U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin Speaks Out on "Wannabe Dictator" Donald Trump

The following is a statement that Senator Elissa Slotkin (D - Michigan) posted on Facebook on Sunday, June 8, 2025 in response to Donald Trump deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles to quell protesting Americans. 

Yesterday, President Trump called up 2,000 National Guard troops to LA over the objections of the governor, mayor, and the LAPD. It's the first time in 60 years that a president has sent troops into a U.S. state without the Governor’s consent. 

I worked at the Pentagon and the CIA for Democratic and Republican presidents. This kind of action should send a chill down the spine of anyone concerned about protecting the apolitical military, and minimizing an escalation of violence in our streets.

First -- Our troops are intended by law to protect America from foreign adversaries, never to advance one party's political agenda. This is what separates American democracy from places like Chinese communism. 

It's hard to make the case that this deployment is about public safety instead of politics, when law enforcement leaders did not request the military to intervene.

Second -- the U.S. military is one of the most trusted institutions in America. Using them at home in law enforcement roles is the fastest way to kill that trust. We know this from experience in Michigan. In 1967, the National Guard was deployed to Detroit in response to protests at our then-Governor’s request. It made the violence worse, and the scars are still there 60 years later.

Third -- and connected to the above point, our troops are not trained in law enforcement tactics. The Secretary of the Army reaffirmed this fact to me during his nomination hearing in January.

The military is trained to carry out high-intensity foreign combat, like house-to-house counterterrorism operations. And they do that exceptionally well. But this does not always translate to things like crowd control and urban policing, which can escalate quickly if not properly trained. 

I have been focused on this issue since day one because President Trump sought to use the military against American citizens in his first term. I've asked Secretary Hegseth, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and other Pentagon officials about this point explicitly during their nomination hearings, because officials from Trump’s first cabinet, such as former Secretary Mark Esper, wrote first-hand accounts of convincing the president against such actions.  

So this is not hypothetical. During President Trump's first term, he asked the Pentagon to deploy active duty 82nd Airborne troops to DC to put down peaceful protests and the National Guard flew helicopters extremely low over protestors.

This deployment of the National Guard is a dangerous step towards misuse of the U.S. military in our streets. This Administration has been looking for excuses to invoke the Insurrection Act, to use the U.S. military against Americans. That’s their playbook, and we should be clear-eyed about that. 

P.S. — President Trump's order yesterday is not limited to CA. It authorizes the deployment of the National Guard nationwide. 

No President has the right to use the uniformed military in a way that violates the U.S. Constitution and taints the military as an apolitical institution. Whether you’re a supporter of the president or not, every American should be concerned that major lines on the use of force in America are now being crossed.

You still have time - OR DO YOU?

 “You still have time…”

That’s what we keep telling ourselves.

And maybe we do. But maybe we don’t.

The truth is—we never really know.

Time isn’t generous.

It doesn’t pause. It doesn’t warn.

It slips through our fingers quietly, like sand—soft, silent, and unstoppable.

We measure our lives in years, in birthdays, in milestones.

But life isn’t made of years.

It’s made of moments.

And the hardest part is… we don’t know how many moments we have left.

You might have a hundred more sunsets to watch,

or only three.

You might hear your mother’s voice on the phone a thousand more times,

or maybe you’ve already heard it for the last time—and you didn’t even know.

You might get one more chance to say, “I forgive you.”

Or none.

You might still have time to hold your child while they’re small,

while their arms still fit perfectly around your neck,

while they still say “I love you” without needing a reason.

But those moments pass. Quietly.

And once they’re gone, they don’t come back.

We live like we are invincible.

We make plans as if time is endless.

We say, “I’ll do it later.”

“I’ll call them next week.”

“I’ll chase that dream when things settle down.”

But what if they never do?

What if tomorrow never comes?

What if the life you’re waiting to live is passing you by right now, this very second?

What if this moment—this exact one—

is the last chance you have to say what matters most?

To hold someone you love without distraction.

To cry without shame.

To laugh without holding back.

To be fully alive?

This isn’t meant to make you afraid.

It’s meant to make you aware.

Because there is nothing more tragic than realizing too late

that you were sleepwalking through the days that could have changed everything.

So please—wake up.

Look up from the screen.

Call someone you miss.

Apologize if you need to.

Say the words you’ve been swallowing.

Do the thing that terrifies you but lights a fire in your soul.

Stop waiting for the “right” time.

That time is now.

Right now. This breath. This heartbeat.

You don’t need more time.

You just need to stop wasting the time you already have.

Because in the end, it’s not the years you’ll remember.

It’s the conversations, the embraces, the risks, the tears, the laughter, the love.

The moments.

So live for them.

Cherish them.

Protect them.

Because life isn’t measured by how long you live—

It’s measured by how deeply you feel, how boldly you love, and how fully you show up while you're still here.

And you’re here.

So make it count.

Donald Trump Meltdown

The following is a copy and paste of a May 19, 2025 Facebook posting from the organization known as Occupy Democrats.

BREAKING: Donald Trump has a lunatic meltdown over beloved mega-celebrities Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Oprah refusing to support him and calls for a "major investigation into this matter."

And it gets even more deranged...

"HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT?" Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

"WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO???" Trump raged.

"I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter," he continued. "Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment." 

"In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds," Trump went on. "IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic 'entertainers,' this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"

The unhinged outburst follows Trump's attacks on Springsteen last week that were prompted by the singer criticizing him at a concert. As is always the case with Trump, there is no evidence for his outlandish claims.

Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles stated that her daughter "did not receive a penny" for speaking at a Kamala Harris rally last year. 

Similarly, Adrienne Elrod, who was a senior adviser and senior spokesperson for the Harris Campaign, stated that "have never paid any artist and performer. We have never paid a fee to that person."

Oprah Winfrey's production company was paid for helping put on a town hall, but she has stated that she was not paid a "personal fee" and instead Harris' campaign simply paid for production costs.

These alleged "paid endorsements" are just one more right-wing conspiracy theory that Trump has embraced to pander to his gullible base. The simple truth is that these celebrities despise him and his fascism and genuinely (and correctly) believed that Kamala Harris would have made a better president.

The first post clearly wasn't enough to get the rage out of Trump's system because he followed it up eight hours with another Truth Social rant—

"According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG!" wrote Trump, failing to provide these so-called "news reports."

"Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full throated ENDORSEMENT," he continued. 

"THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!" Trump concluded.

It should go without saying, but the President of the United States should not be wasting his time online screeching about celebrity conspiracy theories. He is obsessed with the fact that this nation's most popular figures have rejected him and he's lashing out. It's pathetic.

Parental Abandonment

I ask you: 

Is it acceptable for adult children to disassociate themselves from their parent(s) in the real world of everyday life based on disapproval of the parent's use of social media and/or dislike of a parent's personality? 

Why do adult children push away a parent who had not been abusive and who had done everything possible for them to have a good life? 

"However they arrive at estrangement, parents and adult children seem to be looking at the past and present through very different eyes. Estranged parents often tell me that their adult child is rewriting the history of their childhood, accusing them of things they didn’t do, and/or failing to acknowledge the ways in which the parent demonstrated their love and commitment. Adult children frequently say the parent is gaslighting them by not acknowledging the harm they caused or are still causing, failing to respect their boundaries, and/or being unwilling to accept the adult child’s requirements for a healthy relationship. Both sides often fail to recognize how profoundly the rules of family life have changed over the past half century. 'Never before have family relationships been seen as so interwoven with the search for personal growth, the pursuit of happiness, and the need to confront and overcome psychological obstacles,' the historian Stephanie Coontz, the director of education and research for the Council on Contemporary Families, told me in an e- mail." 

ref: A Shift in American Family Values Is Fueling Estrangement 

I find it very disheartening and disappointing that people seem to not be willing to speak out on this topic. The lack of caring, of concern, and of chutzpah saddens and depresses me. If we cannot have peaceful co-existence, understanding, and love in our families, how can we ever have peaceful co-existence, understanding, and love in the world?

Donald J. Trump: The Judge, Jury, and Executioner of American Democracy

Any POTUS who continuously violates the Constitution of the United States of America and who willfully and wantonly ignores and violates the rulings of the federal judiciary is no longer President. That person is now a Dictator, plain and simple. Shame on the United States Congress for failing to fulfill its role in the American governmental system of checks and balances. The 20th of January 2025 will become known as "The Day America Died."

FOTUS Donald J. Trump, Felon Of The United States.

Facts about Donald J. Trump's  runs for President:

In the 2020 Presidential Election, Joe Biden received more than 81 million votes (51.3% of the popular vote), the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in U.S. history. Donald Trump received approximately 74.2 million votes (46.8% of the popular vote).

Biden won the election with 306 of the Electoral College votes while Trump received 232 Electoral College votes.

Four years earlier in the 2016 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote over Trump by almost 2.9 million votes, with 65,844,954 (48.2%) compared to Trump's 62,979,879 (46.1%). None-the-less, Trump was put into the Presidency by the Electoral College with 304 votes compared to 227 votes for Hillary Clinton. Seven electors voted for someone other than their political party’s candidate.

In the 2024 Presidential Election year, approximately 245 million Americans were eligible to vote. However, approximately 90 million Americans did not vote. More specifically, voter turnout in the 2024 Presidential election was 63.9% (down 2.7% from the turnout in 2020). That means 36.1% of the total number of eligible voters did not even vote. Trump won the popular vote with a 49.80% plurality consisting of 77,302,580 votes. Kamala Harris had 48.32% of the popular vote garnering 75,017,613 votes. The remaining popular votes went to other persons.

Donald Trump has run for President of the United States of America three times. He won over his female opponents on two occasions, and he lost to his male opponent on one occasion. 

Trump has never won a majority of Americans' votes. Trump is the only President in United States history to have been impeached twice. Trump is the only convicted felon to have been elected President of the United States of America.

MAGA Trumpeteers live in an alternate reality. They frequently deny the reality of facts and put forth their own sense of reality unsubstantiated by facts.