Trump is setting the stage for declaring the Insurrection Act. Peaceful protests will be undermined by the small minority of undisciplined, age independent, juveniles who choose to throw objects and disrespect law enforcement. Los Angeles police and sheriff officers are not the enemy. Destructive behavior is what will trigger Trump's further abuse of power and endanger the health and security of the civilian population.
I saw a report those five Waymo cars that were all burned in a row were suspiciously summoned to be there. Then one person broke into the windows and set them on fire one after the other. The videos show the person's face was covered and he was systematic in his bad deed. That fire was shown repeatedly nationwide and became the only high dollar destruction followed by Trump's bad deeds.
The Big, Beautiful Authoritarianism: Project 2025 in Action
The most critical development in this report is the authoritarian overreach embedded in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which combines massive wealth transfers to the elite with a sweeping dismantling of federal democratic safeguards. It is no mere piece of legislation—it is the legislative blueprint for Project 2025, a manifesto not of governance but of suppression.
The bill guts healthcare, slashes food assistance, and hands billions to ICE and the military-industrial complex. This is not about safety. It is about control. What we are witnessing in Los Angeles—ICE raids without warrants, attacks on peaceful protesters, the forced federalization of National Guard troops over state objections—is not chaos by accident. It is spectacle by design. With Trump allies like Stephen Miller and Tom Homan fronting a media campaign dressed in faux-military theatrics, we are watching a test-run for authoritarian rule wrapped in performance politics.
The public backlash is growing. But so is the regime’s desperation. They are baiting unrest, counting on conflict to justify a crackdown. The goal is nothing less than a power grab that shifts authority away from democratic institutions and consolidates it within a hard-right executive machine.
Prediction:
If this bill passes, expect a swift and aggressive expansion of these tactics across the country. Liberal cities will be targeted first, followed by any community that dares to dissent. Los Angeles is not an outlier—it is a prototype. What begins with ICE raids and National Guard deployments will metastasize into a full-scale erosion of civil liberties. Surveillance will expand. Protests will be criminalized. Dissent will be reframed as insurrection.
This is not policy. It is a calculated attempt to replace American democracy with executive authoritarianism enforced through spectacle, intimidation, and state violence. America’s constitutional framework is already buckling under pressure. This bill could collapse it entirely.
Federal agencies are being weaponized, and the distinction between law enforcement and political enforcement is vanishing. Resistance movements, unions, journalists, and state governments will be the last thin shield. They will face legal threats, disinformation, and brute force.
The courts and state leaders must act immediately. Delay is complicity. There is no time for cautious optimism or partisan gamesmanship. If this bill becomes law, the United States will no longer be a democratic republic in anything but name.
This is not a drill. This is the crossroads. Either the people rise to reject this descent into tyranny, or we witness the final curtain fall on American democracy.
So, a non-medical person is firing the members of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, while the Marines are playing "traffic cops" when they could be doing many other things that they were actually trained to do...GOD, HELP US ALL AND SUPPORT DJT'S IMPEACHMENT !!
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing. Use your voice and make some “good trouble.”
Thank you for this excellent information. The problem is of the 13 sheets, only the poem was legible. The print on the 11 sheets is so tiny it cannot be read. Perhaps you can enlarge it and post it again?
Not sure why it opened as 13 different sheets, there should be 5 tabs. Did it open in GoogleSheets for you? Maybe copy and paste in your browser and if you’re on your phone you can zoom out with your fingers?
If you need a PDF, I have a note about emailing me and I’ll send it. You might not be able to see my email address if it’s opening oddly for you though, so my email is Megan.neish@gmail.com
Excellent clarification and information. Wondering if Donald is trying to distract from his public problems with Musk and his big ugly Bill. He’s hoping to gaslight all of us in California and across the nation if he can. He’s an absolute disaster for all of us.
Speaking of RFK, Jr; I thought it petty, ridiculous and degrading for him to attend the funerals of the victims of the Texas Measles outbreak which has now spread to other states bordering Texas. What kind of person is he? His father is turning over in his grave seeing HIS SON BECOME SUCH a DANGER TO the health and well-being of our children. The worms in RFK,JR's brain really gutted his intelligence.
Humpty’s Henchmen are hell bent to declare martial law! Russell Vought and Stephen Miller should be in prison for their sabotage! RFK “worm brain” Jr. is actively destroying public trust in the public health system at every opportunity! Marco and of course, Humpty gave Israel the green light to “bomb bomb bomb” Iran; while Humpty is the one who made it possible in his disastrous first term, to enrich uranium to levels almost high enough to build a nuclear weapon (perhaps only months away, even now). The world is spiraling out of control while Humpty and his divorcee Co-King, the DogElon, continue making predictions about their work that never come true. The Repugnicans in Congress had better come to their senses quickly: this is not their entrance to the promised land, unless you mean in “heaven”, where anyone there is already dead. In that note: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has announced that they expect the global average temperature to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius within about two years! Seven years ago, they thought it would not happen until 2040! Then they thought, maybe, 2035 or 2033. This suggests that 2027 will be more likely to have more extreme heat waves than we may have this year. It also means that around 2027, we will be talking about the “2 degree Celsius” threshold the way we have been about the “1.5” degree(of warming above preindustrial levels). Perhaps this is the reality that all or most billionaires including Humpty and the Dog are trying desperately to distract us from?
Trump is setting the stage for declaring the Insurrection Act. Peaceful protests will be undermined by the small minority of undisciplined, age independent, juveniles who choose to throw objects and disrespect law enforcement. Los Angeles police and sheriff officers are not the enemy. Destructive behavior is what will trigger Trump's further abuse of power and endanger the health and security of the civilian population.
I would not be surprised to learn that proud boys masquerading as protesters commit violent acts in some cases.
I saw a report those five Waymo cars that were all burned in a row were suspiciously summoned to be there. Then one person broke into the windows and set them on fire one after the other. The videos show the person's face was covered and he was systematic in his bad deed. That fire was shown repeatedly nationwide and became the only high dollar destruction followed by Trump's bad deeds.
Of course, they infiltrate both side to prevent peaceful demonstration, an anathema to the MAGAts.
Loved your substack live, Heather. No kings! Deport bigots, keep immigrants: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/deport-bigots-keep-immigrants
The Big, Beautiful Authoritarianism: Project 2025 in Action
The most critical development in this report is the authoritarian overreach embedded in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which combines massive wealth transfers to the elite with a sweeping dismantling of federal democratic safeguards. It is no mere piece of legislation—it is the legislative blueprint for Project 2025, a manifesto not of governance but of suppression.
The bill guts healthcare, slashes food assistance, and hands billions to ICE and the military-industrial complex. This is not about safety. It is about control. What we are witnessing in Los Angeles—ICE raids without warrants, attacks on peaceful protesters, the forced federalization of National Guard troops over state objections—is not chaos by accident. It is spectacle by design. With Trump allies like Stephen Miller and Tom Homan fronting a media campaign dressed in faux-military theatrics, we are watching a test-run for authoritarian rule wrapped in performance politics.
The public backlash is growing. But so is the regime’s desperation. They are baiting unrest, counting on conflict to justify a crackdown. The goal is nothing less than a power grab that shifts authority away from democratic institutions and consolidates it within a hard-right executive machine.
Prediction:
If this bill passes, expect a swift and aggressive expansion of these tactics across the country. Liberal cities will be targeted first, followed by any community that dares to dissent. Los Angeles is not an outlier—it is a prototype. What begins with ICE raids and National Guard deployments will metastasize into a full-scale erosion of civil liberties. Surveillance will expand. Protests will be criminalized. Dissent will be reframed as insurrection.
This is not policy. It is a calculated attempt to replace American democracy with executive authoritarianism enforced through spectacle, intimidation, and state violence. America’s constitutional framework is already buckling under pressure. This bill could collapse it entirely.
Federal agencies are being weaponized, and the distinction between law enforcement and political enforcement is vanishing. Resistance movements, unions, journalists, and state governments will be the last thin shield. They will face legal threats, disinformation, and brute force.
The courts and state leaders must act immediately. Delay is complicity. There is no time for cautious optimism or partisan gamesmanship. If this bill becomes law, the United States will no longer be a democratic republic in anything but name.
This is not a drill. This is the crossroads. Either the people rise to reject this descent into tyranny, or we witness the final curtain fall on American democracy.
So, a non-medical person is firing the members of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, while the Marines are playing "traffic cops" when they could be doing many other things that they were actually trained to do...GOD, HELP US ALL AND SUPPORT DJT'S IMPEACHMENT !!
Nusome was right. We are together.
Call. Write. Email. Protest peacefully. Unrelentingly.
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing. Use your voice and make some “good trouble.”
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk
Thank you for this excellent information. The problem is of the 13 sheets, only the poem was legible. The print on the 11 sheets is so tiny it cannot be read. Perhaps you can enlarge it and post it again?
Not sure why it opened as 13 different sheets, there should be 5 tabs. Did it open in GoogleSheets for you? Maybe copy and paste in your browser and if you’re on your phone you can zoom out with your fingers?
If you need a PDF, I have a note about emailing me and I’ll send it. You might not be able to see my email address if it’s opening oddly for you though, so my email is Megan.neish@gmail.com
Excellent clarification and information. Wondering if Donald is trying to distract from his public problems with Musk and his big ugly Bill. He’s hoping to gaslight all of us in California and across the nation if he can. He’s an absolute disaster for all of us.
Speaking of RFK, Jr; I thought it petty, ridiculous and degrading for him to attend the funerals of the victims of the Texas Measles outbreak which has now spread to other states bordering Texas. What kind of person is he? His father is turning over in his grave seeing HIS SON BECOME SUCH a DANGER TO the health and well-being of our children. The worms in RFK,JR's brain really gutted his intelligence.
Thanks for superb reporting and context
Thank you, Professor!
Humpty’s Henchmen are hell bent to declare martial law! Russell Vought and Stephen Miller should be in prison for their sabotage! RFK “worm brain” Jr. is actively destroying public trust in the public health system at every opportunity! Marco and of course, Humpty gave Israel the green light to “bomb bomb bomb” Iran; while Humpty is the one who made it possible in his disastrous first term, to enrich uranium to levels almost high enough to build a nuclear weapon (perhaps only months away, even now). The world is spiraling out of control while Humpty and his divorcee Co-King, the DogElon, continue making predictions about their work that never come true. The Repugnicans in Congress had better come to their senses quickly: this is not their entrance to the promised land, unless you mean in “heaven”, where anyone there is already dead. In that note: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has announced that they expect the global average temperature to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius within about two years! Seven years ago, they thought it would not happen until 2040! Then they thought, maybe, 2035 or 2033. This suggests that 2027 will be more likely to have more extreme heat waves than we may have this year. It also means that around 2027, we will be talking about the “2 degree Celsius” threshold the way we have been about the “1.5” degree(of warming above preindustrial levels). Perhaps this is the reality that all or most billionaires including Humpty and the Dog are trying desperately to distract us from?
Will Trump's Constitutional violations of illegal search and seizure be sanctioned by the Roberts SCOTUS?
https://substack.com/@politicsusa46/note/c-124753945?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=9kpps
My son and wife and I joined the protest in Traverse City, MI and it was a huge turnout!!! And
Mostly loud praise from passerby’s 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Many flags 💙💙💙💙💙
It won't play. I play it on this browser every day. Wth