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Politics of Fear & Cruelty

Embattled US Ruler Deploys Armed Troops Against Citizens

In the face of legally protected protests against the regime’s mass kidnapping spree

10 min readJun 11, 2025

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TACO Con pulls a King John (á la Richard Lewis)

In the movie Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Richard Lewis portrayed a parody of the historical figure, Prince John. He depicted King John as a weaselly and easily terrified despotic ruler with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. At one point, he cowers while screeching for his troops to “Save me. Save me. Hurt them. Hurt them.”

America will have no kings!

“TACO” is a term coined by Wall Street financiers, meaning “Trump Always Chickens Out.” However, I can’t help thinking about that scene while TACO Don is unconstitutionally deploying US troops against US citizens. Without even being asked, he preemptively threatened anyone who might protest his military parade — a spectacle more befitting what he himself once called “shit-hole countries” than a democratic republic.

“For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be…

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Author, D. Denise Dianaty
Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Written by Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Artist, Poet, author, wife & mom — May my epitaph be "She reflected love into the world."

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