American Politics from 2019 on

[Sean Hayden]

What do you think, Tero? You know more about this stuff than I do. If Democrats win big, I think the Republican play would be to manufacture a crisis by refusing to govern, while pushing a narrative that Democrats are trying to rule without input from the executive or the Republican Party at all. The “solution” would then be to sideline Democrats and carry on with an effectively unchecked executive until “sanity” is supposedly restored (gaslighting very much on brand here).

The Democrats then save us all by rolling over just in time to avoid holding anyone accountable…

[pErvinalia]

I can't see him leaving if he's still alive in 2028.

[Sean Hayden]

Yeah, dictator Trump isn’t really ever going to be a thing. The threat is just that the government stops working.

[aufbahrung]

Someone in the sidewings, you've never heard of but Putin has, waiting to take power and become that worst of nightmares after Trump.

[Brian Peacock]

I can't see him leaving if he's still alive in 2028.

He's just The Cartel's current figurehead, and there's enough people in the organisation with plenty of experience refreshing or relaunching corporate brands for it not to matter. Over half of Americans use social media platforms as their primary news source -- rising to around three-quarters in people under 30 -- so getting the messages out and controlling the narrative isn't a problem for those tech giants with their feet under the big table.

But it's not a stretch to imagine some sort of national crisis around election time that puts troops, DHS goons &/or volunteer militias on the streets to 'secure' the vote. And there's already a playbook for interfering with elections - all they have to do is look to what the Stop The Steal Brigade accused Biden of in 2020, but actually do it for their guy or gal.

[Tero]

It will be a rather inactive federal government. ICE still has the funding now, you could just cut off funding, salary. Agents will leave. The military is still functioning, they do not have a budget that can disappear fast. Trump will continue invading 2026-2028.

We may see some historic votes in Congress overriding Trump's vetoes, as congress people have to keep funds going to their states.

[Tero]

"President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal basis this is being done and where exactly the money will go was not made clear by the president.

"But for the people of Venezuela, here is what is certain: If you didn’t know before, now you know. Trump came to liberate your oil, not your people. Sorry to tell you, but last Saturday was “O-Day,” not “D-Day.”

"But I don’t think that will be so easy. Here’s my prediction: Trump will soon discover that the only way to revive major American oil investments in Venezuela is to revive Venezuela’s democracy.

"Why? Because our major oil companies are serious public companies with shareholders, and what company in its right mind would make a huge long-term investment in a country where the people who stole the last election are being kept in power — minus their leader — so they can take orders from our Don Trump rather than their Don Corleone? All this while the legitimate winners of their last election are in exile or out on the streets, angry, and not wanting this rump dictatorship to survive."

"I would love to be a fly on the wall at that White House meeting. Because after talking to people in the U.S. oil industry, it is clear to me that if Trump wants to see U.S. companies invest billions of new dollars to repair Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, the first thing they will tell him is that they need a return to the rule of law in Venezuela. They will also tell him they need physical security on the ground for their people, a stable government, repayment of the debts owed for expropriated assets, a new law governing how oil profits will be shared — not according to Trump’s whims — and an agreement that any disputes will go to international arbitration, not local courts."

"I am not saying that the oil companies are crusaders for democracy. These companies are obsessed with stability, not democracy. There is no way a country ruled by an illegitimate, Trump-directed cabal of mini-Maduros — who are allowed to keep their jobs and freedom as long as they do Trump’s bidding — would be a stable place."
"Trump and his deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, think they know how the world really works — the strong do as they like and the weak bow as they must. I guess they missed the insurgencies against the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan by ragtag militias that drove us out of both places. Trump and Miller live their lives today surrounded by sycophants, and neither of them has ever lived abroad, so neither has any feel for how people can and will resist — sometimes openly, sometimes covertly — when they are humiliated by big tough foreigners telling them what to do.

"Trump thinks free and fair elections are a distraction from getting Venezuela’s oil sector up and running. I disagree. I think they are a prerequisite. No real elections for Venezuela, no big American investments, no real increase in oil exports."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/opin ... cracy.html

[Tero]

Trump will continue invading 2026-2028.

Peace president will start bombing Iran.

[Tero]

Canada! Trump has two more years. Which part to liberate? Yukon?

Canada has never had an equivalent of Uncle Sam, sternly exhorting its citizens to sign up to fight for their country. That is changing. Jennie Carignan, Canada’s top soldier, is looking for Canadians—whether they are 16 or 65—who will come to their country’s aid in the event of a military attack or calamitous natural disaster. “We’re going to need heavy-equipment operators,” says General Carignan. “We’re going to need drone operators. We’re going to potentially need cyber operators as well.” Call her Aunt Jennie.

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/ ... om-america

[Sean Hayden]

I wonder how much damage he’s actually doing? It’s easy to think everyone assumes this is a temporary shift, and that things will go back to normal soon. I’m sure a lot of reassurances are being made behind the scenes. So, how much of any of this is going to be significant in 5 years?

[Tero]

Philadelphia police will arrest ICE agents if they wear masks?
https://www.threads.com/@tellittorosie/ ... zHwEvjsicw

[Tero]

Our protest today. Young woman catches the spirit with: fuck!
https://www.threads.com/@tero55gervais/ ... r0p&slof=1
First rule of protest signs: write big!

[Tero]

It looked like the Epstein thing was going away a bit. Now it looks like some politicians may need to resign. And Trump will pardon them from "everything" before the court case.

Sascha is a Epstein trafficking survivor who has given detailed testimony about being adopted for exploitation and trafficked as a child.
Their interview names perpetrators, victims and networks. It includes Donald J. Trump, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham and Clarence Thomas.
I've linked it below.
Threads is fucking throttling posts about it and that's a great reminder social media is still owned by the man.

https://www.threads.com/@fieldspells/po ... cad2ZwaU5g
"Don't worry. Boys are hard to find." Part 1 o2

Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: SR

Sascha was adopted during 1977 for the purposes of trafficking, by William Kyle Riley (WKR). Sascha was trafficked by WKR within the Trump/Epstein ring from about 9 to 13 years old. Prior to trafficking within the Trump/Epstein ring, Sascha was trafficked to relatives – from about the age of 6 years old. WKR worked as a pilot and trafficker for Trump and conspirators, within the Trump/Epstein and associated criminal enterprises.

WKR hunted victims, trafficked victims, transported clients and victims on airplanes and helicopters, and silenced victims including by murder. And WKR and his father, Paul, worked within the Dixie Mafia. Sascha is one of the only trafficking survivors, from during those years.

Pedophile perpetrators Sascha is willing to testify against include Donald J. Trump, Andy Biggs, Jim Jordan, Lindsey Graham and Clarence Thomas. Please see audio recordings A-F and Part 2 section “a bullet of case background”, for more detail.

I told Sascha I would publish audio of our conversations, un-edited and un-redacted. And so I am. For myself. For Sascha. And for his friends Samantha, and Patricia, and Sarah, all of whom died. And for the rest of the victims, buried on all the farms, the ranches, the patches of wilderness, across the good, sweet Earth. And, for the rest of the innocent. Veritas vincit. Iustitia in aeternum.

The evidence is ample. Pornography films, videos, CPS reports, FBI reports on WKR – and a military report involving the court-martial of a fellow soldier found with child pornography depicting Sascha and one of the murder victims; Samantha, a decade earlier. Much of the evidence has been suppressed. Some is obtainable by FOIA request, and by investigator request.

But what must be understood – is that the corroborative evidence, is supplemental. The corroborative evidence supports the truthful testimony. And truthful testimony of what was seen, and heard, and experienced, is not only evidence, but among the most important evidence. And while truthful testimony and supporting evidence is important and evidence of truth – the truth itself is evidence. Essential evidence. Primary evidence. Fas Prima. And the fraudulent systems that suppress the truth and oppress the innocent, will no longer stand.

The truth cannot be hidden by falsehoods. Whether the falsehoods are told inadvertently or intentionally, by the well-intended misled, or by the bleating false prophets bleating falsehoods and insidious insinuations of truth. Such as insinuations about victim credibility. In a truly just system of justice, victim credibility must never, ever be considered a criteria or prerequisite or requisite of justice, at all.

A system where the credibility of the victim is considered a criteria or requisite or prerequisite for pursuing justice, is a fallacy. A system where the victim’s credibility is demonized, instead of the perpetrator’s guilt rightly determined and punished in respect to and in honour of the victim, is demonic. I state again - a system where the victim’s credibility is demonized, is demonic.

https://lisevoldeng.substack.com/p/dont ... rd-to-find

After I first spoke with Sascha, I selectively contacted allies, church, police, and government officials in various countries, with a call to warn*. To stand. To investigate. I stored copies of documents with local police and various other allies, for safekeeping.

I provided initial corroborative documents to individuals and offices who have sworn oaths to help the innocent. To forewarn. To help jumpstart investigations in various countries. And to provide context on the larger criminal enterprises internationally. The secretive perpetrators. The silenced victims. The missing
documents. The hidden evidence. The unseen patterns between perpetrators, only recently revealed.

And when the FBI questionably contacted Sascha during the summer, I moved Sascha to safety out of country.

*Among them, I spoke to folks at Senator Wyden’s office, and the House Oversight Committee Democrat’s Office. I contacted the HOCDO office on September 4, 2025, and followed up by sending documents, including Sascha’s testimony, to their whistleblower account. During September 19, 2025, Sascha and I conducted a meeting with House Oversight Committee Democrat Office aides, upon their review of my documents. We expressed our extreme concerns that Trump and conspirators were attempting to escalate criminal activity globally, imminently. We also told them to swiftly obtain critical copies of evidence, before the United States government shutdown. Among such evidence, copies of a circa 2010 report (and attendant child pornography material) stored in the permanent records of a United States military base. The records detail the court-martial of a soldier that Sascha served with. The soldier was caught with child pornography that included films of Sascha and one of the trafficking victims, Samantha, who was later murdered because of the film’s popularity. The film was produced within the Trump/Epstein and associated enterprises, several years earlier. Please see Part 2 section “bullet of case background” for my overview, and audio files A through F for Sascha’s description of related incidents.