I can’t believe I have to spell this out, again, but I will.
I wrote in previous diaries about not obeying in advance. I wrote about not obeying DOGE (pronounced ‘dodgy’ to tick off the collaborators). I wrote about how power is viewed and used. I wrote about how Krasnov and his collaborators use language.
This diary is about how not to obey an obviously lawless and criminal coup leader and his collaborators. It’s pretty easy. Just ignore any and all directives, tweets or statements from the coup leader and his collaborators.
Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy. Just don’t do what they want you to do.
The legal grounds for this is also simple. Krasnov is not the duly elected president of any country. There are now valid questions about the last election. If Krasnov learned anything from watching his boss, Putin, it was to win a squeaker of an election … don’t make it so absurd as to be unbelieveable. Musk (I think his name is descriptive enough and I often think of the musk glands on skunks that exude lovely thiols when I write his name) did that for Krasnov.
Harris got 48.2% of the popular vote (and, remember, 90 million voters did not show up to vote), while Krasnov got 49.8% of the popular vote. Less than 2% separated these two candidates. Meaning, a sizeable majority of the American electorate did not vote for Krasnov. Furthermore, Krasnov got a plurality, not a majority, of those that did show up to vote. A majority is commonly understood to be 50+1 … unless you are in the US Senate, then a majority is 50+10 (the logic and reasoning of math are suspended in US Senate chambers. It must be a vortex or something). A plurality is what you get when you fail to get even 50% of the vote, you just get the most of the votes that were cast.
Since House and Senate Dem leadership insist on doing nothing, preserving long-dead decorum (it died during Obama’s first SOTU) and assisting with this coup d’état, it is up to rank and file federal employees and rank and file Americans to simply ignore illegal, unConstitutional and immoral orders, statements and other odious excretions by Krasnov and his coup collaborators. Since our Dem leadership is obviously rudderless, we need to be their rudder and steer them into action.
“But, Bear,” I hear my dear reader asking, “How do we steer Dem leadership into action? We just elected them to represent us … oh, now, I get it! They represent us!” Yes, dear reader, Dem leadership represents us. Krasnov’s collaborators are only in office cuz they don’t want to actually legislate, just take other people’s money and lots of vacations from work. So, with Dem leadership just kind of watching everything happen with slack jaws and glazed eyes, we, the people, need to make Krasnov and his collaborators go to court to enforce these orders and closures and other nonbinding statements. There are not enough DOJ line attorneys to cover everything. Krasnov and his collaborators are barred from seeking nongovernment attorneys to defend the interests of the government they purport to lead.
“But, Bear!” i hear my lovely readers shout, “How can we, the people, bring suits against the US government?!” Firstly, because the people of the US always have the option of bringing before the courts any and all legislation and/or executive orders that the people believe to be illegal, unConstitutional or in direct contradiction of treaty rights. And, secondly, because Krasnov is not abiding by his oath of office, he is an insurrectionist. That fact is not made any less true by Congress’ inability or disinclination to bring impeachment charges against Krasnov and his collaborators. It just shows the rest of us how much house cleaning we will have to do once we successfully end this coup, bring the leader and his collaborators to account and hold new elections for people dedicated to representing the will of the people, upholding the law and abiding by their oathes of office. Does this make sense?
The Dem leadership needs the majority of Americans to get out there and make some noise. We all need to show up and show out that we are mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore! We need to be the change we want to see in the world. We need to channel our inner Joan Jett and sing “We’re not gonna take it, no, we’re not gonna take it, we’re not gonna take it anymore!” Except, you know, the whole song about being free and all that jazz. Once we’re done with that song, we keep singing and marching to any anthem for the oppressed, abused and downtrodden. Krasnov and his collaborators are classic abusers and enablers. We gotta break up with them, once and for all. If you don’t know how to deal with an abusive jerk, lucky you. Those of us who have are about to give you a crash course in breaking up with an abuser before we become complicit in enabling that kind of behavior.
To recap: because Krasnov and his collaborators are executing a coup d’état, nothing they order is valid. DOGE is not real. If Congressional Dem leadership will not act, the American people and federal workers must stand together to openly disobey the illegal and unConstitutional orders being given by Krasnov and his collaborators.
Even the ‘US Marshals’ being used to let DOGE (not a real thing) into government offices and buildings (real places with real people) may not *actually* be US Marshals. They have no authority and they are cosplaying legitimate law enforcement officers. Whenever and wherever we see these cranks cosplaying law enforcement officers, we need to support the federal workers in the federal buildings and offices from illegal actions. Stand in front of the ‘US Marshals,’ use nonviolent means of resistance, make noise until local law enforcement can get there. Make a show of it, call the media, make noise. Stand with civil servants, stand for our country. Designate a few people to livestream it on their phones. Make it as public as possible.
(quick aside: before doing any nonviolent public protest or action, set your phone to a numeric or alphanumeric passcode to unlock … LEOs can use your fingerprint or face to unlock your phone. Memorize one phone number to call if/when you are detained to let them know 1) where you are being held 2) who the arresting officer is 3) that you are awaiting an attorney 4) stfu, maintain your silence, practice breathing exercises, do some chair yoga/stretches, keep your cool and remain silent. Unless you are in a cell with a bunch of other people, then get organized into songs, poems, stretches, breathing exercises, but do not talk about the action you just did, no matter how tempting)
No matter what, remember that we are Americans. We do not recognize an illegitimate monarch. We do not consent to this coup d’état.
One final time:
Krasnov is trying to lead a coup d’état.
DOGE is not real.
Krasnov and his collaborators do not have any legitimate power. Make ‘em prove that they do in court.
Do not obey unConstitutional leaders, collaborators or whatever they try to order, demand or otherwise state.
Do not obey.
Illegitimi non carborundum.