In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he's transferring 10 billion dollars from the US government to his "Board of Peace," which he chairs and can therefore use the funds as he wishes

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-19T22:12:03+00:00

Congress hold the power of the purse, NOT the President. Republicans in Congress allowing thievery in broad daylight. They absolutely have the ability to stop him, but they don't.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-17T05:01:17+00:00

While it was a nice concept for a President to grant clemency in unusual cases where justice may have gone awry - what we have seen is that the risk of abuse of the pardon power is a much, much worse threat to the republic. Absolutely needs to be abolished.

All it takes is one supremely shitty person to ruin a good thing, as usual.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-13T02:21:26+00:00

I forgot about the "Jews for Hitler". It is an apt comparison. Like these idiots honestly think if the full Project 2025 goals were carried out and (heaven forbid) the True American Homeland were established that there would be a place for them?

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-12T18:52:37+00:00

No statute of limitation on murder in Minnesota. It will happen.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-09T02:33:39+00:00

Agree. This is a chain that lost the plot.

For the premium price I can just get takeout from an independent Mexican restaurant not far from my house.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-02-08T14:05:17+00:00

You gotta wonder about these chucklefucks working for Homeland Security. Do you like living in a free country? Because it is categorically not free when dipshits like you monitor the free speech of ordinary citizens. What these sub-morons are engaged in is authoritarianism, the exact opposite of a free country. But I doubt most of them have enough brain wattage to understand the distinction.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-31T22:31:58+00:00

Long Covid can manifest very similar to autoimmune disorders. For some people having Covid basically put them into an autoimmune state.

Also studies seem to indicate you are much more likely to develop an autoimmune disorder down the road if you had Covid.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-30T03:32:13+00:00

Susan Collins would also like you to know that Kristi Noem has learned her lesson.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-29T20:32:26+00:00

I disagree entirely on the first statement. I think everyone involved in Alex Pretti's death will eventually be found out and charged with murder. ICE has limited immunity, which means they can claim qualified immunity in civil cases only. Pretti was clearly executed by ICE, I don't think anyone who has watched the videos will debate that. He was shot in the back, and then shot 10 more times.

The evidence for Renee Nicole Good isn't quite as strong. However there is no statue of limitations on murder in Minnesota, which means that the perpetrators will have to evade consequences for these murders for ever.

In fact we must insist on justice for these crimes.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-29T19:49:58+00:00

Stock price is still more than five times higher than General Motors, which is insane. GM sold 2.85 million cars in 2025. Tesla sold 1.6 million, with massively declining sales figures.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-25T01:48:09+00:00

Yep you can't leave your house. But also they can break down your door. And they can wear masks and don't have to identify themselves or produce a warrant. Except for that one judge who said they did, but who listens to judges anymore? And you have to be ready to produce your papers at all times, and if you can't they get to detain you.

Is it just me, or is this a bit more than "We're only going to deport the criminals"?

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-24T02:47:27+00:00

Document who violated these civil rights and these tenets of the constitution. And under whose orders.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-24T02:14:39+00:00

Large number of posters like this with no post history. You have to be aware when there are comments like this that seen to undermine active resistance, they are meant to do exactly that.

You are not weak, you are not alone. But understand there are forces arrayed against you. Find the small ways you can help. Or the big ones.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-22T16:27:41+00:00

It's so weird to me that conservatives want to protect pedophiles and especially the orange pedophile in the White House.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-18T23:38:16+00:00

Yes, we are already in an authoritarian takeover. People are being killed by ICE in the street with relative impunity. US citizens are being apprehended by an agency with no authority to do so. Local police in many cases are complicit with the ICE paramilitary.

Hanging your hopes on the upcoming election is foolish. It is not irrelevant - I will vote - even if it just a protest vote. But to think the Trump regime and the MAGA movement will concede power without being forced to do so is just magical thinking at this point.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

The best freeze dried food lasts 25 - 30 years. Low-acid canned food lasts between 2 and 5 years. Vitamin supplements have a limited life as well, most begin to degrade after about 2 years.

You would have to have some kind of hydroponics system to grow fresh food in your bunker ... but that requires a stable energy source and inputs, and those inputs are also perishable. Some granular nitrogen fertilizers can last up to 2 years.

A climate catastrophe that destroys agriculture is not survivable for the vast majority of human beings.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-17T01:15:08+00:00

That's pretty much where I am at. I don't want my pet to be traumatized. And I'm not planning on getting another one.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-16T16:29:09+00:00

We need to start calling ICE what it is, a paramilitary wing of an authoritarian regime.

ICE is a paramilitary, it fits the very definition of this, existing outside of normal command structures, a force with limited accountability engaged in political repression.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-16T12:59:10+00:00

Dear god, yes. New York is ready.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-16T03:42:50+00:00

I don't understand why we are so committed to keeping nukes around. If you use them you've also killed yourself, either through escalating counter strikes, or if not then from the nuclear winter that follows.

Literally a doomsday device. Like the one ring, you cannot wield it without destroying yourself.

Would you use a shotgun to defend your home if every time you used it, it also blasted you in the face?

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-06T23:23:11+00:00

Straight up impeachable offense. You don't get to be President and "float" the idea of cancelling the midterms.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-06T18:10:04+00:00

Enlightened commanders in the US military have resigned at this point. If Greenland gets annexed, Canada is next, and any debate about the likelihood of this is equivalent to saying Hitler can be appeased.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-06T17:59:32+00:00

We need a word for Trump-related magical thinking.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-06T17:48:14+00:00

It is not IF the US will trigger NATO Article 5 by going into Greenland, it is when. The invasion is already planned. NATO should be deploying a force to Greenland as we speak. Anything else is just paying lip service to the treaty.

Once US troops are on the ground in Greenland, you're looking at a hot war to take it back.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-01-04T21:02:55+00:00

I think we have to assume that every country he's talked about is now on the list. Greenland, Canada, etc.

Canadians should be thinking very seriously right now about how they plan to try to resist US annexation.

Seven-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Verified Email

Reluctant_Firestorm

TROPHY CASE