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“In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it? If federal agents marched down busy streets, harassing civilians and demanding their papers, what would we say? I don’t think we’d have any trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism,” Pritzker [said](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1972758540285784208) at a press conference Monday afternoon. “So let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.”
“Chicago has been on Trump’s hit list since Trump announced his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., in August, along with multiple other mostly Black cities like Baltimore and Memphis. Earlier this month, Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115158096026629509) an AI-generated image of himself dressed as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore—Robert Duvall’s character from *Apocalypse Now—*with Chicago burning in the background.”
“…………Only time will tell how much they’ll be able to stop Trump, as any resistance to the president’s draconian federal invasions will require cohesion from state leaders, local leaders, businesses, and neighbors. A fight is certainly coming, and Pritzker and Chicago seem up for it.”
OptimalSelections on
Dementia Don
Ricky_Spanish_31 on
It is extremely dangerous to NOT be calling this what it is. We cannot allow the population to keep their heads in the sand until it is too late.
Kill_The_Dinosaurs on
The problem? MAGA aren’t americans … and they are the only “people” still supporting him. Actual real Americans who love our country – we never give up the opportunity to call him exactly all the things that he is.
StrangerFew2424 on
A Fascist grifter.. 🤔
T0asty514 on
Way, way way, way ahead of you.
One-thing-only-69 on
A convicted sexual abuser and inciter and pardoner of terrorism?
Current_Animator7546 on
I like him way more than Newsom. He doesn’t play around with jokes. He calls it out for what it is and tells people to not accept it
Neat-Boysenberry-67 on
The Unpresidented Pile of Bronzer-induced Diarrhea it is then.
jrsinhbca on
I thought social media banned the use of the words that accurately describe the US President.
jmarinara on
Let’s put this guy in the White House.
reddittorbrigade on
He is a serial child rapist and convicted criminal.
Cyndakill88 on
Nazi pedophile. I’m doing my part
meninblck9 on
…a twat?!…looks at that neck vagina, am I wrong or what
GeeKay44 on
>JB Pritzker Demands Americans Call Trump Exactly What He Is
A fat orange shitgibbon? Seems a bit harsh.
Narutophanfan1 on
Rapist fascist racist sexist dumb felon?
Rhoeri on
A terrorist?
BalerionSanders on
Mfer, I have been doing that since goddamn *2011*
RoamingDrunk on
An idiot? Moron? Demented old fool? The dumbest human being to ever run for public office? A brain damaged mental patient that should be in an institution? A mental 4 year old? Tell me when I’m getting close.
mayorLarry71 on
Then he eats another bacon cheeseburger.
Xwp_lp on
He wants to be a dictator. Demented and dangerous.
greenthumbum on
Trump is the enemy
ctguy54 on
A twice impeached, convicted felon and rapist, traitor, senile old man with dementia?
deschain_19195 on
Not sure what he means could be pedophile, convicted felon, insurrectionist, fascist, dementia patient, rapist. So many choices
Highthere_90 on
Orange dictator?
Low_Ruin_4021 on
Fat, Fascist Pig
Vaic on
Before reading the article: “is it time we call Trump a bitch? Because he needs to hear that he’s a bitch.
After reading the article: “calling him a bitch would have been cooler”
TranscendentPretzel on
Ooh! This sounds fun. I love MadLibs.
Trump is a [noun] who is definitely in the [proper noun] [noun] and should be in [noun] instead of the [adjective] [noun]. Also, he has to [verb] [plural noun] because he can’t stop [verb] his [noun].
FrecklesNICE on
Czar , Führer, Dictator, Traitor, Asshole
rysker6 on
He’s a dictator.
Just like people who supported Hitler didn’t want to, because they didn’t want to believe they supported evil, he’s a dictator
anothersnappyname on
A child raping, dementia riddled, 79 year old, fascist online troll IRL?
mgd09292007 on
Not a problem, but I’m running out of adjectives.
llamasauce on
A greedy demented pedophile?
Opening-Dependent512 on
I mean there’s a lot of things that he is, narrowing it down to one may be challenging.
tbrockjr on
Tell me what he is? I want to hear it!
Apprehensive_Bird357 on
A pedophile?
PorkChop974 on
Trump is a pedophile and traitor to the American people.
Traviality on
For years right wing conspiracy theorists called every single Democratic president a dictator. Hell, they called every Democrat some version of that.
Sadly, the less informed, politically ignorant, and/or less intelligent among us see people using similar language to talk about Trump and they just assume it’s more of the same hyperbole. They don’t realize that it’s now actually true. On top of that, most aren’t really capable of realizing their mistake.
The news treating Trump like a normal president is obviously part of the problem, but it’s not like Trump and his ilk were hiding. Trump regularly admits to being exactly what many feared. The news didn’t trick people into ignoring the literal hundreds of huge red flags and warning signs..
Everyone even remotely intelligent already knows Trump is fascist with dictatorial aspirations. Everyone else is either in the MAGA cult or are simply too stupid to recognize the danger on their doorstep.
History education, especially world history, is abysmal in much of the U.S. Especially red states. So millions of Americans aren’t even aware of the many lessons the world has learned the hard way about dictators and fascism. ICE is a spitting image of the SS, yet I’ve seen more than a few 20 somethings have no idea what the SS even was.
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“Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker once again used his bully pulpit to rebuke President Trump after federal agents [marched](https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/armed-federal-agents-patrol-millennium-park-mag-mile-to-chants-of-shame/) through downtown Chicago, [kidnapped](https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chicago-today-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-speak-monday-border-patrol-federal-agents-detain-people-downtown/17902579/) people, %5Bshot%5D(https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/feds-fire-pepper-ball-at-cbs-chicago-reporters-truck/) a pepper ball (essentially a paintball full of pepper spray) at a journalist’s vehicle, and [fired](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV0RIUKr_Nk) tear gas at peaceful protesters.”
“In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists and protesters, when unprovoked, what would we call it? If federal agents marched down busy streets, harassing civilians and demanding their papers, what would we say? I don’t think we’d have any trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism,” Pritzker [said](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1972758540285784208) at a press conference Monday afternoon. “So let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.”
“This weekend, there was a surge in federal immigration enforcement in Chicago as armed agents patrolled the city. Pritzker on Monday said that Trump is also planning to [deploy](https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/29/gov-pritzker-dhs-100-national-guard-troops-illinois-ice-agents) 100 military troops to Illinois.”
“Chicago has been on Trump’s hit list since Trump announced his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., in August, along with multiple other mostly Black cities like Baltimore and Memphis. Earlier this month, Trump [posted](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115158096026629509) an AI-generated image of himself dressed as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore—Robert Duvall’s character from *Apocalypse Now—*with Chicago burning in the background.”
“…………Only time will tell how much they’ll be able to stop Trump, as any resistance to the president’s draconian federal invasions will require cohesion from state leaders, local leaders, businesses, and neighbors. A fight is certainly coming, and Pritzker and Chicago seem up for it.”
Dementia Don
It is extremely dangerous to NOT be calling this what it is. We cannot allow the population to keep their heads in the sand until it is too late.
The problem? MAGA aren’t americans … and they are the only “people” still supporting him. Actual real Americans who love our country – we never give up the opportunity to call him exactly all the things that he is.
A Fascist grifter.. 🤔
Way, way way, way ahead of you.
A convicted sexual abuser and inciter and pardoner of terrorism?
I like him way more than Newsom. He doesn’t play around with jokes. He calls it out for what it is and tells people to not accept it
The Unpresidented Pile of Bronzer-induced Diarrhea it is then.
I thought social media banned the use of the words that accurately describe the US President.
Let’s put this guy in the White House.
He is a serial child rapist and convicted criminal.
Nazi pedophile. I’m doing my part
…a twat?!…looks at that neck vagina, am I wrong or what
>JB Pritzker Demands Americans Call Trump Exactly What He Is
A fat orange shitgibbon? Seems a bit harsh.
Rapist fascist racist sexist dumb felon?
A terrorist?
Mfer, I have been doing that since goddamn *2011*
An idiot? Moron? Demented old fool? The dumbest human being to ever run for public office? A brain damaged mental patient that should be in an institution? A mental 4 year old? Tell me when I’m getting close.
Then he eats another bacon cheeseburger.
He wants to be a dictator. Demented and dangerous.
Trump is the enemy
A twice impeached, convicted felon and rapist, traitor, senile old man with dementia?
Not sure what he means could be pedophile, convicted felon, insurrectionist, fascist, dementia patient, rapist. So many choices
Orange dictator?
Fat, Fascist Pig
Before reading the article: “is it time we call Trump a bitch? Because he needs to hear that he’s a bitch.
After reading the article: “calling him a bitch would have been cooler”
Ooh! This sounds fun. I love MadLibs.
Trump is a [noun] who is definitely in the [proper noun] [noun] and should be in [noun] instead of the [adjective] [noun]. Also, he has to [verb] [plural noun] because he can’t stop [verb] his [noun].
Czar , Führer, Dictator, Traitor, Asshole
He’s a dictator.
Just like people who supported Hitler didn’t want to, because they didn’t want to believe they supported evil, he’s a dictator
A child raping, dementia riddled, 79 year old, fascist online troll IRL?
Not a problem, but I’m running out of adjectives.
A greedy demented pedophile?
I mean there’s a lot of things that he is, narrowing it down to one may be challenging.
Tell me what he is? I want to hear it!
A pedophile?
Trump is a pedophile and traitor to the American people.
For years right wing conspiracy theorists called every single Democratic president a dictator. Hell, they called every Democrat some version of that.
Sadly, the less informed, politically ignorant, and/or less intelligent among us see people using similar language to talk about Trump and they just assume it’s more of the same hyperbole. They don’t realize that it’s now actually true. On top of that, most aren’t really capable of realizing their mistake.
The news treating Trump like a normal president is obviously part of the problem, but it’s not like Trump and his ilk were hiding. Trump regularly admits to being exactly what many feared. The news didn’t trick people into ignoring the literal hundreds of huge red flags and warning signs..
Everyone even remotely intelligent already knows Trump is fascist with dictatorial aspirations. Everyone else is either in the MAGA cult or are simply too stupid to recognize the danger on their doorstep.
History education, especially world history, is abysmal in much of the U.S. Especially red states. So millions of Americans aren’t even aware of the many lessons the world has learned the hard way about dictators and fascism. ICE is a spitting image of the SS, yet I’ve seen more than a few 20 somethings have no idea what the SS even was.
A nishum
Dementia Don.
Demented pedo grifter and fascist!
A fascist? A Hitler wannabe?