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Lisa Rogers's avatar

I'm an American who emigrated to Europe watching this regime from a country that was once behind the Iron Curtain. And just outside my apartment building, all around the city, (and countries around the world including Russia) are stones called stumbling stones or 'stolperstein.' There are 70,000 stones (read 70,000 lives) laid around the world. These stones represent people who were pulled from their homes and died on the steps of the one place they should have been safe - names and dates of their death so we never forget. And the only thing I can think, after reading this beyond the atrocious disregard for human life of the oligarchs is, who will lay the stones for these men and women who died chained, sick, and starving while the powers that be said, 'let them eat cake', and who will bring the sick humans profiteering from this suffering to account?

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SueD's avatar

This is a horrific story. This needs to be known by all who has any bit of humanity left. They should not get away with this.

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SueD's avatar

Once the whole government is purged from all the good honest people, then you’ve got a problem and there’s no turning back

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SueD's avatar

All I can say is the people cannot leave this until it’s too late…. Just talking and not acting will not let the coup go away…. Everything is getting “reformed” and changed to suit their “agenda” which I will not believe for one minute, is the agenda of the majority of the people

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SueD's avatar

I do not think you can depend on the courts or congress…. It’s way past that point. He is a rogue president with a rogue team

… it will only get worse. Let the world know and take note. Crimes against humanity can be judged at The Haque when time comes.

The alternative would for citizens and dems to go bat shit crazy and get these people removed from the White House. But as I said the courts won’t do anything…. Congress won’t do anything….as they are helpless against this coup.

Other problem I see are his trumpets fight like hell for him and you end up in a civil war

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Trina Caudle's avatar

Congress isn't helpless against the coup. They're PART of it. This isn't a coup against the American government - it's the government against the people.

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Randi's avatar

And what do we do about it?? Protest? Vote against the Retrumplicans? The Supreme Court says the president can do what he wants. So now he wants to eliminate the courts. Will they let him? Or will they wake up and revoke that judgement? Will they do it before our very own Hitlers (the co-presidents) completely ruin this country? I'm not holding my breath for them to revoke any concessions they've given him.

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SueD's avatar
Apr 1Edited

All of this very eerie to watch but might give you an insight of all that is happening right now…. I know it looks very much like a conspiracy theory 😮

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SueD's avatar

This was posted last year PRIOR to the election 😮

https://youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no?si=Z9MzlJqIWto192L4

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SueD's avatar

DT and Musk will and are busy destroying the USA . They will change the whole system so that they have full control. No protest will do anything as protesters will just be locked up like in Russia. Any resistance will not be tolerated and we are already seeing this happen e.g. students being swooped up by ICE.

There are some videos that’s a must see for each American… I will post it here

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Bob Churchill's avatar

Violence and threats of violence are the mother's milk of conservatism - EVERYWHERE. It means "We will hurt or kill you or your loved ones if you don't do what we say." As is often said about Republicans - cruelty is the point - cruelty wrapped in red-white-and blue bunting. "You will have less so we can have more - and you won't be able to do anything about it" - this is the over-arching ethos of barbarians everywhere. MAGAts are barbarians - and proud of it. They can be defeated - fascist regimes are flawed in conception - and ALL eventually collapse (Spain, Italy, Syria, Japan, Chile, Argentina, Romania, Libya, Germany - and on and on) - but that collapse is often in a paroxysm of violence. We need to be prepared for that, sad to say - these aren't nice people...

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Sherry Mohre's avatar

I hope the Judge that is overseeing this case doesn’t care. I just saw that the judge that it went to from him, just ruled against DOJ so next is Supreme Court. I can’t believe the level of violence they are putting these people through with no representation . The judge said even natzi’s were treated better than this. They have even taken people at the Canada border and treated them terrible.

I never in my life thought I would ever witness this in America.

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Randi's avatar

You want us all to fight like hell. We are and nothing has changed. Paul Weiss Law Firm - A LAW FIRM!! - has allowed themselves to be extorted by the president, and have done NOTHING BUT CAVE TO HIS DEMANDS!! The "Supreme Court" says he can do whatever he wants! How do we fight that??

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Pamela Fausty's avatar

Trump and all his goons are murderers and worse than the gangs they falsely accuse people of being in. We cannot wait till the body count rises! This is the cause to rise on. If not we will never forgive ourselves 😭😭😭

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Diane's avatar

My god. Barbaric-that is what this is.

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Kat Anderson's avatar

I wish the Canadian Military would fly in and rescue all of these “criminals” and take them back to Canada to start over. This kind of stuff breaks my heart! I am shocked that the Trump regime is so cruel and doing this to people with no due process. Every single person that works for ICE should be deeply ashamed of themselves.

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Here's what I'm thinking's avatar

Thank you for this update on this brutal horror show for profit. This is so much worse than even I realized. I feel helpless.

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Patricia Wilson's avatar

The American Gestapo.

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Tim Gee's avatar

Und dann schließlich kam man, um uns abzuholen.

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Tim Gee's avatar

Und dann schließlich kam man, um uns abzuholen.

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Carrick Wood's avatar

I don’t know if this is relevant but there was a rumour, 5 or 6 years ago, that the US was amassing “body bags” that were in remote locations, and we were speculating why? Thinking pandemic, not selective population purging. I’d almost forgotten that bit of info until now… I have no sources, I was told by a news savvy friend I trust. Has this ever been verified? Maybe it should be looked into…

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Thomas Mani's avatar

And they are ramping up. Breaking America by breaking people drawn here by its promise; we could not find a way to include them in our community. I know, I know, which outrage do I respond to today.

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