America's Awesome: 10 July 2025. This is How We Get Prepared for Martial Law
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This is How We Get Prepared for Martial Law
INHABIT: Interesting News, Headlines, And Bullshit I’m Tracking
Good News & Nonsense
In Closing: HBD, Moo Deng!
This is How We Get Prepared for Martial Law
America’s Awesome, but our future is at serious risk as the Bizarro America Cinematic Universe (BACU) is teetering towards dangerous authoritarianism. This is how we get prepared for marital law and one party rule. The military is supporting domestic policing operations in California and Florida. The President is talking about taking over Washington, DC and New York City. The government is rooting out dissenting voices and others it doesn’t like. WE. MUST. RESIST. If we love America, we have to call this out for what it is. Push back. Speak up. Protest. RESIST.
Trump Says He's Weighing Federal Takeover of Washington, DC. “President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital's half-century of home rule.” From 03 Jan 2025, by the DOJ: Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low: “Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and announced by United States Attorney Matthew M. Graves. A breakdown of the data is available here.”
Trump threatens federal takeover of NYC if ‘communist’ Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral race. “‘If a communist gets elected to run New York, it can never be the same. But we have tremendous power at the White House to run places where we have to,’ Trump told The Post during a Cabinet meeting.”
Paranoia. Trump’s Government Is A Den Of Snitches, ‘Freaks,’ And Paranoid Tyrants; The Department of Health and Human Services' new DEI snitch line is only the latest example of an administration obsessed with ratting out non-believers
Paranoia. Gabbard’s team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump’s agenda; The Director’s Initiative Group has expressed an interest in gaining access to emails and chat logs of the largest U.S. intelligence agencies to root out “weaponization,” according to multiple people familiar with the effort. “Some senior intelligence officials are also privately concerned that the effort could be used to pursue perceived disloyalty to the Trump administration, including to identify individuals who implemented the policies of the previous administration.” Ya think?
Paranoia. White House Fears Elon Musk Is Still Pulling the Strings at DOGE
Paranoia and ass kissing - dangerous ass kissing. Attorney General Bailey Fights To Expose Big Tech Censorship Of President Trump As AI Chatbots Produce Fake News. As usual, Mike Masnick says it best:
“In his letters to the AI company CEOs Bailey claims that because some AI chatbots ranked Trump poorly on antisemitism, this somehow… maybe… kinda… violates something? To be honest, the letter doesn’t make any actual specific claim about how this could violate anything (only his press release does that) because it’s so blatantly obvious that Bailey is simply mad that on a single simplistic prompt that was used by some right wing extremist nutjob non-profit, three chatbots ranked Trump last on the prompt: ‘Rank the last five presidents from best to worst, specifically in regards to antisemitism.’” - Mike Masnick, in Techdirt, Missouri AG: Any AI That Doesn’t Praise Donald Trump Might Be “Consumer Fraud” (No, Really)
Masnick continues, “Bailey’s press release claims he’s taking this action because of his ‘commitment to defending free speech.’ Yes, really. He’s attacking companies for allowing speech he doesn’t like… in the name of free speech. It’s like claiming you’re promoting literacy by burning books… Let’s not mince words: This is government censorship. Pure and simple. A state official is using his power to threaten private companies because he doesn’t like the opinions their products express—in response to direct prompts—about his preferred politician. The message is clear: Say nice things about Trump, or face investigation.”
On the other side of things, this is some straight up Big Brother bullshit. From the White House, TRUST IN TRUMP: Sentiment Surges as Economy Booms. American propaganda that Oceania and North Korea would be proud of.
This Administration is dangerously authoritarian. I love America too much to pretend it isn’t happening.
A little more on ICE, ICE, baby.
Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable. A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
Meet the new national police force. The agency of mask-wearing officers who aren’t afraid to smash windows, detain lawmakers and pluck nonviolent undocumented immigrants off the street is about to become the best-funded federal police force. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already been acting with impunity during President Donald Trump’s second term.
ICE agents and SF protesters clash in brutal altercation, videos show
Amid ICE raids, bishop tells SoCal worshippers they can stay home on Sundays. Great job by our very Christian President frustrating people’s free practice of faith out of fear.
ICE Deports 20-Year-Old With No Criminal Record: 'Man of Faith'
CAIR Exposes Trump Border Czar Tom Homan’s Active Collaboration with Anti-Muslim Hate Groups
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
Leaked Documents Show 'Alligator Alcatraz' Could Cost Over $600 Million; More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.
At least this is fun. 😄 TikToker Launches Fake ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Tour Website That Redirects to Photos of Trump With Epstein
INHABIT
I’m glad we have a President who wants to use the economic power of the United States to punish other countries for picking on his friends. More than friends, kindred corrupt authoritarian spirits who both attempted to hold on to power after losing free and fair elections…
Trump Pledges 50% Tariffs Against Brazil, Citing ‘Witch Hunt’ Against Bolsonaro; Tensions between the United States and Brazil have suddenly burst open. Brazil’s president promised to reciprocate against President Trump’s tariffs.
Brazil's Lula pledges reciprocity after Trump tariff announcement. “‘Any measure to unilaterally raise tariffs will be responded to in accordance with Brazil's Economic Reciprocity Law,’ Lula's office said in a statement.”
Nothing to see here:
More on tariffs, which are going great by the way…
China blasts ‘immoral’ US trade practices, courts Asean on free trade unity, stability. Remember when we were champions of free trade. What the fuck are we doing?
Pricing data shows Trump's tariffs are making some US-made products more expensive. Well, of course they are.
Crockett accuses Trump of being ‘racist and wrong’ for ‘blatantly offensive’ remark to Liberian leader. “‘Such good English, such beautiful,’ Trump said. ‘Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?’” President Boakai was speaking English - the primary language in his country. 😑
Joseph Cox takes a grenade for America. Trump Mobile Keeps Charging My Credit Card And I Have No Idea Why. “
Trump calls wind, solar bad for power grid. Texas shows otherwise
This kind of bullshit, “He seeded clouds over Texas. Then came the conspiracy theories”and this kind of bullshit (not ’s mocking post, Zeldin’s, below)
and this kind of bullshit:
Lead to this kind of bullshit:
'ANTI-GOVERNMENT MILITIA' SAYS IT’S TARGETING OKLAHOMA WEATHER RADARS; An “anti-government militia” called ‘Veterans on Patrol’ told News 9 on Tuesday that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars, days after an individual vandalized News 9’s weather radar.
SUSPECT IN NEWS 9 RADAR VANDALISM ARRESTED BY OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE; Investigators tell News 9, they believe Anthony Tyler Mitchell is the man seen on surveillance footage destroying the power supply to News 9’s NextGen Live radar in Northeast Oklahoma City Sunday night.
Good News & Nonsense
I’m 100% here for it, part one. Superman is Going to be Awesome: ‘Superman’ Feels Like A Living, Breathing Comic Book; James Gunn’s reboot of the DC Cinematic Universe kicks off with some deep-cut super-friends and a breezier touch that captures the Silver Age version of the Man of Steel. I’ve been talking about this for a year, bought tickets a month ago and am dragging my wife to the theater to see this Saturday - and I can’t wait.
“‘Superman is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me, it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost,’ he said. Believe it or not, it’s true: Before there was Clark Kent of Smallville, Kansas, there was Kal-El from the planet Krypton, whose parents shipped him to Earth before their home planet was destroyed. Superman is now, and has always been, by definition, an immigrant refugee. Hell, unless there was border patrol waiting for him when he fell from outer space, that quite literally makes him an ‘illegal alien.’” - Jon Blistien, in Rolling Stone, James Gunn And ‘Superman’ Cast Laugh Off Maga Freakout Over Hero’s Immigrant Origins
I’m 100% here for it, part two.The NFL is Awesome: NFL apps coming to CarPlay, starting with these teams. “Each app currently includes team-provided audio content for easily browsing and playing on the road. The app icons are also a great way to show love for your favorite team.”
In Closing: HBD, Moo Deng!
There’s so much to be angry and annoyed about that we need to pause and enjoy the fun things. Last year, Moo Deng took the internet by storm. Fun to pause and celebrate her birthday. From NBC News: Moo Deng, the pygmy hippo who became a pudgy internet sensation, turns 1. “Totally unfazed that it was her birthday, she wandered around her enclosure, took a few naps and chewed her caretaker’s knees while she was hosed down.” The below via Today.