Mike, I think the root of the problem may be embedded in your statement —
“They have also violated international law to which the United States is bound by treaty commitments”
Trump and his loyalists no longer regard us as “the United States.”
I’m not saying this to be flippant. Trump sees our country as a series of regimes, and he doesn’t see himself as having any responsibility for agreements made under prior regimes. They are gone.
There is no such thing as the “United States,” which continues to exist after a regime departs. Right now there is only TRUMP.
And, most remarkably, he has a whole party that has adopted this change. Agreements made by Biden, or Obama, or Bush, or Clinton, or ANY prior regime mean nothing to him, and — apparently — to them.
I want to send this to my representatives. However I don’t understand item 6. I don’t understand what a statutory cause for action is and feel a little out of integrity if I send this without understanding that. I could send this without item 6 but I suspect I’d be for item 6. Does item 6 basically close legal loopholes for violating the 4th amendment for ‘terrorists’?
"You faced a test on January 6th. Many of you failed it by voting to object to electoral certification even after the attack."
They faced another test on January 6, 2025, when they were asked to certify electoral votes cast for someone clearly denied passive suffrage under the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution due to the events of January 6, 2021.
Congress's authority to adjudicate that section was established when the Senate declined to seat Zebulon Vance, purported US Senator from North Carolina, following the Civil War.
Dude, why not use your platform to advocate for some real grass roots actions instead of barking up a useless tree we all know 1) Does not have the desire to do anything about the situation, and 2) Does not possess the power to do anything even if they possessed the desire?
These fascists are now invading foreign countries without even mentioning it the congress, and teeing up their next targets, and you want us to go beg our "representatives," at least half of whom support this shit, to stop the rogue dictator who repeatedly shows us he doesn't give a rat's ass about what Congress thinks?
This is on us, no one will save us. We need a mass citizen movement, this country needs to be grinded to a halt until this shit stops and everyone responsible is brought to justice. Why not say that to your followers? Why not recommend steps towards something real, something that recognizes that the old system is DEAD, and something that can put agency back in our hands?
I will send Mike's letter to my entire email list of physicians, scientists, friends and family. I will urge them to do the same and send the letter to their Senators and Congressmen & women.
But I do see the harsh reality that you also see. This is a coup by Trump and his Hitlerian cabinet. We delude ourselves into thinking the Congress will "heal" itself as a result of midterm elections. That is fantasy. There will be no legitimate elections come November.
We are seeing how a sociopath who was elected into office as the most powerful leader of a country invades and desecrates our lives and the lives of others. Ukraine is now a sacrificial lamb to Putin. Taiwan will bend under the iron hell of Xi Jinping. What we are seeing in America is a "Master Race" mentality, when eventually anyone that is not white, blond-haired and bowing to the Führer will be removed. You see this in Trump's obsession with blonde and attractive women, his fascination with that which glitters, and his obsession to consume all that he can. He epitomizes gluttony of the soul.
Tyrantosaurus Rex and his DumbRoe Policy, will lead us into WWIII. That we have had a SCOTUS and a Congress that enabled this scumbag and his executive cabinet, goes beyond what almost anyone could imagine. If Trump and his goons are not put in their place, we will be witness to a horror that humanity has not seen before.
A "No Kings" March will not alter their tactics. It will not inject morality into the Republican Congress. The entire country that cares about any vestige of what once was America must act now, or our Nation as we have known it is lost.
• Trump's violations in the US and internationally will not change; they will worsen.
• The Epstein files will take months before their release, and will be so heavily redacted that no one will be able to know the truth. Only the Epstein estate can release unredacted files to show the citizenry and the world what did occur. Those women who were violated as youths, should speak up.
• We have already forgotten about the September 2nd boat strike video. There is terrible follow-up by an effete Democratic Congress.
• Trump will keep the Maduro politicians in place, since they will pay off Trump in either money or gold. Everything Trump does is based on consuming. He is indeed Tyrantosaurus Rex.
• Trump is absolutely acting as a Russian operative. And we stupid shits have allowed him to sacrifice the lives of those in Ukraine, and the lives of many civilians (elders, women, children and infants) in Gaza, and did nothing. The same with citizens and non-citizens in the US who were part of the American work force.
Yes, the Democrats fucked up by not doing anything substantial regarding immigration. And the Democrats under Biden were like a cup of coffee diluted with water.
We stupid Americans do not spend our time, our cognitive work to elect visionaries to positions of power. We are into the glitz and superficial attractions and not into the core of a person's vision for legacy, unity and love. If somehow, we come out of this, we had better learn our lesson about how to choose the people that steer our ship, that decide on our course, and that safeguard us in heavy weather.
Thank you for sharing. I will be using it also. It would be wonderful to attach a million signatures believing it could quickly move through the country as a petition e.g., https://www.thepetitionsite.com/
My 3 Stooges wouldn't have a clue if I emailed this to them! All 3 issued why they supported the🍊 💩 🤡 on Venezuela! I'd get a canned response 😆 Great piece 👍🏾 should be a petition.
I'm Canadian, so I have no Representatives or Senators to send this to, but I hope true Americans will use this in their communications with their Representative and Senators! The comment suggesting this become a petition is a good one too.
This is what patriotism looks like.
May we send this out to our congress members with attribution?
Sure
Done
Thank you Cindy for asking this because I was about to ask the same! :) Thank you Mike for writing this up!
I do hope you are sending a copy of this to each individual member of Congress.
I absolutely, wholeheartedly , unreservedly second this motion.
Mike, I think the root of the problem may be embedded in your statement —
“They have also violated international law to which the United States is bound by treaty commitments”
Trump and his loyalists no longer regard us as “the United States.”
I’m not saying this to be flippant. Trump sees our country as a series of regimes, and he doesn’t see himself as having any responsibility for agreements made under prior regimes. They are gone.
There is no such thing as the “United States,” which continues to exist after a regime departs. Right now there is only TRUMP.
And, most remarkably, he has a whole party that has adopted this change. Agreements made by Biden, or Obama, or Bush, or Clinton, or ANY prior regime mean nothing to him, and — apparently — to them.
We had better digest this fact.
That's very insightful framing of the regime's POV.
Excellent letter. I will email it with your permission to my Representative and Senators.
Cosign.
I want to send this to my representatives. However I don’t understand item 6. I don’t understand what a statutory cause for action is and feel a little out of integrity if I send this without understanding that. I could send this without item 6 but I suspect I’d be for item 6. Does item 6 basically close legal loopholes for violating the 4th amendment for ‘terrorists’?
I concur.
"You faced a test on January 6th. Many of you failed it by voting to object to electoral certification even after the attack."
They faced another test on January 6, 2025, when they were asked to certify electoral votes cast for someone clearly denied passive suffrage under the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution due to the events of January 6, 2021.
Congress's authority to adjudicate that section was established when the Senate declined to seat Zebulon Vance, purported US Senator from North Carolina, following the Civil War.
All of them failed that test.
Dude, why not use your platform to advocate for some real grass roots actions instead of barking up a useless tree we all know 1) Does not have the desire to do anything about the situation, and 2) Does not possess the power to do anything even if they possessed the desire?
These fascists are now invading foreign countries without even mentioning it the congress, and teeing up their next targets, and you want us to go beg our "representatives," at least half of whom support this shit, to stop the rogue dictator who repeatedly shows us he doesn't give a rat's ass about what Congress thinks?
This is on us, no one will save us. We need a mass citizen movement, this country needs to be grinded to a halt until this shit stops and everyone responsible is brought to justice. Why not say that to your followers? Why not recommend steps towards something real, something that recognizes that the old system is DEAD, and something that can put agency back in our hands?
I will send Mike's letter to my entire email list of physicians, scientists, friends and family. I will urge them to do the same and send the letter to their Senators and Congressmen & women.
But I do see the harsh reality that you also see. This is a coup by Trump and his Hitlerian cabinet. We delude ourselves into thinking the Congress will "heal" itself as a result of midterm elections. That is fantasy. There will be no legitimate elections come November.
We are seeing how a sociopath who was elected into office as the most powerful leader of a country invades and desecrates our lives and the lives of others. Ukraine is now a sacrificial lamb to Putin. Taiwan will bend under the iron hell of Xi Jinping. What we are seeing in America is a "Master Race" mentality, when eventually anyone that is not white, blond-haired and bowing to the Führer will be removed. You see this in Trump's obsession with blonde and attractive women, his fascination with that which glitters, and his obsession to consume all that he can. He epitomizes gluttony of the soul.
Tyrantosaurus Rex and his DumbRoe Policy, will lead us into WWIII. That we have had a SCOTUS and a Congress that enabled this scumbag and his executive cabinet, goes beyond what almost anyone could imagine. If Trump and his goons are not put in their place, we will be witness to a horror that humanity has not seen before.
A "No Kings" March will not alter their tactics. It will not inject morality into the Republican Congress. The entire country that cares about any vestige of what once was America must act now, or our Nation as we have known it is lost.
• Trump's violations in the US and internationally will not change; they will worsen.
• The Epstein files will take months before their release, and will be so heavily redacted that no one will be able to know the truth. Only the Epstein estate can release unredacted files to show the citizenry and the world what did occur. Those women who were violated as youths, should speak up.
• We have already forgotten about the September 2nd boat strike video. There is terrible follow-up by an effete Democratic Congress.
• Trump will keep the Maduro politicians in place, since they will pay off Trump in either money or gold. Everything Trump does is based on consuming. He is indeed Tyrantosaurus Rex.
• Trump is absolutely acting as a Russian operative. And we stupid shits have allowed him to sacrifice the lives of those in Ukraine, and the lives of many civilians (elders, women, children and infants) in Gaza, and did nothing. The same with citizens and non-citizens in the US who were part of the American work force.
Yes, the Democrats fucked up by not doing anything substantial regarding immigration. And the Democrats under Biden were like a cup of coffee diluted with water.
We stupid Americans do not spend our time, our cognitive work to elect visionaries to positions of power. We are into the glitz and superficial attractions and not into the core of a person's vision for legacy, unity and love. If somehow, we come out of this, we had better learn our lesson about how to choose the people that steer our ship, that decide on our course, and that safeguard us in heavy weather.
Thank you for sharing. I will be using it also. It would be wonderful to attach a million signatures believing it could quickly move through the country as a petition e.g., https://www.thepetitionsite.com/
My 3 Stooges wouldn't have a clue if I emailed this to them! All 3 issued why they supported the🍊 💩 🤡 on Venezuela! I'd get a canned response 😆 Great piece 👍🏾 should be a petition.
Mike, can you start a petition to add to the letter. Maybe by state. I will sign anything to help raise awareness to your great letter!
I'm Canadian, so I have no Representatives or Senators to send this to, but I hope true Americans will use this in their communications with their Representative and Senators! The comment suggesting this become a petition is a good one too.
The American empire is built on the abuse of people domestically and internationally. https://fluidhistory.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-abuse-a-states-true?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=6fn53y