Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
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It was a dark, dark day when US cops repurposed this wise adage by inverting its meaning. Or maybe it's just the LAPD, but they use it a lot and I hate it.
@AdrianRiskin @jzb @inthehands how very armed gang of them. Feels very thin blue line punisher logo.
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His cognitive abilities have never been that great, which is why he used to keep his academic records private.
Being a thug and a bully works only until it doesn't. He's so ready lost his war with Iran, and oil prices went up again today in reaction to his threats.And
He's been vigorously TACOing on every deadline he's set. Iran is getting $2 million for every ship they let through. And with the presence of VIA assets being active in Iran publicly known because of news reports of CIA activity in the rescue of the lost pilot, you can be sure those agents will be hunted down, even if it means killing 100 suspects for each real one.
This is the essence of survival. Iran can't afford to back down, ever. Not to the US, not to Israel, not to anyone. The US simply doesn't have the manpower to pull off a successful invasion, which wouldn't reopen the Strait anyway, and businesses would prefer to pay the Iranians to let their ships through rather than have them blocked for the next 3 months or more.
Simple economics. Trump is a lame duck even before the midterms.
@barbra @inthehands I do not disagree. However, if one is to speak of mental illness, you need to prove degradation, and since he has never been able to negotiate and always been a thug to impose his terms/condition, he isn't really degrading. He is just stuck into conditions where he was NEVER able to deal with.
(he is a mafioso thug unless subservient to someone who rescued him financially like the Russians).The crowd size when first elected closer to psychosis illness than current war.
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My fellow people of the United States, if I have anything to teach from what Minneapolis just lived through, it is this:
Nobody is coming to save us.
Not Congress. Not the courts. Not the ICC or the EU or NATO. Not the generals or the rank and file. Not the press. Not the markets. Not the elections. Not some mythical version of “The People” that materializes out of nowhere as some messianic external force.
We’re it. We’re all we’ve got. If we don’t stop fascism from completely engulfing the US, then nobody stops it.
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@inthehands This is definitely where I am. We have (only) whispers of opportunities in a different country, but excitement gave way to a sense of responsibility, of rolling up our sleeves to fight for our communities and a different vision of our country. Few have the option to leave. That means we fight or roll over. The latter doesn’t really seem like an option.
LOVE the Carolyn Forche callout. I pulled her books out when this all started. They’re still on the corner of my desk.
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And of course there are a thousand practical lessons in fighting authoritarians, and we are passing them on as best we can as so many thousands of thousands have before us — but for now, for today, this is the one thing I can tell you: stop waiting for someone else to save you. This is it. We’re all we’ve got. Either we do this or no one does.
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It is either the beginning or the end
of the world, and the choice is ourselves
or nothing.
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@inthehands A labor organizer once told my colleagues & me something along the same lines to what you're saying now, and I've come back to it again and again in the years since, since applies in many contexts:
"If you’re waiting for the cavalry to come over the hill, they’re not coming. It’s just you, but you are enough."It's just us, but we are enough!
@belehaa @inthehands They are loud , but they are few. We are many! We are right!
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@inthehands Paul, this extraordinary lesson for these times can't be allowed to disappear into the depths of old Mastodon posts. Please pull it together into a pdf. I promise to help disseminate it, and hard copies. Thanks for giving me another grain of hope.
@knownasrose @inthehands yes, this.
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It was clarifying. We knew, with complete certainty, that nobody was coming to save us.
If we don’t stand in their way when they come to kidnap our neighbors, nobody will stand in their way.
If we don’t try to help people who need to hide, nobody will help them hide.
If we don’t try to feed people who can’t work, can’t even go outside to get food, nobody will feed them.
It put things into focus really fast.
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@inthehands @jenniferplusplus "If not us, who? If not now, when?"
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Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.
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@inthehands yeah no one will be dropping "liberation" bombs on this regime (or the civilians who aren't doing enough to overthrow the regime) as USA have done around the world for almost a century. Guess the pedo in chief's regime & the oligarchy behind it also knows this fact and doing whatever they want with impunity as they know next iToy is just the perfect distraction that will keep a majority not giving a hoot about what is happening around them...
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@barbra @inthehands I do not disagree. However, if one is to speak of mental illness, you need to prove degradation, and since he has never been able to negotiate and always been a thug to impose his terms/condition, he isn't really degrading. He is just stuck into conditions where he was NEVER able to deal with.
(he is a mafioso thug unless subservient to someone who rescued him financially like the Russians).The crowd size when first elected closer to psychosis illness than current war.
@jfmezei @inthehands you don't have to prove mental degradation for a mental illness diagnosis. Look at the people who are obviously mentally ill without any past baseline history, based on their current behaviour.
When someone is standing on the corner howling at the moon it's obvious they have a problem. When they let addictions drive their every action they're tucked up at a pretty basic level. When they want sex with underage minors who can't consent and they insist it's the kids fault they are messed up. And then there's bestiality ...
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if enough of us wrote/emailed/phoned/screamed outside their office to our congressional reps to IMPEACH or face voter outrage leading to being voted out, and kept it up, we could regain our democracy
citizensimpeachment.com/
@inthehands @libramoon Please read again what Paul wrote.
Parliamentary democracy is not going to save you from fascism. You and I will. -
Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116354480071471219
@inthehands brilliant thread and very chilling that the fascists and billionaires have taken such control that it is up to individuals sharing with each other to resist the invasion by the evil forces. Well done and thank you. I hope I never have to experience it in such a raw way.
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[The quote is from the book _The Country Between Us_ by Carolyn Forché. It is some of the most powerful and gut-wrenching poetry I’ve ever read, and the book still burns like a hot coal in my hands when I hold it. The book is among other things the origin of my handle, “in the hands.” Don’t look up that quote; look up the book. Read it slowly. You’ll know the quotes when you find them.]
@inthehands
I checked out the book.
These poems aren't exactly jumping into my lap but I'll give them a few reads.
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@jfmezei @inthehands you don't have to prove mental degradation for a mental illness diagnosis. Look at the people who are obviously mentally ill without any past baseline history, based on their current behaviour.
When someone is standing on the corner howling at the moon it's obvious they have a problem. When they let addictions drive their every action they're tucked up at a pretty basic level. When they want sex with underage minors who can't consent and they insist it's the kids fault they are messed up. And then there's bestiality ...
@barbra @inthehands The problem is that by the time the signs of demantia are obvious enough to diagnoze officially, the person is already pretty advanced, (but can still have good days).
In a case such as Trump, because the chief of staff can hide the president on his down days, we don't get to see such obvious signs. The tell will be when he forgets to use utensils during state dinner visible to foreign leaders (or to media).
Differentiating between normal Trump & mental illness is hard
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@inthehands First things first: THANK YOU for your service!
What you describe is how it always is in war. We are at war against a fascist, racist theocracy. Either we win this war or much of the world descends into a slave pit of misery.
And we are winning it! Crimethinc's analysis shows deportation flights from Minneapolis plunged after that Jan 14 neighborhood uprising.
Now Trump is in a war with Iran that he sought just after it became clear he had no path to victory in Minneapolis. He's losing there too.
Notice there have been no futher large scale, widely reported urban invasions intended to sow fear.
The deportation machine grinds on, one of the main threats now seems to be 287 (g) in shithole states like Florida which are much harder to fight. This however isn't flashy stuff that energizes the GOP base.
As I said elsewhere, a defeat for Trump in Minneapolis followed by a defeat for him in Iran could trigger a blowout defeat for the GOP in November even over ICE agents at polls etc. If THAT happens, Trump loses much of his influence, cannot rule by decree, cannot push bills through an opposing Congress-and loses his path to an illegal 3ed term or otherwise staying in office past Jan 20 2029. Sweeping him out will leave the Dems owing huge debts to our street fighters and a torrent of public rage will be unleashed against the GOP. Hopefully we can then throw down everything Trump stands for and smash it to bits, burn it to ashes.
If Trump goes for an auto-coup after defeats in Minneapolis and Iran, expect it to blow up in his face. In that scenario, we may be able to get him out immediately. Every Federal official will have to choose between obeying Trump and obeying the courts, and they will mostly be trying to cover their own asses.
Worst comes to worst we fight an open-ended guerilla war, and Trump's successors are never able to pacify the continent. Eventually their regime burns out, exhausted from the war.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations
I have one suggestion, go after the money of the billionaires funding MAGA.
Here's a list to be Investigated for RICO & sedition.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Seid, Uihlein.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/the-vested-interests-lobbying-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas-expansion/
The fossil fuel industry funds fascism globally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
Tech is co-opted
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
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Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outrage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.
🧵
So in essence
The time for an overthrow has come -
And of course there are a thousand practical lessons in fighting authoritarians, and we are passing them on as best we can as so many thousands of thousands have before us — but for now, for today, this is the one thing I can tell you: stop waiting for someone else to save you. This is it. We’re all we’ve got. Either we do this or no one does.
❝
It is either the beginning or the end
of the world, and the choice is ourselves
or nothing.
❞/end
what you all did there was amazing to see and i'm so sorry you were the ones who had to do it.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations
I have one suggestion, go after the money of the billionaires funding MAGA.
Here's a list to be Investigated for RICO & sedition.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Seid, Uihlein.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/the-vested-interests-lobbying-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas-expansion/
The fossil fuel industry funds fascism globally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
Tech is co-opted
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
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@Npars01 @LukefromDC @inthehands
Expropriation Now!
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations
I have one suggestion, go after the money of the billionaires funding MAGA.
Here's a list to be Investigated for RICO & sedition.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Seid, Uihlein.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/the-vested-interests-lobbying-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas-expansion/
The fossil fuel industry funds fascism globally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
Tech is co-opted
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
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63 billionaires funded Jan 6.
Mueller never investigated the recipients of Putin's election meddling.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
This isn’t simply campaign finance, it's vast public corruption on an international scale.
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63 billionaires funded Jan 6.
Mueller never investigated the recipients of Putin's election meddling.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
This isn’t simply campaign finance, it's vast public corruption on an international scale.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.htmlhttps://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
The donors that bought 147 congressional election deniers, a Supreme Court, and numerous government bodies
Investigate these entities first.
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,510 -
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.htmlhttps://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
The donors that bought 147 congressional election deniers, a Supreme Court, and numerous government bodies
Investigate these entities first.
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,5104/
10. Securing American Greatness $67,558,284
11. Senate Leadership Fund $67,445,300
12. Club for Growth $59,846,594
13. Koch Inc $49,092,685
14. Blackstone Group $48,609,890
15. Stand Together Chamber of Commerce $44,801,948
16. Restoration PAC $41,168,363
17. Crownquest Operating $35,752,512
18. Bigelow Aerospace $34,991,590
19. Building America's Future $33,670,000
20. Stephens Inc $27,343,518
21. British American Tobacco $26,175,838
22. American Prosperity Alliance $22,549,000
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