I can’t believe the video I just watched. It shocked me. It scared me.
This video shows Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, inspecting a military. This military was south of the U.S. border with Mexico. They were Mexican troops: Trump’s private army.
He founded and established it. Members of his Mexican military were enticed to join with promises of land and rights in the United States.
His idea, according to the video: “President Donald J. Trump wants to control the southern border with Texas so that his army can be let in once the 2024 elections are over, whether he wins or not. Governor Abbott of Texas is working with President Trump to control the southern border. That’s the driver pushing Gov. Abbott’s fight to take over control of that border from the Federal Government.
“President Trump has gained the trust and co-operation of the Mexican government. First, he paid key officials to be consultants and commanders. Then he promised Mexico that on Day 1 of his administration, he would stop imports of any consumer goods, including automobiles and trucks, from anywhere. The exception would be those goods made in Mexico.
“With accomodations and support from Mexico and Texas, and assistance from Florida, Trump’s army will spread across the United States. Detention centers will be set up for Democrats, and Trump’s army will lock them up and imprison them. Democratic members of Congress will be executed.”
A chyron stayed on the screen’s bottom. It said in capital, italized yellow block font, “PROJECT MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”
The narrator was General Mily. He also showed a meeting between Trump and over a dozen red state governors who swore their allegiance to him and promised him that they would activate their national guard units to support him. Besides Trump inspecting his troops, the video gave data about the size of his army. It was sickening that these forces have been set up to overthrow the rightful and legal government of the United States and install a military dictator.
I was so sickened by it, I couldn’t watch more. Especially when they started interviewing right wing militia groups who were staging to join Trump from Idaho, the Dakotas, Michigan, Kansas, Wisonsin, and Oklahoma.
As an American, I am shocked and appalled that the GOP has gone so far.
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Yeah, none of that is true, as far as I know. I made it up. Just exercising my free speech. You know, as Rep. Jim Jordan embraced on Sixty Minutes in a segment with Leslie Stahl.
As Mr. Jordan noted, Americans are smart.
Yes, if they’re out of information bubbles and get all the information.
But that’s the problem, isn’t it? Many Americans live in information bubbles where the full truth is rarely heard or seen. Instead, they’re fed a steady diet of misinformation to support their hardening views. The other side is being painted not just as a political opponent, but a threat to Democracy and freedom. A threat which must be put down by violence.
Mr. Jordan is upset because he believes the social media companies are removing more conservative, Republican, and right-wing info after it’s deemed misinformation. So he’s trying to stop them from removing anything. The media companies are backing off as a result.
So I suspect that someone ‘on the left’ is going to begin retaliating on the scale of misinformation that the right wing is putting out. Then they’ll exercise their own free speech and spread misinformation. In the end, it’s just gossip. No harm at all.
Because Americans are smart. They’ll see through pieces like mine for the fictions that they are. Just ask people about the shadow government.
They’ll show you how smart they are.
Michael Seidel, writer 
As I read your post, I began to wonder if this was another of your very weird dreams! But yeah, to the point, you are right … the less educated and even some of the higher educated are falling for the massive amounts of ‘disinformation’ (I call it ‘lies’) that is on the rise this election cycle. The NYT had an interesting article asking if ANY of us are actually thinking for ourselves: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/opinion/politics-intellectual-humility.html Hugs ‘n cheers
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I read that article yesterday, Jill. It’s a struggle to ‘think for yourself’. No. 1 is I often need to vet information. Even if it’s garbage, the info that goes in first is hard to dislodge. Then there’s the question of our memory’s effectiveness. Then, as pointed out, there’s an inherent bias builit in to many of our positions firmly anchored in what’s happened in the past, from things like Dems being more supporting of public and higher education, to the activities of Nixon/Watergate and Reagan/Iran-Contras. Some of us have looonnnggg memories. Hugs ‘n cheers, M
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It IS often a struggle to ‘think for ourselves’ … and you & I are well-educated, open-minded thinkers, so imagine how it must be for those who don’t have even a basic understanding of the purpose of government and how it works. Or the history of our nation, going all the way back to its founding and moving through the Civil Rights era … and beyond. I understand, but … those who listen only to the loudest voices are helping destroy this nation and its future. Sigh. But yes, first we have to sift through all the daily detritus in the news, then try to make sense of some of it, then … then there’s that memory thing you mention. Wait … what did I just go in the kitchen for? And yes, we do look to the past and some of our views are rooted there. I may not remember why I went into the kitchen, but I do remember Nixon/Watergate, and I remember the Edmund-Pettis bridge, and MLK, and the original Voting Rights Act. Hugs ‘n cheers, dear friend!
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