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The smell of napalm in the morning reminds me of... Liberty

FDR’s [FN1] 1st 100 days in the WH received spl attention. He took office “at a desperate time, in the 4th year of a worldwide depression" [FN2] & the 100 days were of “bold leadership & executive-legislative harmony.” [FN3] Also, FDR was not a dictator. 1/10

The Great Depression followed 12 years of GOP catering to the rich. trump’s 1st week follows 4 yrs of Biden trying to undo damage of 2017-2021. What trump did last week brings to mind Liberty. B4 that, consider trump in…

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Added by Mark Small on January 27, 2025 at 7:30am — No Comments

We brought an end to involvement in Vietnam & we must unify again to fight the evil that is trump

“Vietnam” is both a country & shorthand for U.S. military actions in Southeast Asia, from before 8/2/65 [FN1] to after 4/29/75. [FN2] As more people protested the “war” [FN3] other causes had victories, including women’s rights, civil rights and a cleaner environment. 1/10

Nixon was elected Pres in 1968 w/false promise of a “secret” plan for “peace with honor.” [FN4] Nixon resigned 8/9/74 & the last chopper lifted off the U.S. embassy 04/29/75. Pres Carter won the WH in 1976.…

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Added by Mark Small on January 24, 2025 at 10:07pm — No Comments

Response to an email from trump: go fu.....

As I reviewed emails from the past week, I saw one, purportedly

from you, that made me pause:

“I’d love to hear from you after facing the corrupt court.” 1/6



I thought “the corrupt court” you referenced was the Supreme

Court of the United States a/k/a “SCOTUS.” Records released

to the public, so far, show some of the six justices of your 6-3

majority make, or have made, a shit-load on the side. 2/6



Their corruption is historic. I read the silly-ass… Continue

Added by Mark Small on January 24, 2025 at 10:16am — No Comments

Exec order does not trump Const'n, unless SCOTUS...

Our democracy [FN1] is disappearing fast as evidence tying trump to Jeffrey Epstein’s Virgin Islands rape haven. [FN2] This significant play comes early in the 2nd term of office trump’s stolen. trump signed an executive order to eliminate part of the Constitution.... 1/10

the document trump swore to “preserve, protect and defend” [FN3] Monday morning away from the elements. Titled “PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP” (sic) the order falsely asserts “the Fourteenth…

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Added by Mark Small on January 22, 2025 at 4:48pm — No Comments

Ladies & gentlemen, this way to the ... er, showers.

Americans do not fathom what a “dictator” [FN1] is or what is “absolute” power. [FN2] Examples from ancient times include Roman Emperor Caligula who ordered his horse be made a member of the Senate. [FN3] In more recent examples, a quality to consider is cowardice. 1/11

Dictators rarely kill people themselves, but issue orders to minions in, or over, the trenches & corpses are covered w/quicklime [FN4] before the trench is filled w/dirt. A few who engage in hands-on homicide…

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Added by Mark Small on January 22, 2025 at 10:18am — No Comments

trump's bragging about it

People often inaccurately quote Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Consistency is critical to mathematics (e.g., values of 1 & 0 are constant), languages (words have consistent meanings) & other things vital to society. That includes laws. 1/8

There still is time for Pres Biden to invoke emergency powers and stop the inauguration today of a person who was part of an insurrection (Jan 6) & who took office in 2017 as s/he gave “aid or…

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Added by Mark Small on January 20, 2025 at 9:33am — No Comments

trump's bragging 2024's election was hacked - for her/his benefit

The USA has been hit by an “Arctic blast.” In pro football playoffs [FN1] players look goddamn cold. The league consists of 32 teams, whose billionaire owners look down from luxury suites. A “free market” is critical to “freedom” of capitalist societies. Guests are in the suites. 1/9

Yes, inauguration is set for tomorrow, but here are reasons that should not be allowed office:

1) said s/he will terminate the Constitution that s/he must swear “to preserve, protect & defend.”…

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Added by Mark Small on January 19, 2025 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Erroneous parallels between trump & Hitler

Once more & perhaps for the final time, I address erroneous parallels between trump & der leader of der Fatherland, 1933-1945.

1) Hitler had one testicle. On video of trump in Putin’s company, trump acts like s/he has no testicles. 1/6

2) Hitler actually wrote (Hess typed) a best seller. trump had ghost writers.

3) Hitler was solvent (fr sales of his book) when s/he took office. trump’s been broke since her/his daddy died. 2/6

4) Hitler was appointed Chancellor…

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Added by Mark Small on January 19, 2025 at 8:47am — No Comments

An open letter to President Biden

Dear President Biden:

People who say trump should be sworn into office on Jan 20, but that trump will LOSE in 2026 mid-term elections, miss several facts. You probably already know what I write: 1/10



1) “Election deniers” hold jobs that administer elections. [FN2] E.g., in 2020, trump would have gotten 11,780 votes in GA. [FN3] These MAGA officials will do as told. 2/10

2) A 6-3 majority on SCOTUS now belongs to trump. The most corrupt SCOTUS in history is the Roberts…

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Added by Mark Small on January 18, 2025 at 11:03am — No Comments

Last days of free speech? Let me say, Thomas should resign

In what might be the last days of the republic & free speech, let us look at SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas. Context of his nomination is important. In 1991, Thurgood Marshall, the 1st Black justice, retired. Marshall had argued Brown v Bd of Education. [FN1] 1/11



Brown held segregation of public facilities, specifically schools, violated equal protection under the Constitution. At word of Marshall’s retirement, right-wingers did little dances. Thomas has established quite a… Continue

Added by Mark Small on January 17, 2025 at 4:27pm — No Comments

No one seriously questions trump will name himself dictator

Dictatorship: [FN1] from the start, this country opposed it & declared people “under absolute Despotism, it is their Right [] to throw off such Government.” [FN2]

Yesterday, I quoted a chilling statement in Special Counsel’s Final Report: 1/12

“Mr. Trump did this in contravention of the Framers' intent to prevent a sitting President from perpetuating himself in power.” [FN3] Special Prosecutor Jack Smith cites authorities, back to The Federalist, and case law, even recent, to…

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Added by Mark Small on January 15, 2025 at 9:37pm — No Comments

Pres Biden must protect this country as electors were meant to do

One of the most chilling statements in Special Counsel’s Final Report:

“Mr. Trump did this in contravention of the Framers' intent to prevent a sitting President from perpetuating himself in power.” [FN1] 1/7

We need to cut the bullshit. Allowing trump to take office on Jan 20 means we’ve shut the trunk on our republic and rolled the car into a retention pond. American voters would vote AGAINST a candidate for POTUS who would say: “I shall be a dictator.” 2/7

That's why GOP…

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Added by Mark Small on January 14, 2025 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith's final report paints a stark picture

trump engaged, &/or aided & abetted others, in insurrection. “Overwhelming” is accurate to describe evidence of trump’s guilt; a summary is in the report of Special Prosecutor Jack Smith [FN1], released yesterday. [FN2] He notes trump &trump’s allies’conduct went 1/8

“well beyond speaking their minds or contesting” election results via our legal system. trump targeted a key federal government function: collecting, counting & certifying results of the presidential…

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Added by Mark Small on January 14, 2025 at 10:26am — No Comments

Reasons the 2026 mid-terms won't save us

Think mid-term elections (2026) will save us? If trump is allowed to take office:

1) The judiciary will be gone. The SCOTUS bldg at 1 First NE, DC will be there, but rebranded as a trump hotel; 2 words summarize the judiciary to come: Aileen Cannon. 1/8

2) The 2020 election will be deemed to have been stolen & thus “void.” There’s no evidence it was stolen, but any challenge will end up at ... The Supreme Court. 2/8

3) Any actions President Biden has taken will be…

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Added by Mark Small on January 13, 2025 at 9:02am — No Comments

Slavery & Antisemitism are wrong: lessons on why trump cannot be allowed to take office

Several elements are common to each of the following questions.

A) If the Framers [FN1], in 1787 in Philadelphia, had been shown the carnage of the Civil War, would they have written the Constitution so as to abolish slavery? 1/8

B) If the industrial-scale genocide of the Holocaust had been foreseen, would the NSDAP and its Austrian leader have been allowed near power?

As a game of “what if?” w/in & mightas time travel seems legit. Sure. Time travel is legit...…

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Added by Mark Small on January 12, 2025 at 10:39am — No Comments

Framers of The Constitution could have avoided civil war

The U.S. could have avoided the Civil War, the military conflict that’s #1 all-time for Americans KIA, w/estimates as high as 850K. [FN1] We have “Civil War” reenactments, battlefield tours, etc. Even a dumbass like Micah Beckwith can glorify the carnage of warfare. 1/10



The U.S. could have avoided the Civil War. In 1787, delegates met in Philadelphia, pursuant to resolution of Congress. [FN2] After three months, the product of their work a) made no mention of “slavery,” yet b)… Continue

Added by Mark Small on January 10, 2025 at 12:11pm — No Comments

We have time to avoid a dictatorship

An article in The Atlantic details Adolf Hitler’s use of democracy to grab power in Germany & promptly snuff any trace of democracy. [FN1] In the quick evisceration of democracy Timothy W Ryback [FN2] describes, minutes counted. We have less than 12 days. 1/9

Hitler believed that his party’s plurality of 37% of the seats in the Reichstag meant “he should exercise absolute power.” [FN3] In Hitler’s 1st cabinet meeting, as Chancellor, “his main agenda item” was “the empowering law”…

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Added by Mark Small on January 8, 2025 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Good dictators neutralize the legal system

Promises by a major party nominee to be a dictator are new to the US, but not to other countries. An important protection of our rights is w/lawyers & judges. Right? German history says “nein.”

In a 3/23/33 speech, Hitler referred to “irremovability of judges”; he also promised 1/8

to improve judges’ “pay and prestige. Soon, lawyers were falling all over themselves to join the Nazi Party.” [FN1] Justice was dispensed by judges who scream at defendants’ given oversized pants…

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Added by Mark Small on January 8, 2025 at 12:54pm — No Comments

Warning: false flags ahead

The Framers [FN1] wrote The Constitution w/lofty ideals in a secular government. Our country only has approached greatness, in trying to clear hurtles to meet those lofty goals. At least 20 of The Framers claimed to own human beings and protected slavery in The Constitution. 1/5

In the coming months, if trump takes the oath of office on January 20, we should watch for signs of prior dictatorships. Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany on 1/30/33. [FN2] On 2/27/33, fire was set to the…

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Added by Mark Small on January 7, 2025 at 10:42pm — No Comments

In the words of Creighton Bernette...

Pres Biden took the oath of office on 1/20/21 [FN1] to The Constitution. In dictatorships, obedience is sworn to an individual. [FN2] Since 2024's elections, I’ve said that if sworn on 1/20, trump will declare himself dictator. A common reply: “get over it.” I won’t. 1/8

1) trump disqualified himself. On 1/6/21, trump encouraged the mob to go to The Capitol & . Colorado’s Supreme Court held that trump’s actions before & during Jan 6 constituted engagement in insurrection.…

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Added by Mark Small on January 6, 2025 at 10:36am — No Comments

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