The Things That Are Coming

Now is the time to prepare for the assault on rights, community, and democracy.

Trigger Warning: This article discusses the disturbing policies and actions that Republicans have planned under Trump’s leadership. For those still processing the impact of this election, please be advised that the content may be difficult to read.

The Madagascar Plan was an idea considered by Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and early 1940s as part of their strategy for the so-called “Jewish Question.” The plan involved the forced relocation of European Jews to the island of Madagascar, a French colony at the time.

By 1941, logistical and strategic challenges made implementing the Madagascar Plan unfeasible. The British naval blockade during World War II prevented Germany from transporting people to distant colonies. The German invasion of the Soviet Union marked a shift in Nazi policy from deportation to genocide, leading to the establishment of extermination camps as part of the “Final Solution.” The Madagascar Plan was abandoned in favor of mass killings within occupied Eastern Europe.

The Nazi regime’s abandonment of the Madagascar Plan marked a turning point—a descent from plans of forced removal to systematic extermination. What began as logistical planning to expel people ended in genocide, showing how quickly “solutions” rooted in hatred can evolve into catastrophic actions when backed by power and infrastructure.

Today, echoes of such brutal policies are appearing closer to home.

Donald Trump has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale, pledging to deport up to 25 million people in the opening days of his potential next term. This number goes beyond any logistical reality or precedent in American history.

The scale alone suggests that a deportation operation of this magnitude would require a highly militarized approach, one that would strain and likely brutalize communities nationwide. Families would be torn apart, neighborhoods emptied, and an atmosphere of fear imposed upon millions who call the United States their home.

History shows leaders who make bold, punitive promises act upon them.

With Trump’s plan, we cannot ignore the terrifying possibility that this language of mass deportation could escalate, potentially ending in forced detention and abuse on an unimaginable scale.

Undocumented immigrants are not the only ones at risk.

First-generation Americans will also become targets.

Naturalized citizens as well.

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We should be alarmed, and we should be organizing now. If history has taught us anything, it’s that policies based on the dehumanization of entire groups don’t stop with deportations.

Where does Texas stand on this? According to Governor Orange-Butt-Kisser, he’s on board.

Private prison giant Geo Group —which already has over a billion dollars in ICE contracts to manage immigration detention facilities—saw its stock soar with Trump’s win.

Insiders say this company will be awarded the contract to build “deportation detention centers” after Trump takes office in January. This company is headquartered in Texas and will likely open its new “facilities” in Texas.

Trump’s former director of ICE, Thomas Homan, said on 60 Minutes last week that both parents and children would be deported, even if the children were citizens.

Potential Trump Attorney General says he will drag Democrats’ bodies through the streets of America.

Not Ken Paxton. Mike Davis, a Republican lawyer and former Senate aide, has repeatedly been mentioned as a potential Attorney General in the upcoming Trump administration. Here is what he said on social media yesterday:

As Rolling Stone reported yesterday, less than 24 hours after Trump’s election was called, his allies, advisers, and prominent supporters were celebrating the now-open road to Project 2025’s implementation. 

Every single Republican who said, “It isn’t Trump’s Project 2025” or “Trump has nothing to do with Project 2025” lied. Because now, they’re admitting it and embracing it.

And what did Authoritarian Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán say about Trump’s re-election?

It may be an excellent time to brush up on how democracy died in Hungary.

Young Black adults, college kids, as well as at least one middle schooler in Alabama, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington DC have received disgusting texts similar to this one shortly after Trump was announced the winner.

Then, there’s the January 6th domestic terrorists.

Today, self-proclaimed Neo-Nazi and Trump allie, Nick Fuentes, admitted that his supporters stormed the Capitol, and everything the media said was true—despite the Republicans attempting to gaslight us about it for the last four years.

And Trump will pardon each and every one, sending hundreds of domestic terrorists back onto our streets.

Yesterday, at Texas State University:

And about the climate?

2024 will be the first year that earth passes 1.5 degrees celsius of global warming, the threshold laid out in the Paris Climate Accord.

But this is what the country voted for.

Seniors voted to gut Social Security.

Men voted for their wives and daughters to die from miscarriages.

Family members of immigrants voted for deportation raids.

Poor people voted for tax cuts for billionaires.

Women voted to have fewer rights than men.

This is what 50 years of a war on education looks like. The vast majority of people who voted for Trump do not understand how bad things are going to get for them, for all of us. We live in a country of idiots.

Trump’s plans won’t only harm individuals and families—they will shake the very foundation of our economy. Alongside mass deportations, Trump’s new tariffs that would limit imports and raise costs for consumers and businesses alike. These policies will create an economic shock, as industries lose access to both affordable labor and essential imports, further driving up the costs of goods across the board. The ripple effects of mass deportation and tariffs would reverberate through every sector of the economy, from agriculture and construction to retail and hospitality.

With Trump’s mass deportation promise, millions of undocumented workers—many of whom contribute to critical industries like farming, meat processing, and manufacturing—will be swept out of the workforce. This sudden removal would create severe labor shortages, raising wages for employers desperate to fill roles but driving costs higher than most businesses can bear. Smaller businesses may collapse under these pressures, unable to afford the rapid wage increase or the tariffs on goods they need to operate.

That’s when they’ll enact the national abortion ban.

These labor shortages, paired with new tariffs, will cripple local economies and create a devastating cost spiral: with fewer workers, fewer goods, and higher prices, the entire economy would face an inflationary crisis. This will leave citizens to bear the brunt of higher living costs, fewer job opportunities, and a government willing to sacrifice livelihoods in the name of punishment and power.

It’s essential to understand that these effects won’t be confined to immigrants alone. When workers disappear, jobs go unfilled, and the cost of food, housing, and everyday essentials skyrockets, everyone suffers. Middle- and lower-income families will be the hardest hit, struggling under the burden of a government intent on dismantling its own economic stability to pursue these draconian measures.

History tells us that policies based on fear and exclusion come at a terrible price.

The time to build community resilience, advocate for human rights, and safeguard economic stability is now—before these disastrous policies become our new reality.

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom called the California Legislature back for a special session, in order for them to safeguard the citizens of California before Trump takes office. He said, “We are going on the offensive.”

Unfortunately, in Texas, Governor Orange-Butt-Kisser doesn’t give two squats about our rights.

The Texas Legislature begins the 89th Legislative Session in 68 Days. Here are some things that the Republican majority has planned:

• Vouchers, (i.e. segregation and further defunding of public schools).

• Manditory religious instruction in school.

• A Show Me Your Papers bill.

• Deputizing vigilantes to detain suspected undocumented immigrants.

• Restricted travel of pregnant women.

• Bans on IVF.

• Bans on birth control.

• Increased surveillance of women and their reproductive health.

• Criminalization of gender-affirming care.

• An expansion of voter suppression laws.

• Increased censorship in schools regarding history and identity.

• Ban on any type of gender studies at Texas Universities, including Women and LGBTQ studies.

• Bans on teaching ethnic studies at Texas Universities.

• Ban on any state “affirmitive action” programs.

• Expansion of gun rights.

• Further climate regulation rollbacks.

• Further elimination of workers protection.

This list is based on everything they discussed at their convention, bills they tried to pass last session, or direct statements from Republican Legislators.

This is not a drill—it's a reality barreling toward us at full speed.

We must face these threats with clear eyes, fully aware of what lies ahead. This is a time for vigilance, education, and above all, action. It’s on each of us to be informed about the policies taking shape, to understand their impact, and to spread that awareness in our communities.

Various groups and organizations are meeting over the next week, to discuss the next plan of action. Sign up for them if you see them. I do not have a call to action for you yet, but there will be plenty coming soon.

Now is the moment to reach out to those already organizing for justice and human rights, to lend your skills and your voice to groups that are on the front lines. Connect with local organizations, attend community meetings, and learn how to safeguard your rights and those of your neighbors. Join efforts to protect vulnerable communities, and prepare to resist policies designed to strip away the very liberties that define us.

The Texas legislative session starts in 68 days and Mango Mussilini takes his oath of office (laughable) in just six days after that. We have two choices:

1. Let the Republican plans unfold unchecked.

2. Stand as a force of solidarity and resistance.

Prepare for what’s coming, for it’s only by uniting and building resilient communities that we can hope to face the challenges ahead. We have the power to push back.

The time to organize is today—because tomorrow may be too late.

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