Light & Darkness

“A coward afraid of light is more coward than a coward afraid of darkness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan


There are certain people that I listen closely to, including the gentleman quoted above. I first became aware of him from his biography of Gandhi. Generally speaking, when this happens, my friends and associates put up with my insisting, "You need to read this."

Over the past two decades, this has come to include pointing out the writings of certain community members to my friends and associates who "lurk" here from time to time. One example is Botany, who has added value to DU as long as I can remember. Here is an imporant example:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18830454

There are, of course, different levels of cowardice. The defendant is at the lowest level, because he fears light being shined on his criminal behaviors. He attempts to delay this in court, and to distract the public with his rants. Including in these rants, of course, are the dog whistles meant to either intimdate his targets of abuse, or to signal to his unhinged followers to harm the target ...... exactly what we see in Botany's article.

We know the defendant self-identifies as the "don" of his organized crime family. Until 2020, his daughter Ivanka served as the underboss, or deputy director of white collar crime. Michael Cohen had served as consigliere for about a decade before the defendant took the White House. Next in line are the caporegimes, who are in charge of about 15 to 20 soldiers. Since 2021, the son known as defendant, junior has attempted to replace Ivanka, including by greasing his hair in an attempt to ape his fantasy version of a mobser.

It is important to recognize that pre=presidency, only three of these characters had actual dealings with the mob: the defendant, Ivanka, and Cohen. Junior and Eric certainly encountered the real deal, but did not have authority to make any important business dealings. Becausethe defendant, Ivanka, and Cohen were limited to domestic mobsters, in 2016 they brought in Paul Manafort.

Thus, when Russian "lawyer" Natalia Veselnitskaya sought the June 16, 2016 meeting at Defendant Tower, Junior was not capable of making deals on his own. He brought in Ivanka's shadow Jared, and Paul Manafort -- since Paul had more international criminal contacts than the sum total of the defendant's family organization.

It would be Manafort's connections to Russian organized crime/ military intelligence that put the defendant in the White House. In the jungle, Malcolm X taught, there are hunters, and those who hunt the hunters. We witnessed the hunters of hunters when Robert Mueller indicted thirty four individuals and three companies, including five of the defendant's associates and campaign officials.

Mr. Mueller disrupted the defendant's "indirect" ties to Russian crime/intelligence. Cohen, when he realized that loyalty was a one-way street leading to the defendant, would help disrupt some of the domestic ties. It's not that Russia did not attempt to assist the defendant in 2020, just as they are in 2024. Putin still seeks the defendant to be a caporegime, in charge of white collar crime, the end of support for Ukraine, and the destruction of the rule of law in the United States. But he recognizes that the defendant is unlikely to win an election.

After his crushing defeat in the 2020 election, the defendant was in a hurry to have 60+ court cases heard. This did not result in success on his part, and so the planning for January 6 began to take shape. The quality of the defendant's operation was rather low when compared to actual intelligence operations, as it depended on "has beens" and "never was" individuals prone to having oil leak down their faces. The actual insurrection depended upon milia groups, and while destructive, it was a failure.

More than 1,230 of the maga troops have been indicted on federal charges. Around 859 cases have been adjudicated, with about 500 resulting in prison sentences. Thus, try as he might, the defendant will find the militia members will "stand down and stand by" in November. This leaves him with a loud, nasty mouth that spouts threats, hoping that the unhinged "lone wolf pups" will protect him.

The coward does not want his crimes to be subjected to light. Our job is to shine light upon them.