Additional thoughts from my brother

Folks, it’s pretty obvious what they are trying to do.  Musk is ransacking the gov. dept. by dept. They are moving quickly to try to overwhelm us.  They will fire all those who are too scared to quit.  They will fill whatever is left with minions (I personally expect to see “loyalty oaths” required of all govt. employees), then trump will personally direct each agency to do whatever his angry, distorted mind can come up with.  Holy Moroni, I wish this wasn’t happening – but this is not a drill.  Trump wants to take over the country.

First and foremost, this is not a political problem, it is an American problem.  The issues that divide us will still be there after this over – we can deal with those things later.  Right now we have a country to save.  Since my last message, trump has seized control of the Kennedy Center.  (Then what?  Trump-approved art only?  How Soviet can you get?)  The Senate, cowards that they are, has voted to confirm every one of trump’s unqualified nominees.  (Interesting that Mitch McConnell has voted against these people.)

Musk has announced that “the Department of Education no longer exists” and that it will be “necessary to eliminate entire agencies.” This is criminal, period; I would call it traitorous, but Musk is a foreign national, not a citizen, which makes it all the more egregious. No one, not even trump, can empower one man to dismantle our government.  Remember that trump want us to believe he is empowered to do all these things; then remember that he isn’t.  Fortunately, it appears that the Judiciary is holding the line as best it can.  But the muskrats won’t rest so neither can we.

None of this, you will note, has anything to do with America, with the American people, or the price of eggs for that matter.  Trump is trying to make himself dictator – and he is being enabled by cowardly republican senators.  Our country’s democratic republic is hanging by a thread, but I believe we can still save it.  Some of the links below might help.

https://www.commoncause.org/  – Common Cause has been in the fight for decades.  Now they need our support as much as we need their efforts. 

https://www.aclu.org/ – The American Civil Liberties Union has also been leading the charge for a long time.  Now the situation is the most serious our nation has faced since the Civil War.  Please consider supporting the ACLU in its efforts to uphold the Constitution (which even Republican Senators are required to do) on our behalf.

https://solidarity-project.org/fighting-fascism-is-a-full-time-job/ – Don’t know anything about these people but the article is worth a read.

https://thesurvivalway.com/how-to-survive-fascism/ – The same topic from a survivalist perspective.

Okay, so you get the point.  Here is the Attorney General of Arizona issuing a scathing indictment of the trump/musk power play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrE0DOEcbRE

Also check out videos by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, Adam Schiff, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders.

More ideas:

Own any stock?  Then send a letter to the board, the president, all the VPs for that matter, demanding that they take a stand against trump, musk, the destruction of our government and this encroaching fascism.

Buy any consumer products?  See above.

If you are in a blue state, call all your reps – local, county, state, national – and give them your voice of support.  They will very much appreciate it.  If you are in a red or mixed state, call them all.  Tell the repubs that you expect them to honor their oath to uphold the Constitution, that you are ashamed of them for their cowardice in refusing to call out trump for what he is trying to do.

I have sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune asking him to stand up to trump before it is too late, that America needs real leadership – and unity – right now, and that he is in a unique position to lead.  I’ll be sending a version to various media outlets. Next to write to:  Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.

Write!  Call!  Speak up! 

Be part of the solution.  Do something.  Join The Resistance.  Please forward as you see fit…tm