Official White House social media accounts posted an image of President Donald – February 19, 2025
Senator Bernie Sanders didn’t hold back— “…An extremely sad moment in American history. We saw the president of the United States aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to undermine the independence of Ukraine and its democracy. Showing us that he sees one of the world’s most brutal dictators as his friend and our longtime Democratic allies in Europe, as his enemies.” (Watch Senator Sander’s statement on Youtube.com)
Yes. Donald Trump, Commander-in-Chief of the United States, has openly aligned himself with a war criminal. You can read the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin here: ICC-CPI.int
Trump, one month into his second term, has spent the last 48 hours blasting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recycling Kremlin disinformation, and making it clear that his administration no longer stands with democratic nations under attack.
Like it or not, this isn’t rhetoric. This is now American policy.
While Trump slanders Ukraine, Russian forces are executing Ukrainian prisoners of war.
A February 2025 Financial Times investigation confirmed that surrendered Ukrainian POWs were systematically executed by Russian forces, identifying Russian soldier Oleg Yakovlev as a key participant in the killings. This isn’t an isolated atrocity—it’s part of a deliberate Kremlin strategy. (FT.com)
Even the United Nations has reported an “alarming rise” in Russian executions of captured Ukrainian soldiers—a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions. (Reuters.com)
The UK government has condemned Russia’s systemic torture and abuse of POWs, describing them as state-sanctioned war crimes. (Gov.uk)
And Trump? Not a word.
Instead, Trump is calling Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” attacking Ukraine’s wartime suspension of voting—conveniently ignoring that martial law makes elections impossible under Ukrainian law. Trump knows this and so does his cabinet. But truth isn’t the point. This is straight out of the Kremlin’s playbook—bold-faced lies designed to erode U.S. support for Ukraine and hand Putin and his oligarchs and the world’s wealthiest individuals exactly what they want. (NYPOST.com)
Trump’s People and the Pro-Putin Party
This should be the moment when Republican leadership reaffirms America’s commitment to its allies. Instead, Trump’s MAGA-led GOP is doubling down on pro-Putin rhetoric.
On February 18, Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine “should have never started” the war—directly parroting Russian disinformation that blames Ukraine for its own invasion. (Politico.com)
The next day, Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the war to “keep the gravy train going,” implying that Ukraine is profiting from a war that has killed tens of thousands of its people. (Reuters.com), (News.un.org)
“The war has also been a demographic and economic disaster for Ukraine — a smaller and more vulnerable country than Russia. Due to invasion and refugee flight, the resident population of Ukraine has declined to some 28–30 million, a population loss of one quarter when compared to the prewar figure of some 42 million. The nation faces a long-term demographic crisis. In 2024, Ukraine had the world’s highest death rate and lowest birth rate. Estimates are that its population size will continue to decline in the future, absent a return to peace.” (QuincyInst.org)
Connecting The Dots
The Trump administration isn’t just throwing policies at the wall—this is a coordinated strategy to centralize power and crush opposition, straight from the Project 2025 playbook. This isn’t chaos. This is a blueprint. Undermining the courts, hardwiring Christian nationalism into law, gutting personal freedoms, and pushing expansionist ambitions aren’t separate moves—they’re a unified authoritarian offensive. Trump isn’t just breaking democratic institutions. He’s replacing them– actively restructuring the American security state into an authoritarian regime. His administration’s policies on immigration, public health, religious nationalism, judicial defiance, reproductive rights, and aggressive territorial ambitions are interconnected components of a broader strategy to centralize control.
The biggest beneficiaries? Oligarchs, tech billionaires, Christian Nationalists, and private military contractors connected to Trump’s political allies. If we scope out we can see the plan taking shape.
Follow That Ideological Money
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is overseeing an 8% cut to the Pentagon’s budget—reallocating $50 billion annually from military operations to border security and domestic missile defense. (APNews.com)
Trump has also expanded Guantánamo Bay’s function, repurposing the Guantánamo Migrant Operations Center (GMOC) into a mass detention facility capable of holding up to 30,000 migrants. This move signifies a shift from processing immigration cases to implementing indefinite detention, raising alarms about due process violations and potential human rights abuses.
Simultaneously, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids across major U.S. cities have intensified. The administration has reinstated “zero-tolerance” mass deportations and converted facilities like Rikers Island into detention hubs, leveraging political pressure to secure local cooperation.
And Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services isn’t just about reshaping public health policy—he’s weaponizing it. The introduction of “Wellness Camps” under RFK Jr.’s directive frames forced isolation as “reparenting broken people,” giving Trump’s administration unchecked power to detain individuals under the guise of mental health and pharmaceutical oversight. With HHS now tasked with investigating the use of SSRIs, antipsychotics, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs, the stage is set for state-controlled psychiatric intervention—a move that disproportionately targets marginalized communities and dissenters.
At the same time, the White House Faith Office, officially charged with “eradicating anti-Christian bias,” further solidifies this authoritarian framework. Mental health policy and religious nationalism are now converging, reinforcing a system where secularism, non-Christian identities, and even medical treatment itself are framed as threats to be eradicated. The administration isn’t just controlling public health—it’s using it as a tool to impose Christian nationalist doctrine and expand executive power.
Assault On The Judiciary: Defying Courts And Stacking Benches
Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance aren’t just defying the courts—they’re setting the stage to erase judicial independence entirely. While the media chases the spectacle, the administration steamrolls past court rulings, ignoring any decision that gets in its way—another step in the systematic consolidation of executive power. (Snopes.com)
Vance has openly declared that judges “should not control executive power,” laying the groundwork for a system where the White House rules unchecked. This isn’t posturing—it’s the plan. The administration is already moving to impeach judges who oppose them, gutting the last guardrail of accountability and dismantling the checks and balances that stand in their way.
Trump isn’t just stacking the courts—he’s stacking them with a purpose. Every judicial appointment is a strategic move to rubber-stamp his administration’s Christian nationalist agenda, including the systematic dismantling of reproductive rights. By installing ideologically aligned judges, Trump ensures that abortion bans, contraception restrictions, and religiously motivated policies aren’t just enacted—they’re upheld.
This isn’t governance. It’s judicial engineering—stacking the courts with loyalists who won’t just let Christian nationalism dictate women’s health care choices, but will weaponize the law to enforce it.
A significant component of this agenda is the enactment of the SAVE Act. This legislation mandates that all Americans provide stringent documentation to prove citizenship, a requirement that disproportionately affects marginalized communities, including women seeking reproductive health services. The SAVE Act effectively upends traditional voter registration processes and imposes barriers to accessing health care, as individuals unable to furnish the necessary documentation may be denied services, including reproductive care. (AmericanProgress.org)
In tandem with the SAVE Act, President Trump signed Executive Order 14182, titled “Enforcing the Hyde Amendment,” on January 24, 2025. This order prohibits the use of federal funds for elective abortions and rescinds previous directives that expanded reproductive health care access. By enforcing the Hyde Amendment, the administration has curtailed funding for abortion services, further limiting women’s access to comprehensive reproductive health care. (Executive Order 14182)
Moreover, the administration has reinstated the Global Gag Rule, a policy that restricts U.S. foreign aid to organizations providing, counseling, or advocating for legal abortion services, regardless of local laws or non-U.S. funding sources. This regressive policy has led to the closure of clinics worldwide, denying women access to essential reproductive health services and exacerbating gender-based discrimination. (ReproductiveRights.org)
These coordinated actions underscore a systematic effort to dismantle reproductive rights under the guise of upholding “American values.” By intertwining citizenship verification with access to health care, enforcing restrictive funding policies, and imposing religiously driven moral standards, Trump and his Project 2025 cabinet, are systematically eroding women’s autonomy and access to essential reproductive health services.
The Expansionist Feint: Trump’s Push For Canada, Greenland, And Beyond
Trump isn’t just posturing—his expansionist ambitions are a direct threat to global stability. His administration is actively pushing plans to annex Canadian territory and revive his bid to purchase Greenland, moves dismissed as absurd in his first term but now backed by diplomatic pressure and legislative maneuvers. This isn’t some offhanded joke—it’s a revival of 19th-century expansionism under the banner of American supremacy.
And it doesn’t stop there. Trump’s Israel-Gaza agenda is a test run for forced displacement on a global scale. His administration is backing the total expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, pressuring Arab nations to take in the displaced while blocking international intervention. It’s not about security—it’s about land grabs and ethnic cleansing, a blueprint for future territorial conquests.
These aren’t isolated ideas—they’re pieces of a larger authoritarian vision. A world where borders are erased, alliances are shattered, and might makes right.
“Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing.” Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada (APNew.org)
Who Wants To Stay A Billionaire?
So, who benefits from Trump’s Project 2025 policies and America’s alignment with Putin? The billionaire class and their Christian Nationalist allies. These individuals and groups are not merely passive beneficiaries; their active support and financial contributions to the Trump administration’s initiatives suggest a symbiotic relationship where policy decisions are influenced by, and in turn, bolster their economic and ideological interests.
Elon Musk: America’s New War Profiteer
Trump’s deregulation of defense contracting and military privatization isn’t just a gift to the private sector—it cements Elon Musk’s grip on Pentagon projects. Musk is more than mewling tech mogul—he’s now a permanent fixture in the U.S. war machine. And Musk’s influence isn’t just growing—it’s shaping U.S. military strategy. (TheGuardian.com)
As of February 2025, SpaceX controls $22 billion in government contracts—$15 billion from NASA, another $7 billion directly tied to military operations. The exact number of Musk’s defense contracts? Classified. But the money trail tells the story—Musk isn’t just working with the Pentagon, he’s becoming indispensable to it. And while the American taxpayer is distracted by Musk’s vanity megaphone purchase of X/Twitter and Tesla’s falling market share, he’s quietly raking in billions from Pentagon contracts, defense deals, and government subsidies.
Musk’s biggest defense deals? Classified satellite launches. Missile-tracking technology. Spy satellite networks for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). And then there’s Starshield—a military-grade satellite program designed to give the Pentagon its own private network in space. Launched in 2022, Starshield is now one of the most critical military surveillance assets in orbit.(Wikipedia), (Reuters)
Peter Thiel: The Ideologue Engineering Trump’s Surveillance State
Peter Thiel is more than a tech mogul and significant supporter of J.D. Vance—he’s also a defense contractor with substantial Pentagon deals. Through Palantir Technologies and Anduril Industries, Thiel has locked in high-value, long-term contracts that embed his companies deep into U.S. military operations.
Palantir has become the AI backbone of modern warfare. In December 2024, the Army awarded a $620 million extension for the Army Data Platform, making Thiel’s software the central hub for military intelligence, logistics, and battlefield coordination. In May 2024, the Pentagon signed a $480 million contract for the Maven Smart System, an AI-driven battlefield intelligence network designed to predict and dictate the course of war. The $400.7 million Army Vantage Platform contract gives Palantir control over every troop movement, supply chain decision, and battlefield strategy. Palantir has embedded itself into every level of military operations, ensuring that the Pentagon doesn’t just use its technology—it depends on it. (GovConWire.com), (DefenseScoop.com), (DefenseNews.com)
“I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” – Pete Thiel, 2009
Anduril Industries—Peter Thiel’s private war machine—is securing the future of AI-driven warfare. In October 2024, Anduril secured a $250 million contract to deploy 500+ Roadrunner-M drones and Pulsar electronic warfare systems—not surveillance tools, but fully autonomous weapons designed to track, target, and strike without a human operator.
In a separate $200 million, five-year deal with the U.S. Marine Corps, Anduril is leading the charge in Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS), building the next-generation defense grid designed to neutralize drone warfare before it even starts. The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office handed Anduril another $100 million to scale real-time battlefield intelligence systems, integrating AI-powered warfighting into frontline combat. The battlefield of the future is being built inside Anduril’s AI labs, and Thiel is making sure the Pentagon will never fight another war without him. (DefenseScoop.com), (Anduril.com),(GovConWire.com)
Thiel is actively designing the future of war. And with Trump’s privatization of defense and his allies embedded deep inside the Pentagon, Thiel’s grip on U.S. military operations is rapidly becoming permanent.
Jeff Bezos: Defense and Cloud Warfare
Jeff Bezos is also a major player in U.S. defense contracting. Through Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Blue Origin, Bezos has secured multi-billion-dollar defense contracts, making AWS the backbone of Pentagon cloud infrastructure and Blue Origin a key player in national security space launches.
AWS holds the NSA’s $10 billion cloud contract, providing high-security computing for U.S. intelligence agencies, and is a primary contractor for the $9 billion Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), supplying classified cloud services to the Department of Defense. Meanwhile, Blue Origin is competing for $5.6 billion in National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts, launching Pentagon assets into orbit. (APNews.com)
This isn’t just business—Bezos is securing his place at the heart of U.S. military power. Amazon controls the Pentagon’s cloud. AWS holds the keys to U.S. intelligence infrastructure. Blue Origin is launching more than rockets—it’s launching Pentagon assets.
Tim Dunn & Farris Wilks: Bankrolling Christian Nationalism, Project 2025, and Theocratic Governance
These billionaire oil tycoons have heavily invested in reshaping political landscapes to reflect Christian nationalist ideologies. Their financial backing supports policies that could lead to increased detentions under immigration enforcement and public health mandates, benefiting private prison enterprises. (PoPublica.org)
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, Texas-based billionaires, have significantly influenced the political landscape by promoting a Christian nationalist agenda. Their extensive financial contributions support far-right candidates and policies, aiming to reshape governance in line with their religious beliefs.
Dunn and Wilks have established a formidable political machine in Texas, comprising think tanks, media outlets, political action committees, and nonprofits. This network works cohesively to challenge and unseat Republican incumbents who do not align with their far-right views, effectively pushing the state’s politics further right. Their strategy includes financing relentless primary campaigns against moderate Republicans, thereby reshaping the legislative landscape to reflect their ideology. (CNN.com)
Their impact extends to reproductive rights, where they have backed policies and candidates aiming to restrict access to abortion and contraception. By supporting legislation and legal challenges that undermine reproductive freedoms, Dunn and Wilks are instrumental in advancing a theocratic governance model that imposes their religious beliefs on personal health decisions. (TheGuardian.com)
Dunn is among the top 10 individual donors to the Trump campaign, having contributed $5 million through his fracking company CrownQuest Operating to a Super PAC called Make America Great Again. He is also director of a political nonprofit known as the Convention of States, which is leading an effort to rewrite the U.S. Constitution in ways that it says would “limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government.” The Bible, according to Dunn, “should profoundly affect” politics.
But Dunn’s influence reaches beyond state politics; he is also linked to think tanks advocating for a Convention of States, aiming to amend the U.S. Constitution to limit federal power and promote conservative Christian values. This initiative aligns with the objectives outlined in Project 2025, a comprehensive policy agenda developed by conservative organizations to reshape federal governance according to far-right principles.(DeSmog.com)
Dunn and Wilks aren’t just donors—they’re architects of the Christian nationalist machine being hardwired into American governance.
They’re funding campaigns and building the system. Their money buys influence and reshapes U.S. laws, controls U.S. courts, and dictates policy. From mass deportations to abortion bans to Project 2025’s theocratic blueprint, Dunn and Wilks are backing Trump’s agenda and writing it.
Trump-Putin Payday: Sanctions Lifted, Oligarchs Cash In
Andrew Intrater is the financial pipeline connecting Trump’s White House to Russian oligarchs. As CEO of Sparrow Capital and cousin to Kremlin-linked oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, Intrater stands to make a fortune if Trump lifts sanctions on Russia. Vekselberg has been sanctioned since 2018, with billions in assets frozen by the U.S. Treasury. Those sanctions? Trump’s already gutting them.
In February 2025, Trump disbanded Task Force KleptoCapture, the Justice Department’s unit hunting down Russian oligarch money. That means Vekselberg’s frozen assets are on their way back—and so is Intrater’s access to U.S. markets.
Trump’s Russia-Ukraine moves is the Trump-Putin axis paying out in real time. (RFERL, Reuters), (Wikipedia.org)
Ziklag: The Billionaire-Backed Mystery Machine Driving Christian Nationalism
Ziklag isn’t just a group—it’s a covert coalition of ultra-wealthy Christian dominionists, each with a net worth exceeding $25 million. Founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ken Eldred after Trump’s 2016 victory, Ziklag’s mission is to infuse Christian nationalist ideologies into every facet of American governance. Their strategy? Seize control of the “Seven Mountains” of society: family, religion, education, media, entertainment, business, and government. (ProPublica.org)
With over 125 influential members, including prominent figures like Lance Wallnau—a self-proclaimed apostle of the New Apostolic Reformation—a Christian Supremacist theological group associated with the Far-Right. Ziklag wields its immense financial and political clout to reshape legislation and societal norms. Their tactics range from funding legal challenges that erode reproductive rights to orchestrating campaigns that embed Christian nationalist principles into public policy. In 2024, Ziklag claimed a “hugely significant role” in the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, underscoring their deep infiltration into the judicial system.
But their influence doesn’t stop at the judiciary. Ziklag has been instrumental in “election integrity projects,” collaborating with figures like Cleta Mitchell and organizations such as the Conservative Partnership Institute to scrutinize and influence electoral processes. Their reach extends into education, where they’ve partnered with the Alliance Defending Freedom to “take down the education system as we know it today,” aiming to replace it with one that aligns with their dominionist views.
In essence, Ziklag’s members are the architects of a theocratic blueprint, meticulously constructing a system where Christian nationalist ideologies become governing force.
Zone Flooded: The First Month
President Trump’s flurry of executive orders and policy initiatives is not a random assortment of actions; it’s a deliberate and coordinated strategy to reshape American governance. By aligning closely with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian methods, Trump is systematically consolidating power, undermining democratic institutions, and promoting loyalists to critical positions. This approach mirrors Putin’s early efforts to centralize control and dismantle opposition, signaling a significant shift in U.S. policy and governance.
This is the execution phase of Project 2025, a full-scale restructuring of the American state into an authoritarian nationalist regime. Every move—from gutting NATO and elevating Putin, to ICE raids and mass deportations, to stacking the courts with Christian nationalist ideologues, to funneling billions into private defense contractors and tech oligarchs, to Elon Musk’s DOGE audits—is part of the same blueprint.
Hollowed out from within, this is how democracies collapse— when executive power consolidates, when the judiciary becomes an enforcement tool, when religious ideology dictates governance, when the state merges with corporate power to privatize war, surveillance, and social control. Trump isn’t just changing policy—he’s dismantling the system, brick by brick, and replacing it with a regime built to outlast him.
And the billionaires—Musk, Thiel, Bezos, the Christian nationalist power brokers, and foreign oligarchs—aren’t just profiting off it. They’re engineering it.
This is not creeping authoritarianism. This is the plan in motion.
If you are paying attention— you are the resistance.
NEXT STEPS…
What Can You Do?
Authoritarianism doesn’t announce itself—it takes power while people are distracted and it thrives when people feel powerless. The reality is that power belongs to those who refuse to stay silent. The question isn’t whether resistance is possible—it’s whether enough people will stand up before it’s too late. This isn’t a moment to sit on the sidelines.
Stay Informed: Keep abreast of upcoming events and initiatives by following official resistance movement channels and local activist organizations.
- Utilize Social Media Platforms: Share information, personal stories, and updates to maintain public awareness and counteract misinformation.
- Engage in Community Discussions: Host and participate in local forums, town halls, or discussion groups to foster community engagement and solidarity.
Commit to Sustained Engagement
Real change relies on continuous participation and dedication. By integrating these actions into your daily life, you add your voice to a collective force advocating for accountability and the preservation of democratic integrity.
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EXPOSE THE AGENDA—SPREAD THE TRUTH
- Share this article and other investigative pieces that expose Project 2025 and Trump’s authoritarian policies.
- Call out disinformation—whether it’s from Trump, MAGA media, or Kremlin-aligned propaganda.
- Pressure mainstream media to stop normalizing authoritarianism and to cover the systematic dismantling of democracy in real-time.
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ORGANIZE LOCALLY—BUILD RESISTANCE FROM THE GROUND UP
- Support grassroots movements fighting against Project 2025 policies at the state and local levels.
- Get involved with voting rights groups—GOP voter suppression efforts, including the SAVE Act, are already underway.
- Show up at city council meetings, school boards, and state legislatures—Christian nationalists and Project 2025 operatives are embedding themselves into these spaces. Counter them.
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HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTS—ECONOMIC RESISTANCE
- Boycott corporations funding authoritarianism. Track who is financially backing Trump, Project 2025, and MAGA extremism.
- Divest from institutions tied to Project 2025—pressure banks, investment firms, and companies profiting from private prisons, surveillance, and military privatization.
- Support independent media and advocacy groups that are exposing corruption and defending civil liberties.
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MOBILIZE FOR 2025 AND BEYOND—EVERY ELECTION MATTERS
- Trump’s authoritarian machine is being built at every level—governors, mayors, state legislators, election boards. Local and state elections matter.
- Fight voter suppression. Help register voters, ensure compliance with documentation laws under the SAVE Act, and assist disenfranchised communities in getting to the polls.
- Don’t just vote—volunteer. Join legal defense teams monitoring election integrity, knock on doors, make calls, and get people engaged in the fight.
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PREPARE FOR THE LONG FIGHT—THIS DOESN’T END IN 2025
- Build local resistance networks—sustainable coalitions that can outlast Trump’s second term.
- Support legal battles against authoritarian policies—many of Trump’s executive actions can and will be challenged in court.
- Stay vigilant beyond the next election. MAGA extremism won’t disappear if Trump loses—it’s a movement that requires a long-term strategy to defeat.
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