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sheshe2

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Sat May 23, 2026, 05:12 PM 14 hrs ago

The Ongoing Peril of a Seditious Regime

‪Steven Beschloss‬
‪@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social‬
· 47m

“The despicable effort by Trump’s ‘Justice’ Dept—to deny Stewart Rhodes’ traitorous criminality and free him from the contempt and condemnation that he deserves—is one more reminder that the attack on our nation on Jan. 6, 2021 is a war that has not ended.”


www.americaamerica.news/p/the-ongoin...

“The despicable effort by Trump’s ‘Justice’ Dept—to deny Stewart Rhodes’ traitorous criminality and free him from the contempt and condemnation that he deserves—is one more reminder that the attack on our nation on Jan. 6, 2021 is a war that has not ended.”

www.americaamerica.news/p/the-ongoin...

Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) 2026-05-23T20:07:51.909Z


Stewart Rhodes’ Crime Against America

“I dare say, Mr. Rhodes—and I never have said this to anyone I have sentenced—you pose an ongoing threat and peril to our democracy and the fabric of this country,” Mehta said.

But I think on this Memorial Day, a day when we remember Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country to defend the U.S. Constitution and our democratic system of government, it’s worth pausing on some of the detail in Judge Mehta’s remarks. They served to explain his reasoning as well as rebut the arrogant Rhodes’ self-serving rant. “I am a political prisoner,” Rhodes said, adding of his time in prison, “My goal will be to be an ‘American Solzhenitsyn’ to expose the criminality of this regime.”

“You are not a political prisoner, Mr. Rhodes. That is not why you are here,” Mehta said. “It is not because of your beliefs. It is not because Joe Biden is the president right now.”

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The judge made clear the seriousness of the conviction of seditious conspiracy. “A seditious conspiracy—when you take those two concepts and put it together—is among the most serious crimes an American can commit. It is an offense against the government to use force. It is an offense against the people of our country,” Mehta said. “It is a series of acts in which you and others committed to use force, including potentially with weapons, against the government of the United States as it transitioned from one president to another. And what was the motive? You didn’t like the new guy.”


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The Ongoing Peril of a Seditious Regime (Original Post) sheshe2 14 hrs ago OP
It continues... kentuck 13 hrs ago #1
Yes, it sure is. sheshe2 13 hrs ago #2
trump has to be booted in 2028... and put into his place in this coming midterm election... slightlv 11 hrs ago #4
Call for Mr. Kersey! BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #3

slightlv

(7,986 posts)
4. trump has to be booted in 2028... and put into his place in this coming midterm election...
Sat May 23, 2026, 08:09 PM
11 hrs ago

but what really worries me is what happens when he crosses his arms across that enormous chest and poutingly says he's not going anywhere. If his bunker is built, he'll no doubt head down there to plot to seize the office anyway he can... even at the endpoint of a gun aimed at the winner. And how will we get him out? The only way I see him leaving the White House is in a coffin... and that scares me to death. We didn't take care of this the first time around, and now here we'll be again. Only this time, it'll be open civil war... blue against red... on the WH lawn, I'm afraid. We ain't gonna take it laying down and "moving forward" this time. And we know the Magats aren't going to abide by the law, especially if all the effort they took to cheat their way back in goes to naught!

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