If there is one thing that is crystal clear in the second coming of Donald Trump’s occupation of the White House, it’s that dissent is verboten, and anyone who dares to engage in it must be shunned and driven from the embrace of Trump’s obeisant society. The protections of the Constitution notwithstanding, defiance of Dear Leader will not be tolerated.
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This suppression of free speech is not some vague, clandestine policy that is hinted at in disguised rhetoric. It is blatant and broadcast without shame by Trump and his cronies. His recently confirmed director of the FBI, Kash Patel, made sure that he would not be misunderstood when he threatened the media with persecution and prosecution if they challenged the supremacy of the regime.
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Consequently, it will surprise no one that Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News, is leading the way down the path of total submission to the Trump cult’s hive mind. On Sunday’s edition of Fox and Friends Weekend (the program from which Trump recruited his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth), the “Curvy Couch” potatoes drew the red line that citizens of Trump’s perverse version of America must never be allowed to cross.
Campos-Duffy: There was somebody who was in Vermont, a very liberal state, who went with his family, JD Vance, skiing, and boy, the Vermonters were not very friendly and welcoming. I don’t think any conservatives will want to go to Vermont skiing anymore.
Hurt: Shocking, SHOCKING, to find out that the state that keeps sending us Bernie Sanders decided to turn out in support of, uh, against JD Vance because of the showdown in the White House yesterday.
Campos-Duffy: Do you know what bugs me about this is? It’s like if he was, ya know, if he was like – I get, I think families should be off limits. Hunter Biden sold out the country. There was a reason to talk about him. These kids are like four and two. Why are they bothering this man on his ski vacation?
6:02aET F&F Sun TOP Story: Vermonters Mean to @VP
CHARLIE: The state…decided to turn out in support of, uh, against JD Vance because of the showdown in the WH yesterday ?
RACHEL: It's like if he was, ya know, if he was like — I get, I think families should be off limits?? https://t.co/NSd2E5g3UU pic.twitter.com/Im9J2JQ2b0
— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) March 2, 2025
Did y’all get that? It is now required that all citizens must be “friendly and welcoming” to visitors from the Trump confederacy. Failure to behave in the approved manner will warrant ostracization, and the enmity of Trump cultists in good standing.
So even if a Trump toady, like say for instance, JD Vance, were to come to town the day after he and Trump grossly embarrassed the nation by chastising a beleaguered American ally, such as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – who has been courageously fighting to defend the cherished American values of liberty and democracy – the peasants…er…residents of that town are still expected to bow down reverentially or suffer the consequences.
MORE HERE: Was Trump’s Ambush of Zelenskyy Preplanned, Including Stacking the Press Pool with Kremlin Hacks?
What’s more, the voters of that town will be mocked for democratically electing the representative of their choice if he (e.g. Bernie Sanders) doesn’t fall in line with the Fuhrer’s dictates. Never mind that when Trump’s nemesis, President Biden, was in office, it was perfectly fine to attack the President and his family in overtly unfriendly and unwelcoming ways.
In the Era of the Cult of Trump, guilt by association is the standard operating procedure. Anyone who affiliates with the enemies of Trump are suspect themselves. However, if we apply the same gauge to the Trumpists, we would see a decidedly troubling scenario unfolding. Because among the most fervent followers of Trump are some of the world’s most brutal and oppressive tyrants, whose reverence Trump gleefully returns.
Russian politico, Dmitry Medvedev, gives #PutinsPoodle, Trump, praise for his "slap down" of Zelenskyy. Like a dog getting a treat for doing a trick.Hungary's dictator, Orbán, also came out in support of Trump's tantrum against Zelenskyy, but inadvertently notes that Putin is weak for making war.
— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2025-03-01T18:58:25.115Z
And let’s not forget Trump’s co-president, Elon Musk, who is fully on board with America’s Russian foes, and is doing all that he can to advance their interests.
Trump's co-president, Elon Musk, is now advocating that the U.S. quit NATO and the U.N.Just like their master Vladimir Putin wants us to do.
— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2025-03-02T18:15:06.359Z
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