The enemy within - yes - it’s Trump, the Republican Congress and Republican Supreme Court members. If in fact all those people didn’t vote we are paying a higher price than being disgusted. Shouldn’t be any secret (by now) a police state is being developed and as horrible as it is for immigrants make no mistake: it will eventually involve all those who object to Trump’s madness. If you kiss-up don’t think you’re out of the woods. Dictators care only for themselves.
None of them think this will apply to them. You see it in the “I can’t believe they hauled my spouse/ neighbor/family member away. I didn’t vote for that!” news stories. But it doesn’t seem to make a dent in the rest of them.
Shockingly worrying that US citizens are walking into a police state where they will have no opportunity to resist. As I understand in the small print the tax free tips & overtime are capped at $25,0000 & $12,500 respectively, plus only till 2028. Whereas the billionaire tax breaks will be permanent. I have a feeling that next will be the rescinding of all labour/pay laws, rights and benefits. This will be the new MAGA workforce, comply or starve.
Next up is a national Right-to-Work (For Less) law, and decertifying federal worker unions. They must replace the loss of cheap immigrant labor, and Republicans have always hated unions. And, if we’re going to onshore factories, the only way to compete with Asia is with cheap, uneducated, non-union worker drones.
I don’t think Trump will step down at the end of his term, if he is still POTUS. By then he will believe that he has every right to carry on, without him America would be nothing.
Coming to a Board of Elections office near you! Well, there may yet be elections in 2026, but here's the scam happening right now, detailed in a quote from a recent substack by Thom Hartmann: "It’s insane that government has to get a court order (thanks, Supreme Court) to take away your gun, but doesn’t even have to notify you when they take away your vote.
"If Trump succeeds in today’s ongoing massive purge of largely Democratic voters and delegitimizing results, he won’t need martial law. The authoritarian train won’t arrive with a bang; it’ll glide in silently, on rails we failed to see being laid down this year." SOURCE : https://hartmannreport.com/p/james-carville-is-right-to-panic
After reading Sabrina's take on Trump's aggressive acts of inhumanity, it saddens me that members of the military and law enforcement have lost their way. Taking orders to carry out abuse on fellow citizens and non-citizens is something they should question and refuse to do. It is simply a matter of right and wrong. The problem is not Trump. We know he is insane. But to go along is devil's work for those who claim to be Christians and cowardice from those who claim to be human. Further, those who see the atrocities and refuse to engage should bear the guilt for not taking on the responsibility to stop this madman from being the menace that he is. But the Resistance will not be deterred. Support THE JOHN LEWIS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR VOTING RIGHTS! The fight may not be fair, but at least we have a fight in us..
Sir would have provided a deep, rich, seemingly endless vein for Martin Amis to mine: An obese (12 out of 10 many people are saying!) convicted rapist, felon and spelling-impaired Dementia victim on the biggest, meanest, least necessary, naturally occurring humor noir kampf for Law & Order the world has ever seen! A veritable Keystone Kakistocracy!
Tronald Dump is so old he will probably will have passed away, but all of his enablers, donors, abetters and accomplices will discover "I was only following orders." doesn't work any better in the new Nuremberg trials than it did in the original one.
I’m in Hawaii trying not to think about this for nine days but holy fucken shit then I read you and Steve Schmidt and damned if I don’t feel a pang of guilt as I sit in this ultra luxurious condo knowing howTrump’s ice thugs are making people live in terror. I am writing this in my iPhone I forced myself to leave laptop home so I wouldn’t be tempted to write my own Substack
Excellent—and sobering—assessment, Sabrina. If I may add one thing: Republicans aren’t scared of Trump, they are all in with his agenda. It is their agenda. The rest is all performative, like the holdouts threatening to scuttle the bill. The Fascist party votes in lockstep, as they did. On a different subject, the election was stolen, mostly through voter suppression, voter nullification, and voter roll purges. See gregpalast.com for the story. And for the electronic theft, see Walter Mebane Jr’s “eforensics Analysis of the 2024 President Election in
Pennsylvania∗”. They stole it to put this madman in power, so that together they could do everything that they’re doing. We’re in big, big trouble. With Musk starting a third party, I’m afraid that’s just the pretext for Trump to scuttle elections, as he can’t allow the splitting of Republican votes. I think it’s part of their plan, but we don’t really know.
Breathtakingly accurate. I differ only in this: there will be no midterm elections in 2026. Even an Elfin warrior in a fantasy movie would see DRT’s intention, a police state with a capital “P”. I am way over my shelf life, so I will be somewhat spared from the horrific results of the BBB. Those who will not be spared, God help them. How are dissent and empathy wrong? Tommy
Apologies for the grim joke. Ty for the wake up call. It’s easy to get desensitized with the fire hose of bad actions. I fear democracy is about to get messier
a superb summary that takes the words right out of my mouth.
the longer trump stays in power the worse things will get.
remember the dictatorship of Castro and what he did to Cuba for many years -
the same thing is happening here.
The enemy within - yes - it’s Trump, the Republican Congress and Republican Supreme Court members. If in fact all those people didn’t vote we are paying a higher price than being disgusted. Shouldn’t be any secret (by now) a police state is being developed and as horrible as it is for immigrants make no mistake: it will eventually involve all those who object to Trump’s madness. If you kiss-up don’t think you’re out of the woods. Dictators care only for themselves.
None of them think this will apply to them. You see it in the “I can’t believe they hauled my spouse/ neighbor/family member away. I didn’t vote for that!” news stories. But it doesn’t seem to make a dent in the rest of them.
Shockingly worrying that US citizens are walking into a police state where they will have no opportunity to resist. As I understand in the small print the tax free tips & overtime are capped at $25,0000 & $12,500 respectively, plus only till 2028. Whereas the billionaire tax breaks will be permanent. I have a feeling that next will be the rescinding of all labour/pay laws, rights and benefits. This will be the new MAGA workforce, comply or starve.
Next up is a national Right-to-Work (For Less) law, and decertifying federal worker unions. They must replace the loss of cheap immigrant labor, and Republicans have always hated unions. And, if we’re going to onshore factories, the only way to compete with Asia is with cheap, uneducated, non-union worker drones.
I don’t think Trump will step down at the end of his term, if he is still POTUS. By then he will believe that he has every right to carry on, without him America would be nothing.
Coming to a Board of Elections office near you! Well, there may yet be elections in 2026, but here's the scam happening right now, detailed in a quote from a recent substack by Thom Hartmann: "It’s insane that government has to get a court order (thanks, Supreme Court) to take away your gun, but doesn’t even have to notify you when they take away your vote.
"If Trump succeeds in today’s ongoing massive purge of largely Democratic voters and delegitimizing results, he won’t need martial law. The authoritarian train won’t arrive with a bang; it’ll glide in silently, on rails we failed to see being laid down this year." SOURCE : https://hartmannreport.com/p/james-carville-is-right-to-panic
After reading Sabrina's take on Trump's aggressive acts of inhumanity, it saddens me that members of the military and law enforcement have lost their way. Taking orders to carry out abuse on fellow citizens and non-citizens is something they should question and refuse to do. It is simply a matter of right and wrong. The problem is not Trump. We know he is insane. But to go along is devil's work for those who claim to be Christians and cowardice from those who claim to be human. Further, those who see the atrocities and refuse to engage should bear the guilt for not taking on the responsibility to stop this madman from being the menace that he is. But the Resistance will not be deterred. Support THE JOHN LEWIS DEMONSTRATIONS FOR VOTING RIGHTS! The fight may not be fair, but at least we have a fight in us..
Sir would have provided a deep, rich, seemingly endless vein for Martin Amis to mine: An obese (12 out of 10 many people are saying!) convicted rapist, felon and spelling-impaired Dementia victim on the biggest, meanest, least necessary, naturally occurring humor noir kampf for Law & Order the world has ever seen! A veritable Keystone Kakistocracy!
Tronald Dump is so old he will probably will have passed away, but all of his enablers, donors, abetters and accomplices will discover "I was only following orders." doesn't work any better in the new Nuremberg trials than it did in the original one.
Your posts as well as others subscribed to don't show up in my notes/feed, although liking recent posts. Substack's chat gives nonsensical answers.
I’m in Hawaii trying not to think about this for nine days but holy fucken shit then I read you and Steve Schmidt and damned if I don’t feel a pang of guilt as I sit in this ultra luxurious condo knowing howTrump’s ice thugs are making people live in terror. I am writing this in my iPhone I forced myself to leave laptop home so I wouldn’t be tempted to write my own Substack
scary but true
Thank you! Thank you Sabrina! Don’t stop! This is super-helpful and I share with my teenage children.
Yes, a great report - thank you...
I believe that the faster old Grumpy does this - the faster he will fall..
We now have to work fast while most people still remember freedom -
- (and kindness to ALL our neighbors and Community)
Excellent—and sobering—assessment, Sabrina. If I may add one thing: Republicans aren’t scared of Trump, they are all in with his agenda. It is their agenda. The rest is all performative, like the holdouts threatening to scuttle the bill. The Fascist party votes in lockstep, as they did. On a different subject, the election was stolen, mostly through voter suppression, voter nullification, and voter roll purges. See gregpalast.com for the story. And for the electronic theft, see Walter Mebane Jr’s “eforensics Analysis of the 2024 President Election in
Pennsylvania∗”. They stole it to put this madman in power, so that together they could do everything that they’re doing. We’re in big, big trouble. With Musk starting a third party, I’m afraid that’s just the pretext for Trump to scuttle elections, as he can’t allow the splitting of Republican votes. I think it’s part of their plan, but we don’t really know.
Thanks - here are 2 references to the inspiring and frightening work - the "Russian veil""!:
https://websites.umich.edu/~wmebane/PA2024.pdf
https://electiontruthalliance.org/
They probably stole Pennsylvania and Nevada
Breathtakingly accurate. I differ only in this: there will be no midterm elections in 2026. Even an Elfin warrior in a fantasy movie would see DRT’s intention, a police state with a capital “P”. I am way over my shelf life, so I will be somewhat spared from the horrific results of the BBB. Those who will not be spared, God help them. How are dissent and empathy wrong? Tommy
…so they (repugs) die either way. Good.
Apologies for the grim joke. Ty for the wake up call. It’s easy to get desensitized with the fire hose of bad actions. I fear democracy is about to get messier
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