Who can stop Trump and Musk? Who will bell the cat?
Many, many people on DU and around the country are asking how to stop Trump and Musk's destructive reign of terror before it destroys America.
We ask, where are our leaders? Why doesn't the Democratic Party do something? What about former presidents? Can we count on SCOTUS? Members of Congress? U.S. Marshals? The governors of blue states? The media? Will it take Americans holding massive nonviolent protests? Economic boycotts? Why isn't SOMEONE stepping forward to lead us?
I ask myself these questions, and mentally run through a list of potential saviors. And I still don't know who is willing and able to guide us through the struggle.
Those who step forward to lead us will risk their freedom, their lives, and those of their families.
There is a fable, incorrectly attributed to Aesop, that describes our present dilemma. It is called "Belling the Cat." This version comes from a Library of Congress website.
"The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day.
Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At last a very young Mouse got up and said:"I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. All we have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing we will know immediately that our enemy is coming."
All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before. But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse arose and said:"I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. But let me ask one question: Who will bell the Cat?"
It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it."
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Federal Democratic judges outside the Executive Branch are one bit of non-violent resistance. US Marshals would have to follow their court orders. The Democratic Justices sitting on the SCOTUS are well-paid impotents.
The Arab word for resistance is muqāwamah (Hamas = Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah).
If there is an American Hamas of military officers and CIA/DIA/FBI cadre, they are not communicating in the open like we are on DU. They would be the ones to arrest Trumpf, Musk, and the Cabinet. The highest military officer would declare martial law until free and fair elections could be held. These Republicans would be tried under the UCMJ. The Oaf Keepers, Proud Boys, and January Sixers would fight back.
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Angry colonists in the 1770s congregated in the taverns and read Thomas Paine's leaflets while plotting against the Crown.
The Boston Massacre, the Intolerable Acts, the Tea Act, the Stamp Act all pushed the Colonists too far and they finally revolted. These British measures were enacted over time, wearing down the Colonists bit by bit, chunk by chunk, unlike this blizzard of misery in 2025.
Lexington and Concord were the first battles between oppressor and oppressed on 19 April 1775.
Some historians consider the 1770 Boston Massacre the first battle of the American Revolution.
A man of color was therefore the first casualty of the American Revolution, Crispus Attucks, who was killed in the Boston Massacre.
We wouldn't know if a secret countercoup or plot is incubating to save the Republic. Outside this illegal maneuver, Americans must wait until the next Presidential election to get rid of Trumpf. A 2026 Democratic win in Congress does not guarantee an impeachment and removal of Trumpf, as we've seen.
Guy Fawkes and the conspiracists behind the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. They were uncovered and most of them were hanged, drawn, and quartered.