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I'm going to make an appeal, once again, to that 10-15% non-maga Republican. [1]
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Date: 2025-02-05
Admittedly it's a rather bold request on my part, but I'm hoping it's something we can find common ground on.
I ask that you take 'pen in hand' and write down three things the Trump administration or the Republican Party (including the Supreme Court) could do that would be a deal breaker for you. Three things that will prompt you to declare... 'Ok, that's it, I am no longer going along with this regime or movement'.
This would be strictly between you and you, no one else. Your own personal declaration of principle.
And please, be reasonable. Don't write down 'coming to get my guns'. We know that's never going to happen, ever.
For example, just a few ideas, off the top of my head:
Another round of children being forcibly taken from their parents and trafficked/disappeared into unknown 'adoption' agencies.
Cuts to Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid, or other critical programs that you - and millions of others - depend upon, in order to [partially] fund another round of tax cuts for billionaires.
Selling off our public parks and lands to the highest bidder.
Discovering that all your personal information - and I mean all - has been compromised and turned over to who knows who for who knows what purpose.
Paramilitary gangs being 'deputized' to terrorize targeted citizens.
Funneling taxpayer dollars into religious schools and enterprises, a clear violation of the 'establishment clause'.
Suspension of 'habeas corpus', allowing the government to arrest and detain anyone - including you - indefinitely, without cause.
Elimination of various consumer protection agencies and regulations, including food and drug safety.
Further erosion of the right of all eligible citizens to vote (i.e. finding out your name has been purged from the voting rolls for no apparent reason).
The intentional collapse of our economy and/or the stock market, so the billionaires can swoop in and pick up the pieces - including your 401k - at bargain rates.
Irrational international belligerence, against friends and foes, leading to an unnecessary and costly war.
A woman or young girl you know bleeding out in a hospital parking lot with an ectopic or molar pregnancy, because the doctors were afraid to treat her. The death even more egregious if it was the result of rape or incest.
The suspension of one or more of our constitutional rights, most notably the 1st Amendment, with the freedom of the press and/or religion coming under the control of the regime.
Declaration of martial law, with tanks in the streets; the military called out to violently crack down on peaceful protests, a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act .
Again, these might not be your priorities, but there has to be something that is; something you feel would be the last straw, your own principled 'deal breakers'.
And if you accept the challenge... the sooner the better. Things are moving fast. Don't wait until whatever 'it' is happens, then look to Fox News or your favorite podcaster to find out what you're supposed to think about it. Put it in writing and establish - for yourself - the principles you are going to adhere to, no matter what.
Take a stand and stand by it.
Your future self, and country, will thank you for it.
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