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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica is about to become a police state
I never in my wildest dreams imagined it would happen to my country, but here we are. Things are about to become very, very ugly.
Thank you GOP!
B.See
(7,751 posts)Cheezoholic
(3,523 posts)underpants
(194,834 posts)Hunger Games

Picaro
(2,333 posts)quakerboy
(14,709 posts)Javaman
(65,089 posts)Look up the East German stazi
dlk
(13,111 posts)n/t
LymphocyteLover
(9,345 posts)I just don't know how bad it's going to get
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)re-read ANIMAL FARM, Trump used it as a game plan all thru is first term..........And is doing steroids as he uses it all over again.....
Seriously, if you look at it in that way, it is laughable to see him doing the exact same things..........
LymphocyteLover
(9,345 posts)Thanks...
Can't remember how it ends.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)I would have printed a few hundred million copies, and mailed them to every address in America......
It reads at a third grade level, whereas 1984 reads at a much higher level and un-readable for Trump's beloved un-educated that he loved.....
quakerboy
(14,709 posts)But with the added "benefits" of modern technology.
Its going to be worse than virtually any of us have even contemplated.
LymphocyteLover
(9,345 posts)Johnny2X2X
(23,680 posts)Theyre going to be visible in every city. Youll see masked and heavily armed men daily in a lot of America now. Theyll be on street corners. In store parking lots. And theyll be at the polls in cities in 2026.
BidenRocks
(2,767 posts)You do not have a mandate.
Will they level Los Angeles?
ICE impersonators............
quakerboy
(14,709 posts)With the new budget, if you want to kidnap people, you are hired.
uponit7771
(93,491 posts)dlk
(13,111 posts)Can you imagine the quality of candidates ICE is hiring?
madinmaryland
(65,668 posts)Golden Corral we be made great again.
ancianita
(42,832 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(26,259 posts)Solly Mack
(96,317 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,046 posts)Defend yourself.

Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)And when?
orangecrush
(28,274 posts)Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)I don't see how I can put it much more straightforwardly
If we should have guns, how should we use them in this case?
orangecrush
(28,274 posts)
"Loaded" question... Guns...
Call the pun police.
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)But I ignore the bad ones, which most are.
Fla_Democrat
(2,621 posts)that the 2nd only applies to the states national guard. Let me see.. where did I hear that, often and loudly.....
Amishman
(5,916 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 3, 2025, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)
The world as we know it is going to break eventually, if you are under 50, probably in your lifetime.
Be prepared.
2na fisherman
(230 posts)Rabid right wing nuts are not the only armed people in this country. There will be blood spilled when people of all political stripes have nothing left to lose. Even pre-Nazi Germany didn't have to deal with millions of guns spread among the population. Many may choose to die on their feet rather than cower in a Trump gulag cage.
lostnfound
(17,398 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,722 posts)PatSeg
(52,109 posts)but of course it will be too little, much too late. Seriously though, they (republicans) knew what they were creating and they did it anyway. What is wrong with these people?
kentuck
(115,092 posts)What should we do to prepare ourselves?
Should we buy an old 12-gauge for home protection? Used wisely, it could be the only weapon you need, in my opinion.
But, not endorsing owning any guns, however, some folks might feel better with a good shotgun close-by?
Just a thought.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,757 posts)Seems to be leaning towards a Sports State, where people just sit around watching sports all the time.
BlueTsunami2018
(4,849 posts)Grouse and submit or go to the mattresses?
Were getting to a point.
Were getting to a fucking point.
It has frequently been one for some populations over the last couple of centuries.
Recommended.
GoodRaisin
(10,722 posts)JCMach1
(29,082 posts)State. We were half-way there already.
Time to re-read Foucault.