Cassandra in a Coal Mine

This isn't just stupidity. It’s deliberate betrayal of American interests. Maybe instead of calling them "Republicans," we should start calling them what they really are: The Kremlin’s U.S. Branch Office.

These Republicans are not just repeating Russian disinformation. They are actively advancing Putin’s goals—even when it undermines U.S. national security. At this point, it’s not a question of whether they are compromised. It’s a question of how much.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says "someone else needs to lead" Ukraine if Zelenskyy won’t "come to his senses." Excuse me?? Why is an American leader taking orders from Moscow? (YouTube)

Right-wing influencers and GOP politicians are directly amplifying Russian propaganda. Are they getting paid? Blackmailed? Ideologically aligned with Putin? (Guardian)

Senator Lindsey Graham suggests Zelenskyy should resign. Republicans aren't just betraying Ukraine—they're openly advocating for Putin’s endgame. (TIME)

The 1994 Budapest Memorandum guaranteed Ukraine security in exchange for giving up its nukes. America promised to have their back. Republicans are now breaking that promise—for Putin. (Arms Control)

Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Ukraine aid while parroting Kremlin lies about a "proxy war." Why does she care more about what Putin wants than what America needs? (Forbes)

Trump says Ukraine "should have never started it." Ukraine was invaded in 2014, and again in 2022. The only people pushing this nonsense are Putin and the Republican Party. (AP)

Republicans aren't just repeating Russian propaganda by accident. They know the truth and are choosing to side with Russia over America’s allies. That’s not incompetence—it’s collaboration.

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Imagine bulldozing a rose garden to build a tacky ballroom—funded by money stolen from kids with cancer. Not corruption, but a masterclass in soulless greed.

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.

Elon Musk isn’t a business genius—he’s richest man in the world because he’s robbing you blind. He’s sucked billions from taxpayers while demanding you get nothing.

Bootstraps for thee, welfare checks for him. Funny how the GOP hates “illegal aliens” unless they’re billionaires looting the country.

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Remember when ‘80s movies warned about a Soviet invasion? Now the GOP is begging to be occupied. The U.S. just sided with Russia at the UN, betraying Ukraine and our allies. The party of “Better dead than red” is now Putin’s lapdog. No Wolverines this time—just Republicans rolling over.

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They move the goalposts so fast you’d think they were training for the Olympics. This isn’t politics. It’s an authoritarian death cult—and the people who voted for it? Y’all are eating the lies and licking the plate. #TheyToldYouWhoTheyAre #FascismInAmerica #GOPDeathCult

They cut cancer research because "it’s cured" while millions die. They claim Jan 6 was peaceful while they jail protestors for standing on quietly on sidewalks. They scream about "free speech" while banning books and criminalizing dissent.

The GOP isn’t "drifting toward fascism"—they’re sprinting there, right arm raised, tripping over themselves to prove who loves their wannabe dictator the most. They’re not just allowing it. They’re actively rewriting reality to justify it.

Control the narrative, control the masses. And he knows you’ll eat it up, because you’d rather be lied to than admit you were wrong.

But hey, why let facts get in the way when gaslighting an entire nation is easier? And the people who voted for him? Y’all are just... cool with this?

Trump says Ukraine "should never have started it." Ah yes, classic move: rewrite history while everyone is still alive to remember it. Russia launched a full-scale invasion. That's been documented since day one.

Janja Lalich: “Cults espouse an all-encompassing belief system, demand devotion to the leader, and suppress criticism.” Trump’s team fired probationary staff and is loyalty-testing every hire. Expertise? Irrelevant. Dissent? Eliminated. This isn’t governance—it’s a suicide pact with a ballot box.

RFK Jr. fans hear "wellness camps" and think yoga retreats. History hears forced labor, re-education, and state-mandated detention. He wants the “unwell” cut off from the outside world and put to work on farms. If you support this, congrats—you just reinvented the gulag, but with juice cleanses.

Thanks to DOGE, the company town just went national. Welcome to America, Inc.—where you work, live, and owe fealty to the monarch CEO.

Welcome to your new company town—population: everyone. Company towns weren’t just where you worked—they owned your house, your grocery store, your doctor, your cops. If you spoke out, they fired you and evicted you the same day.

They handed power to a man who thinks government should work like the new "Twitter", and now it does. The GOP built it, but Democrats are too busy issuing strongly worded statements to stop it.

Democracy isn’t abolished—it’s “streamlined.” Bureaucracy isn’t destroyed—it’s “optimized.” And they’re letting it happen.

You wanted a strongman? Here You Go. This is how you remake a country while the people who voted for it cheer like trained seals, and the opposition party shrugs, sends a fundraising email, and tells you to call your rep.

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