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“War has been declared, again Everyone’s too busy living paycheck to paycheck to notice. Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives”
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He seems like he was being pretty civil to me. Way more civil than a lot of other comments I see calling people names just because they disagree.
On a side note, posts like his could be deleted without any evidence it was made at all on reddit. Glad we have the modlog to help keep mods accountable and fight back against censorship.
I am going to short on my American stocks for the next four years. Trump won’t want to step down at the end of his term and when that happens, there will be chaos.
I dumped all my us stocks as soon as Trump was getting warmed up, I won’t be going back for some years irrespective of perceived returns potential
I’m holding no stocks or crypto. I’ve got a few hundred of bonds I probably ought to sell. I liquidated my 401k and IRA a couple months back. Big penalty, no regrets.
Same, I just wanted to get out of the US market. It’s not even about how the stocks perform or about making money. Even if a good opportunity to buy presents itself in the future I will never buy US stocks as long as they are sinking deeper into fascism.
I getting rid of my bonds and stocks, aside from a token $1,000. I will leave that in, since I hope hyperinflation to make that paltry amount reach the account’s cap within five years. No idea if that hyperinflated excess would actually be useful, but…well, who knows what is a good choice, if you can’t buy physical properties right now?
The rest of my savings are being transmuted into Euros. I have no idea how to get gold at a fair price, and I am aligned with democracy, so I figure money affiliated with Europe would be a good choice for me. Partially in case if I need to flee the Trump Regime, but also because Europe has an protective ocean and many different countries to prevent an outright crash when economies start breaking. I will almost certainly lose buying power, but probably won’t get wiped out by America’s self-disassembly.
Any advice on getting your money converted to Euros? I’ve been trying to figure that out, but online searches for information are complete garbage now.
Honestly, that is bit of a pickle in the US. I am an amateur, so use plentiful salt.
First off, most banks don’t hold foreign currency, and if they do, it is for people with big bucks. IIRC, I think you need at least $30,000+ for Citi, but most banks seem to be $200,000+ before they will talk with you. However, you can trade in your American dollars for physical foreign currency. Not very flexible, but Trump might have DOGE pillage the US bank accounts of “dissidents”, so…shrug. I would treat Euros like gold or an refugee fund. It isn’t an investment vehicle.
1: Go to the bank, and ask for a foreign currency. You are basically selling your dollars for XYZ. They will have you sign forms, and order the physical money. 2: Wait about a week, and you will be called to pick up your foreign bucks. 3: Keep in mind, the bank will ask whether you are going on vacation. Your call on how to interpret this question. I just told mine about hyperinflation. It might make me look looney, but…well, here we are. :P
Aside from physical foreign currency, you can try a Neobank. They are purely online banks, no physical branches. You get sent a credit card, and be able to buy and hold foreign currency for it. Keep in mind each neobank offers a different selection of currencies, will require IDs, and most only use a smartphone app. You will likely want a Neobank from London or the EU. Neon is based in Switzterland, offering a IBAN - International Banking Number. Revolut is with London, and apparently quite friendly for many folks. I am might go with Wise in London, since they apparently have a PC-desktop interface available, and Britain might be “neutral” in a US-EU conflict. Note that you will have assorted costs with exchanging currency in addition to standard costs of banking.
Up to now I only had a flip phone, but got a smartphone since I might need flexibility for handling the times ahead. Maps, photos, drone controllers, ICE spotting, neobanks, and so forth. Wish I could just be lazy and have the troubles go away, but that isn’t how it works. :(
Wish I could just be lazy and have the troubles go away, but that isn’t how it works.
I feel this so hard. I’ve been more active this year than ever, and it takes so much out of me to socialize. But I’ve been giving talks, canvassing, and attending protests because we really don’t have a choice anymore. This government sure as hell isn’t interested in helping anyone, so it’s all on us.
I was raised in rural territory, having no neighbors or childhood friends. To say the least, figuring how out to socialize is a bit…problematic. Is it proper to deny sharing a first name when asked by a random dude who fist-bumped me at the library for just telling him the opening time? I do not know.
Getting out of my shell is going to be weird.
A second order further militarizes local police departments, while providing legal resources to officers accused of abuses; it also seeks to undo federal consent decrees for departments that have committed civil rights abuses and seeks to punish local officials who “unlawfully prohibit law enforcement officers from carrying out duties.”
That’s not militarization, it’s promoting lawlessness and removing any remaining accountability.
Have you not wondered why they keep trying to get the military involved? It’s because they think the military is above the law and can just shoot anyone and do what they want.
Seattle PD literally had to be partially taken over by the federal government because it was so corrupt and would not curb its officers… this is going to be VERY problematic in Seattle and surrounding areas.
By definition the federal government will return Seattle PD back into what it was, but with federal backing and technical support.
I’m in a smaller city and even our local PD has two apcs. This is a nightmare.
In all honesty if they have to APCs then they have one APC maybe half an APC, those things are designed with military logistics in mind so their parts are easy to replace if not particularly robust.
Additionally,
“This comes as House Republicans have proposed a bill that would charge people arriving at a U.S. port of entry $1,000 in order to file an asylum claim — and a $3,500 fee for those sponsoring children. The right to seek asylum is a fundamental human right enshrined in international law, and the U.S. has never before charged petitioners.”
This is enough grounds for impeachment.
I’ve written this multiple times in the last few months. I’ll keep doing it because people need to get the message: There isn’t going to be an impeachment, and even if there were, it would fail.
The impeachment process requires cooperation from both houses of congress. A simple majority in the house of representatives must vote to approve articles of impeachment. Then the Senate decides what to do with them. They can hold a trial or they can just vote. Conviction requires a 2/3 majority of the Senate. This is why both attempts to impeach Trump previously already failed. The Senate Republicans simply moved to an immediate vote and killed it.
Now, consider that Republicans currently hold a majority in both houses. THERE WILL BE NO IMPEACHMENT barring a major upset in the midterm elections. Even then it is almost guaranteed to fail. Impeachment is not going to save us.
I dunno about you, but I wanna see how many impeachments Trump can rack up before he leaves office/dies. I’m hoping for at least triple digits.
That would just prove that we have no real consequences for breaking our laws if you’re the president and that impeachments are toothless.
Yeah. And would that matter? If things are going downhill no matter what, I want some excitement.
It’s good to know the suffering of American citizens is your preferred form of entertainment.
They had it coming.
i think everyone realises that there will be no impeachment, but it’s useful to point out that any single 1 of these acts SHOULD result in impeachment and that it’s REPUBLICANS as a whole that are betraying their role in the system; not ONLY a single man
Exactly.
Everything he does can be grounds for impeachment, but if the republicans control all branches of government even if impeached (he was impeached 3 times last time) they will never remove him from office.
EDIT: Y’all notice a common pattern on all those “peace officers” on the picture?
They all look like Confederate zombies taken from the pages of the Time Life Book The Civil War and their family tree is a pole?
They all seem like they whistle Dixie?
Building a corrupt police state one EO at a time.
Always fucking has been.
And the police, like the little lapdogs they are, will happily stomp on people’s rights for a chance to cosplay war
What did you expect? They’ve been doing exactly that for their whole history.
The afghan refugees can fuck off. Only the terps should have been allowed refuge. And they have to be checked.
Police already have swat teams. Maybe if people obey the law, they won’t have to worry about MRAPs rolling down their streets.
Maybe the civilians should have those tools instead. Cause the citizens are supposed to keep the government in check, not the other way around.
But the left wing citizens are right. We should depend on the government for our safety and provide us with goods and services. They’d never lie to us. Burning down establishments and destroying property will show the right wing citizens to have different beliefs!!
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A third executive order requires professional truck drivers to be proficient in English.
Higher requirements than the office of president.
Welcome to the police state, y’all
If you don’t have a gun, it’s time to get one and learn how to use it.
…also how to carry safely. Don’t be that guy.
Including when to use it. It is a last resort. If you pull a gun on any law enforcement officer, even if fully justified, you will be going to jail at best, and killed on the spot at worst.
This is the part I have a hard time with. I want to defend myself and my family, but pulling a weapon on authorities means you’re gonna die. These ICE/militarized PDs aren’t going to pause a second if they get any excuse to put you down. They might not even bother with the paperwork at this point.
Unless we’re in a “take as many of them with you when you go” situation. But that’s a different conversation than the “organize and call your lawyer” advice I’m seeing in this thread.
believe it or not, you’re just as capable of killing them as they are you. train and have confidence. confidence and discipline.
So like, it pretty much always makes more sense to flee than to fight.
Guns should be seen as a last resort, not a first.
Yeah, as an immigrant who doesn’t much like the idea of dying, I can’t ever see myself deciding to suicide by cop rather than be deported. Being deported would suck ass harder than most things I’ve experienced - I’d lose my house, my job, be separated from my partner - but still preferable to being gunned down and drowning in my own blood as it fills my lungs.
The governors have to allow it. The federal government cannot mobilize the military in a state unless the governor of that state allows it. Posse Comitatus, if Trump attempts to send in the military against the governors wishes, we are talking civil war levels of federal vs state’s rights. I hope state militias are ready to defend themselves.
What consequences for breaking the laws that enforce rules like those have have been applied so far to this administration?
We’ll see what happens with the new yes men in place. However, there was a DoD wide email that went out when he first started snatching people (though some didn’t get it for some reason). It stated:
Think long and hard before assisting other agencies outside the DoD. If your actions are deemed to be against your oath, you could be investigated and actions taken against you. Remember, you serve the constitution of the United States. Not the president.
Wa state has just passed a law stating that other state’s national guard, cannot enter our borders to take any actions. I would bet that that would include military personnel stationed in state.
Knowing Texas, Abbott will roll out the red carpet for this. Maybe I need to move to California or Illinois to get a governor that won’t bend over.
$100 he declares martial law in those cities.
if the governors don’t allow it. ICE could arrest them per E.O.
ICE would have to battle the governor’s security. ICE doesn’t have the stones to go up against people who aren’t essentially terrified and helpless.
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The Governors? Seriously? SCOTUS has no power. Innocent people, like Abrego Garcio, are being erroneously being deported to hellscape.
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Anyone here seen daredevil born again ? We really got the fisk anti vigilante task force irl before gta 6.
Oh you sweet summer child.
I saw the picture and thought “Blazing Saddles”! Now I’m even sadder that I live in a farce country.
The sheriff is near!
I sure don’t see no black sheriff.
