate the China and you hate the Muslim...
...What is a racist President to do... heh
Appreciation thread for Earl, Skinner, Elad, cause you know without this we would be going crazy.
Every single day we get introduced to a new level of crazy from the fuhrers that are trying to rule our world. Every single day we get numerous new horror stories BUT hope in the polls that a new situation covid normal might be around the corner. Here we are a solid community of progressive monsters of truth being given the tools we need to fight a very righteous fight against the very real threats that are upon us. DU gives us this. I heartily contribute financially to this site every month cause this fight could not be more important.
I am sure they know that they are appreciated, just thought I would mention how much I appreciate them and what they do. Please show your appreciation also, cause you know that DU uplifts your sanity daily.
Don't look away.
Graphic mine from info sourced here: https://www.facebook.com/feministnews.us/photos/a.110963062584254/1258970131116869/?type=3&theater
It is very clear that DHS has become Trumps secret police and as the nazi in charge in that department said last night on Fox news “The department, because we don’t have that local support, that local law enforcement support, are having to go out and proactively arrest individuals. And we need to do that because we need to hold them accountable. This idea that they can attack federal property and law enforcement officers and go to the other side of the street and say ‘you can’t touch me’ is ridiculous.”
Proactively arrest individuals?!?! Not surprising that that is what they are doing, after all they are democracy hating Gilead wannabees BUT saying it out loud - heh. So the young man who is so gravely injured was proactively shot in the face? Coupled with the fact that as Holder said yesterday that one of the security forces used to occupy Portland is mainly comprised of private contractors - so they are paid for mercenaries on the streets of an American city, paid for by the American Federal Government, which is paid for by your taxes... it is an outrage. This is the kind of shit you see in somewhere like Belarus, not in the world biggest democratic super power.
I will leave you with this final thought that I read elsewhere on the interwebs: Got that, folks? Private contractors. So what has Eric Prince been doing lately? What’s the new name for Blackwater? Trump is paying Eric Prince, brother of Betsy devos, for his mercenary services. No wonder the cops have no identification on their camo uniforms! Supposition of course, but it makes a ghoulish type of sense doesn't it?
Individual is taking UK government to court to stop tools of oppression being sent to police in USA
The Department of International Trade in the UK has been bounced into conducting a review of export licenses for the producers of riot kit purchased by police forces in America!!! Someone here has threatened legal action to stop the export of items such as rubber bullets and tear gas as they are now being used as tools of repression by the police against BLM. Based on the threat of legal action the Department said “the Government takes its export responsibilities seriously and assesses all export licences in accordance with strict licensing criteria. We will not issue any export licences where to do so would be inconsistent with these criteria.” It remains to be seen how far this will go, but the last time licences for such items were revoked were for supplying the Hong Kong police. If they apply the same criteria to the US (and they really should) then this should mean that the UK government will soon very clearly state that they will not support the actions of the US government in the suppression of its people (which of course they won't), and when they don't the courts will decide if the government here is applying their licence criteria correctly... Interesting times!
Just another brick in a tyrannical authoritarian democracy stealing wall of shit
Exactly this. Trump is desperate and desperate men take desperate measures. But to tear gas a bunch of masked mums peacefully protesting and protecting their kids from Trumps secret police- what kind of shithole government does that?!?! Oh. Wait.
He is going straight to the dictators play book at this time to stop people coming out against him. I think if he understood the constitution he would hate it, 1st amendment rights apply to all Americans - right? Not just the nazi storm troopers and the toadies in the senate. Heh. Seems like what China is trying to pull in Hong Kong is pretty much what Trump is desperate to pull off in America. So very stongman populist dictator wannabee.
NRA Accidentally Forgets To Rise Up Against Tyrannical Government.
“Our whole reason for lobbying for looser gun laws and amassing huge personal arsenals of weapons these past years was so that we could ensure the security of a free state and protect the people from an oppressive government. And then it actually happened, and the whole rising up against a tyrannical government thing just totally slipped our minds, which is a little embarrassing,” a sheepish NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said.
He said the morale around the NRA has been pretty low. “The guys feel pretty silly. We had our well regulated militia stocked up and ready to go, just waiting for the moment when the Government would turn on its own people. And then the government started shooting protesters and rolling tanks down the street, and we were like ‘guys this is the one we’ve been talking about, let’s go!’. But then something else came up and we forgot to do it. Damnit!”.
Observers were shocked that the NRA had missed their opportunity to defend their country. “I can’t believe it,” one analyst said. “It’s almost as if they weren’t worried about the government at all. It’s as if they were actually just scared of black people”.
[link:https://www.liker.com/public/chris80370/wall|]
Emphasis mine
Go figure!!! 👀
There is a truth here. Where are the militiamen fighting against the oppressor when you need them? Heh.
Russia report reveals UK government failed to address Kremlin interference
Source: The Guardian
British government and British intelligence failed to prepare or conduct any proper assessment of Kremlin attempts to interfere with the 2016 Brexit referendum, according to the long-delayed Russia report.
The damning conclusion is contained within the 50-page document from parliament’s intelligence and security committee, which said ministers “had not seen or sought evidence of successful interference in UK democratic processes”.
The committee, which scrutinises the work of Britain’s spy agencies, said: “We have not been provided with any post-referendum assessment of Russian attempts at interference” – and contrasted the response with that of the US.
“This situation is in stark contrast to the US handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, where an intelligence community assessment was produced within two months of the vote, with an unclassified summary being made public.”
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/russia-report-reveals-uk-government-failed-to-address-kremlin-interference-scottish-referendum-brexit
They did not want to ask the questions because they already knew the answers. Of course Russia interfered on Brexit - the disruption Putin can cause to the block the better it is for him. And of course the Conservatives took donations from the Russian oligarchy. They have always put power over the democratic conventions of the UK constitution. They talk a good talk about 'taking back control' and securing borders, when what they really mean is there are no borders when it comes to their desire to have and keep power at all costs - plenty of cross border co-operation for that dirty game. Borders in the Brexit context are only for the little people.
A plan we could get behind
If he refuses to go, make the bunker look like his tv room and lock him in until they come to take him away, based on his current cognitive efforts it does not seem much of a stretch!
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