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Torchlight

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17. I'm quite certain they'll create the excuse they need

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2025, 09:59 AM

Jun 9

at the time they want it, and in the manner they see fit.

I don't think the actions or reactions of protestors in the here and now will affect any measurable changes to a script written and signed off on months ago.

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Project 2025 playbook--Trump wants to enact martial law. It's a set up. If you protest, keep that in mind. DO NOT GIVE [View all] applegrove Jun 8 OP

EXACTLY!! Cha Jun 8 #1

Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility Fiendish Thingy Jun 8 #2

It's all a distraction so the real authoritarians running the show can gain and keep power. Initech Jun 8 #4

Arrested for what? Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #5

Go forth & test that idea with the raging criminals currently running the show. Tell us how that works out. Hekate Jun 9 #8

How? Terrorize us all. Shoot up crowds for peaceful free assembly. Get those concentration camps up& running. Hekate Jun 9 #7

You have apparently bought the myth they are selling Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #10

People are getting psyched out by the inevitable. Jamastiene Jun 9 #9

Yes bdamomma Jun 9 #15

The fucking Heritage Foundation needs to be disbanded and they all need maximum life sentences! Initech Jun 8 #3

Life sentences for what crime? Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #11

Not foreign terrorists bdamomma Jun 9 #16

If only the Jews had followed that advice in 1932 Kaleva Jun 9 #6

They'll make it happen no matter what. Wingus Dingus Jun 9 #12

I'm a big fan of the 1960's sit-in. It's a great tactic. tinrobot Jun 9 #13

And everyone has to be on the same page. Kaleva Jun 9 #19

Thank you for posting bdamomma Jun 9 #14

I'm quite certain they'll create the excuse they need Torchlight Jun 9 #17

it's always the cops who initiate violence mike_c Jun 9 #18