Our Constitutional Republic faces a clear and present danger more deadly than that of the Civil War. The danger is the Republican Party, a "political party" that has sold out to white supremacy, autocracy, misogyny, and hatred of everything our Nation stands for. Republicans dismiss any sense of a common American narrative. The "Republican Party" is an outlier in our history – ideologically extreme; contemptuous of social and economic policies that have sustained us for a century; unwilling to compromise; dismissive of evidence, fact, and science; dismissive of the legitimacy of any viewpoint except their own. America needs to face the simple, frightening fact that the Republican Party is a clear and present danger to our Constitutional Republic.
An attorney who has garnered national publicity for his spirited representation of January 6 defendants has taken up a new cause: comparing Donald Trump to Jesus Christ on Twitter.
Joseph D. McBride launched his virtual Holy War tirade this morning with this:
“President Trump will be arrested during Lent – a time of suffering and purification for the followers of Jesus Christ. As Christ was crucified, and then rose on the 3rd day, so too will (Trump). Violence is never the answer. Winning the election is. Vote for Trump!”
McBride followed that one up with this one, borrowing Trump’s signature all-caps format:
“JESUS LOVES DONALD TRUMP. JESUS DIED FOR DONALD TRUMP. JESUS LIVES INSIDE DONALD TRUMP. DEAL WITH IT.”
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “illegal leaks” had indicated he would be arrested Tuesday following an expected indictment from Manhattan District Attorney Bragg. The case revolves around allegations that Trump directed his attorney Michael Cohen to make not-altogether pious hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.
Apparently mindful of the irony of such a defendant getting likened to Jesus, McBride then added this Tweet:
“King David was a cursing fisherman who cut the ear off a Roman in the presence of Jesus. Yet he was the 1st Pope. Jesus loves Donald Trump the same, no matter his shortcomings.”
Newsweek reported today that “McBride previously made similar comparisons to Jesus when discussing the treatment of his clients and others who were arrested for participation in the January 6 Capitol riots.
“Jan-Sixers are being fed to the lions for sport in DC & the FBI is targeting practicing Catholics, labeling us—extremists,” McBride tweeted in February. “Evil has never been bolder, & good people, never more afraid to stand. Stand we must, nonetheless. Never forget, Jesus was killed for being an ‘extremist.'”
Kyle Rittenhouse is now using the latest right wing grift, “If they can come after me, they can come after you.” Meidas Contributor Tennessee Brando reacts.
Even with Trump shouting from his loser Russian sponsored TruthSocial for his supporters to “Take America back,” the revolution will not be televised — hell, it will not even happen.
Reason number 1: The most militant wackjobs who might actually do something either are being prosecuted or are already in jail from Jan 6.
Reason number 2: The almost as militant and slightly less wackjobs who might actually do something WATCHED the more militant ones fail and get beat in court and ratted out by everyone they knew including their own families.
Reason 3: Law enforcement is preparing for it, and they are telling everyone they are preparing for it. Trump has no control over law enforcement anymore, he can’t tamper with which police forces will be around Manhattan, or who in the Secret Service will be with him. Even in Florida, the Governor is a snake and his #1 rival for the election.
I know everyone has had little patience for the Justice Department working to make our democracy safe but they HAVE been working. We will see, I think soon, if they have done enough or not. In the end I think all MAGAts are cowards, they only act when anger overcomes their cowardness. Now they know what will happen — they have learned the meaning of “Fuck Around, Find Out.”
Excepting a possible “lone wolf” or two.
” I think that I would qualify as not smart, but genius … and a very stable genius at that!” — Donald Trump, Jan. 6, 2018
“Talented and well-practiced in every vice, a stranger to compassion or empathy, a liar and a cheat so complete in perfidy that he has elevated his dishonesty to hold it up as an ersatz moral principle, violent, so long as he can order someone else to do the dirty work, grotesque in body, graceless in action, in possession of a wounded self-regard so colossal as to smother any spark of grace, treasonous, not only to country, but to every ally he has ever had, the poisoned fruit and rankest flower of racism and contempt for women, and utterly devoid of shame for his moral and spiritual bankruptcy.
That is your leader, Republicans, your leader. That is to whom you give your money. That is who you follow and laud. That is whose banner you willingly carry. Why? Because he is a mirror, not a lighthouse. You see yourselves in him. He is what you would be, if you had inherited money and could shed the last vestiges of conscience and shame.
No, I do not “respect your choices,” nor do I admire your loyalty and dedication to this miserific, demoniac vision. You have demonstrated not only a lack of civic virtue, loyalty to the Republic and to the rule of law, but a willingness to engage in violence and sedition at his slightest expressed wish. And you will never, ever admit you were wrong.
Because you see your dark, twisted, resentful dreams in him. And to renounce him is to renounce yourselves.”
~ Advocatus Peregrini
On Saturday morning, March 18, 2023, Public Enemy #1 Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social that he will be “arrested” on Tuesday and called for public protests.
In two all-cap posts, Trump wrote, “OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR COUNTRY. AMERICAN PATRIOTS ARE BEING ARRESTED & HELD IN CAPTIVITY LIKE ANIMALS, WHILE CRIMINALS & LEFTIST THUGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THE STREETS, KILLING & BURNING WITH NO RETRIBUTION. MILLIONS ARE FLOODING THROUGH OUR OPEN BOARDERS, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS. CRIME & INFLATION ARE DESTROYING OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE…”
He then added, “NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
On Friday, NBC reported that Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg has been meeting with law enforcement officials over security concerns surrounding a potential Trump arrest.
COMMENT
My rural county is home to a LOT of Trumpsters, including two who are in jail awaiting sentencing for their part in the Jan 6 attempted coup. I’m hoping our sheriff is prepared for these assholes to hoist their Trump flags on the backs of their pickups and race around the county. Any of them coming down my road will not be greeted warmly.
ADDENDUM
TRUMP’S MOUTH IS ABOUT TO GET HIM IN DEEPER SHIT THAN HE IS ALREADY IN
Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday moments just moments after Donald Trump claimed he is going to be arrested on Tuesday, former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner claimed the former president’s all-caps post on Truth Social that seems to encourage violence will become evidence in future indictments.
Speaking with host Katie Phang, Kirschner said this the two posts will come back to haunt him — and the former president knows what he is doing by inciting his fans.
“I would slap a government exhibits sticker on this post and I would introduce it as his criminal trial,” Kirschner explained. “And this is a dark moment in our nation’s history and I’m glad you got to break the news, Katie.”
“Because what we have just seen is basically, ‘come to D.C. on January 6th. Will be wild 2.0.’ And I am sorry to say that for months I have been saying on air and online, that the moment Donald Trump knows he’s been indicted, his first post will be come to Manhattan or come to Georgia for my arraignment — will be wild.”
“He knows precisely what he is doing,” he elaborated. ” He used similar language to incite, first of all, to entice his supporters to come to D.C. on January 6th. and then he proceeded to incite imminent, lawless action and he has done it all over again.”
“But, everything Donald Trump does is a miscalculation Katie, and here is why,” he added. “He has now just given the judge that will preside over his arraignment hearing food for thought about what kind of conditions should be set for the release of this dangerous man pending trial.”
COMMENT
Let’s hope the NYC cops, NY NG, and federal marshals are alerted and have been issued lots of arms and ammo . . . and have been told to take no shit from any Trumphumping rioters. Fuck Around, Find Out.
UPDATE
HORSE-FACE GREENE CALLS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM
Reacting to a report that Donald Trump is likely to be indicted next week in a Manhattan courtroom by District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and the former president’s claim on Truth Social early Saturday that he will be arrested on Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) flipped out on Twitter and called for the defunding of the Department of Justice.
On Truth Social, in a two-part, all-cap post littered with misspellings, the former president wrote, in part: “NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!”
That led to the controversial Georgia Republican to demand “Enough of this!” and attack the DOJ.
“If the Manhattan DA indicts President Trump, he will ultimately win even bigger than he is already going to win. And those Republicans that stand by and cheer for his persecution or do nothing to stop it will be exposed to the people and will be remembered, scorned, and punished by the base. President Trump did nothing wrong and has always fought for the American people, and we all know it, which is why we love him. And any Republican who thinks the Democrats will stop this madness once Trump is out of the way is fooling themselves,” she wrote. “Weaponized Government and Political Persecution are new chapters in their playbook and they will use those methods against anyone who stands in their way. And we are absolutely fed up with the two-tiered justice system or rather INJUSTICE system in America. The base has had enough of Republicans that won’t stand up for the people and against the Democrats war against Trump, his admin, his supporters, and traditional values.”
She then continued, “We must bring in the Biden DOJ officials who have been coordinating with the Manhattan DA to testify. And subpoena all of it. We must end the weaponization of government power for politics.”
“Biden’s DOJ is coordinating with the Democrat Manhattan DA to arrest Donald Trump, the top Republican Presidential candidate for 2024, and charge him with a fake outdated misdemeanor charge. It’s ALL FOR POLITICS! This is what they do in communists countries to destroy their political opponents! Republicans in Congress MUST subpoena these communists and END this! We have the power to do it and we also have the power to DEFUND their salaries and departments! Enough of this! The American people deserve a government that actually works for them NOT a bunch of self centered communists who bail out their donors, protect the elites, and weld their power to punish their political enemies!” she concluded.
VFAF — Virginians for America First — proclaims themselves to be working to protect election integrity in Virginia. They have a fancy website that promises — but does not deliver. Their executive director is “Bishop” Leon Benjamin — a three-times failed candidate for Congress. Following the 2020 election, VFAF “volunteers” went throughout Virginia, interrogating Voter Registrars; invading Registrars’ offices; sponsoring batshit-crazy “investigators” such as Seth Kestel and Lady Draza — and Mike Flynn; and attempting to slip “observers” into 2021 polling places — all to no avail.
And now we discover:
Meanwhile, the Virginia State Corporation Commission record for VFAF reads as follows:
Entity Status:
Pending InactiveReason for Status:Annual Registration Fee Past Due and/or Penalties Unpaid and Annual Report Past Due – Not in Good Standing
