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What was the scariest “We need to leave… now” gut feeling that you’ve ever experienced?
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November 2020. I watch the Presidentz videos on Twitter. He had graphs of vote times. I would never trust a politician, but what he said was possible. I reserved judgement.
And then two months passed and no evidence emerged. No evidence had emerged by January 6th. Let me be clear that if there had been evidence of 'cheating', every loyal American would have been that day. But there was no evidence. It was a lie, and to spread it is to threaten The Republic.
But that wasnt the scariest moment. I had too much vindictive pleasure imagining those genocidal baby-bombers snivelling in the boiler rooms, listening to 'Masters of War'. However, several things became clear in the aftermath.
Donald Trump was somehow martyred for his narcissistic dementia. His popularity rose! Donald Trump is unable to accept a majority decision at odds with his power. This is acceptable to his cult of personality, 1/3 of Americans!
Silicon Valley is compromised. By removing his most incriminating videos, Twitter covered his ass and prevented him from being caught out. Again, his statements were not criminal. They are treason. But they need to be seen to be understood. Whether benign technocrats or conspirators, the elite decided to go by the lyrics of the song 'Severed'.
So that is bad, but there is still hope for the americans to wake up. January 2026 was the closest the U.S. has come to Civil War in my lifetime. But the Republican party backed off (a little). We will see. But dont vote by mail, you had better vote in person.