This is holy week for Catholics and Passover for Jews. Leviticus 19:33-34
“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."
If he is following the Project 2025 script—and so far, he certainly is—the Insurrection Act is a foregone conclusion. It’s coming. What can we do about it? That’s the question.
It was telling, at my Hands Off Rally, that there were few brown faces in the crowd. They are scared of this madman and his cronies. So am I, and I hope this is not my last rally. I can’t imagine soldiers turning on their own citizens. But then again, I couldn’t imagine. Trump.
Weaponizing religion to justify ridding our country of people is truly disgusting and appalling. I don't think they will achieve their goals like they think they will. But this also comes under the guise of separation of church and state. It truly shouldn't have happened at all. And don't get me started about the free and fair trials that these people didn't get and the due process that they deserved but also didn't get.
Thank you so much for including the link to the World Relief report--I read it and it's beautiful, the introductory letter is nice in itself, but the whole thing includes testimonies from immigrants and one of "the most gringo-ish of gringos" priest in South Dakota who has taken it upon himself to learn Spanish to serve his congregation of almost 60% immigrants! Yesterday at the Hands Off! protest I saw a great sign --Who Would Jesus Deport? Pope Francis has reminded us that Mathew 25 is the standard by which we will be judged--whatsoever you do unto the least of these you do unto me. The way these deportations are playing out is horrible, I keep thinking of the guy from Maryland with the five year old non-verbal autistic son, how do you explain this to that little boy? It's going to be very important for people who love Jesus to walk the walk during this regime!
Oh PS forgot to say, I listen The Holy Post podcast, and last week they interviewed Bri Stensrud, head of an organization called Women of Welcome that takes usually conservative evangelical Christian women on trips to the southern border to see the faces of immigration in addition to leading Bible studies and other educational and support opportunities to teach US American Christian women about what the Bible says about immigration and welcoming the stranger in an effort to combat that segment of the population buying into the MAGA rhetoric that their all criminals and rapists and gang members and drug dealers invading the country. The women get to see firsthand that this is people coming to the US for a better life and greater personal safety and security. I think it's so cool that an organization like that exists!
Trump has been creaming his pants to use the insurrection act since his first term, since some idiot told him about it. He had responsible, knowledgeable staff and military leaders then. They stopped him repeatedly. I’m surprised this report doesn’t mention his attempts to use it during the Black Lives Matter protests, when it was widely reported that he was threatening to do just that and send the army into “Democrat controlled cities” where he claimed they were war zones, he’ll scapes, and it wasn’t safe for any American, etc. shoot the protesters in the legs…his chief of staff and military brass and White House lawyers talked him out of it. But that was before he had a bunch of losers who have no self respect in the Cabinet.
I grew up Catholic Irish in Boston...the whole nine yards. Confirmation, Communion, Sunday school. One of the few things I remember from all that is, Jesus said...."what so ever you do to the least of my Brothers, that you do unto me". If you can't be nice because you're an American, an adult, a fucking human being. Do it for Jesus
To me it's repulsive what they are doing to keep people out of our country, I grew up in a protestant household and was taught right from wrong, but now there is a whole bunch of people in this country that thing wrong things are right and right things are wrong. So terribly sad!
and I mean even if you're going to enforce the law....do it as humanely as possible and don't inflict cruelty. I'm thinking about the people being deported to El Salvador
Trump used religion as a prop. He certainly doesn’t believe. Remember how he held that Bible? Upside down, like it would burn him. Maybe he is afraid it will.
This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law
By Tony Pentimalli
On January 20, 2025, while the press focused on the optics of Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration, something far more dangerous was set in motion—off-camera, away from ceremony, and beneath the radar of a public lulled by spectacle.
Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. But the most alarming part? It gave the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security just 90 days to deliver a joint report on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act.
That deadline is April 20.
This wasn’t about immigration. It was about power.
The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military on American soil. That means troops in our cities. That means bypassing governors. That means suspending protest rights. That means the death of democratic dissent—under the false pretense of restoring “order.”
And Trump’s not hiding it. He’s preparing it.
We’ve seen this before. In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Trump didn’t respond with compassion—he called for “domination.” When the military hesitated to invoke the Insurrection Act, Trump sent federal forces to violently clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could wave a Bible in front of a church. Not an ounce of remorse followed. He was angry the generals didn’t go far enough.
This time, he’s made sure they won’t hesitate.
Since returning to power, Trump has purged the Pentagon of independent thinkers. In their place? Loyalists. Pete Hegseth is now Secretary of Defense. Tulsi Gabbard runs intelligence. And J.D. Vance—Vice President—is openly on board with using military force against Americans on American soil.
Then, on March 19, those three—Vance, Gabbard, and Hegseth—staged a photo op at the southern border. Not a routine visit. Not a strategy session. A performance.
Think about it. Why would the Vice President, the head of military intelligence, and the Defense Secretary all need to go to the border together? Why make a media spectacle of it?
Because it wasn’t about the border. It was about the optics. It was about laying the emotional groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act. They were building the narrative. “We had to act.” “We had no choice.” “The crisis was too big.”
And what comes next?
It’s June 2025. Trump goes on national TV and declares that Democratic cities are under siege by “radicals” and “illegals.” He signs the Insurrection Act order. Troops hit the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia. Protesters are arrested under “emergency provisions.” Journalists are detained. Social media accounts vanish. Immigrants are swept into detention centers. The press is told to stand down. The public is told to shut up.
And it’s all legal.
Some of you might think, “He’s bluffing. The military won’t go along. The courts will stop him.”
Really?
Were they bluffing when federal agents brutalized peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square?
Did the military refuse? No. The National Guard was deployed. Many in uniform carried out the order. It was only later that a few expressed regret—after the damage was done.
Did the courts stop January 6? No. They prosecuted rioters after the fact, but the attack happened. Congress fled. Democracy was nearly strangled live on TV.
Did they stop the family separation policy? No. Thousands of children were taken from their parents before courts intervened—long after the trauma was inflicted.
Did they stop the Muslim ban? No. The Supreme Court upheld it. Entire families were stranded or banned simply because of where they came from.
Did they stop ICE raids or CBP abuses? Rarely. A handful of rulings. A few headlines. But the system kept grinding, unchecked and cruel.
So if you’re waiting for “the system” to save us, you’re waiting for something that has already failed.
The April 20 report is coming. If it recommends using the Insurrection Act—and let’s be honest, it will—Trump will frame it as a reluctant but necessary move. He’ll say he tried everything else. He’ll claim it’s about protecting America.
But what he’s really protecting is his own authority.
This is how authoritarianism arrives: not with tanks, but with legal memos, press events, and a scared public hoping someone else will stop it.
So what do we do?
We speak now. Loudly. Forcefully.
Call your representatives and demand they investigate Trump’s January 20 order.
Push the media to report on the Insurrection Act report before it’s too late.
Demand public statements from military and intelligence leaders—now, not after.
Organize. Educate. Resist.
If you’ve never joined a protest before, this is the moment.
If you’ve never spoken up politically, this is the time.
If you’ve never thought it could happen here—it already is.
The threat isn’t coming.
It’s here.
And silence is exactly what Trump is counting on.
*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity. Follow him for sharp analysis and hard-hitting critiques.*
So the part that bothers me the most--I was also at a protest yesterday in Augusta, Maine, the state capital, and only one local media was there despite over 3,000 people there protesting. USA Today had an article with 62 pictures from all over the USA, even small places like Ames, Iowa or surprising places like Oklahoma City. But overall the mainstream media is NOT adequately reporting on all the protests and this is a problem BECAUSE: when Trump asks the military to shoot us for protesting, not enough Americans have seen that the people protesting are stink normal. We are children to really old people, from many walks of life, we are not student protesters or radical Leftists, we are everyday normal US Americans. I think the general public would be less supportive of using the military against protests if the mainstream media was showing the ordinariness of the people who are out there on days like yesterday 4/5/25. I read about Kent State, how a lot of Americans thought the students were in the wrong, that they were too radical, and those of us out there now trying to protect the Constitution and country are hardly radical. The MSM needs to do a better job of covering us--estimates were 5 million people protested in the USA on 4/5. I feel like they are being cowards avoiding giving us coverage.
Trump would be a fool to invoke the insurrection act when there is no insurrection, but few of his supporters or Wall Street thought he'd be dumb enough to kill the US economy with wholesale tariffs on all imports either. The question is: what will it take congressional Republicans to act against him? The answer so far is "nothing". Will it take American protesters being shot by the Army to do it? Americans being deported to El Salvador? Loss of Social Security? One thing that might do it is convincing Republicans that a Democratic landslide in 2026 will sweep them out.
This is holy week for Catholics and Passover for Jews. Leviticus 19:33-34
“When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God."
If he is following the Project 2025 script—and so far, he certainly is—the Insurrection Act is a foregone conclusion. It’s coming. What can we do about it? That’s the question.
It was telling, at my Hands Off Rally, that there were few brown faces in the crowd. They are scared of this madman and his cronies. So am I, and I hope this is not my last rally. I can’t imagine soldiers turning on their own citizens. But then again, I couldn’t imagine. Trump.
His goal all along. Bruce Willis moment and complete power with military at his fingertips you know one of Elons cybergames.
Why not. Who's to stop him.
Weaponizing religion to justify ridding our country of people is truly disgusting and appalling. I don't think they will achieve their goals like they think they will. But this also comes under the guise of separation of church and state. It truly shouldn't have happened at all. And don't get me started about the free and fair trials that these people didn't get and the due process that they deserved but also didn't get.
Obvious question: would the military carry out his orders? If asked to arrest protesters, for example.
Thank you so much for including the link to the World Relief report--I read it and it's beautiful, the introductory letter is nice in itself, but the whole thing includes testimonies from immigrants and one of "the most gringo-ish of gringos" priest in South Dakota who has taken it upon himself to learn Spanish to serve his congregation of almost 60% immigrants! Yesterday at the Hands Off! protest I saw a great sign --Who Would Jesus Deport? Pope Francis has reminded us that Mathew 25 is the standard by which we will be judged--whatsoever you do unto the least of these you do unto me. The way these deportations are playing out is horrible, I keep thinking of the guy from Maryland with the five year old non-verbal autistic son, how do you explain this to that little boy? It's going to be very important for people who love Jesus to walk the walk during this regime!
Oh PS forgot to say, I listen The Holy Post podcast, and last week they interviewed Bri Stensrud, head of an organization called Women of Welcome that takes usually conservative evangelical Christian women on trips to the southern border to see the faces of immigration in addition to leading Bible studies and other educational and support opportunities to teach US American Christian women about what the Bible says about immigration and welcoming the stranger in an effort to combat that segment of the population buying into the MAGA rhetoric that their all criminals and rapists and gang members and drug dealers invading the country. The women get to see firsthand that this is people coming to the US for a better life and greater personal safety and security. I think it's so cool that an organization like that exists!
Please look more into the Australian MMA coach who was briefly Gulag’d and got into prison fight
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mma/article-14576469/amp/Australian-MMA-coach-detained-US-prison-nightmare-amid-Donald-Trumps-immigration-crackdown.html
I hope that guy sues someone over this, this is absolutely outrageous!
Trump has been creaming his pants to use the insurrection act since his first term, since some idiot told him about it. He had responsible, knowledgeable staff and military leaders then. They stopped him repeatedly. I’m surprised this report doesn’t mention his attempts to use it during the Black Lives Matter protests, when it was widely reported that he was threatening to do just that and send the army into “Democrat controlled cities” where he claimed they were war zones, he’ll scapes, and it wasn’t safe for any American, etc. shoot the protesters in the legs…his chief of staff and military brass and White House lawyers talked him out of it. But that was before he had a bunch of losers who have no self respect in the Cabinet.
I grew up Catholic Irish in Boston...the whole nine yards. Confirmation, Communion, Sunday school. One of the few things I remember from all that is, Jesus said...."what so ever you do to the least of my Brothers, that you do unto me". If you can't be nice because you're an American, an adult, a fucking human being. Do it for Jesus
To me it's repulsive what they are doing to keep people out of our country, I grew up in a protestant household and was taught right from wrong, but now there is a whole bunch of people in this country that thing wrong things are right and right things are wrong. So terribly sad!
and I mean even if you're going to enforce the law....do it as humanely as possible and don't inflict cruelty. I'm thinking about the people being deported to El Salvador
Trump used religion as a prop. He certainly doesn’t believe. Remember how he held that Bible? Upside down, like it would burn him. Maybe he is afraid it will.
I went to protest today. Why was no one talking about this?Pasted from FB
If you STILL haven’t heard what’s supposed to happen on April 20 and why it matters to every American, here’s a great (and terrifying) overview.
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Credit to: Tony Pentimalli
This Is Not a Drill: Trump’s Day-One Order Sets the Stage for Martial Law
By Tony Pentimalli
On January 20, 2025, while the press focused on the optics of Donald Trump’s indoor inauguration, something far more dangerous was set in motion—off-camera, away from ceremony, and beneath the radar of a public lulled by spectacle.
Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency at the southern border. But the most alarming part? It gave the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security just 90 days to deliver a joint report on whether he should invoke the Insurrection Act.
That deadline is April 20.
This wasn’t about immigration. It was about power.
The Insurrection Act, passed in 1807, gives the president the authority to deploy the U.S. military on American soil. That means troops in our cities. That means bypassing governors. That means suspending protest rights. That means the death of democratic dissent—under the false pretense of restoring “order.”
And Trump’s not hiding it. He’s preparing it.
We’ve seen this before. In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, millions of Americans rose up in protest. Trump didn’t respond with compassion—he called for “domination.” When the military hesitated to invoke the Insurrection Act, Trump sent federal forces to violently clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could wave a Bible in front of a church. Not an ounce of remorse followed. He was angry the generals didn’t go far enough.
This time, he’s made sure they won’t hesitate.
Since returning to power, Trump has purged the Pentagon of independent thinkers. In their place? Loyalists. Pete Hegseth is now Secretary of Defense. Tulsi Gabbard runs intelligence. And J.D. Vance—Vice President—is openly on board with using military force against Americans on American soil.
Then, on March 19, those three—Vance, Gabbard, and Hegseth—staged a photo op at the southern border. Not a routine visit. Not a strategy session. A performance.
Think about it. Why would the Vice President, the head of military intelligence, and the Defense Secretary all need to go to the border together? Why make a media spectacle of it?
Because it wasn’t about the border. It was about the optics. It was about laying the emotional groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act. They were building the narrative. “We had to act.” “We had no choice.” “The crisis was too big.”
And what comes next?
It’s June 2025. Trump goes on national TV and declares that Democratic cities are under siege by “radicals” and “illegals.” He signs the Insurrection Act order. Troops hit the streets of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia. Protesters are arrested under “emergency provisions.” Journalists are detained. Social media accounts vanish. Immigrants are swept into detention centers. The press is told to stand down. The public is told to shut up.
And it’s all legal.
Some of you might think, “He’s bluffing. The military won’t go along. The courts will stop him.”
Really?
Were they bluffing when federal agents brutalized peaceful protesters in Lafayette Square?
Did the military refuse? No. The National Guard was deployed. Many in uniform carried out the order. It was only later that a few expressed regret—after the damage was done.
Did the courts stop January 6? No. They prosecuted rioters after the fact, but the attack happened. Congress fled. Democracy was nearly strangled live on TV.
Did they stop the family separation policy? No. Thousands of children were taken from their parents before courts intervened—long after the trauma was inflicted.
Did they stop the Muslim ban? No. The Supreme Court upheld it. Entire families were stranded or banned simply because of where they came from.
Did they stop ICE raids or CBP abuses? Rarely. A handful of rulings. A few headlines. But the system kept grinding, unchecked and cruel.
So if you’re waiting for “the system” to save us, you’re waiting for something that has already failed.
The April 20 report is coming. If it recommends using the Insurrection Act—and let’s be honest, it will—Trump will frame it as a reluctant but necessary move. He’ll say he tried everything else. He’ll claim it’s about protecting America.
But what he’s really protecting is his own authority.
This is how authoritarianism arrives: not with tanks, but with legal memos, press events, and a scared public hoping someone else will stop it.
So what do we do?
We speak now. Loudly. Forcefully.
Call your representatives and demand they investigate Trump’s January 20 order.
Push the media to report on the Insurrection Act report before it’s too late.
Demand public statements from military and intelligence leaders—now, not after.
Organize. Educate. Resist.
If you’ve never joined a protest before, this is the moment.
If you’ve never spoken up politically, this is the time.
If you’ve never thought it could happen here—it already is.
The threat isn’t coming.
It’s here.
And silence is exactly what Trump is counting on.
*Tony Pentimalli is a political analyst and commentator fighting for democracy, economic justice, and social equity. Follow him for sharp analysis and hard-hitting critiques.*
Hitler's birthday - how appropriate.
So the part that bothers me the most--I was also at a protest yesterday in Augusta, Maine, the state capital, and only one local media was there despite over 3,000 people there protesting. USA Today had an article with 62 pictures from all over the USA, even small places like Ames, Iowa or surprising places like Oklahoma City. But overall the mainstream media is NOT adequately reporting on all the protests and this is a problem BECAUSE: when Trump asks the military to shoot us for protesting, not enough Americans have seen that the people protesting are stink normal. We are children to really old people, from many walks of life, we are not student protesters or radical Leftists, we are everyday normal US Americans. I think the general public would be less supportive of using the military against protests if the mainstream media was showing the ordinariness of the people who are out there on days like yesterday 4/5/25. I read about Kent State, how a lot of Americans thought the students were in the wrong, that they were too radical, and those of us out there now trying to protect the Constitution and country are hardly radical. The MSM needs to do a better job of covering us--estimates were 5 million people protested in the USA on 4/5. I feel like they are being cowards avoiding giving us coverage.
I say...bring it on Cheeto
After today he will absolutely do it. He loves violence in his name.
Trump would be a fool to invoke the insurrection act when there is no insurrection, but few of his supporters or Wall Street thought he'd be dumb enough to kill the US economy with wholesale tariffs on all imports either. The question is: what will it take congressional Republicans to act against him? The answer so far is "nothing". Will it take American protesters being shot by the Army to do it? Americans being deported to El Salvador? Loss of Social Security? One thing that might do it is convincing Republicans that a Democratic landslide in 2026 will sweep them out.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theheartofjacks/p/rendition-vs-deportation?r=110ra&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
"As of 2024, there were more than 10 million Christian immigrants present in the United States who are vulnerable to deportation"
The new Christian ethos = Fuck empathy, Fuck sympathy, Fuck anything but " Long Live Trump"
We're long past the slippery slope... We FA now unfortunately we're about to FIND OUT