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WAR, UGHH! Who is it good for? Putin and Trump's donors: ACM/AFM [1]

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Date: 2025-02-09

So many red alerts to imminent war – “wagging the dog” – are at full throttle, as our constitution is in crisis, and our neighbors are being traumatized, deported, lied to, and decimated by this fascist regime. “Invade Mexico”, “Make Canada our 51st State”, “GAZA / Middle East ‘Riviera’” (after deporting all of its citizens), Greenland, Panama... while simultaneously this war-monger is going after anything he wants in a typical bully-like fashion. This administration’s “leader” is so hell-bent on wars, he has declared war on the very democratic government he was elected to protect, the constitution he swore to uphold (in the vicinity of a bible, but not one of his profit center bibles)! Anything which helps “we the people” is being knee-capped with an 18# sledgehammer. Fascism has landed on our doorsteps like a bomb as Trump declares war on the federal budget in order to pay off his donors, and support his racist, fascist agenda and personal fears:

Will the Armed Forces, who pledge allegiance to uphold the Constitution, protect our US Constitution or bend to orders from their “commander in chief” when they are told to shoot American citizens? Will Trump have pissed enough people off by then to prevent it, or will the slippery cliff have completely disappeared beneath their feet by then? Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal

Donald Trump is a war-crimes enthusiast, loves declaring wars, even declaring war on people such as fighter pilots to Jimmy Kimmel, honest media, and even “Moscow” Mitch McConnell in the past. These last few weeks are different. He is not only destroying our country from the inside, including the CIA, FBI, Treasury and Department of Defense, but also pushing wars & hostile invasion on allied and neutral countries. It is almost impossible to keep track as every day multiple “wars” seem to be declared from his regime.

He warned us about the outbreak of World War 3 on his watch.

"All across our land, nobody's ever seen anything like it," Trump said. "Then there is an international crisis, the likes of which the world has seldom been part of. Nobody can believe what's happening." Earth is now a "planet of war," according to Trump

Within our own borders, our own government, he declared a “war on government scientists”.

Trump declares all-out war on public health and science:

In the first week of his return to power, Donald Trump has declared all-out war on science and public health as a core component of his fascist agenda in the service of the American oligarchy. The initial architect of the horrific “herd immunity” mass infection policy towards the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump is picking up where he left off four years ago and escalating far further. Just in the past four days, Trump has withdrawn the US from the World Health Organization (WHO), imposed an unprecedented gag order on all 13 agencies that comprise the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and threatened to adjourn Congress to ensure that his numerous anti-public health nominees are installed through recess appointments.

Trump Declares War on Transgender People - Mother Jones

Trump Declares War! Just Like That, Bombs Fly, Strike - Video Aired, Heads Roll & Retaliation Begins!

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Trump’s Declaration of War on Palestine:

Last night, President Trump named what many of us have known for some time – the intentions of the United States to complete the State of Israel’s final solution by announcing his plans to resettle Gazans and assume U.S. control and ownership of the Gaza Strip, Palestine. In signaling the U.S. imperial initiative, Trump has also revealed that the U.S. cannot be seen as a trusted partner or leader in pursuing global stability and peace. Indeed, the cognitive dissonance and moral infirmity associated with the U.S. colonial, imperialist mindset, driven by the sickness of white “supremacy” ideology, is now irrefutably elucidated. As Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) founder and Coordinating Committee member Ajamu Baraka noted, “The Russians and Chinese must learn the lesson that the peoples and nations of the global South learned decades ago, and that is that the U.S. is a lunatic state that can't be reasoned with.” He continued, “The Russians should have learned this with Ukraine. But if the Chinese believe that they can keep their heads down and allow the U.S. to destroy peoples and nations, it is only a matter of time before the barbarians will be at their gates." <snip> It should be noted that Trump’s Gaza Grab Declaration would require the use of U.S. military force, which would be a violation of International Law, the Geneva Convention, and the basic tenets of human rights.

Declaring so many wars while gutting our protections leaves us not just open to immeasurable threat from other nations, it is essentially rolling out the red carpet for his puppet-master, Vladimir Putin. Or, is that really what all of this is about, in addition to extra points for filling the coffers of defense contractors and oil companies while dismantling environmental protections.

Foreign strongmen cheer as Musk dismantles U.S. aid agency:

When Elon Musk set about “feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” as he put it, it wasn’t only supporters of President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda who were cheering the dismantlement of the foreign aid agency. The Kremlin was, too. “Smart move,” Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president who is currently the deputy chair of the country’s security council, chimed in from Moscow, which for years had chafed at the U.S. Agency for International Development’s actions before forcing it out of the country in 2012. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban[‘s]… political director said he “couldn’t be happier” with what Musk and Trump were doing. Nayib Bukele, the leader of El Salvador …also struck out at the aid programs…

Here's a look at Musk's contact with Putin and why it matters

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of major government contractor SpaceX and a key ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years, The Wall Street Journal reported. <snip> Musk’s contacts with Putin raise national security questions, given his companies’ work for the government, and highlight concerns about Russian influence in American politics. <snip> During one talk, Putin asked Musk not to activate his Starlink satellite system over Taiwan as a favor for Chinese President Xi Jinping, whose ties to Putin have grown closer, the Journal reported. Putin and Xi have met more than 40 times since 2013. <snip> “The policy of the U.S. government is to try to isolate Vladimir Putin, and Elon Musk is directly undercutting that,” [Bradley] Bowman said. “What is Putin doing with Musk? Putin is trying to reduce his international isolation and impact American foreign policy.” [Bradley Bowman is] a former West Point assistant professor who is now senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank.

Trump and Musk are trying to seize control of the government: Sen. Murphy

And those are just the foreign war threats. We know he also idolizes Kim Jung Un, Viktor Orban, and most especially his very special friend Vladimir Putin. He must want to emulate their perceived power. And, just like them, we know he could give shite-all about “regular people”, or in fact just about any people, unless they can be used, including almost 50% of voters in the 2024 presidential election. We all realize these first three weeks have been all about chaos, nobody can keep up, everyone is scared, and destroy the Federal Government from within.

My question is, does he think World War Three is the end game, is it what he is trying to deflect our attention from, is it just the simulcast with destroying the government from the inside out (to rebuild as a dictatorship/oligarchy, authoritarian government) or is all of this “shock and awe” destruction of our constitution, rights, civil liberties and democracy itself the end game, with declarations of (foreign) wars the distraction? Having difficulty because there are so many arguments in all directions.

What is the end game? Likely none of the above. More likely, these are all just shell games to him on his quest for money, power (more money), attention & admiration (why he continues with rallies, emulating the fascist mass murderer “monster” Hitler.)

He chummed up real tight with South African immigrant Elmo the Greedy/white supremist/apartheidist/nationalist (who illegally ran businesses in the US when he wasn’t a U.S. Citizen, overstaying his student visa after he quit graduate school.) I doubt he cares for any other South African immigrants.

Elon Musk “worked illegally in the United States as he launched his entrepreneurial career after ditching a graduate studies program in California.”

Musk Was Once an Undocumented Immigrant in US?

"I didn't really care much for the [Stanford] degree, but I had no money for a lab and no legal right to stay in the country, so that seemed like a good way to solve both issues," Musk wrote.

My thoughts are scrambled a bit, as I am sure most reader’s thoughts are after three weeks of torture of our rights, our constitution, rule of law, and morality.

Bottom line: it really doesn’t matter the reasons, this hate-spewing ingrown herr must be stopped in any and every way we can.

Let’s turn this horror into a story of courage, of resistance, of resolve, and of SOLIDARITY! To that end, here are some resources for what you can do right now. There are countless other ways, but these are the ones I am offering from my experience. There are many progressive groups with similar objectives.

INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS

Freeway blogging: This is protected free speech (so far) and should be taken advantage of if you like guerrilla-type actions on your own or with a friend.

Call your elected officials EVERY DAY and tell them why you support them (fighting this regime), or tell them you are pissed off at how this “administration” follows no rule of law, bill of rights, or the constitution. And anything else you think of…

Guerrila warfare-style action with books

Signs

Spray-painted cement or other public very visible areas with a template (not vandalizing statues, signs, etc.) - ADD PICTURE OF SPRAY PAINTED

Many more!

GROUP ACTIONS

Attend meetings about furthering our progressive values.

Organize multiple groups of friends and relatives to meet with on a regular basis to discuss projects, actions, current events & fights, and maybe a slice of pizza or better!

Phone banking

Letter writing & postcards

Protests, including large corporations donating and benefitting from this administration.

Many more!

GROUPS SUPPORTING PROGRESS and PEACE:

American Civil Liberties Union

Southern Poverty Law Center

Living Liberally (formerly Drinking Liberally)

And literally hundreds of others

Personally, I have been at meetings with Swing Left, Seattle Supports Democracy, Indivisible, People Power, Sunrise PDX, (supporting and for teens and young adults) and Mobilize, which is a great resource to find events and ideas where you live.

Common Power is another great organization, among the many, many organizations and individuals fighting along-side each other to defend democracy! Feel free to add more favorites in the comments section!

From Seattle Supports Democracy zoom meeting 2/6/25. Although there were less than 100 ppl attending, the information is solid from coast to coast!

PEACE! SOLIDARITY!! FIGHT LIKE HELL!!!

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