#Les Brigandes — La Loge des Jacobins

Les Brigandes — La Loge des Jacobins (The Jacobin Lodge)

Yet more gold from Les Brigandes. A Jacobin was a member of the Jacobin Club, the infamous Freemasonic revolutionary movement at the dark core of the rabidly anti-Catholic, and thus anti-God, French R...

^Odysee

Spielerinnen protestieren gegen FIFA-Deal mit Saudi-Konzern

On Saturday, September 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan to deport 15 to 20 million people currently living in the United States would be “bloody.” He also promised to prosecute his political opponents, including, he wrote, lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters, and election officials. Retired chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is “a fascist to the core…the most dangerous person to this country.”

On October 14, Trump told Fox News Channel host Maria Bartiromo that he thought enemies within the United States were more dangerous than foreign adversaries and that he thought the military should stop those “radical left lunatics” on Election Day. Since then, he has been talking a lot about “the enemy from within,” specifically naming Representative Adam Schiff and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats from California, as “bad people.” Schiff was the chair of the House Intelligence Committee that broke the 2019 story of Trump’s attempt to extort Volodymyr Zelensky that led to Trump’s first impeachment.

Trump’s references to the “enemy from within” have become so frequent that former White House press secretary turned political analyst Jen Psaki has called them his closing argument for the 2024 election, and she warned that his construction of those who oppose him as “enemies” might sweep in virtually anyone he feels is a threat.

In a searing article today, political scientist Rachel Bitecofer of The Cycle explored exactly what that means in a piece titled “What (Really) Happens If Trump Wins?” Bitecofer outlined Adolf Hitler’s January 30, 1933, oath of office, in which he promised Germans he would uphold the constitution, and the three months he took to dismantle that constitution.

By March, she notes, the concentration camp Dachau was open. Its first prisoners were not Jews, but rather Hitler’s prominent political opponents. By April, Jews had been purged from the civil service, and opposition political parties were illegal. By May, labor unions were banned and students were burning banned books. Within the year, public criticism of Hitler and the Nazis was illegal, and denouncing violators paid well for those who did it.

Bitecofer writes that Trump has promised mass deportations “that he cannot deliver unless he violates both the Constitution and federal law.” To enable that policy, Trump will need to dismantle the merit-based civil service and put into office those loyal to him rather than the Constitution. And then he will purge his political opponents, for once those who would stand against him are purged, Trump can act as he wishes against immigrants, for example, and others.

October 21, 2024

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

Russia has problems – We asked 5 Ukrainian soldiers about North Korean troops fighting for Moscow

‘Russia has problems’ – We asked 5 Ukrainian soldiers about North Korean troops fighting for Moscow

Russia's war in Ukraine is on the verge of escalating dramatically, with multiple reports, intelligence assessments, and a video suggesting North Korean troops could soon be fighting alongside Kremlin forces.

^{Chris York (The Kyiv Independent)}

Russia detains 18 North Korean soldiers who left positions in Kursk Oblast

Russia detains 18 North Korean soldiers who left positions in Kursk Oblast, source says

Russian authorities detained 18 North Korean soldiers who abandoned their positions in Russia's Kursk Oblast, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 21.

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

Kremlin calls North Korean troops reports 'contradictory' but stops short of denial

Kremlin calls North Korean troops reports 'contradictory' but stops short of denial

"We see a lot of contradictory information," spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the Russian media, the state-controlled news agency Interfax reported.

^{Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)}

Herbstsonne / Autumn Sun

Maple illusion

Anemone Nemorosa (@SensitiveSyl@pixelfed.social)

Maple illusion Bronze I, October 2024. #photography #fall #autumn #leaves #maple #fotomontag #photomonday

^Pixelfed

Aggressionen gegen Zusteller alarmieren die Post

Aggressionen gegen Zusteller alarmieren die Deutsche Post

Die Deutsche Post beklagt Fälle verbaler Übergriffe gegen ihre Beschäftigten. Zusteller würden immer wieder angefeindet, heißt es aus der Konzernspitze - auch mit rassistischen Parolen.

^{tagesschau.de}

Tach-quak!