Move over, President Windrip. President Windsock has arrived.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/18/president-windsock/

Barack #Obama warns the #US is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into #autocracy under #Trump

In rare public remarks, the fmr president said recent actions from the admin are “not consistent with American #democracy.”

#USpol #democracy #Constitution #law
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/barack-obama-trump-speech-trump-autocracy-rcna213729

The worldview associated with the “Appeal to Heaven” flag may have inspired the murder and wounding of Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota over the weekend.

“It’s just understood that it’s going to involve physical warfare."
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/18/i-pledge-allegiance-to-jesus/

All hail President Punchline https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-trump-is-the-most-impotent-president-in-living-memory/

Mike Lee Gets Dressed Down
Shamelessness is not *his* superpower

Don’t expect Lee will learn anything from the blowback from his weekend tweets.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/17/mike-lee-gets-dressed-down/

The Army is not with him

Donald Trump is a p@ssy grabber. The wannabe dictator thought he could do the same to the U.S. military. He was mistaken.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/17/ministry-of-silly-marches/

Trump 2.0 has already put in place a surveillance regime that, while it may not yet rival China’s, is still autocratic by nature and a grave insult to the American spirit.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/15/free-speech-unwanted-here/

It’s middle fingers standing at attention for America’s wannabe king.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/15/no-faux-king-way/

Are they taking bets yet in London for which country Trump will flee to when protest numbers hit 3.5%?

"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change."
https://x.com/chriscmartell/status/1934252186462024121

Julia Ioffe: The Russians are trolling Trump.
(Captions: "How Trump imagined his parade / What he actually saw")
https://x.com/juliaioffe/status/1934250489945751772

Real strong men will never admit you to their exclusive club, Donald.

Asheville showed up for the No Kings protest in BIGLY numbers.

Over 5,000 at No Kings rally in red-red Greenville, SC.
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2025/06/14/no-kings-protests-sc-ag-alan-wilson-says-law-and-order-will-remain/84200009007/

@GottaLaff What? Was Weyland -Yutani busy offworld?

Whose head will roll for not controlling the weather in D.C. this evening?

Real strong men will never admit you to their exclusive club, Donald. No amount of military penis display, no amount of strongman posturing or minority persecuting or pussy grabbing will convince them that you are not a pussy yourself.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/14/william-barber-on-trumps-america/

Inspirational words from The Shoveler:
"This is our fight, whether we like it or not. Just we few. We’re not your classic superheroes. We’re not the favorites. We’re the other guys. We’re the guys nobody ever bets on."

The cavalry is Us.
https://digbysblog.net/2025/06/14/a-new-despotism/

More from Asheville Kings rally.

The question of the day.

More from 2nd No Kings Asheville rally

No Kings protest Asheville included a mock dumpster fire.