Newly filed FEC documents reveal that three PACs that claim to oppose Trump and Republican policies — Lead Left PAC, Real Change PAC, and California Blue PAC — are wholly funded by the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).
Bible stories are a violation of the First Amendment unless they are part of a curriculum that introduces stories from many cultures. They are forcing kids of other faiths or no faith to learn about their own version of Christianity in public schools at taxpayers’ expense.
Thank you as always, Judd, for your dedicated work... it is good to see this brief breakdown of troubling news items all at once, to remind us of what is goign on all around us.
The silence is deafening! Why aren’t we talking out loud and directly about this threat Trump is making to our country? Are we all afraid that we’ll look stupid, or foolish or alarmists? What if we’re wrong? What are our representative in DC doing?
OK I’ll just come out and say it. I have serious concerns about the future of this country and by November tit could be either too late of a much bigger fight.
I suggest we band together in developing an organized resistance now and get prepared.
I had ChatGPT to do a deep dive into Trumps actions which can be seen as a threat to our democracy. You can find the full results on My Substack.
It’s conclusion was:
Taken individually, many of President Trump’s actions can be defended as aggressive uses of presidential authority, efforts to make the executive branch accountable to an elected president, or attempts to combat alleged corruption, illegal immigration, antisemitism, bureaucratic resistance and election fraud.
Taken together, however, they form a coherent structure of presidential power consolidation. That structure could be used during a disputed election to pressure state officials, control federal law enforcement, remove resistant employees, weaken independent oversight, punish institutional opposition and deploy federal forces.
I see this as a way of saying that piece by piece fundamental checks and balances and internal governmental watchdogs are being chipped away or fired.
Listed below are some specific points noted:
- [ ] The 2020 attempt to overturn an election remains the most important evidence
- [ ] The January 6 pardons
- [ ] Attempting to bring election administration under presidential influence (and away from the states)
- [ ] Attempting to bring election administration under presidential influence (firing government employees who might stand in the way)
- [ ] Subordinating independent agencies to the White House
- [ ] Removing inspectors general and weakening internal oversight
- [ ] Politicization or selective use of the Justice Department
- [ ] Weakening Congress’s control of spending and government structure
- [ ] Retaliatory measures against law firms
- [ ] Pressure on the press and control of access
- [ ] Using federal funding to compel universities and civil society
- [ ] Broad emergency powers and uncertain compliance with courts
- [ ] Domestic deployment of the military and federal forces
- [ ] Reshaping military and intelligence leadership
- [ ] Centralizing government information and personal data
How these powers could operate together
The danger is not best understood as Trump issuing a single order declaring himself dictator. Modern democratic breakdown usually occurs through an accumulation of formally plausible actions.
A hypothetical disputed transfer could proceed as follows:
1. Trump declares that the result is fraudulent, relying on mailed ballots, noncitizen voting or irregularities.
2. Federal databases produce lists questioning voter eligibility, while the Justice Department investigates election officials.
3. State officials are pressured through subpoenas, grant threats, criminal investigations or public attacks.
4. Career employees who reject unsupported claims are removed or bypassed.
5. Inspectors general and independent agencies have reduced ability to expose internal misconduct.
6. Federal forces are deployed around protests or government facilities, officially for public safety or federal protection.
7. Law firms, media organizations and universities face financial or regulatory pressure, reducing organized resistance.
8. Emergency appeals allow contested measures to remain temporarily effective, delaying a final judicial resolution.
9. Congress is asked to reject, delay or reinterpret state certifications amid manufactured uncertainty.
What does this kind of BIG dark money buy? Justice prevention - if that is a thing - comes to mind. Ms Reneè Good and Mr Alex Pretti. Please don't forget their names. There will be justice when we citizens take back our government.
These were designed with the hope, if properly distributed to MAGA devotees, that it might help accelerate their disaffection. Royalty free, feel free to distribute as useful.
We need to overturn citizens united. We have begun to do so, one state at a time. Two down, 48 to go,
Thank you for your work.
Bible stories are a violation of the First Amendment unless they are part of a curriculum that introduces stories from many cultures. They are forcing kids of other faiths or no faith to learn about their own version of Christianity in public schools at taxpayers’ expense.
Thank you as always, Judd, for your dedicated work... it is good to see this brief breakdown of troubling news items all at once, to remind us of what is goign on all around us.
The elephant in the country!
Or where were you when democracy died.
The silence is deafening! Why aren’t we talking out loud and directly about this threat Trump is making to our country? Are we all afraid that we’ll look stupid, or foolish or alarmists? What if we’re wrong? What are our representative in DC doing?
OK I’ll just come out and say it. I have serious concerns about the future of this country and by November tit could be either too late of a much bigger fight.
I suggest we band together in developing an organized resistance now and get prepared.
I had ChatGPT to do a deep dive into Trumps actions which can be seen as a threat to our democracy. You can find the full results on My Substack.
It’s conclusion was:
Taken individually, many of President Trump’s actions can be defended as aggressive uses of presidential authority, efforts to make the executive branch accountable to an elected president, or attempts to combat alleged corruption, illegal immigration, antisemitism, bureaucratic resistance and election fraud.
Taken together, however, they form a coherent structure of presidential power consolidation. That structure could be used during a disputed election to pressure state officials, control federal law enforcement, remove resistant employees, weaken independent oversight, punish institutional opposition and deploy federal forces.
I see this as a way of saying that piece by piece fundamental checks and balances and internal governmental watchdogs are being chipped away or fired.
Listed below are some specific points noted:
- [ ] The 2020 attempt to overturn an election remains the most important evidence
- [ ] The January 6 pardons
- [ ] Attempting to bring election administration under presidential influence (and away from the states)
- [ ] Attempting to bring election administration under presidential influence (firing government employees who might stand in the way)
- [ ] Subordinating independent agencies to the White House
- [ ] Removing inspectors general and weakening internal oversight
- [ ] Politicization or selective use of the Justice Department
- [ ] Weakening Congress’s control of spending and government structure
- [ ] Retaliatory measures against law firms
- [ ] Pressure on the press and control of access
- [ ] Using federal funding to compel universities and civil society
- [ ] Broad emergency powers and uncertain compliance with courts
- [ ] Domestic deployment of the military and federal forces
- [ ] Reshaping military and intelligence leadership
- [ ] Centralizing government information and personal data
How these powers could operate together
The danger is not best understood as Trump issuing a single order declaring himself dictator. Modern democratic breakdown usually occurs through an accumulation of formally plausible actions.
A hypothetical disputed transfer could proceed as follows:
1. Trump declares that the result is fraudulent, relying on mailed ballots, noncitizen voting or irregularities.
2. Federal databases produce lists questioning voter eligibility, while the Justice Department investigates election officials.
3. State officials are pressured through subpoenas, grant threats, criminal investigations or public attacks.
4. Career employees who reject unsupported claims are removed or bypassed.
5. Inspectors general and independent agencies have reduced ability to expose internal misconduct.
6. Federal forces are deployed around protests or government facilities, officially for public safety or federal protection.
7. Law firms, media organizations and universities face financial or regulatory pressure, reducing organized resistance.
8. Emergency appeals allow contested measures to remain temporarily effective, delaying a final judicial resolution.
9. Congress is asked to reject, delay or reinterpret state certifications amid manufactured uncertainty.
It does state that all is not lost yet.
He’s a link to the full report.
https://2tuttlechris.substack.com/p/the-elephant-in-the-country-128
What does this kind of BIG dark money buy? Justice prevention - if that is a thing - comes to mind. Ms Reneè Good and Mr Alex Pretti. Please don't forget their names. There will be justice when we citizens take back our government.
These were designed with the hope, if properly distributed to MAGA devotees, that it might help accelerate their disaffection. Royalty free, feel free to distribute as useful.