I Give Up

I kept saying throughout the 2024 presidential campaign that Trump would make dissent a capital offense if returned to power.  This past week, he moved to do just that.  

Six congressional Democrats - Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Representative Chris DeLuzio, New Hampshire Representative Maggie Goodlander, Pennsylvania Representative Chrissy Houlahan and Colorado Representative Jason Crow - posted a video on social media, directly addressing the country’s current military and intelligence officers and urging them to refuse to obey an illegal order.

They ended the video by using that old motto from the War of 1812 - "Don't Give Up the Ship."

Sure enough, Stephen Miller called their comments "seditious" and Donald Trump suggested that the six Democrats could be tried and executed for treason.  

Treason, by the way, is currently defined as any comment that offends Donald Trump.  I'm willing to bet that, at this point, someone could make fun of Trump's hair on Monday and be sent to the executioner on Wednesday.  Tuesday would be for the trail.  Because everyone accused of treason will be given a fair trial.

And their families will get free passes to the hanging.

Meanwhile, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has apparently committed treason by demanding the release of the Epstein files and standing firm with the women who were sexually abused by Epstein.  Trump has responded by calling her a traitor.  As if doing so would inoculate her from being condemned to die, Greene just showed how serious she is at being disillusioned and disgusted by a man she once championed by resigning her seat in the House, effective January 5, 2026.

But, given her history, her motives are not above suspicion.

Don't give up the ship?  No, no, no.  We have met the enemy and he is us.