Micheal Cohen - LA was a dress rehearsal for what Trump really has planned

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Let’s not kid ourselves. When Donald Trump says he’s made a “great decision,” you better start worrying, because it’s never great for democracy, the Constitution, or anyone not wearing a MAGA hat and carrying a Trump Bible they’ve never read.
This week, Trump deployed the National Guard in response to protests that, let’s be honest, were nothing close to a national emergency. There were no federal buildings under siege, no cities in flames. But that’s not the point, is it? This wasn’t about public safety. This was a political experiment dressed up in camouflage. A test run. A dress rehearsal. And like all things Trump, it’s not just dangerous; it’s calculated.

My Substack community, what we witnessed wasn’t a strongman reacting to chaos. It was a wannabe authoritarian manufacturing it, then using the power of the state to flex on the public, the press, and anyone else who might dare challenge him. This is what he promised on the campaign trail: more power to the executive branch. Less oversight. Fewer checks. No balances. He called it “retribution.” What we’re seeing now is the groundwork for exactly that.

The deployment of the National Guard, unprovoked by real threat, isn’t just about this moment. It’s about the next one. It’s about setting precedent. What happens when these tactics are deployed not in blue-state urban centers but in red states where governors fall in line and sheriffs salute? What happens when this isn’t about protesters at all, but voters, poll workers, journalists—or, God forbid, political opponents?
This is Trump’s litmus test. A field test of power. And he knows exactly what he’s doing. Push the rules of engagement now, gauge the public response, and refine the playbook for when the stakes are higher. And if you think he won’t use this strategy during a contested election or a Congressional hearing meltdown, you haven’t been paying attention. Or you’ve only been watching Fox News.

The real danger isn’t the soldiers in the streets; it’s the normalization of it. It’s the idea that presidents can unilaterally call in armed troops whenever they feel “threatened,” which for Trump means anytime someone criticizes him on Truth Social or runs a negative chyron on MSNBC. When executive power is abused for personal vengeance, it’s no longer leadership; it’s a regime.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/trumps-dress-rehearsal-for-tyranny

[usonian]

1. Foreign powers are ready to take it all down. But is that exactly what the DickTater wants?

The short of it:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220383670
Chinese spy crew appears to be preparing for conflict by backdooring 75+ critical orgs

"They might be going after government organizations for more direct espionage," Hegel said. "And then major global media organizations — maybe it's silencing certain topics or disrupting them for reporting on certain things. If they are sitting on their adversaries' networks — media organizations, or government entities or their defense companies — they are able to flip a switch if conflict were to occur."

The long of it:
U.S. cyber and kinetic defenses have been torn down, since the "real enemy" has been declared DEI instead of foreign powers.
Further, Trunk's plan is to undo pretty much Obama and Biden did, most recently, rescinding cyber defense precautions.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295160
Understand the coup plan. Expose it, Explain it and encourage everyone to do the right and appropriate thing to stop it

For most of us, merely exposing it weakens it, in Sun-Tzu fashion.
Everyone has a job to do!