Coup d’etat, 2020/2024

“A coup or coup d’etat is the removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent means. Typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a political faction, the military, or a dictator.”

Trump and his political party, the Trumpers, are setting the United States of America up for a takeover. He has governed like a dictator, and he plans to continue doing so.

Trumper politicians, among them Mark Meadows, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and their lackeys in the House, Nunes and McCarthy, are willing participants in Trump’s coup d’etat.

The stench and stain of Trump adheres to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. They are complicit in whatever corrupt transactions Trump’s administration has enacted around the world, as well as here in the U.S. It is certain that they stood to gain as “middlemen.” After all, Trump touts himself, first and foremost, as a great negotiator. It’s reasonable to assume the boss taught his employees, among them…Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka and Jared…to follow his lead in acquiring unlimited wealth.

Trump’s followers, the Trumpers, will also be credited with the fall of American democracy. They, who willingly…and with eyes wide shut…accepted a Trump dictatorship instead. It’s become increasingly apparent that they don’t see anything worth saving in America today. Save for Trump himself.

Steve Bannon, the original mastermind behind America’s demolition, is smacking his lips at the “booty” he is set to acquire. Above all is the power he wields with Trump and his followers via social media. Riches, of course, will follow. As they did in the current criminal case wherein Bannon is accused of using donated funds for his own enrichment and benefit.

Christians, prominent among them…Evangelicals and Catholics…also align with a Trump dictatorship. They fear the taint of other beliefs, other lifestyles, other cultures upon the ONE AND ONLY true dogma. Theirs.

So, while we celebrate JOE BIDEN as our next President and KAMALA HARRIS as our next Vice President, Trump continues to undermine their legitimacy and OUR DEMOCRACY.

When that fateful day arrives, ask yourself…”Where was I when Trump’s coup d’etat succeeded?”

And more importantly, ask yourself…

“DID I DO ANYTHING TO TRY AND SAVE MY DEMOCRACY? MY AMERICA?”

…hugmamma.

putin’s America…

If Trump is re-elected…God forbid…Putin will be emboldened to begin expanding his empire’s borders in our direction. With his operative in the White House for another 4 years, Putin will begin colonizing America with Russians. After all, Trump has declared his affinity for white, Northern Europeans. Even now, I’ve noticed an uptick in Russians living among us. If it weren’t for Trump’s fawning all over Vladimir Putin, I wouldn’t have noticed.

With the majority of Republicans solidly behind him, as they are now, Trump will begin making the military his own. As generals who worked in his administration have demonstrated, they are anchored to their commander-in-chief for life. It’s highly unlikely Mattis, McMaster and Kelly would arm themselves against Trump. To do so would be to dishonor themselves and their military careers.

The Secret Service, the Department of Justice, the Senate and perhaps even the Supreme Court are Trump’s for the asking. And it’s guaranteed…he will ask. It’s highly unlikely he’ll be indicted for trying to bribe Ukraine’s president, so who’s to stop him from asking for whatever he wants from now on.

Putin will help Trump…continue Russia’s invasion of America. And we owe it to our Republican countrymen.

…as for me…I’ll be on an island in the middle of the ocean…far, far away…

…hugmamma.

ownership…

These next 4 years belong to the Republican Party. They will own whatever emerges from their ruling triumvirate…all 3 branches of government, headed up by Trump and his sidekick, Steve Bannon. Republicans have hit the jackpot…the power ball lottery of politics!!!

I am more than willing to let Republicans take full credit for everything and anything their dynamic duo has a hand in…the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Two weeks into this administration, we’ve been hit with an abundance of…the worst and the ugliest.

With millions of Americans rising up in protest against the dictatorship of Trump/Bannon, it’s unfathomable that Republican politicians continue to rubberstamp whatever those two send down the pike. Whether they are trying to hang onto their jobs, including health insurance in which their constituents should likewise share, or glory in their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to cram all their policies down our throats, Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are complicit in our country’s descent into immorality under this presidency.

The so-called Capitol Hill experts are scurrying about like obedient kindergarteners effecting policy for the dictators, themselves new to the political arena. Trump and Bannon must laugh themselves silly behind closed doors, as well they should. They have accomplished what no one before them has been able to do, including the billionaire Koch brothers and their Tea Party followers.

Neither Trump nor Bannon have made a secret of their pasts. Both were widely written about during the months leading up to the election. It’s obvious that few cared to educate themselves, preferring instead to buy whatever these two men were selling.

It’s no surprise we’ve landed where we have, with all of us paying for the immorality of some. Our democracy is suffering a seismic, constitutional earthquake. Whether or not morality remains the underpinning of our freedom is dependent upon those willing to stand up to autocrats and their minions. And as we’ve witnessed recently, the number of freedom fighters number in the thousands.

Let’s hope the combined power of the White House and the Republicans on Capitol Hill does not thwart the resistance effort. It’s essential we continue to play defense against the Trump/Bannon autocracy throughout the next four years.

Kelly Anne Conway, Trump campaign manager-turned-senior advisor, provided poignant insight into this presidency. If the facts don’t suit, turn to “alternative facts.” Trump and all who pledge allegiance to him will subvert universal truth in order to further their hard-right agenda.

Personally, I plan to continue writing posts aimed at keeping the focus on a White House occupied by autocrats.

Peter Thiel, billionaire owner of the online site “Pay Pal,” supported Trump’s run for the presidency and is part of his transition team. Thiel, like Bannon, no longer believes in the America for which we now stand. Both want it upended and refashioned according to what they believe.

According to a November 2016 Politico Magazine article, “The Anti-Democratic Worldview of Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel” by Jedediah Purdy, Everett professor of law at Duke Law School…

Bannon believes that the political force rising to defend all these values today is “a global tea party” that links Trump, Brexit voters, the anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic National Front in France, and Narendra Modi’s nationalist government in India. These groups, Bannon says, may be incidentally racist or attract some racist elements, but those elements will “get washed out” and leave their pure and proper value, which is the nationalist defense of enlightened capitalism. They are the ground troops of the coming struggle, rebuilding a West that can defend itself and is worth defending.

Thiel, a professed Libertarian, has said that he no longer believes in the compatibility between democracy and freedom.

Finally, according to Purdy…

This much is clear: Bannon and Thiel believe their ideas have found the perfect host organism. They won’t be the last.