"The GOP's already sick excuse that they were letting people die of covid 'for the economy' was a cover for something even worse -- an annihilatory death cult. We're not just trying to survive the pandemic. We're trying to survive Trump." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"We are trying to survive a political death cult that attacks anybody who tries to protect the lives and health of Americans, anybody who tries to prevent suffering. They target doctors, nurses, scientists. It is so incredibly cruel." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"When you don't fight this on a political basis -- the aspiring autocracy, the mafia tactics -- you end up with a public health catastrophe at a scale we've never seen in this country." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"That we have a president who would turn away a vaccine, so that fewer people will have the chance to be protected and more people will die at a time of unparalleled death...there is only so much we can take. The sheer cruelty breaks you." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"Some in my state say they won't wear masks because they're afraid of fascism and surveillance. I am also afraid of these things. They are rational concerns. They shouldn't be dismissed.
"You are more likely to get people to comply with public health initiatives if you take their legitimate concerns seriously and only debunk assumptions formed on bad information. This is important with masks and will be with the vaccine." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
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I have lost track of the times in this attempted coup where I've speculated on what they'll do next or simply described what they're doing now and heard "But they can't do that; it's against the law!"
Yes. That is why it is a coup. A coup is, by definition, against the law.
A coup is *against* the law -- not just illegal, but against the belief that established legal documents and legal precedent hold value over their own attempted power grab. When a coup is successful, they rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it.
There is nothing that they will not try because it is "against the law", because power trumps law in their view (so to speak) and because -- most importantly -- there have been few to no repercussions for their prior crimes committed in plain sight both in office and before.
"Donald Trump is a terrorist attack on America. What he's doing is what he intended to do all along. He was put in to weaponize the worst of America against those who are trying to live in a free and safe country." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"You can dislike Biden all you want. But what it comes down to is you have one admin that wants to kill you and profit off your death, and one that wants to cure you. This is another reason Biden must be protected from Trump sabotage." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"We're fighting nazis on US soil while the covid death count approaches WWII levels. Trump has actual stormtroopers targeting public officials. Trump studied Hitler; Trump used to sleep with his speeches by his bed." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"You should take Trump's attempted coup very seriously, not only for what may happen but for what has already happened. The US will never again be able to say that it is a country that always practices the peaceful transfer of power." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"The US will never again be able to say that its presidential candidates always concede when they are defeated, and that they do not resort to violence and intimidation in an attempt to harness an illegitimate takeover." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/donald-t…
"Americans will never be able to look at attempted coups in other countries and say 'That can't happen here.'
I appreciate the clarity and force of this man's words so much. We have been living under a culture of threat for so long and it is rare when any public official stands strongly against it. So heart-breakingly rare.
It is easier to deal with a predictable threat from a mafia state that advertises its cruel intentions. It is harder to cope with the collective abandonment by those whose job it is to protect the American people. Their utter apathy to constant threats of violence, and to trauma.
My complaint is non-partisan. Nearly all officials failed the American people. Yes, there are different levels of failure and different motives. But at a certain point, negligence becomes malice. And complacency becomes complicity.
"Michael Flynn has been given a sweeping pardon that absolves him of future offenses that 'might arise'. This is like a reverse Minority Report for pre-crime. He's getting pre-pardoned for pre-crimes." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/purge-44…
"The pardon is also sweeping due to the volume of past crimes Flynn committed: lying to FBI, trying to kidnap Turkish cleric in US, unregistered foreign agent for Russia and Turkey, illegally trying to sell nuclear material to Saudis..." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/purge-44…
"It's worth looking again at what Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about: working with Russia to manipulate a UN law over Israeli settlements. The witness to this, Russian ambassador to the UN Churkin, died six days after Flynn left office in 2017." patreon.com/posts/purge-44…
"Kushner is currently meeting with his axis of autocrats in the Middle East -- an axis not constructed in the interest of 'peace', but for big money, personal favors, and possibly war with Iran." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/purge-44…
"Kushner was preceded in his visit to the Middle East by Mike Pompeo, a rapture fiend who has long lusted for war in Iran and for a man-made apocalypse in general." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/purge-44…
"According to quoted officials, Trump gave Pompeo permission to do anything in Iran but start WWIII. I believe the quote, but not the sentiment. Does Trump want the *blame* for starting WWIII? No. Would he want a war he can spin? Yes." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/purge-44…