{"id":39741,"date":"2025-02-22T20:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T04:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39741"},"modified":"2025-02-23T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:41:04","slug":"fear-and-loathing-closer-to-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/fear-and-loathing-closer-to-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fear and Loathing: Closer to the Edge <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

by Sarah Menefee <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

There is something rancid in America, a slow, creeping rot that smells like cold McDonald\u2019s fries, aerosol hairspray, and the unmistakable musk of a country too sedated to recognize its own hostage situation. For years, the idea that Donald Trump was compromised by Russia was dismissed as paranoid fantasy\u2014just another wild-eyed conspiracy theory, another overblown headline in the endless saga of American political dysfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, two former Soviet intelligence <\/a>officers\u2014Alnur Mussayev and Yuri Shvets\u2014are saying it outright: Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987, groomed as an asset, and remains under Russian control to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the worst part? He\u2019s already back in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s right, America. You did it. You walked face-first into the banana peel of history, slipped, and fell straight into the arms of Vladimir Putin. Trump was kicked out in 2020, spent four years plotting his comeback, and now he\u2019s returned, like a bloated, orange cockroach that just won\u2019t die. The Kremlin\u2019s favorite stooge is running the country again, and this time, he knows exactly how to stay in power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think this is just another round of the Trump Show, you\u2019re not paying attention. This isn\u2019t politics anymore. This is treason. This is foreign subversion. This is a goddamn coup in slow motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s break it down, nice and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alnur Mussayev isn\u2019t some Twitter conspiracy theorist with a tinfoil hat and a podcast. He\u2019s the former head of Kazakhstan\u2019s National Security Committee, which means he knows exactly how Russian intelligence works\u2014because he was part of the system. And what he\u2019s saying should make every American\u2019s blood run cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mussayev, Trump was identified, recruited, and compromised by the KGB in 1987 during his first trip to Moscow. They saw him for what he was: a narcissistic, greedy, attention-starved buffoon who could be easily manipulated. The KGB flattered him, promised him business deals, and planted the seeds of political ambition in his empty little head. And from that moment on, he was their man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Mussayev isn\u2019t alone. Former KGB major Yuri Shvets said the exact same thing in 2021: Trump was cultivated by Soviet intelligence because he was an easy mark\u2014too stupid to realize he was being played, too egotistical to care. They saw him as a useful idiot\u2014a man who could one day be nudged into power, a walking, talking Trojan Horse for Russian interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now? The plan has worked. Trump spent four years in office weakening America from within, got booted out, and now he\u2019s back for round two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you had told the American public in 1962 that a Soviet-backed asset would one day sit in the White House, they would have burned Washington to the ground before letting it happen. But today? Nobody seems to care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media treats this like just another wacky subplot in the never-ending Trump reality show. Congress is too busy fighting over meaningless culture war nonsense to do anything about it. And the American public? Exhausted. Numb. Checked out. Years of scandals\u2014Russia collusion, Ukraine blackmail, classified documents, tax fraud, sexual assault, an attempted coup\u2014have fried the country\u2019s brain like an overcooked steak at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has done the impossible. He has committed so many crimes, so openly, so brazenly, that none of them matter anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, with Mussayev\u2019s revelation that Trump is an active foreign asset, we have finally reached the point where the biggest political scandal in American history is met with a collective shrug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how democracy dies\u2014not with a bang, but with a goddamn eye-roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the part where the skeptics start clutching their pearls. \u201cOh, come on,\u201d they say. \u201cIf Trump were really a Russian asset, wouldn\u2019t there be more proof?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To which I say: Are you blind, or just willfully stupid?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s go through the evidence, shall we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump spent his entire first term doing exactly what Russia wanted. He attacked NATO, calling it \u201cobsolete\u201d and threatening to pull the U.S. out. He tried to blackmail Ukraine into manufacturing dirt on Joe Biden, because weakening Ukraine helps one man and one man only: Vladimir Putin. He pulled U.S. troops out of Syria, handing power over to Russian forces. He picked fights with Canada and Europe while cozying up to dictators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even now, in his second term, he is more openly pro-Putin than ever. He has made it clear that he will not protect NATO allies from Russian aggression. He is actively dismantling America\u2019s alliances, just as Russia planned. And while Americans scream at each other over whether Target should sell rainbow t-shirts, Trump is quietly selling the country to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At some point, you have to stop calling it a coincidence and start calling it what it is: treason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States is running out of time. If Trump serves out this term without being removed, America as a functioning democracy is finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The media needs to wake up. Enough with the \u201cTrump fatigue\u201d excuse. This is not just another scandal\u2014this is the single greatest infiltration of American power in history. Journalists need to dig into Mussayev\u2019s claims, demand declassification of intelligence files, and treat this like the national emergency that it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress needs to subpoena Mussayev immediately. His testimony must be public, and every document he has should be reviewed. If there is proof that Trump has been compromised since the 1980s, the American people need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Justice Department needs to stop pretending that Trump is just another politician. If there is evidence that the sitting president of the United States is working in Russia\u2019s interests, he must be removed from office and prosecuted for espionage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the American public? You have one last chance. This is not about Republican vs. Democrat. This is not about taxes, gas prices, or whatever nonsense outrage is dominating the news today. This is about whether the United States remains a sovereign nation, or if we spend the rest of the century as a Russian client state with a golf course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheer volume of Trump’s corruption, the blatant nature of his crimes, the mountain of evidence that should have ended his political career a hundred times over\u2014none of it mattered. He survived it all, not because he was innocent, but because he drowned the country in so much scandal that nothing stuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this time, it\u2019s different. If Mussayev and Shvets are right, this isn\u2019t just another chapter in the endless Trump circus. This is the culmination of a decades-long Russian intelligence operation to install an asset in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no coming back from this. If America lets Trump serve out this term without removing him, then the United States as a democratic republic is finished. The country won\u2019t collapse overnight. There won\u2019t be tanks in the streets. Instead, the destruction of democracy will happen in slow motion\u2014buried under lawsuits, propaganda, and corruption so blatant that people stop caring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If America lets this happen\u2014if Trump is allowed to complete his mission\u2014then Putin wins. The West crumbles. And the people who could have stopped it will look back, years from now, and wonder how they let it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good night, and good luck. Because if people don\u2019t wake up, America is going to sleepwalk straight into its own funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Contributed by Gwyllm Llwydd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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