Post AtA3BlNeA16ABxNfcG by Bette@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AtA3BkaN7DgPj8KJoO by davidaugust@mastodon.online
       2025-04-16T19:03:32Z
       
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       Congress, girl, you in danger. The Members of Congress (Senators and Representatives) in the US are in real danger of being killed or disappeared. It’s standard in authoritarian takeovers. The current Representatives and Senators must act now to protect themselves (and the country and Constitution). Did you know: In 1993, Yeltsin ordered the russian military to shell the parliament, killing dozens, and reformed the government to put more power in the presidency? 🧵 1/3 #USpol
       
 (DIR) Post #AtA3BlNeA16ABxNfcG by Bette@mstdn.social
       2025-04-16T19:13:28Z
       
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       @davidaugust I totally believe it's likely to happen here. A certain someone never forgets nor forgives real or perceived slights. Retribution is his lifeblood. When I say things like this, though, to my friends and spouse, they categorically refuse to believe such a thing could happen here even though they loathe the man and his minions.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtA3BloaXqeJXVzBbs by davidaugust@mastodon.online
       2025-04-16T19:14:19Z
       
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       @Bette have they ever expressed why they believe it won't happen here?
       
 (DIR) Post #AtA3BmK8eXt17MkNmq by roknrol@beige.party
       2025-04-16T21:11:52Z
       
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       @davidaugust I can't answer for @Bette of course, but a few *have* answered me when confronted with the same question.Usually something patriotic - "Democracy always wins" (and they refuse to hear all of the times that it hasn't). Or something about "hope and faith". These are people that are so terrified by reality that they absolutely refuse to see it.Some of the people I engage with are elderly and don't see what they can possibly do about it *other* than hope. They are terrified, but don't know how to resolve it. They learned how to huddle in a corner and cut back from their Depression-era parents, so that's what they're doing.People are suffering a trauma response daily; at some point they are going to change tactics because what they're doing isn't working. And basically all of us have been trained that "fight" should be the absolute last resort.(I'm not a doctor, just someone that has processed trauma)https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/fight-flight-freeze-fawn#long-term-effects
       
 (DIR) Post #AtA3BpTSwK86tA8NF2 by davidaugust@mastodon.online
       2025-04-16T19:03:59Z
       
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       In 1992, Fujimori dissolved the Peruvian legislature and sent soldiers to occupy legislative buildings, arresting many in them (and causing others to flee)?In 2007, three Congresspeople from El Salvador we’re found dead in Guatemala, and the four police officers arrested for their deaths were later killed in prison themselves?In 2021, Min Aung Hlaing dissolved the Myanmar legislature and arrested most civilian leaders, some of whom are still missing? 🧵 2/3#USpol
       
 (DIR) Post #AtA3BurktRWvbwXLIO by davidaugust@mastodon.online
       2025-04-16T19:04:19Z
       
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       In 2021-now, Saied dissolved the Tunsian legislature entirely? Well, now you do. There are many other examples of world leaders destroying the legislature, and destroying legislators, as they work to consolidate their power.The US Congress must take action, now, as a matter of self-preservation, in addition to the defense of the country, the American people and the US Constitution. 🧵 3/3 end#USpol