This is the Land of the Free because of the Brave. Know your rights - take care of yourself - do what you can with what you have from where your feet touch the ground so that you can join with We the People peacefully making good trouble on October 18th.
TINA: There Is No Alternative. There is no peaceful alternative.
Plan A
Plan A consists of phoning/writing your legislators, and street demonstrations, neither of which have worked nor give any sign of working. His Royal Heinous controls the majority party in the legislature and they are doing his bidding. As for street demonstrations:
From Professor Erica Chenoweth:
…”they often subject their participants to a higher risk of repression or communal violence from opponents. So movements that are capable of having the capacity to shift to methods of dispersion, like stay-at-homes or strikes or forms of economic noncooperation, tend to be much more effective because they have the capability of maneuver when the state begins to ramp up violence against them.”
Soft Secession
Federal funds make up 35% of California’s state budget, with $173 billion in federal grants awarded in Fiscal Year 2021 alone, making up a significant portion of state and local budgets for programs like health, education, and infrastructure.
Are they really going to anger HRH to the extent that he cuts off their federal funding?
Soft secession? Only to the point when HRH feels threatened.
He will move in with all his resources and stop it.
This soft secession idea is a political ploy by state officials to get their constituents to believe the officials are doing something to stop the takeover.
It’s also another distraction to the resistance in that it keeps us from organizing and uniting around what must be done and what will work. It’s another example of hoping for an easy fix, one that will not take any sacrifice.
In addition, soft secession is divisive, pitting blue states against red states, playing into the narrative of HRH, who wants to start a civil war. MAGA not only wants to “own the libs”, they’d like to kill as many as possible, to eliminate the opposition.
Targeted boycotts
Why targeted boycotts are ineffective:
Boycotts often fail because they require massive, sustained participation to create meaningful financial pressure, lack clear alternatives for consumers, generate insufficient negative media attention, and are easily weathered by companies waiting for the protest to fade. Additionally, the complex nature of modern capitalism and the proliferation of corporate conglomerates can make it difficult for boycotters to effectively target and impact a company's bottom line or reputation, especially when companies have multiple revenue streams, like real estate, that aren't affected by consumer boycotts.
In 2020, Goya Foods praised President Donald Trump on social media, which caused those in opposition to Trump to boycott their products. Trump loyalists simultaneously initated a counter-boycott, where consumers bought mass quantities of their products, in response. The boycott caused Goya profits to increase dramatically because Trump supporters started an opposing campaign.
The midterm election
Will it be free and fair? It won’t be. Will it occur at all? HRH has already said that if we’re at war there’ll be no election. Guess what? If it’s looking bad for him, we’ll be at war to stop the election. The election is important to him because having the majority in the legislature gives the fascist regime the look of legitimacy.
People are putting too much faith in what the midterms will do. They may have a beneficial psychologic effect but in reality the outcome will have little or no practical effect, unless the Dems can get 2/3 majority in the house and senate, which they won’t. They will not be able to undo anything HRH has done or pass new legislation because of his veto power.
The Courts
While some lower courts have ruled against HRH, slowing his takeover, the rulings have been fast tracked to the Supreme Court. It has almost universally ruled in HRH’s favor. SCOTUS members Roberts and Barrett may have an epiphany and save the country from civil war, but it’s doubtful. It’s going to be up to us to stop this.
Time is running out for a Peaceful Solution. Please Spread the Word!, far, wide, and quickly, before the fascists takedown our means of communication.
I wish you weren't spot on, but I think you are. Your advice is very wise.
There are simply too many people sitting on their hands. The situation with this sick, corrupt regime needs to be brought to end. Elections won't cut it. The regime has already gone well beyond dirty tactics in terms of election corruption and well into illegality, lies, brutality, corruption and treason via their satisfaction at foreign powers using troll farms to spread unsubstantiated lies over the internet and billionaires using their wealth to ensure victory for their stooge.
It isn't enough to wait until the clown in chief keels over, what is waiting in the wings is equally bad, possibly worse.
P.S. if protest attendees turned up dressed as orange clowns, it would be difficult to know if it was the real orange clown, or an imposter. Just a thought.
Thank you for writing about China and how this will affect our economy. Because of all the other big news this week, this kind of fell under the radar. I have been very concerned about it and, although bleak, you have made the repercussions of the idiot’s tariff plans clearer.
I have upgraded to a paid subscriber. Trying to put my money more towards independent reporting than corporate entertainment.
Hi Janine, firstly can I thank you for becoming a paid subscriber, as a truly independent analyst and commentator on US politics, stakeholders in my work are so important, given the cost of research resources, economic and statistical data subscriptions.
Stay tuned for the next part of this in which I look deeper into the China dilemma.
I tend to focus on subject matter that may not be populist choices, but are mission critical to understanding important steps people can take to protect themselves in these challenging times. I’m sadly, rarely a good news guy, but you can always be sure to read the unvarnished truth
The Universe is a good place. The only solution is peaceful. A capitalist culture creates the reality that is here. Our image of a human being is selfish, greedy and based on power over because in our culture males can't be vulnerable.
Martin, you are again right. The protests do not work, except to infuriate the idiots, nothing more. They are also risky because they will provoke incidents to accuse the peaceful protesters of disobedience and violence. They want us to protest to invoke the insurrection act and martial law.
The speeding strike works better, and cutting the federal taxes in all blue states. That will cut their resources in Washington and in red states, will practically paralyze them. Governors should have the guts to do it, Gavin Newsom already mentioned it, and they pay the most in taxes.
It is non violent, invisible, and we’ll all agree in a referendum to not sponsor fascism and a regime of thugs led by a pedophile!
Disney also immediately raised the monthly rates of all their streaming services by $3 this month. Dump them all. I’m dumping Hulu that I had without the Disney crap. They’re not giving up their income so easily. Don’t go to Disneyland or Disneyworld either. Your kids will survive, mine did.
This is the Land of the Free because of the Brave. Know your rights - take care of yourself - do what you can with what you have from where your feet touch the ground so that you can join with We the People peacefully making good trouble on October 18th.
The Peaceful Solution-Part 2
Why a Spending Strike is the Best Option:
TINA: There Is No Alternative. There is no peaceful alternative.
Plan A
Plan A consists of phoning/writing your legislators, and street demonstrations, neither of which have worked nor give any sign of working. His Royal Heinous controls the majority party in the legislature and they are doing his bidding. As for street demonstrations:
From Professor Erica Chenoweth:
…”they often subject their participants to a higher risk of repression or communal violence from opponents. So movements that are capable of having the capacity to shift to methods of dispersion, like stay-at-homes or strikes or forms of economic noncooperation, tend to be much more effective because they have the capability of maneuver when the state begins to ramp up violence against them.”
Soft Secession
Federal funds make up 35% of California’s state budget, with $173 billion in federal grants awarded in Fiscal Year 2021 alone, making up a significant portion of state and local budgets for programs like health, education, and infrastructure.
Are they really going to anger HRH to the extent that he cuts off their federal funding?
Soft secession? Only to the point when HRH feels threatened.
He will move in with all his resources and stop it.
This soft secession idea is a political ploy by state officials to get their constituents to believe the officials are doing something to stop the takeover.
It’s also another distraction to the resistance in that it keeps us from organizing and uniting around what must be done and what will work. It’s another example of hoping for an easy fix, one that will not take any sacrifice.
In addition, soft secession is divisive, pitting blue states against red states, playing into the narrative of HRH, who wants to start a civil war. MAGA not only wants to “own the libs”, they’d like to kill as many as possible, to eliminate the opposition.
Targeted boycotts
Why targeted boycotts are ineffective:
Boycotts often fail because they require massive, sustained participation to create meaningful financial pressure, lack clear alternatives for consumers, generate insufficient negative media attention, and are easily weathered by companies waiting for the protest to fade. Additionally, the complex nature of modern capitalism and the proliferation of corporate conglomerates can make it difficult for boycotters to effectively target and impact a company's bottom line or reputation, especially when companies have multiple revenue streams, like real estate, that aren't affected by consumer boycotts.
In 2020, Goya Foods praised President Donald Trump on social media, which caused those in opposition to Trump to boycott their products. Trump loyalists simultaneously initated a counter-boycott, where consumers bought mass quantities of their products, in response. The boycott caused Goya profits to increase dramatically because Trump supporters started an opposing campaign.
The midterm election
Will it be free and fair? It won’t be. Will it occur at all? HRH has already said that if we’re at war there’ll be no election. Guess what? If it’s looking bad for him, we’ll be at war to stop the election. The election is important to him because having the majority in the legislature gives the fascist regime the look of legitimacy.
People are putting too much faith in what the midterms will do. They may have a beneficial psychologic effect but in reality the outcome will have little or no practical effect, unless the Dems can get 2/3 majority in the house and senate, which they won’t. They will not be able to undo anything HRH has done or pass new legislation because of his veto power.
The Courts
While some lower courts have ruled against HRH, slowing his takeover, the rulings have been fast tracked to the Supreme Court. It has almost universally ruled in HRH’s favor. SCOTUS members Roberts and Barrett may have an epiphany and save the country from civil war, but it’s doubtful. It’s going to be up to us to stop this.
Time is running out for a Peaceful Solution. Please Spread the Word!, far, wide, and quickly, before the fascists takedown our means of communication.

I wish you weren't spot on, but I think you are. Your advice is very wise.
There are simply too many people sitting on their hands. The situation with this sick, corrupt regime needs to be brought to end. Elections won't cut it. The regime has already gone well beyond dirty tactics in terms of election corruption and well into illegality, lies, brutality, corruption and treason via their satisfaction at foreign powers using troll farms to spread unsubstantiated lies over the internet and billionaires using their wealth to ensure victory for their stooge.
It isn't enough to wait until the clown in chief keels over, what is waiting in the wings is equally bad, possibly worse.
P.S. if protest attendees turned up dressed as orange clowns, it would be difficult to know if it was the real orange clown, or an imposter. Just a thought.
You are absolutely correct.
Thank you for writing about China and how this will affect our economy. Because of all the other big news this week, this kind of fell under the radar. I have been very concerned about it and, although bleak, you have made the repercussions of the idiot’s tariff plans clearer.
I have upgraded to a paid subscriber. Trying to put my money more towards independent reporting than corporate entertainment.
Hi Janine, firstly can I thank you for becoming a paid subscriber, as a truly independent analyst and commentator on US politics, stakeholders in my work are so important, given the cost of research resources, economic and statistical data subscriptions.
Stay tuned for the next part of this in which I look deeper into the China dilemma.
I tend to focus on subject matter that may not be populist choices, but are mission critical to understanding important steps people can take to protect themselves in these challenging times. I’m sadly, rarely a good news guy, but you can always be sure to read the unvarnished truth
kind regards
Martin.
Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you Martin catching up .✌️
The Universe is a good place. The only solution is peaceful. A capitalist culture creates the reality that is here. Our image of a human being is selfish, greedy and based on power over because in our culture males can't be vulnerable.
Martin, you are again right. The protests do not work, except to infuriate the idiots, nothing more. They are also risky because they will provoke incidents to accuse the peaceful protesters of disobedience and violence. They want us to protest to invoke the insurrection act and martial law.
The speeding strike works better, and cutting the federal taxes in all blue states. That will cut their resources in Washington and in red states, will practically paralyze them. Governors should have the guts to do it, Gavin Newsom already mentioned it, and they pay the most in taxes.
It is non violent, invisible, and we’ll all agree in a referendum to not sponsor fascism and a regime of thugs led by a pedophile!
Disney heard our voices and felt the pull back of our wallets and Jimmy K is now back of the Air. Let’s go, let’s do this!!!!
Disney also immediately raised the monthly rates of all their streaming services by $3 this month. Dump them all. I’m dumping Hulu that I had without the Disney crap. They’re not giving up their income so easily. Don’t go to Disneyland or Disneyworld either. Your kids will survive, mine did.
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