two videos to capture the moment

[mellowtigger]

The USA is falling apart, but I still have to go to work. I suspect I won't have the attention this evening after work to post properly, so here's a quick note instead.

This first video comes from Mastodon. It doesn't offer any details, but someone local recognized the location, so it's definitely in the Twin Cities. My best guess is the intersection of Portland and Snelling on the far west side of St. Paul. Somebody posts in a reply to the original that they notice Bongino in the background, which maybe is why they were extra brutal, as performance for the boss. It's not clear if the abused person is conscious or alive, given how limp they are. This video clip is only about a minute long.

In more peaceful presentation, the Federal Reserve Chair who basically controls our economy posted this unusual video on YouTube. It's basically a 2-minute declaration that this Republican administration has corrupted the USA government, if you read between the proverbial lines like a Russian resident of a corrupt government.

As a text story bonus, Kristi Noem forbids oversight. Another classic fascist move, trying to ensure blindness to atrocities, demanding that people believe only what they tell everyone to believe. Exactly as those historians called out specifically in that video I linked yesterday.

Now, I have to go earn some of those soon-to-be-devalued dollars, so I can keep the electricity and water running in my house. And pay for whisky.

Update: I can't confirm this info (be aware of AI-generated fake media as a possibility for everything), but the U.S. Postal Service has apparently sent a notice to their employees about potential martial law.

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[mallorys_camera]

The USPS letter that's currently in my Reddit feed is this one:



During COVID, all providers of essential services received one.

And yeah, it does seem like the USPS is anticipating martial law.

[mellowtigger]

Thanks for that image. I know they're not calling it martial law yet (or in the letters we cite). I know that they want people to make irrational decisions based on fearmongering, so they can declare martial law with a hint of credibility. No description of what's happening, though, seems accurate without what in normal circumstances would be called hyperbole.

We have images of them doing the door-to-door operations already, blocking off an entire street. The federal government invasion is already here.

[mallorys_camera]

Reddit being Reddit, I have no idea whether that letter is legitimate or AI-generated.

But, yes. There is a lot to mull.