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Thoughts About the Attempted Insurrection in Washington DC
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.As nations become corrupt and vicious, theyhave more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin “In questions of power, then, let no more be saidof confidence in man, but bind him down frommischief by the … Continue reading
Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media
By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading
What self-respecting Liberal talks about “zesty Internet memes”
By ann summers Coordination of a resistance must include being aware of how counter-resistance forces can manipulate and divide us, particularly in social media. America’s Number One Russophile, Lord Dampnut, has made us acutely aware of how clumsy such misdirection … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Conspiracy, DHS, Fascism, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, War on "Terror"
Tagged Charlottesville, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, KKK, Maryland, Media, Politics, trump
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The ‘many sides’, of the RWNJs’ phantom enemies
By ann summers YouTube Video The only reason for an American to hold a Nazi flag is if it has been captured in battle. pic.twitter.com/g44h8PSZyd — Senor O (@TKOastIsBack) August 12, 2017 Like Joe McCarthy’s ‘reds under your bed’, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Anti-Semitism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Communism, Fascism, Free Speech, Government Propaganda, History, Holocaust, inequality, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Culture, KKK, Media, Politics, Racism, Racism in the United States, Racists
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Lord Dampnut praises his own invidious motivations and “incompetent malevolence” with a tweet… SAD!
By ann summers You read that correctly: The President of the United States was tweeting approvingly an article describing his motivations as “invidious” and describing his actions using the phrase “incompetent malevolence.” Orange Gazbag’s apparently so stupid that … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, DOJ, Federal Courts, Government, Homeland Security, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War on Drugs, Washington, World History, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, muslim ban, ninth circuit, Politics, Rule of Law
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Bannon/Trump’s Make America crypto-fascist (Again) … #MAGA just like the 1930s
By ann summers What are the directions for the disinformation campaigns of the now post-truth Trump regime that will repress populations by means of contradictory rationalizations or outright lies. So much traditional ethnic hatred, so little time. Modernity’s issues … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Communism, Democracy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, History, Uncategorized, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Media, Politics
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Orange Gasbag’s Strategy of Tension continues with RWNJ classics … flag burning, HUAC …
By ann summers Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 The current political … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Conspiracy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, HUAC, Media
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Now self-radicalized police act as official lone wolves to kill People of Color
By ann summers Apparently some police officers, each in their own jurisdictions and with disproportionate community representation and oversight have decided to engage in their own stochastic terrorism, where random LEOs have taken it upon themselves to exceed authority and in some … Continue reading
Trump’s immigration policy as ethnic cleansing prescription
By ann summers So we now have heard from an orange realtor pitching the US a Southern Wall timeshare that Mexico will pay for. And being Latino is not illegal, nor is being Muslim, yet that is what is now … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Democracy, History, Immigrants, Justice, Mexico, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Immigration, Racism, Republicans
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flag/anthem/pledge blasphemy cuts only one way – either everyone or no one is politically correct
By ann summers In the case of one of the SF 49er quarterbacks, the negative reaction to his personal act of sitting during the playing of the national anthem has been sadly opportunistic and disproportionate even as the scale of the documenting … Continue reading
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