Patrick Heller

Seriously, when you read this, you must understand that there is no way to still have an adult conversation with these people. That time has passed. No factual arguments will persuade Trumpists, they are completely over in cuckoo land. Which must be pretty scary for most Americans right now.

Any moment now, they will stop showing up for these kinds of meetings. After all, who's gonna make 'em?

All this travesty is telling me is, Americans will let their country slip further and further into dictatorship, all the while thinking they will do something to counter that any moment now. Waiting for the right moment. Still waiting... Darn, now there's another Auschwitz! Who would've thought?

Hahaha! Looking at the other comments now. I was thinking exactly what others are saying: they look fat!

Russia may be helping China prepare for Taiwan invasion, leaked documents suggest | CNN Russia may be working closely with China to train its airborne forces on tactics to invade Taiwan, leaked documents examined by a leading think tank suggest. It highlights the growing military allianc...

How about this...

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/06/w...

Burning down the house of a judge, with people still in it.
Isn't it about time Americans started to respond a little tougher to what is going on in their country? I mean, what the hell are y'all waiting for? A new Auschwitz?

One of my life goals is to use "ipso facto" in a sentence, without it sounding forced, at least once.

At some point, a confrontation like this will go sideways.
And with all of them carrying guns, something is bound to get really messy.

Proposed war authorization could allow Trump to target 60+ countries An 'insanely broad' draft AUMF could provide the president with wide latitude to go after supposed 'narco-terrorists'

This is really insane.

Will we one day look back, and say, we should have seen it coming...

responsiblestatecraft.org/drug-war-aumf/

The Netherlands: expecting drones soon, people are aware, some on edge. I generally sense a feeling of, we have to take these escalations seriously, we cannot ignore, and we shouldn't downplay them, it's part of hybrid warfare. And we will support Ukraine even more.

Denmark's military intelligence reports that Russian naval forces have aimed weapons at Danish warships and helicopters, disrupted navigation systems in key maritime straits, and even sailed collision courses, all clear provocations.

French military boards Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones Tanker diverted by French navy may have been launchpad for drone flights that led to airport closures in Denmark

Good!

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Exactly this! Push a little harder, for crying out loud!

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Supposedly a true story...

One nuance there: he said, "the enemy from within", and that could be anyone. Especially coming from him, it's probably more like, "anyone who disagrees with me."
In other words, don't think it's going to be "just" immigrants and minorities. They'll be coming for you too, at one point or another.

"Trump suggests that admin should use "dangerous cities as training grounds" for military and National Guard." - CNN.

Training for what?

Sooner or later, dictators shift their focus outwards.
Especially when they can't solve the internal issues they promised to solve.

War is what follows then.

Nazi speeches, posters, and films warned Germans that defeat would not come from armies at the borders but from betrayal inside.

The term Volksverräter (“traitor to the people”) became a deadly label.

Goebbels hammered this theme: the “enemy within”.

Vicarious embarrassment.

Trump’s ominous move to recruit generals and admirals to his political cause | CNN Politics When a federal judge rebuked the Trump administration’s use of the military in Los Angeles earlier this month, he included a little-noticed but shocking footnote.

I don't know how obvious the American people want it presented to them. It doesn't get any clearer than this.
The United States has become a full-fledged fascist state.

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Trump suggests that admin should use "dangerous cities as training grounds” for military, National Guard The federal government will shut down at midnight tonight unless Congress approves a federal spending bill. Follow live news updates.

Trump told generals that if military or police vehicles are hit with bricks or other objects, officers should “do whatever the hell” they want.

“You get out of that car, and you can do whatever the hell you want, because those people are, you now can die from that.”

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This photo! If they cast a guy like this in a movie, you'd think he was overacting to play an over-the-top villain. I guess he is, actually, IRL.

I bet they freak out, but not about the quality, nor the beauty.

I think it's waaay past the beginning already, for a while now.

Melding van drone bij Schiphol, Polderbaan drie kwartier dicht De marechaussee heeft naar de drone en de bestuurder gezocht, maar deze niet gevonden.

Also a drone sighting in the Netherlands, but authorities think it was probably a hobby drone. Still, Europeans are on edge about drones these days.

nos.nl/artikel/2584...

Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s president says Kremlin checking Europe’s capacity to protect its skies following new drone sightings

Putin preparing to attack another European country, Zelenskyy says.

I think he's right.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

How is one allowed to speak at the UN when that same person has an arrest warrant out for their war crimes, and the UN’s own commission has declared that this person is perpetrating a genocide

Does anyone understand how insane it looks that these two things are allowed to happen simultaneously

They are really, really busy with those drones over Denmark!

Am I alone in seeing the halo? :-)

It's about time!

Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."