ENOUGH IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. STEP UP GOP

This is our president. “And again, remember, with the [Iran] war it’s just artificial, it’s a little bit high, it’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city, let ’em take out Los Angeles. Let ’em take out San Diego. [crowd cheers] That’s, this is a very small price to pay, and it’s gonna be over with very soon. It’s essentially almost over with, and they might keep going a little long, you know? They always say they have a big threshold for pain. They need it, let me tell you, they need it. But it’s gonna end very soon….” Just an American president suggesting a nuclear attack on US cities. CA governor Gavin Newsom posted: “After sending the National Guard and Marines to occupy California, Donald Trump is now saying our foreign enemies should ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego. He is deranged and dangerous.” Newsom’s press office followed up with: “Let’s be clear: The President is advocating for an attack on 10+ million U.S. residents in two of America’s largest cities. This is not normal. None of this is.” San Diego mayor posted: “San Diego is not collateral damage. We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” Haven’t read anything about Republican outrage. Authoritarianism scholar Timothy Snyder warned that Trump appears to be inviting a terrorist attack. “Telling Americans that it would be acceptable, or even good, if San Diego were destroyed, if Los Angeles were destroyed by Iran…tells us where his mind is. His mind is exclusively focused on staying in power. It’s exclusively focused on himself. There is no care for Americans there. There’s only an obsession with perhaps having less control over things than he has now. It’s a very clear sign of just how wrong things have gone, when the American president can stand in front of Americans and fantasize about millions of Americans being killed.” The Trump administration has not invited monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to observe our midterm elections. This will be the first time since 2002 that we haven’t welcomed these observers. Until now, the only two countries of the 57 in the organization that refused such observation were Russia and Belarus. And now the US. At a rally in Maryland, Trump called out OMB Director Russell Vought (of Project 2025 fame), saying: “We have some big surprises coming up in another few weeks, right Russ? He’s gonna be one of the very important people in the history of our country in my opinion. He’s got some great things happening.” Any idea what ‘great things’ he’s talking about? Enough is enough.