The questions will be secure communications needed to organize resistance, and what will the military do? A squadron of bombers could level a city, not to mention artillery, tanks, etc.
Trump is reportedly upset about the Pretti shooting optics. Only because ICE didnt have the wit to do it off-camera. Renee Good's assassin Jonathan Ross has been disappeared. My money says he'll be un-alived at some future point; because he's a liability.
In the past, I have hated how extreme some of your rhetoric is but overtime we see that it is not as extreme as I thought and there is a need for clear headed explanation of what could happen in our future so please keep it up
that's gonna be tough, Alex, when politics today is based on ramping up the outrage, stirring the mob, dehumanizing the "enemy".
The fact that Jan.6 not only happened, but the insurrectionists were freed and are now armed ICE thugs working for Trump, that's the scary part, and doesn't bode well.
Historian Timothy Snyder (from On Tyranny, 2017):
“When the pro-leader paramilitary, and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
Agree completely, Rick. This is what is coming and what they want more than anything, I can feel it in my bones. I used to work (DOD civilian, later USAID and USG-affiliated NGOs) in war zones for almost 20 years. Pre-, hot, and post. You are describing this as accurately as I’ve seen it unfold. Nigeria, Somalia, other places.
I am not in MN right now. Hell, I’m living in Europe. But I am a very seasoned occupant and observer of where we are now and what is coming next. We must have complete clarity here: they WANT this. They are TRYING to provoke this. I know how to deescalate and I’ve seen our brave military and police step into the breach so many times to do crowd control and deescalate. None of that is even remotely happening here. Nor will it. I hate to say I believe you’re right here, but as a veteran of these types of situations and working in authoritarian and fascist countries for over two decades: you are right. God bless and help America 💔. Fuck these people.
Thank you Rick. We no longer need to read dystopian fiction. We are experiencing the beginning of our dystopian future unless Congress steps up and takes action against this evil regime.
Thanks Rick: The whole operation in Minneapolis with the brutality of the ICE gestapo units is to extort the voter rolls of Minnesota . The gestapo are not there for their intended purpose to apprehend hard core immigrant alleged criminals. Trump wants the voters data and would like to supervise the mid term elections of Minnesota. Their soul purpose is to extort by using deadly force.
Many 1/6 attackers were present not because they wanted to over-turn the '20 election but to preserve and protect what they believed to be its true result. They were credulous enough to believe Trump when he claimed the election was stolen from him by a tyrannical Biden regime. Some carried the classic "Don't Tread on Me" flag. Now that there's actual tyranny perceivable by anyone who can watch a video, why would those people and their supporters not now be ready to join the anti-Trump coalition?
I know, many will doubt their own lyin' eyes, but not all of them. Now that the NRA and the Gun Owners of America are getting trod on, I would say it's time to broaden the anti-Trump coalition to allow for yet stranger bedfellows--or at least time to try.
It’s sad that you are writing this. It’s, also, believable that this could be true. Anyone who’s read “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” knows that it actually happened. And it can happen here. We are witnessing the happening.
We need to continue to box the ears of those around Trump, Noem seems to be done for, now we need to start taking on Miller, Bannon and Bondi. Pull them down one at a time. Bannon especially needs to be mauled.
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The questions will be secure communications needed to organize resistance, and what will the military do? A squadron of bombers could level a city, not to mention artillery, tanks, etc.
What happens when the citizenry starts shooting back? Does it turn into an actual civil war? How does that even work?
Wow Rick, this made me cry
Just what we need...Madman Miller and deranged t (alz coming into full bloom) running our country.
Trump is reportedly upset about the Pretti shooting optics. Only because ICE didnt have the wit to do it off-camera. Renee Good's assassin Jonathan Ross has been disappeared. My money says he'll be un-alived at some future point; because he's a liability.
Chilling. Totally possible.
In the past, I have hated how extreme some of your rhetoric is but overtime we see that it is not as extreme as I thought and there is a need for clear headed explanation of what could happen in our future so please keep it up
I pray with all of my heart that cooler heads finally prevail before anything close this happens.
that's gonna be tough, Alex, when politics today is based on ramping up the outrage, stirring the mob, dehumanizing the "enemy".
The fact that Jan.6 not only happened, but the insurrectionists were freed and are now armed ICE thugs working for Trump, that's the scary part, and doesn't bode well.
Historian Timothy Snyder (from On Tyranny, 2017):
“When the pro-leader paramilitary, and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
Forget Trump and Miller. Our neighbors are turning these monsters into millionaires. :-(
Agree completely, Rick. This is what is coming and what they want more than anything, I can feel it in my bones. I used to work (DOD civilian, later USAID and USG-affiliated NGOs) in war zones for almost 20 years. Pre-, hot, and post. You are describing this as accurately as I’ve seen it unfold. Nigeria, Somalia, other places.
I am not in MN right now. Hell, I’m living in Europe. But I am a very seasoned occupant and observer of where we are now and what is coming next. We must have complete clarity here: they WANT this. They are TRYING to provoke this. I know how to deescalate and I’ve seen our brave military and police step into the breach so many times to do crowd control and deescalate. None of that is even remotely happening here. Nor will it. I hate to say I believe you’re right here, but as a veteran of these types of situations and working in authoritarian and fascist countries for over two decades: you are right. God bless and help America 💔. Fuck these people.
Thank you Rick. We no longer need to read dystopian fiction. We are experiencing the beginning of our dystopian future unless Congress steps up and takes action against this evil regime.
Thanks Rick: The whole operation in Minneapolis with the brutality of the ICE gestapo units is to extort the voter rolls of Minnesota . The gestapo are not there for their intended purpose to apprehend hard core immigrant alleged criminals. Trump wants the voters data and would like to supervise the mid term elections of Minnesota. Their soul purpose is to extort by using deadly force.
Many 1/6 attackers were present not because they wanted to over-turn the '20 election but to preserve and protect what they believed to be its true result. They were credulous enough to believe Trump when he claimed the election was stolen from him by a tyrannical Biden regime. Some carried the classic "Don't Tread on Me" flag. Now that there's actual tyranny perceivable by anyone who can watch a video, why would those people and their supporters not now be ready to join the anti-Trump coalition?
I know, many will doubt their own lyin' eyes, but not all of them. Now that the NRA and the Gun Owners of America are getting trod on, I would say it's time to broaden the anti-Trump coalition to allow for yet stranger bedfellows--or at least time to try.
It’s sad that you are writing this. It’s, also, believable that this could be true. Anyone who’s read “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” knows that it actually happened. And it can happen here. We are witnessing the happening.
We need to continue to box the ears of those around Trump, Noem seems to be done for, now we need to start taking on Miller, Bannon and Bondi. Pull them down one at a time. Bannon especially needs to be mauled.
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Lanterns glow where the snow lies thick,
Hearts beat warm, resolve so quick.
Minneapolis wakes to another day,
But yesterday’s grief still finds its way.
We whisper words of kindness first,
The ones he lived for when times were cursed.
Alex walked among us, a caring guide,
Not to fight, but to stand beside.
They’ll paint a picture dark and grim,
Claim danger where light lived within.
But videos shared will not let fade
The truth of one so brave displayed.
His family speaks with tender tone,
“I want the truth,” they’ve said alone.
Not lies that twist a loving heart—
But stories true from every part.
Crowds gather still where candles hum,
Their voices rise, their songs become
A harmony of care and hope,
Not fear that tries to twist the scope.
They speak of Renee and others lost,
And ask how many lives will be the cost?
Democracy needs rightful guard,
Not force that leaves its mark so hard.
From snowy streets to distant towns,
Protesters wear no hateful crowns.
They stand for peace and law’s embrace,
For dignity in every face.
Workers, neighbors, friends and kin,
All gather where the march begins.
Not to harm, not to fight—
But to keep the light as their true right.
Lanterns flicker, hearts stay bright,
Even when the cold bites tight.
For every voice that stands to say,
“We choose compassion every day.”
We sing of hope in winter’s breath,
Not turned away by frozen death.
For every life and every name,
We remember, not rename.
The wind may howl, the cold may bite—
But truth and justice burn the light.
And in that glow, we find our way
To brighter dawn and kinder day. 🕯️
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