#red scare

[m155d10r]

[diamondtrashangel]

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy), Mason Dye (Bombsight) and Elizabeth Posey (Private Angel) filming the first episode of Vought Rising, "1x01 Red Scare", in Toronto, August 17, 2025 (Hi Q Movie)

[standwithdaanes]

Trump warns of "communist menace" in speech at Mount Rushmore on eve of July 4th

The president kicked off America's 250th anniversary celebrations with a speech at Mount Rushmore where he warned of a resurgence in communi

Set against the backdrop of the granite faces of four of his predecessors*, Mr. Trump said Friday night that American identity was under attack from communist ideals, taking aim at what he called "radicals" and "extremists" who attack American history. "There is now a resurgence of the communist menace in our land, including from newcomers to our country who embrace ideas totally opposed to our way of life and our great success," the president said. "You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both." "You do not have to be born here, but you do have to love what we have built, you must love our country," Mr. Trump told the crowd in South Dakota. After speaking about the dangers of communism, the president said the only way to ensure that the Republicans win the midterm elections is by abolishing the filibuster and passing the SAVE America Act, which would require Americans to prove they are U.S. citizens when they register to vote, and showing a valid photo identification before they cast their ballots. "As we march into our 250th year, incredible, beautiful year it will be, we must never forget: There is no American freedom without American culture, and there is no American founding without the American people," Mr Trump said.

*imperialists whose faces were carved onto the mountain sacred to the Lakota nation, who call it Tȟuŋkášila Šákpe Pahá, which the United States agreed was theirs in a treaty before deciding to break that treaty in order to exploit the gold found in the Pahá Sápa (Black Hills).

[victusinveritas]

Republican Senator from Maine, Margaret Chase Smith, was one of the few who possessed the courage to stand up to McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.

She did so in a scathing speech from the senate floor in which she said that the Senate had "...been debased to...a forum of hate and character assassination."

She beseeched her fellow Republicans not to seek political victory by riding the “Four Horsemen of Calumny–Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.”

It kinda worked for a little while...a bit.

[lakrothord]

hair dying night

[melancholiads]

european winter

[alanshemper]

“If you want to be against McCarthy, boys, you’ve got to be either a Communist or a cocksucker.”

—Sen. Joe McCarthy, helpfully explaining how the red scare and the lavender scare intersected with each other