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When I first read Project 2025, I noted the use of the autopen was included, and that made me think that Trump would not be signing much. I have assumed that from day one, and was surprised that he would even bring up Biden using the autopen because it would then draw attention to him. We see that Elon Musk is the acting president and Trump is the ceremonial but official president. Musk cannot aspire to actually officially be our president as long as we have our constitutional rules about it. Just like Trump cannot actually be vice president or the president for a third term. No way.

I will be voicing my displeasure in this administration on Saturday at a Hands Off rally in Berlin, Germany probably before many in the US are up. Democrats Abroad Germany will be rallying in front of the US embassy at 2 pm CET.

There will be Hands Off rallies in countries around the world. Here are the ones posted on the Democrats Abroad website. Please share this with friends in other countries.

Berlin, Germany https://www.democratsabroad.org/347793/hands_off_rally_in_berlin

Portugal https://www.democratsabroad.org/krup/hands_off_mass_mobilization

Cape Town, South Africa https://www.democratsabroad.org/lizoleary/hands_off_cape_town

Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.democratsabroad.org/lizoleary/hands_off_johannesburg

Toulouse, France https://www.democratsabroad.org/scottstroud/hands_off_protest_rally_on_april_5th

Lyon, France https://www.democratsabroad.org/212355/hands_off_our_democracy_rally_in_lyon

Nice, France

https://www.democratsabroad.org/ronny/hands_off_protest_in_nice_on_april_5th_dayvgemwhgl9au3gnwbj2w

Guadalajara, Mexico https://www.democratsabroad.org/brigit/hands_off_rally_in_guadalajara

Ajijic, Mexico https://www.democratsabroad.org/312781/hands_off

Toronto, Canada https://www.democratsabroad.org/juliabuchanan/hands_off_protest-toronto

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The people in power are psychopathic narcissists. So are all those involved in Project 2025. The richest people are the same, using money and material possessions as a way to feel important.

They are hollow inside, desperate to do anything to fill the void. Logic and reasoning doesn’t work.

Embarrassment, belittling, making them feel powerless, and so on, do work because of how it triggers their emptiness.

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Elon Musk is the showy autopen who is devastating people and departments. However, Stephen Miller is the autopen behind the scenes who is advancing the attacks on the courts and the so-called executive orders. Do not let the Musk obscure the Miller. Both are equally dangerous to our democracy.

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Let’s step back a moment as we read Trump’s Declaration by Tweet—this is the President of the United States who “officially” uses the language, and intent, of a schoolyard bully.

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The trump-musk and cowering fools regime are continuing their desperate efforts to blacken Biden’s name and undermine his presidency. Like a slow runner in a race, they can only win by crippling their opponent. But they still have nothing but preposterous, wholly unsubstantiated claims to work with and that is all they will ever have. Meanwhile they out themselves daily as corrupt, incompetent and cruel lawbreakers. Corp media, still an extension of the trump-musk posse of powerful fools can’t save them with their sane washing. Each day with each illegal, unconstitutional, cruel and immoral action they widen the chasm between the historic accomplishments of the Biden administration and failures of the maga regime.

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The Republicans know how to stay on message especially when the message is a bare-faced lie.

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Does it occur to anyone else that if Republicans spent as much time and effort governing as they do playing dirty tricks and inventing and spreading propaganda they’d get a lot more done? Don’t tell them, however. I’m just as glad they haven’t gotten any more of their agenda done.

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As to the Trevor Howard thing—to Trump, fraud is a “legal” business tactic, nothing to see here.

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Whenever Trump or one of his psychophants tell us about a problem "for which they have an answer" imagine all the ways that they, themselves, caused and exacerbated the problem.

From the time that Trump descended on "his golden escalator" to announce his candidacy, we have been subjected to continuous projection and gaslighting.

This projection got worse as acolyte Bannon counseled that "a firehose" was required -- drowning out the daily revealed incompetence with a new passing moment. Is it possible to hold onto a week or month to focus on the accumulation of incompetence of Trump's "policies" (tariffs, alienation of allies and trading partners, wars, deportations, communication of classified information, shutting down important agencies, and others) rather than the distraction of Kid Rock?

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Have fun singing “Talking’ ‘bout my Projection!” along with “Talking ‘bout my Generation!” by the Zimmers.

It even includes being mistreated, like the right always is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY

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