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The Plan Is Working: Fear, Force, and the March Toward American Authoritarianism

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 B. John 127 Views 0 Comments Marines, Trump, ICE, No Kings Day, Arrests, Protests

Of course, it’s all a coincidence. Marines are arresting civilians in Los Angeles. ICE raids are ripping families apart. Federal troops deployed without state consent. Political opponents detained. And now, a state legislator has been murdered. All part of the new normal. Nothing to see here. It’s just another week in the great American experiment.

This is not chaos. It’s choreography. What may seem like a string of shocking, disconnected headlines is actually an authoritarian blueprint unfolding in real-time. Donald Trump’s administration is not merely pushing legal boundaries but deliberately breaking them and testing the system. Daring anyone to stop him. Spoiler: No one has.

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Finally Some Good News-Westboro Baptist Found Liable

October 31, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 248 Views 0 Comments Marines, Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church, Civil Lawsuit

A Reuters report by John Hurdle reports that the Kansas based Westboro Baptist Church has been ordered to pay $2.9 million in compensatory damages to the family of a gay marine killed in Iraq. They had cheered and protested at his funeral, as they have done at many of the funerals for soldiers killed in the war, claiming it to be God’s vengeance on America for the way it treats them, and for letting gay people live here.

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Jarhead

November 11, 2005 B. John 406 Views Action, Comedy, Drama, Sam Mendes, War, Anthony Swofford, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jarhead, Marines

Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford’s best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait.