trump will not leave office due to any legal action.
Most 20th Century tyrants died in office.
He will try to stay in power unless and until he is removed by any means including force.
We cannot expect elections or lawsuits to remove him.
We must act quickly and decisively, regardless of the law, to ensure he is removed from office.
Heather Cox Richardson May 3
Yesterday I identified incorrectly the messaging app newly fired national security advisor Michael Waltz was using at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday as the unsecure Signal app. Joseph Cox of 404 Media identified the app as “an obscure and unofficial version of Signal” from “a company called TeleMessage which makes clones of popular messaging apps but adds an archiving capability to each of them.” As Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo notes, this third-party app introduces even more insecurity into those White House communications.
Today I spent time organizing the many tabs I had opened over the past six weeks. When they were grouped by topics, what emerged was the story of an administration that decided from the start to portray President Donald Trump as a king, creating an alternative social media ecosystem designed, as Drew Harwell and Sarah Ellison of the Washington Post noted in early March, “to sell the country on [Trump’s] expansionist approach to presidential power.”
The team set out not just to confront critics, but to drown them out with a constant barrage of sound bites, interviews with loyalists, memes slamming Democrats, and attack lines. “We’re here. We’re in your face,” said Kaelan Dorr, a deputy assistant to the president who runs the digital team. “It’s irreverent. It’s unapologetic.” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said their goal was “FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE.”
They are engaged in a marketing campaign to establish Trump’s false version of reality as truth. The White House has also brought into the press pool right-wing influencers, who are asking questions that tee up opportunities for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to push administration talking points, which the influencers then amplify on social media.
Trump’s aspirations to authoritarianism are showing today in the announcement that there will be a military parade on Trump’s 79th birthday, June 14, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress’s establishment of the Continental Army in 1775. About 6,600 soldiers, 150 vehicles, and 50 helicopters will proceed from near the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, to the National Mall at a cost of tens of millions of dollars.
Trump’s attempt to empower loyalists showed today in the news that the Trump administration has reached a settlement in principle with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Trump loyalist who was shot by Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd as she tried to breach the House Speaker’s Lobby on January 6, 2021. The right-wing Judicial Watch organization had filed a $30 million civil suit on behalf of Babbitt’s estate. A 2021 internal review determined that Byrd saved lives.
The administration’s hunkering down in right-wing ideology showed as well in Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s public attack on U.S. ally Germany for declaring the German right-wing political party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist party that goes against Germany’s “free democratic order.” That designation is the result of a three-year investigation. It allows the government more leeway in monitoring the AfD.
Both Vice President J.D. Vance and billionaire White House advisor Elon Musk supported the AfD and backed it in a recent election. Rubio took AfD’s side today, writing on social media that that new designation was “tyranny in disguise.” He attacked the current government and urged Germany to “reverse course.”
The German Foreign Office responded publicly. “This is democracy. The decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.”
It says something about the Trump administration that the German government is lecturing the U.S. government about the dangers of right-wing extremism.
Molly Beck of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan spoke to reporters yesterday, threatening Wisconsin governor Tony Evers with arrest after the governor issued a memo to state workers directing them to check with a lawyer before turning over documents or other items to officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Evers said Republicans were mischaracterizing his memo, which did not direct anyone to break the law.
"We now have a federal government that will threaten or arrest an elected official, or even everyday American citizens who have broken no laws, committed no crimes and done nothing wrong," Evers said. "And as disgusted as I am about the continued actions of the Trump administration, I'm not afraid."
Yesterday, at an event for judges, jurists, and lawyers, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke out against the attacks on judges currently plaguing the country. Judge Esther Salas, whose son Daniel was murdered by a man who came to their house looking for her, has been calling out the recent tactic of sending pizzas to the homes of judges or their children, making the point that right-wing opponents know where they live. Furthering their attempt at intimidation, the perpetrators have been using the name of Judge Salas’s son.
Judge Jackson began her remarks yesterday by saying she wanted to address “the elephant in the room”: the attacks on our legal system. Such attacks are not just on individuals, she said, but undermine the system itself. “Attacks on judicial independence is how countries that are not free, not fair, and not rule of law oriented, operate,” she said, and she told her colleagues: “I urge you to keep going, keep doing what is right for our country, and I do believe that history will vindicate your service.” According to Laura N. Pérez Sánchez of the New York Times, the audience gave her a standing ovation.
At least some of the administration’s intimidation is an attempt to cow opponents. It does not appear to be working.
Yesterday, about 1,500 lawyers and their allies packed the plaza outside Manhattan’s federal courthouse to defend the rule of law. According to Santul Nerkar of the New York Times, they held up pocket Constitutions, reaffirmed their oath to support and defend the Constitution, and chanted: “The rule of law protects us all. Without it we will surely fall.”
Speaking in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., constitutional law scholar and U.S. representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said, “The whole country needs a constitutional refresher.” He recited the Preamble of the Constitution: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
On March 6, Trump issued an executive order attacking the law firm Perkins Coie, which has represented high-profile Democratic individuals and causes, by barring the federal government from hiring the firm, suspending the security clearances of individuals working for it, barring its lawyers from entering federal office buildings, and preparing to end government contracts with any of its clients.
Rather than back down, as several other firms did, Perkins Coie sued the next day. Today, Judge Beryl Howell permanently barred any enforcement of Trump's executive order, saying it “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.” In her opinion, Howell noted that “disposing of lawyers is a step in the direction of a totalitarian form of government.” Trump’s executive order violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to free speech, the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of due process, and the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of right to counsel.
She pointed out that the fair and impartial administration of justice has been part of the U.S. since John Adams “made the singularly unpopular decision to represent eight British soldiers charged with murder for their roles in the Boston Massacre.” “I had no hesitation,” Adams wrote in his diary, because “the Bar ought…to be independent and impartial at all Times And in every Circumstance.”
Today, Riley Board and Dylan Tusinski of the Portland Press Herald reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state of Maine reached a settlement in the state’s lawsuit against the Trump administration after it froze funding to Maine education. The administration claimed the state violates the law because it allows transgender girls to compete on girls’ sports teams. Governor Janet Mills said she was following state and federal law and that Trump could not change the law by fiat. Maine attorney general Aaron Frey said the state had no choice but to sue in order to force the USDA to follow the law. The settlement restores the funding and establishes that the administration will go through the legally required process to pursue its policy.
When Trump tried to bully Governor Mills over the issue at a White House meeting in February, she told him, “See you in court.” Today she commented: “It’s good to feel a victory like this. I stood in the White House and when confronted by the president of the United States, I told him I’d see him in court. Well, we did see him in court, and we won.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi has launched a different lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education that would pull funding primarily from poorer students and students with disabilities. “That’s a separate complaint they filed a few weeks ago, it’s only a one-page complaint that cites no authority, no case, no law,” Mills said. “We’ll see them in court on that one as well.”
Finally, tonight, Trump’s apparent determination to dominate the news and to project an image of leadership is overlapping with his increasingly erratic behavior. After suggesting on Tuesday that he’d like to be Pope, tonight the president of the United States posted on his social media site an AI-generated image of himself wearing papal robes and a miter.
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Notes:
https://www.404media.co/mike-waltz-accidentally-reveals-obscure-app-the-government-is-using-to-archive-signal-messages/
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-signal-scandal-somehow-just-managed-to-get-much-worse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/06/trump-white-house-media-social-influencers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/white-house-influencers-propaganda-leavitt/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-army-military-parade-birthday-2f5cd12c8ccd4efddc29bfa3cf8f2705
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-settlement-family-ashli-babbitt-rioter-killed-on-jan-6-2021/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4vz9jed5lo
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g-s1-64037/afd-germany-extremist-alternative
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/02/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-warns-gov-tony-evers-over-ice-guidance/83408495007/
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/judges-courts-lawyers-attacks-shapiro-violence-salas-rcna201146
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/supreme-court-justice-jackson.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/nyregion/national-law-day-courthouse-protests.html?smid=bs-share
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290/gov.uscourts.dcd.278290.185.0.pdf
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-strikes-trump-order-targeting-perkins-coie-law-firm-rcna204564
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/ketanji-brown-jackson-sharply-condemns-trumps-attacks-on-judges-00323010
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/02/maine-settles-case-over-frozen-usda-school-funds/
Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post, May 2, 2025, 10:29 p.m.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/30/donald-trump-pope-catholic-conclave-lindsay-graham/83363390007/
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Some Federal agents - ICE, FBI, DHS, etc., etc - commit crimes while carrying out orders.
The Nuremberg trials established that 'following orders' does not shield soldiers or officers from criminal liability from criminal actions they commit.
While we can and should contnue suing current administration officials for their criminal acts, now it is time to prosecute field agents for their criminal actions.
Perhaps field agents will follow the law if they feel at risk of prison time.
Call 911, Report a Violent Kidnapping Whenever you see one
I don't know how much of this is possible.
BUT, it seems like it's felony violent crime of kidnapping when masked men and women with no identification or judicially approved warrant snatch someone from the streets of the United States of America and lock them in a vehicle and then drive off.
Everyone physically present in the United States has due process rights. So then, let the kidnappers follow the law. Prevent kidnappers from harming residents, legal or not.
I think kidnapping is a serious crime.
SO CALL 911 when you see it!! tell the police all you can and then press charges.
Maybe slow the CRIMINAL ICE down a step and save a life.......
It appears from the outside that you support the current POTUS by your actions in both National and Local elected offices.
I can't read your mind but it appears you may have one or several reasons for that choice.
Perhaps you are afraid of the death threats and actual violence from extreme GOP. That's a rational strategy to stay alive. I speak for your family when I say, 'Resign'. Let others with more courage and perhaps less to lose take up the mantle. It is no shame to withdraw when facing insurmountable threats.
Perhaps you think that your support of 47 will earn you some political office which can allow you to better serve the country. That will not happen. Your loyalty buys nothing for you. He serves himself and no others. When you are no longer useful in his eyes, he will throw you under the bus or out a window without a second thought.
Perhaps you have accepted the truth social messaging about how the blacks, immigrants Liberals and others want to destroy the country. All those messages are literally Russian propaganda designed to crate division and weaken the United States.
Perhaps you are a flat out racist who really believes that the only good race is the white race. Then, just publicly acknowledge that; join the KKK. But please, withdraw your support for absurd economic policies that hurt all of us, including you.
Perhaps you hate women and want all women to stay home and have babies instead of working outside the home. If that's you, please see a therapist to work through your issues. They are not normal although widespread.
If you still support 47 when the economy collapses and ultimately recovers, you will be remembered as part of worst collection of traitors in recorded history. Your children and grandchildren will be ashamed to say tour name.
The forces of history are here today. Each American WILL choose between Good and Evil.
It is not possible to avoid choosing because not choosing is a choice.
This is the choice: Cooperate with the government of the United States of America, or, do not cooperate.
If you cooperate, you choose Evil. Your cooperation will forcefully harm innocent people.
The current administration chooses to violate the Constitution with all its actions. Enabling them is choosing Evil
If you do not cooperate, you choose good. Your action will save some innocent people from harm.
Your choice to not cooperate makes you a hero.
Click here to hear David Bowie.
Choosing good takes many forms. I suggest here a few small examples of actions that demonstrate good choices, but the goal is to prevent or delay any government action by this administration.
** Refuse any direct order that you believe violates you oath to defend the Constitution.
If you serve in the Armed Forces, see the Duty to Disobey: 'The Uniform Code of Military Justice requires military officers to disobey any order they deem violates the Constitution. In order to prevent the harm trump will try to inflict on the United States from his war on the USA, civil service employees at all levels of government should adopt the 'duty to disobey' toward any order or action that violates the Constitution. Additionally, they should collect evidence of any criminal act and report that criminal act to the Dept of Justice for prosecution.
'So, can a person in the military simply refuse to follow an order if they don't like it? The answer is yes — if they consider the order itself to be illegal or unconstitutional. It's generally called a "duty to disobey," and is empowered by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Nov 27, 2019' [https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/what-is-a-military-duty-to-disobey/]
** Sue the Government for Wrongful Termination if you are fired - See detailed steps for filing a lawsuit below
** If you work for a company that has government contracts you believe violate the Constitution, then refuse to work on that job or call in sick. See below if they fire you
** Refuse to allow any ICE agent to access any child or worker without a valid warrant -
learn what US residents' rights are with ICE if you may be facing that situation.
** Join NON-VIOLENT street demonstrations
Be as creative as possible when choosing good. We are in this together.
SUING:
CHAT GPT ON HOW TO SUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION
[Your primary goal is to tie up Federal resources in court. Winning will be a bonus!]
🔍 1. Figure Out Your Employment Status
Were you a federal employee? (E.g., working for a federal agency like the VA, IRS, etc.)
Were you probationary or permanent? (Your rights differ depending on your status.)
⚖️ 2. Identify the Reason for Termination
Was it for cause, reduction in force (RIF), alleged misconduct, discrimination, etc.?
Get a copy of your termination letter or any notice they gave you — that language matters.
🛡 3. Appeal Options – Based on the Situation
Here are some paths depending on what happened:
🏛 MSPB (Merit Systems Protection Board)
If you're a federal employee (not probationary), you may be able to appeal to the MSPB.
You usually have 30 days from the effective date of your termination to file.
This is especially relevant for performance issues, retaliation, procedural violations, or wrongful termination.
🤝 EEO Complaint
If you believe the firing was due to discrimination (race, gender, disability, age, etc.), or retaliation, you may file an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint.
File with your agency’s EEO office within 45 days of the event.
🚨 Whistleblower Retaliation?
If you were fired after reporting wrongdoing, the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) investigates whistleblower retaliation.
🧾 Union Grievance
If you were part of a union, check your collective bargaining agreement — you may need to file a grievance instead.
👨⚖️ 4. Consider Legal Help
Even though you're not an attorney, consulting one who specializes in federal employment law is key. Many offer free consultations.
You can check:
https://www.nela.org – National Employment Lawyers Association
Legal aid clinics if income is a concern
✍️ 5. Document Everything
Start gathering:
Your SF-50 (notice of personnel action)
Emails, memos, or performance reviews
The termination letter or decision
Notes on what happened before/after termination
Would you like help figuring out if the MSPB or EEO route fits your situation? If you give me a bit more detail (what agency, what reason they gave, when it happened, etc.), I can guide you more directly.
Can I represent myself in court
ChatGPT said:
Yes, you can absolutely represent yourself in court — that’s called going "pro se" (Latin for "on one’s own behalf"). But whether that’s a good idea depends on your case and where you're filing it.
Here’s a breakdown to help you think it through:
✅ Where You Can Represent Yourself
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB): Yes, you can represent yourself. A lot of federal employees do.
EEOC Hearings (discrimination cases): Yes, self-representation is allowed.
Federal District Court: If you’re suing the government under a law like Title VII (discrimination) or the Whistleblower Protection Act, you can represent yourself here too.
Civil Service appeals: You can also go pro se.
⚠️ Things to Be Aware Of
Rules and procedures are strict. Judges won't cut you slack just because you're not a lawyer.
If you're suing the U.S. Government, there are often special rules, deadlines (called statutes of limitation), and sovereign immunity issues.
For example, if you’re suing under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), you must first file an administrative claim and wait for a response before you can go to court.
🔧 Pro Se Pros & Cons
Pros:
Save money on attorney fees
Full control over your case
Cons:
Complex legal rules and deadlines
Government attorneys will be skilled and aggressive
One missed step can get your case dismissed
🛠 Helpful Tools If Going Pro Se
Federal court websites usually have “Pro Se Litigant” guides (example: USDC D.C. Pro Se page).
PACER.gov to file and track your case (you’ll need an account).
Local legal aid clinics or law school legal clinics might offer advice or document review.
If you give me more details (e.g., what agency fired you, when, and what reason they gave), I can help figure out:
This is not a drill.
George Conway predicts that 47 will not obey any court order.
When the judge sends the U. S. Marshalls to enforce the Court order, trump will instruct the US Marshall's office to disregard any enforcement action against him.
If the Marshalls obey his order and do not arrest the President, that will leave the United States as a country with no effective rule of law.
Our remaining hope may be that some law enforcement personnel uphold their duty to obey the Constitution and disobey the President by arresting him and placing him in jail.
Here it is:
his plan to steal the country.........
Angela Woodward
I really wish there was a way to get this into the hands of every American before April 20th.
FROM THE MEDIUM:
Part 1: On April 20th, 2025, the United States may Cross the Point of No Return.
It sounds wild. Maybe even crazy. But every step is already in motion. I’d be happy to be wrong. But if this is correct… you’ll be ready.
On April 20, 2025, the United States may initiate its final steps into authoritarian rule.
That’s the day Donald Trump’s advisory committee is expected to release its findings on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act — a move that would allow him to deploy the military domestically and allow Trump to impose martial law. (San Francisco Chronicle). Given Hegseth and Noem are the main “advisors”, the conclusion is foregone.
And as his two months in office has already shown, he won’t stop at just a legal opinion.
Expect an executive order even that same day or the next, officially declaring the Insurrection Act, restricting freedoms in the name of restoring control of the border and perhaps in blue-state cities, and setting the larger plan in motion.
Of course, this won’t be framed as an attack on democracy. It will be packaged as a necessary response to crisis — as authoritarian takeovers always are.
But once it happens, there’s no going back.
THIS WILL BE THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
The roadmap for overthrowing a democratic government isn’t new or theoretical — it’s a well-worn playbook, tested and repeated across history by those who crave power more than liberty. After rejecting it initially, being incredulous, I have realized there is too much evidence suggesting this may be what’s happening now to remain silent.
Telling other people what may be happening, so they can recognize it and maybe together we can stop it, is my entire purpose here.
This is Part 1 of what has turned into a series: Their Coup Playbook: How They Quietly Kill the Constitution in the Coming Weeks and Months
THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY ENDS: HERE’S THEIR PLAYBOOK
It won’t all happen in one night.
Instead, the process will unfold in stages, each step making resistance harder.
Free elections, a free press, and the right to protest will disappear one piece at a time, until there’s nothing left to save.
My entire goal here is to make people aware, so you can recognize it, if it really is what’s happening, and maybe together we can help stop it. It’s all I, personally, can do.
Here’s how it will happen, step by step, after Trump invokes the Insurrection Act with an Executive Order:
1. “Resist!” Demonstrations Grow — Just As Planned
Left-leaning and even more centrist people will be alarmed. Peaceful protests will be organized nationwide, as they already have been being organized now, with growing numbers of people joining protests each week.
The calls to “Resist!” will grow louder, and large-scale demonstrations will begin forming in major cities.
This is exactly what Trump wants. He didn’t invoke the Insurrection Act sooner because he needed his opposition to gather first — so he could use them as a tool for his next step.
He also waited 90 days, instead of invoking it on Day 1 as Project 2025 recommended, so he would have his people in place, and remove those who would oppose them in the government, military, courts, and civil positions.
His cabal is waiting for a strong reaction — they want massive unrest. They need a justification to kick off the next steps in their plan.
2. The False Flag Crisis: Turning Protest into “Terror”
The protests will turn violent quickly. Maybe in a day, maybe during the next big protest the following weekend.
They will turn violent not because of the protesters, but because they will have been infiltrated by agents provocateurs, from militia groups like The Proud Boys, whose goal is to escalate as quickly as possible and give Trump and his cabal an excuse to trigger the next stage.
Expect “terrorist” bombings, targeted assassinations, or high-profile acts of violence, either staged or exploited, to justify the crackdown.
There may even be an extremely high profile assassination of a leading right-wing leader that changes everything in a moment… and the “woke radicals” will be blamed, and the country will rally around more extreme measures to bring back order and control.
The media will be flooded with images of chaos, pushing the public into a state of fear. Calls for “order” will follow.
3. Trump Declares Expanded Martial Law — And Calls for Militia to assist the police and Military
Trump has already invoked the Insurrection Act — so now he now declares even more extensive and repressive martial law, and orders troops into major US cities where most oppose him, branding protesters and opponents as “seditionists,” “traitors,” and the “woke mob”.
He will call on “good Americans” to grab their guns, like the patriots of 1776, and join the militias forming to “restore order” and “take back control” from the leftist threat. Using militias also gets him around resistance from military leaders who might oppose his orders.
The militias already exist — the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, and others— and they are not some distant fringe. They were at January 6. The most extreme and radicalized are all released from prison now.They are ready to roll, and to answer Trump’s call, which they were waiting for four years ago.
The militia members are your neighbors. The difference between them and you? These neighbors own and have been training with AR-15s. You and your friends? Not so much.
This will be framed as “helping the police” and “keeping order.” Law enforcement will quietly welcome them — or, in some cases, will deputize them, with Trump’s support.
4. Mass Arrests of Opposition Leaders
Journalists, Democratic officials, and activists will be arrested under charges of sedition, terrorism, or “inciting violence.”
Expect Mark Milley, Liz Cheyney, and Adam Kinzinger to be arrested quickly and with great press coverage. How long the show trials take is probably a good measure of how much control Trump has established over the courts.
Key Democratic governors and attorneys general will be removed first, ensuring no state-level resistance.
Law enforcement and military ranks will be purged, with loyalty tests ensuring only Trump-aligned officers remain.
5. Military & National Guard Take Over Major Cities
Expect deployments in Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and other blue-state strongholds.
Curfews and lockdowns will be imposed, justified as measures to “restore peace.”
Checkpoints and military policing will become the new normal. Expect them in particular along major highways going to Canada or Mexico, and in red states — to identify and detain seditionists, traitors, and people of questionable loyalty.
Trump’s building of detainment centers in Guantanamo, and expansion of the 106 other ICE detention centers, was not actually intended for illegal migrants. And just a few days ago, Blackwater founder and Billionaire Erik Prince offered to help Trump “privatize deportation camps” as has been being done with prisons per Trump’s Day 1 Executive Order. So now Trump has an extrajudicial place to store the disloyal and those who resist, in for-profit camps guarded by militias and loyal military. Until he decides what to do with them.
6. Press Censorship & Total Media Control
Independent news outlets will face shutdowns or takeovers. Those that resist will see their journalists arrested or harassed.
Mainstream media will be forced into compliance. Blackmail, corporate pressure, and legal threats will ensure they toe the line.
Social media platforms like X (Twitter) will amplify the official narrative, drowning out opposition.
Other social media and lines of communication will be turned off. The Internet will be monitored, people identified from this monitoring for arrest, using Palantir technology. Peter Thiel, who I’ve written about before, is co-founder of Palantir. We will fully enter the surveillance state.
7. Borders Close & Dissidents Are Trapped Inside
Passports will be revoked for critics and opponents. If you’re on a list, you’re not leaving. Especially if you’re of Draft age.
No-fly lists will expand to include activists and journalists.
ICE and DHS will be weaponized — not just against immigrants, but against political enemies.
8. Elections Are “Postponed” Indefinitely
The 2026 midterms will be suspended under the excuse of national security concerns.
Red-state legislatures will eliminate Democratic-leaning districts, ensuring permanent Republican control.
By 2028, Trump (or his handpicked successor) will run unopposed. Elections will be a formality, probably still held. But rigged.
PROJECT 2025 AND THE INSURRECTION ACT: THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN
This isn’t speculation.
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 lays out a detailed strategy for permanent right-wing control.
It openly advocates using the Insurrection Act to crush opposition and dismantle the administrative state.
Trump isn’t improvising — he’s following a script.
We Can’t Wait — The Time to Act Is Now
We can’t sit back and wait for Trump to fire the starting gun — because once he does, it will already be too late.
We need to prepare now.
We need to plan now.
We need to dismantle his plans before they begin.
We have one month.
That’s it.
The Only Way to Stop this Coup is by Exposing It
The only way I can think of to stop this conspiracy, which is in final planning stages, is through exposure.
If people see the playbook in advance, they will be less likely be manipulated when it happens.
They might question the narrative. “Wait. This is what they said would happen. I thought it was crazy. But maybe…”
We need to spread this narrative far and wide so that when the moment comes, no one can claim ignorance.
Maybe we will be proven wrong.
Maybe we will look silly.
Or maybe… we will have derailed the plan, by telling people what to look for, to recognize the playbook steps as (if) they happen.
Here’s what we must do before April 20:
Empower the press, law enforcement, military, and elected officials to recognize the game that’s being played. They need to understand what’s happening before they are pressured to go along with it.
Share this post, or write your own. Do your own research. Don’t take my word for it. Talk with your friends and family about this crazy conspiracy theory that can’t rally happen… can it? So if and when the steps actually happen, people recognize it for what it is.
Prepare the public so they don’t take the bait. Trump and his cabal want protests to explode into chaos.
They want violence in the streets to justify their crackdown. We must be ready to outmaneuver them — to refuse to be used as pawns in their game.
Stand up to the militias — and stop friends and family from joining them. The Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other armed groups will be mobilized as Trump’s shock troops. They will be framed as “restoring order” and “helping the police.” We need to be ready to counter this, to make sure our neighbors, friends, and family don’t get sucked in.
Inoculate our fellow citizens against the propaganda. Most Americans are good people — but good people can be misled. They can be scared into compliance. Our job is to make sure they see what’s happening before it’s too late.
The only way to stop this plot is to expose it, reject it, and make it unmistakably clear to every American what is happening. We must stop these malign forces from enacting their will on our country, the world, and each of us and our families.
WHAT IF WE DON’T STOP IT?
If it is not stopped, and Trump enacts the Insurrection Act, at that point we probably only have 48 to 72 hours to try to stop everything from happening after the Executive Order.
Once martial law is imposed, there will be a tiny window — no more than three days — before resistance becomes nearly impossible.
Stopping it before it happens is the best option.
But what if we don’t?
In my next post, I’ll outline peaceful, strategic ways to resist — while we still can. And what our reduced options are if it still happens.
If we don’t act before April 20, then by April 23, it will already be too late.
The next post lays out a concrete action plan — exactly what you can do to try to stop this.
Dems:
You ask me to contribute again -
BUT YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING TO
SLOW DOWN THE HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
Please enlighten me if I have missed anything.
NOW -
DO SOMETHING - something which will make life difficult for the TERRORIST GOP.
1. STAND UP AND ACT ,
2. FORCE VOTES GOP DON'T LIKE,
3. SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT,
4. DO ANYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAITORS.
Then, and only then, you have earned the right to ask for money.
Occasionally a friend or a student will ask me to explain a trump economic policy. They ask since I have read a bit about economic theory and practiced some economics in business situations; and, I have read a bit of post World War II Russian and European history.
When asked to comment on his policies I imagine the scenario below and then cannot respond. He is not a rational actor. He is an assigned torturer tasked with destroying the United States while simultaneously causing as much pain and suffering as he can.
You will not want to read the following mental image if you are the least bit squeamish.
'I am locked into a chair with shackles on my ankles and wrists while watching him torture my young cousin. He wonders aloud whether he should cut off her breast with a rusty hacksaw before or after he takes out her left eye with a dirty spoon. I want to scream even though I risk being whipped across my face with a bull whip for the temerity of objecting. I am not alone since there are hundreds of people shackled in chairs in the auditorium as I am. But, it does not end.'
When we gather to protest and demand trump's resignation, Federal officials, understandably, will be concerned about a possible violent incident resulting from our protest and demands for 47 to resign.
Trump probably will ask for protection for him from the Police and National Guard. That will be despite our cooperation with security personnel and intent to be completely non-violent.
Before we begin, our best strategy is to meet personally with the political leaders in Congress, two each in each house, the police chief of the DC police, the Secret Service and the commander of the National Guard to assure them that we will not tolerate violence or vandalism from our occupiers. If they deem it necessary to arrest some of our people, we will help them do that. Then we will replace those detained with others.
Here's where we can gather legally, per chatgpt:
Yes, the public is allowed to congregate in the U.S. Capitol building, but not in the chambers where the House of Representatives or the Senate meet. Here's how it works:
Public Areas: The Capitol has various public areas, such as hallways, galleries (for viewing legislative sessions), and other designated spaces where visitors can walk around and explore.
Galleries: The public can access the galleries of the House and Senate to watch sessions, but they are not allowed on the floor where the actual proceedings happen. There are specific rules regarding who can attend, and visitors typically need tickets for entry. These tickets are sometimes available through congressional offices.
Capitol Visitor Center: Located underneath the Capitol building, the Visitor Center offers exhibits, historical displays, and guided tours. This area is open to the public, and visitors can learn about the history of the Capitol and the legislative process.
Restricted Access: While visitors can explore certain areas of the Capitol, access to the legislative chambers (the House or Senate floors) is highly restricted, and only those with specific permissions—such as lawmakers, staff, and invited guests—can enter the chambers during a session.
So, while people can gather in public areas and the Visitor Center, they cannot be in the chambers where legislative business takes place unless they have a special purpose or permission.
This administration is not acceptable to the vast majority of American citizens. The situation is intolerable. Our elected leaders seem unable to solve the problems.
So, then, we will.
We will occupy the Senate and the House of Representatives in DC so that Congress can do no business.
We will shut down the Federal government until our demands are met; and, we will STAY until our demands are met.
We will be hundreds of Americans sitting in the halls and on the floor. Resisting passively without violence until our demands are met.
Here is a preliminary set of demands:
1. President trump and VP Vance resign office and leave the area.
2. We hold a Presidential election within 6 months.
3. Musk and the DOGE kids are arrested and prosecuted for their crimes.
4. All Executive Orders from trump are revoked.
5. All political appointments to government positions will be fired.
6. Obey all court orders.
Let us all together journey to Washington DC and pack the House of Representatives, during all the times the House is open and outside when it is closed, so they cannot perform their duties. The Government will collapse.
We will commit no crimes and we will commit no violence. We will support the Police.
We will be so numerous that the House cannot function..
We will stay there until trump and his entire administration resign from office and leave the City.
I see no other way to reclaim our country.
The Founders checks and balances are dead in the water.
We, the people, can take it back, IF we act now !
Back in he day I chose to spend my life working to prevent a Communist takeover of the United States. I was upset by Kruschev's statement that they would take over the USA without firing a shot.
In that effort over the years I became aware of bad people and monsters. For me, a bad person is one who harms another person physically or emotionally when the bad person wants something and takes it from another person without any permission. If the bad person enjoys the act of causing pain, then I think we can call that person a sadist.
Bad people become monsters when they harm other people on a grand scale and not on an individual scale. Monsters are bad people with access to power over large numbers of people who then harm the people over whom they have power and enjoy inflicting pain on others. Monsters have included Stalin, Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, Ghengis Khan and others.
I think Putin is a monster who enjoys hurting the people over whom he has power. He has killed hundreds of political opponents in Russia and elsewhere. His agents throw out of windows people who don't do what he demands. A person who objected to his criminal acts in St. Petersburg was shot by a sniper while driving to work. He has assassinated Russians who left the country and continued to criticize him using very lethal chemical and nuclear poisons. His troops in Ukraine instil terror by raping children while their parents are forced to watch, then the troops kill the children while their parents watch.
Trump is a bad person who works for and wants to emulate Putin. The Radical GOP politicians and operatives who help trump is his quest are bad people helping the monster wannabes. The wannabes will be disappointed when he throws them under the bus after they have completed their task.
Putin maintains his power in Russia by killing or imprisoning his opponents. Trump will try to do the same in the United States.
The only act I have seen that can stop a monster is for the general population to demand a new government in such overwhelming numbers that the government cannot function in the capital city.
The bravest man I am aware of in history was Alexey Navalny. He was a Russian dissident who stood up to Putin loudly and persistently while surviving assassination attempts, torture and harsh prison until he finally died. His widow and his foundation continue his work today as the Anti-Corruption Foundation International.
They have concluded that the only way to resists a monster is to fight it at every level without cessation. Here's their take:
'Here’s the best advice we can give you: never make a deal with Vladimir Putin. Especially if you’re a world leader.
At FBK, we’ve spent 15 years fighting Vladimir Putin and studying his methods—how he builds relationships, wields power, and bends the rules to serve his interests.
We’ve seen talented journalists strike deals with him, only to become his propaganda mouthpieces. We’ve seen ambitious politicians try to outmanoeuvre him, only to end up as part of his loyal entourage. We’ve watched him violate international laws without hesitation, eliminate political opponents, and crush dissent on a massive scale.
When Alexei Navalny challenged him, Putin first tried to poison him. Then he locked him away in a remote Arctic prison. And then he killed him.
Putin calculates every move. He doesn’t see politics as a space for negotiation or compromise—he sees it as a game of brute force. If a law or treaty stands in his way, he simply ignores it or rewrites it. Then he lies about it, manipulates the facts, and fabricates evidence to justify his actions.
The world should think of Putin the way it thinks of a mafia boss. Yes, he’s rich and powerful, but he’s not rational in the way you’d expect.
He’s driven by resentment, paranoia, and a deep sense of personal grievance. He’s said it himself—he believes the West has humiliated him, failed to treat him as an equal. That’s why he sees every agreement not as a step toward peace, but as an opportunity for revenge and domination.
You don’t negotiate with people like that. You fight them. The only way to deal with Putin is the way you deal with organized crime—cut off his money, go after his enablers, and systematically dismantle his network.
Who are the best allies in this fight? The millions of Russians who have suffered under his rule for years.
We’ve been fighting Putin for 15 years. Join us! '
I'm not an attorney but I think we have a valid reason to personally sue ALL the DOGE and other folks who have changed the rules of government programs against the Constitution and harmed millions of Americans. Maybe if we bring lawsuits against all the people - not just the top people, but ALL the people - who are guilty, then we can discourage their further unlawful actions.
Federal officials who act within the law have something called 'qualified immunity' for any liability resulting from their actions as government officials, provided they act within the law, but if they acted illegally, then they lose that immunity and can be sued personally.
In my humble opinion, many social security and other agency employees and DOGE operatives have acted illegally and their actions have harmed millions of people.
Here's a start:
Here's what chatgpt says:
' In general, it is very difficult to sue a U.S. federal official personally in civil court for actions taken in their official capacity due to a legal principle called "qualified immunity." This principle protects government officials, including federal employees, from being sued personally unless they violated "clearly established" law that a reasonable person in their position would have known was unlawful.
However, there are some situations where a federal official may be held personally liable:
If the official acted outside the scope of their official duties: If the official’s actions were not related to their official responsibilities (e.g., acting in a purely personal capacity), they may not be protected by qualified immunity.
If the official's conduct was willful or egregiously unlawful: If their actions were so clearly illegal that any reasonable person would have known they were violating the law, qualified immunity might not apply.
If there is a specific statute that allows for personal liability: There are some exceptions where federal officials can be personally sued, such as in cases involving civil rights violations under laws like 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (though this usually applies to state, not federal, officials).
If you believe a federal official has harmed you through illegal conduct, you may be able to pursue a civil rights lawsuit or other legal actions, but it’s important to note that suing a federal official personally is challenging and requires strong legal grounds.
For DOGE employees or any employees of a private company, personal liability depends on whether the actions were within their employment scope, whether they engaged in illegal or intentional misconduct, and whether they breached specific duties. If you were harmed by an employee's actions, you may be able to pursue a claim against the company, and in certain cases, you might also be able to bring a lawsuit directly against the employee.'
Getting real for a moment: here's the thing.
He wants a fight. He's looking for somebody to fight, as we speak.
He will lose a few court cases. Then a Judge will issue an order to force him to comply.
But, he won't comply.
Then the Judge will order law enforcement folks to respond and force him to comply.
He still won't comply with the order.
When Law Enforcement attempts to use force to hold him to account, he will order security and other armed forces under his command to prevent law enforcement from ensuring compliance.
That will be the final tipping point for the Constitution
If the forces under his command prevent law enforcement personnel from ensuring his compliance, then our grand experiment is over. Finished.
To prevent that, we need law enforcement and military forces willing and able to enforce the legal order regardless of what the President commands.
In order for our system of laws and checks and balances to survive, we require some personnel to choose the Constitution over a direct command from the President.
It will happen soon.
We also asked a “verification” question about how people perceive the views of those around them. It turned out that even staunch “Z-supporters” realize they are in the minority.
In summary: Russian society appears to be on the brink of significant change. Anxiety and the sense of instability are both on the rise. Only about one-eighth of the population truly supports an indefinite continuation of the war. The notion that “everyone supports the war” simply doesn’t stick—most people know it’s not true.
All of this research comes from the FBK’s Polls & Surveys Department, established by Alexei Navalny. The department’s head, Anna Biryukova, recorded a detailed video (with English subtitles):
If you’d like to support the Foundation’s vital work—from in-depth research to public information campaigns—please follow the link and make a donation.
Thank you for your support,
Navalny’s team
Stopping Project 25 probably will require more than lawsuits and opinions. They are likely to ignore any legal issues and poor elections counts. They may just declare victory and refuse to hand over the offices.
Reclaiming our heritage and our rule of law may well require more than talk.
History might help us understand how to succeed when the forces are against us.
Canadian historian James Fell studies revolutions and internal conflicts in many countries. His take on the USA today is below. [James Fell, AKA known as the Sweary historian. You can buy his “On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down" at www.JamesFell.com.]
"If you’re American, here is some important information you should know about invading Canada.
This article was written by Dr. Aisha Ahmad, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto. I’m knowledgeable in guerrilla warfare, it being the subject of my master’s in history, but she’s a real expert and I totally agree with this. I can’t share a link to the article because Facebook fuckery. I was published in The Conversation. Here is the full text:
'As United States President Donald Trump relentlessly threatens to annex Canada, some Canadians are worried that an American invasion could one day become a reality.
How would that scenario play out? Looking at the sheer size of the American military, many people might believe that Trump would enjoy an easy victory. That analysis is wrong. If Trump ever decides to use military force to annex Canada, the result would not be determined by a conventional military confrontation between the Canadian and American armies. Rather, a military invasion of Canada would trigger a decades-long violent resistance, which would ultimately destroy the United States.
But in this nightmare scenario, could Canadians successfully resist an American invasion? Absolutely. I know this because I have studied insurgencies around the world for more than two decades, and I have spent time with ordinary people who have fought against powerful invading armies.
How insurgencies begin
The research on guerrilla wars clearly shows that weaker parties can use unconventional methods to cripple a more powerful enemy over many years. This approach treats waging war as a secret, part-time job that an ordinary person can do.
Guerrillas use ambushes, raids and surprise attacks to slowly bleed an invading army, and local communities support these fighters by giving them safe havens and material support. These supporting citizens can also engage in forms of “everyday resistance,” using millions of passive-aggressive episodes of sabotage to frustrate and drain the enemy.
Trump is delusional if he believes that 40 million Canadians will passively accept conquest without resistance. There is no political party or leader willing to relinquish Canadian sovereignty over “economic coercion,” and so if the U.S. wanted to annex Canada, it would have to invade.
That decision would set in motion an unstoppable cycle of violence. Even if we imagine a scenario in which the Canadian government unconditionally surrenders, a fight would ensue on the streets. A teenager might throw a rock at invading soldiers. That kid would get shot, and then there would be more rocks, and more gunfire. An insurgency would be inevitable.
The myth of Canadian ‘niceness’
This idea may shock Canadians today because they see themselves as friendly and affable people. However, Canada’s current self-image of “niceness” only exists because they’re at peace. War changes people very quickly, and Canadians are no more innately peaceful than any other human beings.
When your child is dying in your arms, you become capable of violence. Once you lose what you love, resistance becomes as natural as breathing.
Except for a few collaborators and kapos, my research suggests many Canadians would likely engage in various forms of everyday resistance against invading forces that could involve steal, lying, cutting wires and diverting funds.
Meanwhile, the insurgents would unleash physical devastation on American targets. Even if one per cent of all resisting Canadians engaged in armed insurrection, that would constitute a 400,000-person insurgency, nearly 10 times the size of Taliban at the start of the Afghan war. If a fraction of that number engaged in violent attacks, it would set fire to the entire continent.
Canada’s geography would make this insurgency difficult to defeat. With deep forests and rugged mountains, Canada’s northern terrain could not be conquered or controlled. That means loyalists from the Canadian Armed Forces could mobilize civilian recruits into decentralized fighting units that could strike, retreat into the wilderness and blend back into the local communities that support them.
The Canada-U.S. border is also easy to cross, which would give insurgents access to American critical infrastructure. It costs tens of billions of dollars to build an energy pipeline, and only a few thousand to blow one up.
What about American air strikes?
But wouldn’t the Americans crush the rebellion with missiles and drone strikes? They would try, but that approach to counterinsurgency won’t work.
In fact, it is a well-known booby trap of insurgent warfare. The harder more powerful nations strike, the larger and more fragmented the insurgency becomes, making it impossible to achieve either a military victory or negotiated agreement. Canada’s rugged terrain would protect insurgents from those types of attacks, while global outrage at the bombings would only boost support for the rebellion.
Americans have already been defeated by insurgents in many parts of the world because they could not escape this trap. If they dare to invade Canada, they would create this unsolvable security problem on their own soil.
Russia and China rise to power
How could Canadians pay for this decades-long insurgency? The answer lies in every single historical example of the old adage: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
The prospect of Americans becoming trapped by an insurgency on their own continent would delight Moscow and Beijing, which could easily establish covert northern passages to send weapons to the insurgency. Financing an insurgency is an effective way to ensnare and bankrupt a rival power, as counter-insurgency operations are exponentially more expensive than the price of a few arms shipments.
A chronic violent insurrection in North America could financially and militarily pin down the U.S. for decades, ultimately triggering economic and political collapse. Russia and China, meantime, would enjoy an uncontested rise to power.
Forewarned
This scenario would guarantee the destruction of both Canada and the United States. No one in their right mind would choose this gruesome future over a peaceful and mutually beneficial alliance with a friendly neighbour.
Nevertheless, if Trump is reckless enough to think the violent annexation of Canada is an achievable goal, then let it be known that all these horrifying outcomes were predictable well in advance, and that he was forewarned.'
"James again. No one wants this to happen more than Russia and China. If it comes to it, Canada WILL take their support to fight an American invasion, but the last thing the world needs are those two countries gaining primacy and creating a new autocratic balance of power.
