The Witness Chronicles, 4/14/25

Spread the word

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Sharing is Not Just Caring, It’s Resistance and It is Vital

You have friends who have given up or simply don’t follow what’s going on. We need them

There’s a Share button at the end of every post I send out. But I doubt many readers pay much attention to it. However, right now that button, and others like it, may be our most powerful weapon to resist the Trump terror regime.

Information is power, especially when an autocratic leadership is doing everything it can to restrict access to it. They are attacking freedom of speech and the media from every angle and those attacks are being covered up by the chaos they are using to cloud their actions.

And it is working, but the clouds are clearing a bit as more loyalists start speaking out. And there is a form of speaking out all of us can do. When you read or learn something that alarms you, spread the word. Use those Share buttons or simply talk to others.

And don’t let them poo-poo the subject or claim there is nothing we can do. This is going to get a lot easier as the effects of Trump increasingly insane actions start to hit regular people. You know I hate the egg prices ‘controversy’ but they have gone up again and it is an indicator everyone can see.

(As an aside, the largest egg producers in the country have recently tripled their profits. And currently there are no outbreaks of bird flu. Draw your own conclusions.)

And there will be many more indicators. As they become more public and more intrusive, people will wake up, maybe. There is a powerful complacency at work right now among those who voted for Trump. It’s hard to admit to yourself that you were duped. It will slowly become obvious but we need to move faster before they end everything we have taken for granted.

This kind of sharing of information is the beginning of what is known as a grassroots rebellion, information and resistance that spreads like underground roots, sprouting up everywhere. Those in the White House cannot combat that hidden spread and those eruptions of resistance.

Right now they are starting to arrest citizens without due process. The current excuse is immigration, a blanket attempt to take away rights. If we are silent about this we leave all of us open to being taken, with no recourse.

One question I am thinking about this week is, if that guy they deported by mistake and now claim they can’t get him back was white, would this be happening? To me these deportations look like racism, plain and simple.

I’m not being alarmist, this is actually going on right now. The targets are non-white people but that will change. Being a normal citizen will be no protection if they are not stopped. It is really that bad.

There is an incredible degree of arrogance behind this but that is their weakness. Trump lives in a bubble created by his people and his weakness for ass-kissers. But we saw this week that as soon as his billionaires spoke up to stop the damage, he caved in multiple times. The man is weak and his followers are not the brightest leadership team we have had, far from it.

They cannot stand the light of day, as evidenced by the infighting that has already broken out amongst the Trump inner circle. His power over them is weak and it will be further weakened if we start comparing notes and making sure our friends and family understand what is going on.

I know it is not easy to be the person who is the alarmist. When you encounter skepticism go easy. Ask them if they have seen prices drop or if they have priced out big ticket purchases. Ask them what they have heard and where they heard it. If it is Fox News, you might try exposing them to alternative news sources.

It’s a gradual process. When you get pushback, be reasonable and try to find common ground.

I’m not the only one calling for this sharing, though I do think some of my compatriots are making the mistake of getting a little too shrill about this. That is justified but my goal is to try and keep the message digestible to those who may be starting to have doubt. Or maybe someone who is starting to realize they might be in trouble because of this administration’s action.

Bamboo is a form of grass. And anyone who has tried to rein it in knows it spreads underground and can be nearly impossible to stop. Our resistance needs to emulate the power of that imperative to live and thrive. It is something that all the crap Trump throws out there cannot overcome.

So, don’t ignore that Share button. It only takes a minute and it can help change things for the better. Don’t be silent.

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Martin Edic