Make Trump beg to bring them back! SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN NOW.
Air traffic controllers, TSA, Post Offices, Libraries, National Parks, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, VA, HUD, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Commerce, SBA, GSA, EPA, FDIC, NASA, Dept of Energy, Dept of Labor, Dept of Agriculture, etc. (exceptions for military and national intel). Make it hard for the American people to go without these civil servants.
We the American people will picket with them in front of every federal building or town center! We stand with federal employees and the rule of law. We will raise funds and support them.
Don’t give in until they honor their rights and protections, plus more.
Force Americans (conservative, liberal and independent) to pressure all of Congress, Governors, Mayors, etc., not just blue state representatives.
He’s going to fire them anyway, nothing to loose except our democracy.
Pick a date. Spread the word. Stand together. Stand with IGs, DOJ, FBI, and USAID. Don’t let them pick us apart one by one.
And for the time being, any Federal workers whose departments are about to be Musked or who anticipate being Musked need to prepare with supplies of food, a couple of changes of clothes, and a sleeping bag to stage a sit down strike when the bullies come in. After all, the Muskrats have no legal authority to fire anybody or to close down any department or agency.
I'm just old enough to remember when Mao's teenage Red Guards terrorized China, bursting into schools, hospitals, offices, and so on, demanding to take over. They humiliated, tortured, even killed those in charge and required everyone to follow "Mao's thoughts."
This continued until the Red Guards tried to take over a machine tool factory. The factory workers fought back with everything they had lying around in the plant. As I remember it, they even killed a couple of the Red Guards.
This shocked Mao--What if word got out about this act of resistance? What if other people started resisting?--and he called off the Red Guards and told them to go home.
I'm not advocating killing the Teen Tech Bros but some strong resistance to any takeovers might be helpful.
You can't "pressure" someone who is bought and paid for. They're paid to ignore you. If you want to stop the corruption, you are going to have to show the American people concrete proof that both parties have sold them out. I have that proof. All you have to do is read it.
Read my post today (It will probably be pushed back to the very end) or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves that the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law--conspiring together to commit treason.
This is baloney. You can't tell me that Biden, Harris, Liz Cheney, Chuck Schumer, Adam Kissinger, and the leaders of the House Democrats and Senate Dems are part of a vast conspiracy to subvert the rule of law.
How to organize, spread word...? there have been 'Buy Nothing' I heard about or saw advertised on Facebook Etcetera after the fact. Several protest rallies in our areas that I didn't know about. Be nice to have a kind of clearinghouse that logs in this information in each state. timeliness would be difficult. 1. Make phone calls to your elected reps. From all I have read about this is the number one action that has some chance of affecting outcomes. Also send letters and emails you get canned responses from the other end of the phone usually but my friends have continued to push to get answers and occasionally get responses that make some sense. 2. I check the calendar at our capital and that's how I found out about one protest rally. 3. Individual or is a decent source and is only on Facebook. 4. Sigh. I'm back to financially supporting some candidates. This is just Looney tune, where the hell is citizens United? We're getting the best politicians that money can buy... 5. Band together with like minded spirits, have fun, get out in the Mother Nature get away from it all as much as possible. Hugs to all
There is a messenger group the WAS Cat Ladies for Harris that is now called Feminist: the other F word for some reason. I don’t consider myself a feminist as that has many-hating connotations for me, but there are men, too.
Under that there is a group for most states. Apparently Texas is now missing. I am in NC GOTV which is more about politics now and should be renamed, but it’s a good place to connect with other people and to hear about things.
A real concern is that they want an excuse to declare a national emergency and use the military and deputized Proud Boys. Violence is their thing. Is it ours? I say do it. The problem is the corporate communist media and social media which will probably fall in line behind FOX, X, MSNBC, CNN because they need the ad money.
I thought about that also. I'm retired Army officer. I also agree they will use the military sooner or later. In my humble opinion, now rather than later since the military leadership hasn't been cleared out. At least we'll have better odds.
What about an open, grateful hearts and minds charm offensive of we the people to our military and even some local police to thank them for protecting our Constitutional liberties and let them know we are counting on them to continue to uphold, with us, this Democratic Republic?
I agree. I count on the military to have more like Milley than Hegseth. The question is for how long? Will he turn Jan 6 criminals into his own goon squad SS?
A damn good idea. It is going to take dramatic action to wake people up. I've always thought, that in the U.S., individual lives must become very uncomfortable before the sleeping giant awakens.
I've been sharing this with my MD representatives (Senators, Congresswoman, Governor, Mayor), AOC and Bernie, Rachel Maddow and of course Michael Moore, Unions (AFL-CIO, AFGE, etc.), and Democratic leadership (DNC, DSCC, DCCC). I'm hoping it will filter up, especially to the unions. Please pass on to Indivisible and Move On, your reps, etc.
dumb Dems need a coordinated rapid response tag team of at least two from their very deep bench in rotation (both Obamas, Sanders, AOC, Newsom, Harris, Buttigieg, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Chaney and both Clintons. I also suggest Chappelle, Kimmel and Colbert, Stewart, Maher et.al) to respond immediately to an such an extent that the corporate communist media is forced to cover them. Just two of these Democrats would give the media a hemorrhage of advertising opportunities.
I am proposing a media knife fight with Trump/MAGA (what could have happened if there was an open Democratic convention as opposed to a Sane Washing anointing of Harris). She was a great candidate but hobbled by having 100 days to grab coverage from the advertising cartels. Trumputin started in 2016 and was allowed to run a shadow presidency from his golf motel for four years because Dumb Dems bought into the absurd idea of equal time. The stupidest example being the opposing party making a “response” to the state of the union by the president. That speech is a report by theoe leader of the country on the actual “State of the Union.” Yes, it is partisan and so are presidential news conferences and public comments. The opposition has no standing to reply in an official or advertising media funded manner. It is a cynical joke. The most egregious example being the “sane washing” of Trumputin. Supposed journalists report of the incoherent ravings of our: “Felon in Chief” as if he were somehow a normal candidate much less a functioning adult. Shame on us for thinking that this politically correct idiocy is somehow in the service of democracy.
How many times will the Democrats stick their fingers in the electrical outlet before they use a metal fork?
But why would making it hard for the American people to go without these civil servants, bother Trump and Musk? Isn’t tearing down the government sort of what they wanna do anyway? So why would they beg to bring it back?
The way to do this would be to create a work-force- wide pledge, perhaps on an encrypted site. So it would work like kickstarter-- you only honor the pledge if you reach the numerical goal.In this case, the number of Govt workers who pledge to strike. And number of fellow citizens who pledge to stand with them. However Rep. Jamie Raskin has spoken about not giving the Coup leader the excuse to declare martial law, so yes, the discussion of the military below is very key.
The first problem is: As Trump gets away with stuff, he's going to demand more, make more aggressive threats and he's going to attempt more. That's how these things go. When we read history it makes this ilk sound like they had a plan. They don't, they get away with shit, and continue to escalate. Don't forget when Mussolini marched on Rome, the last he thought would happen was that he'd be put in charge.
Thank you, Mr. Moore! Always great to hear your insights!
I sincerely hope that people will start rebelling soon - the Project 2025 people and Musk are already far down the road to destroying the foundations, and, with the people Trump has installed as heads of the various department, e.g. the White Supremacists drunk in charge of the military, not to mention the media taking a knee, there soon won't be a whole lot standing in their way to making the US a replica of the Handmaid's Tale. Trump is a blithering idiot, but the ones behind the scenes are the ones that scare me more. Their need for power is endless, and their intention to impose THEIR will on an entire country under the guise of being "good Christians" (which is, of course, an utter lie) is revolting. I truly hope for the US that these psychopaths will be stopped - it is sad to watch our southern neighbour take such a horrifying turn into darkness.
Many years ago, I heard a talk by a man who had been in the Peace Corps in Iran. (Yes, the U.S. used to have Peace Corps programs in a lot of countries, such as Turkey and South Korea, that are pretty well developed nowadays). Talking about the Iranian government referring to America as "the Great Satan," he said that in Iranian folklore, Satan is certainly evil, but he is also stupid and can be outsmarted by humans who play on his worst characteristics.
I see Tr*** as our "Great Satan." He is mean, selfish, crude, callous, bigoted, and a lot of other bad things, but he's too far gone mentally to plan anything more complicated than a McDonald's run.
This makes him the perfect front man for the cabal of white supremacists, fascists, Puritans, and economic libertarians that wrote Project 2025.
As someone posted on Facebook he certainly never wrote those executive orders. One of the cabal writes them, hands him the fancy folder and a marking pen, and tells him to sign. He signs it and holds it up like a kid saying, "Mommy, look what I drew."
Reagan was the first front man for this crowd, and we now know that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. But so many people saw him as this genial grandfather type that he was effective at misleading people.
George W. Bush was another front man, also not terribly bright, but "the guy [they] would like to have a beer with."
With Tr***, I suppose the cabal thought, "Why should our front man have any brains at all, as long as our plans appeal to him emotionally?"
Remember, Trump is ONE problem, but he is not THE problem.
Totally agree - love the observation about the McDonald's run! That would be a challenge for sure.
I remember watching Bush speak and feeling embarrassed for him -- oh, the good ol' days!
Unfortunately, the things Tr** is saying and doing e.g., taking over Gaza to while purging the CIA and FBI, putting a drunk in charge of the army and installing Russia's girlfriend to watch over intelligence is going to put the US in real danger. Any foreign country that's been waiting to do some harm is going to see this as a pretty perfect opening.
Hopefully the Project 2025 won't be able to take complete control before people kick them out --- because I am not so sure the cabal will "allow" those midterm elections to even happen ... not after how long they've been waiting to install themselves
So agree. Trump loves the attention snd the glory. Itvis y he cabal of billionaires and multi-millionaires who are dismantling the USA while disrupting the world. I think the night of the inauguration, with Muskrat attempting to 'do' an X' - flicking 2 Nazi salutes and grinning ear to ear like a two year old who was very pleased to have gotten into the cookie jar and eaten too many sugar cookies - he was drunk on anticipation of how far these horrid being could go beforexan effective resistance was mounted.
They won't be stopped until the American people wake up and realize that both parties are corrupt and we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
How do you do that? Read my post today or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It contains everything you need to take your country back from these treasonous corporate criminals--if you can get fellow citizens to read it.
I think it’s too late already and there is no one to stop this. Bernie, AOC, and Jasmine Crockett have been the strongest voices. But it sure seems like we are all collectively just letting it happen.
Yesterday I saw videos of people returning to their homes in Gaza. Two of the homes were completely intact. One video showed a little girl in a sea of rubble pointing at where the tv used to be and being excited that her toys were still there.
Bisan made it home too.
Will they all be dead soon so that their land can be rebuilt into something resembling Atlantic City or Las Vegas?
The ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing could not have been committed without the full backing of the U.S. government. If you want to stop these horrific crimes against humanity, read my post today (It will probably be toward the very end) or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice.
I saying to my friends and family that this is a coup and at first they did not get it. they received the news in a different way than I do because I do not listen or watch any legacy media. Now all my friends, even the republican ones are looking at this with open eyes and understanding it for what it is, a coup. I write to my representative almost daily, he is a republican in a blue state in a blue county because people could not bother to show up to the polls, this should have been a very winnable district but again, people thought that by not showing up they were protesting the lack of a primary on the democrat's side. Here is the result. I wonder how those Palestinians in Michigan are feeling right now about their protest vote, was it worthy. We received a call from an older retired woman in florida that said to us that she could not believe that Trump lied and that he "took" her vote. this is the kind of stupidity that led us to this situation. he did not take her vote, she gave it voluntarily and by living in the Fox News bubble she never got the picture of what were the risks and here we are, she is sad and shocked but all of it her own doing. Do your homework. hopefully we will be able to do something about this.
Nothing is going to change until the American people wake-up and realize both parties are corrupt and we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The special interest groups running this country don't give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already rigged every election by controlling "our" choices.
Go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves that the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you--conspiring together to commit treason.
Is there any way states like CA and NY can divert federal income tax witholding to their own coffers and let Trump, Johnson, and company know they will get the money with "conditions".
I don’t think those federal withholdings go to the states. They are sent to the feds directly by companies. People can try to increase their withholdings so that nothing is taken out, but I think they could get in trouble in the end if they can’t justify the information.
No. But, you could read my book: The Illusion of Justice and tell everyone you know about the jaw-dropping corruption in it. Go to my Substack for a free digital copy.
Just a suggestion. I haven't heard of you or your book. Why not make it available through Amazon for a dollar a copy. Hard copy, some people, like me like to still read hard copies of books, Not disagreeing with you, but i'm just saying you might get your message out better that way. Maybe advertise your book on youtube also.
I like to read hard copies of books too. But, I'm pretty sure the book publishers are in on the corruption--they have published rank propaganda for most of treasonous corporate criminals exposed in my book. Besides, I am really concerned about being subjected to catch and kill operation.
If you're short on time, skip ahead to the Postscript on page #221. You will want to read the rest the book.
You're reading books from the wrong publishers. I read Noam Chomsky who self publishes most of his books. He and Nathan Robinson just wrote a book called "The Myth of American Exceptionalism" I ordered it through Amazon but it's also published by Haymarket books which specialize in socialist books and are completely funded by reader donations. Also, I don't read corporate newspapers anymore, I get my news from the Intercept, the Guardian, Jacobin and Current Affairs all of which are reader supported. There are plenty of books out there and magazines/newspapers that aren't corporate controlled and tell the truth about what's really going on. The Guardian in particular is excellent. Check it out if you have time.
I have tried the Intercept and Guardian and did not get a response. Have you read my book? If you had, you'd know the whole system is designed to keep the truth from the American people.
I'm not running for office and I'm giving my book away for free. Why don't you read it and tell everyone you know about the jaw-dropping corruption? If the public ever finds out how corrupt these guys are--their done!
Feel free to post my book on any social media platform you like. From my own personal experience, I think word of mouth is the only way the public will ever find out that their representatives have sold them out. However, if you know an honest journalist, I would be happy to talk with them.
Do what is effective, not what makes you feel better. Studies have shown that the most effective way to affect the actions of political leaders is voting, particularly in primaries. Next is calling and writing. Then donating. Then volunteering for campaigns. Marching is not that effective and can backfire. Any vandalism, long term occupations, or unauthorized blocking of traffic alienates other voters and political leaders. Marching is more effective if specific, simple, realistic demands are made, if large numbers march and if the march has broad socioeconomic, cultural and racial demographics. Small numbers, mostly college students or aging hippies will discredit the march as will vague or unrealistic demands.
I did it all for the last election-joined committees, wrote post cards, letters, donated, made phone calls, so nothing mattered--but I did feel I did a lot more than other people I know.
The following link explains why Trump and Musk's actions will cause a catastrophic flu season starting in the fall of 2025. The selection of the flu strain and the production of the vaccines must begin in February, the month we are already in.
We must begin to refer to Musk by his title…”President Musk”. Love the idea of a general action…something in which all like-minded folks might participate. Worker’s strike, a virtual blitz on the White House, a march in every city….Right now, we must pound our folks in Congress to take back their power, because that is OUR power as well. We elected them to serve our interests, not those of Donald J TrumpMusk, and we had better start demanding actions.
Donald Trump is only part of the problem. THEY ARE ALL BRIBE TAKING WHORES! Nothing is going to change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that got us into this mess in the first place.
Go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves both major political parties, all three branches of federal government, and virtually every media outlet has sold us out.
However, a march in every city is good idea. But, demand their resignations--not change their bought and paid for positions.
Michael - I like your movies, and I like reading your articles, but I find this lamenting on your part hypocritical. Before the elections, You and others like Mehdi kept using your bullhorn to berate President Joe and Kamala for the war in Gaza and kept talking about just that one topic. The result, Arabs in mass did not vote for Kamala. No elections are a one-topic issue, and you and Mehdi own a part of the fault for T being elected. And now you are seeing the results of that. Instead, IMHO, you should have toned down the rhetoric, worked with the Arab community in Michigan & convinced them to vote for Kamala, and then worked with the new govt to solve the crisis in the Middle East. But, all of that is water under the bridge. We are all paying for this now.
It is not the case that we must support ethnic cleansing and brutality against innocent civilians or vote against Trump. Many of us objected to ethnic cleansing and objected to Trump and should not suffer finger pointing from those who did not object to the brutality. This type of meanness will not get us to a peace plan or help to support democracy.
Mean me?? I thought it was an earnest plea and accepting the share of the blame. There is no finger-pointing here, and you are assuming that I don't object to ethnic cleansing or brutality. Where did you get that from? Our family voted blue up and done the ticket, donated to everyone who asked for donations, Vindman, Fetterman, Kamala, was parts of the 'Indian for Kamala' group, did phone banking...everything I could do from California.
When are you going to wake-up and realize that both parties are corrupt? The Democrats take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Republicans.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. Go to my Substack for a free digital copy.
We can't say for certain that losing the Arab vote lost Harris the election. Many of them were upset with Biden before Michael and Mehdi Hasan started speaking out. We know a large number of voters stayed home. It wasn't just Arabs, exit polls showed the number one issue was the economy. A lot of Arabs weren't going to vote for Harris anyway, Michael Moore has very little do do with it, don't put all of the blame on him, blame everyone that stayed home.
You hit it on the head. How stupid for any one to have imagined Trump would be of any help. Of course President Harris would have protected Israel but would have worked towards a solution -But no Dems have to be so pure. We are so fucked and talking about it does nothing as we sit here and watch it all burn down in weeks
You are right. The demand to stop selling weapons to Israel was unrealistic. All the demands Michael was making would have cost Harris more votes from supporters of Israel than she would have gained from supporters of the Palestinian cause. Harris did the best she could threading the needle between the two.
A better approach would be to demand the Palestinians renounce terrorism, renounce armed struggle and adopt Ghandi or MLK nonviolent resistance strategies. Also, demand the Palestinians set aside their one state solution for now. The unified Jewish - Palestinian state may be possible after a few generations of a Palestinian state living in peace beside Israel, but it is unrealistic anytime soon, not with all the atrocities each side has committed against the other.
My latest novel, NEXT: A Woman's War on Washington, just went up on Amazon KDP. In it, Senator Margaret "Maggie" Malone shows us how to drive big money out of politics, which, as you and your readers know, allows oligarchs seize control of our government and our lives.
Her Civics 101 Bill would start start to reunite Americans via civics education for everybody, young to old, which we can do starting now, coup or no coup.
Next, Maggie's Bill would make Election Day an annual national holiday with easy access to voting by all eligible citizens.
Next, a return to mandatory military--or something new: optional national--service would help unite Americans who would otherwise never meet one another.
And, most important, term limits--starting with the U.S. Congress--would allow more non-politicians to serve and (free from fear about re-election) vote their consciences.
I have been waiting to hear from you. Thank you. My feeling right now is that I just want to leave the country. That so many millions of Americans hated me and my family, JUST for being educated and caring about our planet, is almost too much to bear.
Here's my suggestion:
Nationwide Strike for Federal Workers
Make Trump beg to bring them back! SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN NOW.
Air traffic controllers, TSA, Post Offices, Libraries, National Parks, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, VA, HUD, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Commerce, SBA, GSA, EPA, FDIC, NASA, Dept of Energy, Dept of Labor, Dept of Agriculture, etc. (exceptions for military and national intel). Make it hard for the American people to go without these civil servants.
We the American people will picket with them in front of every federal building or town center! We stand with federal employees and the rule of law. We will raise funds and support them.
Don’t give in until they honor their rights and protections, plus more.
Force Americans (conservative, liberal and independent) to pressure all of Congress, Governors, Mayors, etc., not just blue state representatives.
He’s going to fire them anyway, nothing to loose except our democracy.
Pick a date. Spread the word. Stand together. Stand with IGs, DOJ, FBI, and USAID. Don’t let them pick us apart one by one.
And for the time being, any Federal workers whose departments are about to be Musked or who anticipate being Musked need to prepare with supplies of food, a couple of changes of clothes, and a sleeping bag to stage a sit down strike when the bullies come in. After all, the Muskrats have no legal authority to fire anybody or to close down any department or agency.
I'm just old enough to remember when Mao's teenage Red Guards terrorized China, bursting into schools, hospitals, offices, and so on, demanding to take over. They humiliated, tortured, even killed those in charge and required everyone to follow "Mao's thoughts."
This continued until the Red Guards tried to take over a machine tool factory. The factory workers fought back with everything they had lying around in the plant. As I remember it, they even killed a couple of the Red Guards.
This shocked Mao--What if word got out about this act of resistance? What if other people started resisting?--and he called off the Red Guards and told them to go home.
I'm not advocating killing the Teen Tech Bros but some strong resistance to any takeovers might be helpful.
It’s his own army, The proud boy ‘s , they might have to fight off.
Use Gandhi's so-called salt march as inspiration and his embodiment of satyagraha as a source of spiritual strength.
that's the ticket. Millions of people tuned into a positive, from the heart i.e. courageous, life-affirming , liberty-loving frequency.
You can't "pressure" someone who is bought and paid for. They're paid to ignore you. If you want to stop the corruption, you are going to have to show the American people concrete proof that both parties have sold them out. I have that proof. All you have to do is read it.
Read my post today (It will probably be pushed back to the very end) or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves that the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law--conspiring together to commit treason.
This is baloney. You can't tell me that Biden, Harris, Liz Cheney, Chuck Schumer, Adam Kissinger, and the leaders of the House Democrats and Senate Dems are part of a vast conspiracy to subvert the rule of law.
What kind of person denies allegations of corruption without reading the evidence? I'll leave it to the people reading this to answer that question.
How to organize, spread word...? there have been 'Buy Nothing' I heard about or saw advertised on Facebook Etcetera after the fact. Several protest rallies in our areas that I didn't know about. Be nice to have a kind of clearinghouse that logs in this information in each state. timeliness would be difficult. 1. Make phone calls to your elected reps. From all I have read about this is the number one action that has some chance of affecting outcomes. Also send letters and emails you get canned responses from the other end of the phone usually but my friends have continued to push to get answers and occasionally get responses that make some sense. 2. I check the calendar at our capital and that's how I found out about one protest rally. 3. Individual or is a decent source and is only on Facebook. 4. Sigh. I'm back to financially supporting some candidates. This is just Looney tune, where the hell is citizens United? We're getting the best politicians that money can buy... 5. Band together with like minded spirits, have fun, get out in the Mother Nature get away from it all as much as possible. Hugs to all
I too did not know of my local protest yesterday, and I read politics for about 2 hours a day. This has to become more organized.
It was all over. Sign up for Indivisible or Move On or both.
Be sure to check out your local Indivisible groups. They have been key in coordinating actions.
There is a messenger group the WAS Cat Ladies for Harris that is now called Feminist: the other F word for some reason. I don’t consider myself a feminist as that has many-hating connotations for me, but there are men, too.
Under that there is a group for most states. Apparently Texas is now missing. I am in NC GOTV which is more about politics now and should be renamed, but it’s a good place to connect with other people and to hear about things.
Yeah, I quit the Feminist: the other F word. It was a whole different thing.
A real concern is that they want an excuse to declare a national emergency and use the military and deputized Proud Boys. Violence is their thing. Is it ours? I say do it. The problem is the corporate communist media and social media which will probably fall in line behind FOX, X, MSNBC, CNN because they need the ad money.
Hi Joseph,
I thought about that also. I'm retired Army officer. I also agree they will use the military sooner or later. In my humble opinion, now rather than later since the military leadership hasn't been cleared out. At least we'll have better odds.
What about an open, grateful hearts and minds charm offensive of we the people to our military and even some local police to thank them for protecting our Constitutional liberties and let them know we are counting on them to continue to uphold, with us, this Democratic Republic?
I agree. I count on the military to have more like Milley than Hegseth. The question is for how long? Will he turn Jan 6 criminals into his own goon squad SS?
I don’t think the military will go for it if we do it before he has a chance to clear out the top.
A damn good idea. It is going to take dramatic action to wake people up. I've always thought, that in the U.S., individual lives must become very uncomfortable before the sleeping giant awakens.
ain't that the truth!
Can I share this with Move On and Indivisible or better yet, can you!
I think we need to move fast before Trump fires the top military who will certainly resist.
Hi Carolyn,
I've been sharing this with my MD representatives (Senators, Congresswoman, Governor, Mayor), AOC and Bernie, Rachel Maddow and of course Michael Moore, Unions (AFL-CIO, AFGE, etc.), and Democratic leadership (DNC, DSCC, DCCC). I'm hoping it will filter up, especially to the unions. Please pass on to Indivisible and Move On, your reps, etc.
Cheers, Joanne
Share as you see fit.
dumb Dems need a coordinated rapid response tag team of at least two from their very deep bench in rotation (both Obamas, Sanders, AOC, Newsom, Harris, Buttigieg, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Chaney and both Clintons. I also suggest Chappelle, Kimmel and Colbert, Stewart, Maher et.al) to respond immediately to an such an extent that the corporate communist media is forced to cover them. Just two of these Democrats would give the media a hemorrhage of advertising opportunities.
I am proposing a media knife fight with Trump/MAGA (what could have happened if there was an open Democratic convention as opposed to a Sane Washing anointing of Harris). She was a great candidate but hobbled by having 100 days to grab coverage from the advertising cartels. Trumputin started in 2016 and was allowed to run a shadow presidency from his golf motel for four years because Dumb Dems bought into the absurd idea of equal time. The stupidest example being the opposing party making a “response” to the state of the union by the president. That speech is a report by theoe leader of the country on the actual “State of the Union.” Yes, it is partisan and so are presidential news conferences and public comments. The opposition has no standing to reply in an official or advertising media funded manner. It is a cynical joke. The most egregious example being the “sane washing” of Trumputin. Supposed journalists report of the incoherent ravings of our: “Felon in Chief” as if he were somehow a normal candidate much less a functioning adult. Shame on us for thinking that this politically correct idiocy is somehow in the service of democracy.
How many times will the Democrats stick their fingers in the electrical outlet before they use a metal fork?
Josephwightman.substack.com
Thanks!
But why would making it hard for the American people to go without these civil servants, bother Trump and Musk? Isn’t tearing down the government sort of what they wanna do anyway? So why would they beg to bring it back?
The way to do this would be to create a work-force- wide pledge, perhaps on an encrypted site. So it would work like kickstarter-- you only honor the pledge if you reach the numerical goal.In this case, the number of Govt workers who pledge to strike. And number of fellow citizens who pledge to stand with them. However Rep. Jamie Raskin has spoken about not giving the Coup leader the excuse to declare martial law, so yes, the discussion of the military below is very key.
The first problem is: As Trump gets away with stuff, he's going to demand more, make more aggressive threats and he's going to attempt more. That's how these things go. When we read history it makes this ilk sound like they had a plan. They don't, they get away with shit, and continue to escalate. Don't forget when Mussolini marched on Rome, the last he thought would happen was that he'd be put in charge.
Franco was also a reluctant recruit.
The good news is some federal judges have already ruled against unconstitutional moves.
Great idea!
Just wondering, as an outsider,
Has the democrats all gone to the moon.
I thought the swearing in of Trump that Biden was totally disrespected by Trump, he made a mockery out of Camilla and President Biden.
Not sure if President Biden was aware of that but it was very disrespectful.
Thank you, Mr. Moore! Always great to hear your insights!
I sincerely hope that people will start rebelling soon - the Project 2025 people and Musk are already far down the road to destroying the foundations, and, with the people Trump has installed as heads of the various department, e.g. the White Supremacists drunk in charge of the military, not to mention the media taking a knee, there soon won't be a whole lot standing in their way to making the US a replica of the Handmaid's Tale. Trump is a blithering idiot, but the ones behind the scenes are the ones that scare me more. Their need for power is endless, and their intention to impose THEIR will on an entire country under the guise of being "good Christians" (which is, of course, an utter lie) is revolting. I truly hope for the US that these psychopaths will be stopped - it is sad to watch our southern neighbour take such a horrifying turn into darkness.
Yes, this is an important point.
Many years ago, I heard a talk by a man who had been in the Peace Corps in Iran. (Yes, the U.S. used to have Peace Corps programs in a lot of countries, such as Turkey and South Korea, that are pretty well developed nowadays). Talking about the Iranian government referring to America as "the Great Satan," he said that in Iranian folklore, Satan is certainly evil, but he is also stupid and can be outsmarted by humans who play on his worst characteristics.
I see Tr*** as our "Great Satan." He is mean, selfish, crude, callous, bigoted, and a lot of other bad things, but he's too far gone mentally to plan anything more complicated than a McDonald's run.
This makes him the perfect front man for the cabal of white supremacists, fascists, Puritans, and economic libertarians that wrote Project 2025.
As someone posted on Facebook he certainly never wrote those executive orders. One of the cabal writes them, hands him the fancy folder and a marking pen, and tells him to sign. He signs it and holds it up like a kid saying, "Mommy, look what I drew."
Reagan was the first front man for this crowd, and we now know that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer's. But so many people saw him as this genial grandfather type that he was effective at misleading people.
George W. Bush was another front man, also not terribly bright, but "the guy [they] would like to have a beer with."
With Tr***, I suppose the cabal thought, "Why should our front man have any brains at all, as long as our plans appeal to him emotionally?"
Remember, Trump is ONE problem, but he is not THE problem.
Totally agree - love the observation about the McDonald's run! That would be a challenge for sure.
I remember watching Bush speak and feeling embarrassed for him -- oh, the good ol' days!
Unfortunately, the things Tr** is saying and doing e.g., taking over Gaza to while purging the CIA and FBI, putting a drunk in charge of the army and installing Russia's girlfriend to watch over intelligence is going to put the US in real danger. Any foreign country that's been waiting to do some harm is going to see this as a pretty perfect opening.
Hopefully the Project 2025 won't be able to take complete control before people kick them out --- because I am not so sure the cabal will "allow" those midterm elections to even happen ... not after how long they've been waiting to install themselves
So agree. Trump loves the attention snd the glory. Itvis y he cabal of billionaires and multi-millionaires who are dismantling the USA while disrupting the world. I think the night of the inauguration, with Muskrat attempting to 'do' an X' - flicking 2 Nazi salutes and grinning ear to ear like a two year old who was very pleased to have gotten into the cookie jar and eaten too many sugar cookies - he was drunk on anticipation of how far these horrid being could go beforexan effective resistance was mounted.
They won't be stopped until the American people wake up and realize that both parties are corrupt and we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
How do you do that? Read my post today or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It contains everything you need to take your country back from these treasonous corporate criminals--if you can get fellow citizens to read it.
Thank you for laying it out so clearly! I’m 90 years old and for the first time I feel afraid for my country and my family and the world we had built!
I think it’s too late already and there is no one to stop this. Bernie, AOC, and Jasmine Crockett have been the strongest voices. But it sure seems like we are all collectively just letting it happen.
Yesterday I saw videos of people returning to their homes in Gaza. Two of the homes were completely intact. One video showed a little girl in a sea of rubble pointing at where the tv used to be and being excited that her toys were still there.
Bisan made it home too.
Will they all be dead soon so that their land can be rebuilt into something resembling Atlantic City or Las Vegas?
I’m upset for them and terrified for us too.
The ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing could not have been committed without the full backing of the U.S. government. If you want to stop these horrific crimes against humanity, read my post today (It will probably be toward the very end) or go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice.
I saying to my friends and family that this is a coup and at first they did not get it. they received the news in a different way than I do because I do not listen or watch any legacy media. Now all my friends, even the republican ones are looking at this with open eyes and understanding it for what it is, a coup. I write to my representative almost daily, he is a republican in a blue state in a blue county because people could not bother to show up to the polls, this should have been a very winnable district but again, people thought that by not showing up they were protesting the lack of a primary on the democrat's side. Here is the result. I wonder how those Palestinians in Michigan are feeling right now about their protest vote, was it worthy. We received a call from an older retired woman in florida that said to us that she could not believe that Trump lied and that he "took" her vote. this is the kind of stupidity that led us to this situation. he did not take her vote, she gave it voluntarily and by living in the Fox News bubble she never got the picture of what were the risks and here we are, she is sad and shocked but all of it her own doing. Do your homework. hopefully we will be able to do something about this.
Nothing is going to change until the American people wake-up and realize both parties are corrupt and we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that is the cause of all the problems in the world.
The special interest groups running this country don't give a damn which bribe taking stooge you vote for or even if you vote at all. They have already rigged every election by controlling "our" choices.
Go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves that the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to pack the courts with corrupt judges who will never side with you--conspiring together to commit treason.
Is there any way states like CA and NY can divert federal income tax witholding to their own coffers and let Trump, Johnson, and company know they will get the money with "conditions".
I don’t think those federal withholdings go to the states. They are sent to the feds directly by companies. People can try to increase their withholdings so that nothing is taken out, but I think they could get in trouble in the end if they can’t justify the information.
No. But, you could read my book: The Illusion of Justice and tell everyone you know about the jaw-dropping corruption in it. Go to my Substack for a free digital copy.
Just a suggestion. I haven't heard of you or your book. Why not make it available through Amazon for a dollar a copy. Hard copy, some people, like me like to still read hard copies of books, Not disagreeing with you, but i'm just saying you might get your message out better that way. Maybe advertise your book on youtube also.
I like to read hard copies of books too. But, I'm pretty sure the book publishers are in on the corruption--they have published rank propaganda for most of treasonous corporate criminals exposed in my book. Besides, I am really concerned about being subjected to catch and kill operation.
If you're short on time, skip ahead to the Postscript on page #221. You will want to read the rest the book.
You're reading books from the wrong publishers. I read Noam Chomsky who self publishes most of his books. He and Nathan Robinson just wrote a book called "The Myth of American Exceptionalism" I ordered it through Amazon but it's also published by Haymarket books which specialize in socialist books and are completely funded by reader donations. Also, I don't read corporate newspapers anymore, I get my news from the Intercept, the Guardian, Jacobin and Current Affairs all of which are reader supported. There are plenty of books out there and magazines/newspapers that aren't corporate controlled and tell the truth about what's really going on. The Guardian in particular is excellent. Check it out if you have time.
I have tried the Intercept and Guardian and did not get a response. Have you read my book? If you had, you'd know the whole system is designed to keep the truth from the American people.
I'm not running for office and I'm giving my book away for free. Why don't you read it and tell everyone you know about the jaw-dropping corruption? If the public ever finds out how corrupt these guys are--their done!
Feel free to post my book on any social media platform you like. From my own personal experience, I think word of mouth is the only way the public will ever find out that their representatives have sold them out. However, if you know an honest journalist, I would be happy to talk with them.
Welcome back Mike, this is your first column since Trump was inaugurated. Where have you been?
I've been writing and calling Congress--I feel it does NOTHING! I went to the women's March in FT Myers, I donate until I am broke!
What else can we do>
Do what is effective, not what makes you feel better. Studies have shown that the most effective way to affect the actions of political leaders is voting, particularly in primaries. Next is calling and writing. Then donating. Then volunteering for campaigns. Marching is not that effective and can backfire. Any vandalism, long term occupations, or unauthorized blocking of traffic alienates other voters and political leaders. Marching is more effective if specific, simple, realistic demands are made, if large numbers march and if the march has broad socioeconomic, cultural and racial demographics. Small numbers, mostly college students or aging hippies will discredit the march as will vague or unrealistic demands.
I did it all for the last election-joined committees, wrote post cards, letters, donated, made phone calls, so nothing mattered--but I did feel I did a lot more than other people I know.
exactly
Join your local Indivisible group. You can also check them out online-- they have a game plan, weekly meetings, actions, and support.
Thank you Michael. Stay safe.
The following link explains why Trump and Musk's actions will cause a catastrophic flu season starting in the fall of 2025. The selection of the flu strain and the production of the vaccines must begin in February, the month we are already in.
https://open.substack.com/pub/gloriajmaloney/p/a-humane-alternate-to-genocide?r=2sgcn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
thank you and terrifying
We must begin to refer to Musk by his title…”President Musk”. Love the idea of a general action…something in which all like-minded folks might participate. Worker’s strike, a virtual blitz on the White House, a march in every city….Right now, we must pound our folks in Congress to take back their power, because that is OUR power as well. We elected them to serve our interests, not those of Donald J TrumpMusk, and we had better start demanding actions.
Donald Trump is only part of the problem. THEY ARE ALL BRIBE TAKING WHORES! Nothing is going to change until we collectively demand an end to the system of legalized bribery that got us into this mess in the first place.
Go to my Substack for a free digital copy of my book: The Illusion of Justice. It proves both major political parties, all three branches of federal government, and virtually every media outlet has sold us out.
However, a march in every city is good idea. But, demand their resignations--not change their bought and paid for positions.
Yes, and get the NY Times and the MSM to do the same. It will drive Trump nuts.
Time for the military to stop this mess. They are our last hope and will regret staying neutral.
The military is more likely to enforce this mess.
The President is in charge of the Military.
Michael - I like your movies, and I like reading your articles, but I find this lamenting on your part hypocritical. Before the elections, You and others like Mehdi kept using your bullhorn to berate President Joe and Kamala for the war in Gaza and kept talking about just that one topic. The result, Arabs in mass did not vote for Kamala. No elections are a one-topic issue, and you and Mehdi own a part of the fault for T being elected. And now you are seeing the results of that. Instead, IMHO, you should have toned down the rhetoric, worked with the Arab community in Michigan & convinced them to vote for Kamala, and then worked with the new govt to solve the crisis in the Middle East. But, all of that is water under the bridge. We are all paying for this now.
It is not the case that we must support ethnic cleansing and brutality against innocent civilians or vote against Trump. Many of us objected to ethnic cleansing and objected to Trump and should not suffer finger pointing from those who did not object to the brutality. This type of meanness will not get us to a peace plan or help to support democracy.
Mean me?? I thought it was an earnest plea and accepting the share of the blame. There is no finger-pointing here, and you are assuming that I don't object to ethnic cleansing or brutality. Where did you get that from? Our family voted blue up and done the ticket, donated to everyone who asked for donations, Vindman, Fetterman, Kamala, was parts of the 'Indian for Kamala' group, did phone banking...everything I could do from California.
When are you going to wake-up and realize that both parties are corrupt? The Democrats take bribes from the same corporate criminals as the Republicans.
The Republicans and Democrats are using your tax dollars to fund, arm, and provide political cover for genocide—the worst crime known to man. To add insult to injury, these heinous war criminals say that they support Israel’s right to defend itself—like slaughtering thousands of innocent children could ever be considered self-defense. If this is not enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two horrifically corrupt political parties—what the hell would be?
What if I told you that I could prove the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties have been conspiring together to subvert the rule of law? You know, conspiring together to strip away everyone’s constitutional rights--including yours. Would proof of treason be enough of a reason to withdraw your support from these two bought and paid for political parties? Well, I have that proof. I put it in a book. All you have to do is read it. Go to my Substack for a free digital copy.
We can't say for certain that losing the Arab vote lost Harris the election. Many of them were upset with Biden before Michael and Mehdi Hasan started speaking out. We know a large number of voters stayed home. It wasn't just Arabs, exit polls showed the number one issue was the economy. A lot of Arabs weren't going to vote for Harris anyway, Michael Moore has very little do do with it, don't put all of the blame on him, blame everyone that stayed home.
You hit it on the head. How stupid for any one to have imagined Trump would be of any help. Of course President Harris would have protected Israel but would have worked towards a solution -But no Dems have to be so pure. We are so fucked and talking about it does nothing as we sit here and watch it all burn down in weeks
You are right. The demand to stop selling weapons to Israel was unrealistic. All the demands Michael was making would have cost Harris more votes from supporters of Israel than she would have gained from supporters of the Palestinian cause. Harris did the best she could threading the needle between the two.
A better approach would be to demand the Palestinians renounce terrorism, renounce armed struggle and adopt Ghandi or MLK nonviolent resistance strategies. Also, demand the Palestinians set aside their one state solution for now. The unified Jewish - Palestinian state may be possible after a few generations of a Palestinian state living in peace beside Israel, but it is unrealistic anytime soon, not with all the atrocities each side has committed against the other.
Thanks for writing, Mike. I've missed you.
Hi Michael,
My latest novel, NEXT: A Woman's War on Washington, just went up on Amazon KDP. In it, Senator Margaret "Maggie" Malone shows us how to drive big money out of politics, which, as you and your readers know, allows oligarchs seize control of our government and our lives.
Her Civics 101 Bill would start start to reunite Americans via civics education for everybody, young to old, which we can do starting now, coup or no coup.
Next, Maggie's Bill would make Election Day an annual national holiday with easy access to voting by all eligible citizens.
Next, a return to mandatory military--or something new: optional national--service would help unite Americans who would otherwise never meet one another.
And, most important, term limits--starting with the U.S. Congress--would allow more non-politicians to serve and (free from fear about re-election) vote their consciences.
What do you think?
Maureen Mylander
Author
I have been waiting to hear from you. Thank you. My feeling right now is that I just want to leave the country. That so many millions of Americans hated me and my family, JUST for being educated and caring about our planet, is almost too much to bear.