They're calling it the Greatest Depression. What a word that is. The Greatest. It's going to be a big, beautiful Depression, at levels like you've never seen
Marco Rubio is now acknowledging that it might not be possible for Trump to end Russia's war on Ukraine (Trump promised to end it before he took office!)
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor
#HandsOff ‼️
@schumer.senate.gov saw your interview explaining your “moral” vote. Instead of explaining that up front as the situation changed, you planned a book tour. That’s not leadership, that’s grifting. You should have scheduled town halls instead. Like a real leader.
@schumer.senate.gov saw your interview explaining your “moral” vote. Instead of explaining that up front as the situation changed, you planned a book tour. That’s not leadership, that’s grifting. You should have scheduled town halls instead. Like a real leader.
We need a Navalny, not a Newsom.
No offense intended against mainstream politicians like Newsom.
It’s just that at this point we are way beyond the realm of normal bullshit politics.
Meet quickly and work to create the organizational structure you need for every state. Meet with foreign allies who will provide the kind of support we might need so they support the right side. They need to see this strong coalition of leaders too. Give them a reason to join
7. Help Americans who truly believe in Democracy fight for it before too many Americans get hurt. Meet ASAP. Buy airtime during the Super Bowl, take the lead, take back the narrative and set the stage for America reframed. Let’s go.
Buy airtime and ads from all sources and media. If Fox won’t run your programming, let folks know who will. Utilize Tik Tok until you can’t. This is where grass roots efforts are effective. Embrace the younger generation. They know how to organize and will use social media for massive outreach.
6. Learn from history. Get as many influential business, educational and tech leaders as you can. Waiting to see how bad things get is the road to nihilism. How many potential inflection points were missed in 1930s Germany because of inertia?
4. Organize. Once people feel inspired, they’ll work. Now we have Nazism, oligarchs and mass deportations. Even just 8 days in, some Trump voters may realize the impact of that vote. Almost 75,000,000 of us voted for freedom. Let’s give anyone who didn’t vote or who now gets it a reason to change.
5. Get resources. You won’t beat Oligarchy money without big donor supporters to help create infrastructure. Mark Cuban has Cost Plus Drugs. Create an Amazon alternative. Use influence to change the landscape. Utilize apps like Bluesky. Even Threads, and Instagram until they become state media.
3. Let go of the ideology that no longer serves the moment. There is no bipartisanship. We’ve already witnessed not one congressional republican taking a real stand. In all honesty, there are some congressional dems that need to rethink their path. Democrats are angry and scared.
The courageous Rs are ostracized or have abandoned that path. If there are Rs in congress ready to defend freedom they won’t be welcome by the fast forming dictatorship. We ALL have to be the opposition. Give folks a place to go. A reason to belong.
2. Work together & present a united front where any one of you could run for president and win. That decision can be made later. We have to save democracy first. An organized, diverse group with the same ideology ready to fight is formidable. Much harder to attack a group of fierce opposition.
It’s time to think differently. The normal Democrat long game won’t work. 2025 America is a lot like 1938 Germany. More than folks want to accept. You are the leaders we have and America needs you. I’m a Democrat & teacher with perspective. Folks are literally begging to join a resistance effort.
Rebrand - this includes a new mission statement. We need an opposition party to include democrats (they are fast becoming disenfranchised), independents and sane, moral republicans who are adrift.
"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
"The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." ~ Hannah Arendt
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