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The only group that has fully recognized the dire national emergency is the people, who stand in sub-freezing temperatures every day to raise their voices against the Mad King. They are showing the way forward: Stop pretending, name reality. It is a path that is open to every American willing to take it with us. Our democracy can and will survive if enough of us continue resist on behalf of all of us. Keep up the good work, everyone. We are winning; the Mad King’s increasing desperation tells us so.

“America is no longer a full-fledged democracy. We are currently living under a version of competitive authoritarianism — a system that (like Orban’s Hungary or Erdogan’s Turkey) is still democratic on paper but in which a ruling party no longer takes democracy’s rules seriously.

“The contrast between the protests and the military parade suggested an important shift in political culture. The momentum and the joy, as well as the American flags, were on the side of those protesting Trump’s growing authoritarianism. Trump looked weak and discouraged, and the crowds were clearly on the side of the protesters. Today, social media, including a Russian account, got into the act of making fun of Trump’s military parade.”

This is democracy in action—the voice of the people. Watch this video!

“While much focus has been on the assault itself, what Noem was saying before Padilla spoke out is crucially important. "We are not going away,” she said. “We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

“After he was released, Senator Padilla explained that he was escorted into the press briefing room by a National Guard soldier and an FBI agent. He then waited in the back of the room before asking a question and did not “lunge” toward the podium. The Hill, Padilla denies claims he lunged at Noem during LA press conference.

“Trump is “turning the world’s powerful military away from its focus on Russia and China toward a new enemy—the American people themselves.” He mused: “I’ve been saying that I felt Trump’s dramatic escalation in recent days was driven in part by Musk’s emasculation of him last week. I also wonder whether it’s being driven by Zelensky’s profound humiliation of Putin, and Putin lashing out at Trump for not delivering Ukraine to him.””

“Imagine 10 blocks under curfew in an area the size of Connecticut because several dozen citizens are standing in front of a federal building—surrounded by 700 Marines, 2,000 National Guard, and the LAPD riot squad. That is the fake emergency that Trump has created by unlawfully deploying federal troops into Los Angeles.

In a city of 502 square miles and 4 million people, only a single city block is experiencing a small protest directed at an ICE detention facility, a protest that the media chooses to describe as “unrest.” Despite the 501.99 square miles of peace in Los Angeles, the media is playing a video loop of two cars set aflame three days ago. That loop plays continuously in the background as news anchors ignore the illegality of Trump's federalization of California National Guard