Seething MAGA

The First Amendment gives Trump and his MAGA followers the right to believe and speak ridiculous nonsense.

Be careful out there today.

I expect today's No Kings protests mostly to be feel-good events, people encouraged by seeing like-minded people. 

But that is not everyone. Today's post is a reminder that there are Americans who think we are part of a global network at war with the United States.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said:

The Democrat [sic] Party’s main constituency are made up of Hamas, terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals. That’s who the Democrat [sic] Party is catering to. They don’t stand for anything except catering to the far-left base, which as I said includes anti-semites, includes far left terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals who they want to let off to freely to roam our American streets.

Trump, Fox, and MAGA people on social media have a story to sell: The opposition to Trump is a dark, foreign, often-Jewish, secret cabal, funded with taxpayer money. It conflates opposition to Trump with subversive terrorist attacks against Trump and America itself. The people attacking the Capitol on January 6, 2021 were patriots; the people on the streets today are terrorists.

Isn't this just cynical propaganda?  Isn't it just exaggerated nonsense to feed the gullible in their party, and to get "likes" and reposts?  

Possibly so. They present a curated story line that comes across as disciplined rather than organic. That does not mean it isn't effective. The find-a-scapegoat-to-demonize campaign has worked. Some Republican voters hear it and believe it -- enough of them to maintain party discipline. That group includes people who should know better.  A Trump-supporting Republican who reads this blog, a well-educated professional, sent me this letter. It is a heads up.

Antifa's Portland stronghold crumbled as police executed precise sweeps, arresting ringleaders and scattering crowds.

TikToker reports: "They thought the streets of Portland were theirs." Not anymore. Antifa's so-called stronghold just turned into their biggest defeat yet. Police swept through downtown Portland with military precision—riot squads, lasers, shields—taking down Antifa ringleaders one by one. The crowd scattered in panic. Some radicals who once ruled the streets now run from the law.

But it's not just about arrests. The Trump administration just launched a scorched-earth campaign to hunt down every single financier and dark-money donor funding this chaos. The DOJ, FBI, Treasury, and IRS are working together to trace every dollar flowing into Antifa's operation. And yes, that means billionaire donors like George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and Neville Roy Singham are officially in the crosshairs. Trump's new directive is clear: if you fund street violence, your books are getting opened. Your tax exemptions are gone.

Now the Government Accountability Institute has blown the lid off Antifa's entire operation—fake charities, bail funds, paid protesters, and propaganda networks disguised as activism. Trump's response? RICO charges, asset seizures, the IRS probes targeting every nonprofit connected to the web. The message is simple: law and order is back. This isn't just about Portland, either. It’s about ending the far-left chaos that's infected cities across America for years. The days of violent radicals burning and looting with impunity are over.

Even Soros’ own allies are sweating bullets as the crackdown expands. For the first time, the people who funded America's destruction are facing real consequences. This is Trump's America-first justice in full force. Antifa is crumbling, the far-left's street army is finished, and their billionaire puppet masters are next. 

Be careful out there on the sidewalks today. Don't let anyone pick a fight with you. There are people out there who have eaten a diet of information junk food, and believe it. Some of them are angry. 

Give them wide berth.

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