I remember, not so long ago, he held an upside down Bible ahead of a church where he ordered soldiers to fire at peaceful protesters! Our country has lost it's morals, standards and ethics, as well as it's mind when it threw away it's humanity!
Absolutely spot on! We must keep organizing, speaking up, standing up and yes... resisting in all ways possible. Its exhausting, it's defeating, its demoralizing. But we need t keep that wall of pushback coming. It took women 70 years of this kind of organizing to get the vote. We simply cannot give up. PS Good you are back Tristen!
There will ALWAYS be dictator wannabes just waiting in the wings. There always have been. What has changed dramatically, is the people who support such dictator ideology. Why? Because we've systematically been suppressing education for 25+ years. We've been woefully under-funding education. We have kids graduating from school without the resources to live a decent life. We have a mass of citizens who cannot tell the difference between what is true & what is not true. And, they VOTE. Their decisions are now bringing down the entire population. I don't blame them. I blame a system that let this happen. The other issue ... complacency. Those who are well educated & know better, but, decide to let the "system" ride on auto pilot. This is a deadly combination that put us where we are today. Democracies REQUIRE education, participation, & constant maintenance. Autocracies only require obedience.
I agree with you. America has become apathetic and dumb....nobody reads. The entire country exsists on instant gratification whether they can afford it or not. A vapid wasteland where they think democracy is on auto-correct.
The GOP and their donors are leading us down the road to ruin. Since Venezuela has been in the news, I looked them up in my 1937 Compton’s Encyclopedia to see how they looked then. First, they only allowed men over 21 to vote. Next it said,”the candidates are chosen by a little oligarchy that rules the republic and elections follow their arrangements.” Sounds like where we might be headed if people don’t organize, speak out and vote in every election!
When Shrub started up with Iraq/Afghanistan, they had a bill ready. I checked frequently to see if it went to the House because I had a son who was draft age. Now I have a grandson who could be drafted — all by a draft dodger!
I am so grateful that you are back! This is an incredible piece of writing that every true American needs to read. If this doesn't light a fire under all of us to get involved to save America I don't know what would. Let's Roll!
Thank you for this "truth"! It is both refreshing and encouraging. This post should go viral on every Social Media platform...this "Truth" is needed information to educate the masses. It pulls all the fragmented pieces of information into "The Big Picture".
This article exposes "the reality" of where we are and how we arrived, as well as the courage to effectively teach the law makers that "We the People" can and will be victorious with or without them.
Substack is a force!
Thank you Tristan for both returning and expending the time and courage to impart the detailed root cause of what events have now rendered America "unrecognizable" to it's citizens and the world.
Thank you for putting into words exactly where we are, and how we got here. My question is are American apathetic or are they still in "this can't happen here" and in denial? Why aren't we out in the streets by the millions? Why aren't we calling out companies and corportaions to stand on the side of our democracy? Do they really think Trump is going to take them anywhere, but down.> Republican members of Congress are afraid....then please quit, because when he goes so do you.
I remember, not so long ago, he held an upside down Bible ahead of a church where he ordered soldiers to fire at peaceful protesters! Our country has lost it's morals, standards and ethics, as well as it's mind when it threw away it's humanity!
Absolutely spot on! We must keep organizing, speaking up, standing up and yes... resisting in all ways possible. Its exhausting, it's defeating, its demoralizing. But we need t keep that wall of pushback coming. It took women 70 years of this kind of organizing to get the vote. We simply cannot give up. PS Good you are back Tristen!
I’m so glad you’re back. What a marvelous piece of writing. Thank you.
There will ALWAYS be dictator wannabes just waiting in the wings. There always have been. What has changed dramatically, is the people who support such dictator ideology. Why? Because we've systematically been suppressing education for 25+ years. We've been woefully under-funding education. We have kids graduating from school without the resources to live a decent life. We have a mass of citizens who cannot tell the difference between what is true & what is not true. And, they VOTE. Their decisions are now bringing down the entire population. I don't blame them. I blame a system that let this happen. The other issue ... complacency. Those who are well educated & know better, but, decide to let the "system" ride on auto pilot. This is a deadly combination that put us where we are today. Democracies REQUIRE education, participation, & constant maintenance. Autocracies only require obedience.
I agree with you. America has become apathetic and dumb....nobody reads. The entire country exsists on instant gratification whether they can afford it or not. A vapid wasteland where they think democracy is on auto-correct.
I’ve missed you.
I just didn’t know how much until I read this.
Damn fine writing to succinctly describe our experience.
Thank you👊🏼🔥💙
…excellent piece, Tristan! You’ve nailed it!
https://open.substack.com/pub/tcavant/p/a-21st-century-new-deal-is-required?r=vo4yf&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
The GOP and their donors are leading us down the road to ruin. Since Venezuela has been in the news, I looked them up in my 1937 Compton’s Encyclopedia to see how they looked then. First, they only allowed men over 21 to vote. Next it said,”the candidates are chosen by a little oligarchy that rules the republic and elections follow their arrangements.” Sounds like where we might be headed if people don’t organize, speak out and vote in every election!
No sure you also caught that starting sometime this year they are bringing back the Draft.
When Shrub started up with Iraq/Afghanistan, they had a bill ready. I checked frequently to see if it went to the House because I had a son who was draft age. Now I have a grandson who could be drafted — all by a draft dodger!
Sad, but true….we have to stop them before it all goes down….they will try to rig the 2026 elections and I believe that will be the breaking point.
You have, in one essay, perfectly summed up our heartbreaking national degradement. Thank you for this.
Griftatorship is great. Think might be best single word to describe whatever the hell kind of (illegitimate) gov we have right now.
I am so grateful that you are back! This is an incredible piece of writing that every true American needs to read. If this doesn't light a fire under all of us to get involved to save America I don't know what would. Let's Roll!
Thank you Tristan.
There is so much evidence that he didn't actually win in 2024. But Democrats aren't investigating, making them complicit.
See https://electiontruthalliance.org/
and https://smartelections.us/lawsuits-1 which has the lawsuit for Rockland County, NY
and https://thiswillhold.substack.com for lots of details
and https://substack.com/@itsuptous/posts for different details.
There's also a petition to get a hand count of votes in Wisconsin. (The 2024 ballots will be destroyed in September 2026, so we have to hurry.)
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/160/567/279/petition-for-hand-count-audits-in-wisconsin/
Thank you for this "truth"! It is both refreshing and encouraging. This post should go viral on every Social Media platform...this "Truth" is needed information to educate the masses. It pulls all the fragmented pieces of information into "The Big Picture".
This article exposes "the reality" of where we are and how we arrived, as well as the courage to effectively teach the law makers that "We the People" can and will be victorious with or without them.
Substack is a force!
Thank you Tristan for both returning and expending the time and courage to impart the detailed root cause of what events have now rendered America "unrecognizable" to it's citizens and the world.
Agree this should be posted on all platforms.
Griftatorship is perfect! Glad to see you back here on substack. I was wondering why we haven't heard from you in a while.
Strong stuff. Lots of work ahead. Certainly the first step is clearly calling out what this is and you’ve done that nicely
Thank you for putting into words exactly where we are, and how we got here. My question is are American apathetic or are they still in "this can't happen here" and in denial? Why aren't we out in the streets by the millions? Why aren't we calling out companies and corportaions to stand on the side of our democracy? Do they really think Trump is going to take them anywhere, but down.> Republican members of Congress are afraid....then please quit, because when he goes so do you.
Great article Tristan, thank you, so glad you're back. 🙏💙🕊️