![]() ![]() The plan, as outlined to me, was to form an organization of veterans to use as a bluff, or as a club at least, to intimidate the government and break down our democratic institutions. SMEDLEY BUTLER: I appeared before the congressional committee, the highest representation of the American people, under subpoena to tell what I knew of activities which I believed might lead to an attempt to set up a fascist dictatorship. This is a clip of General Smedley Butler speaking in 1934. But Butler refused and revealed what he knew to members of Congress. The men asked the celebrated Marine Corps officer Smedley Butler to lead a military coup. ![]() and the former president of DuPont, Irénée du Pont. ![]() The coup plotters included the head of General Motors, Alfred P. ![]() Some of the nation’s most powerful bankers and business leaders plotted to overthrow President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in order to block the New Deal and establish a fascist dictatorship. Capitol and Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, we turn to look at a largely forgotten effort to topple the U.S. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González.Īs the January 6th House committee and federal prosecutors continue investigation into last year’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Together, they can defeat Mal, bring down the barrier, and escape the Isle for good. ![]() When she discovers an underground lair belonging to Hades, god of the underworld, Uma realizes she’s found the perfect partner in crime. Trapped on the other side of the barrier, Uma is more desperate than ever to get her long-awaited revenge against Mal. But Auradon’s biggest threat is still at large? Facilier’s trickster daughter, wants in on the deal!-and Mal’s crew is using their upcoming visit to the Isle to help make it happen. There are tons of villain kids on the Isle of the Lost who are eager for their chance to come to Auradon Prep-even Celia, Dr. Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos may have once been the baddest of the bad, but their wicked ways are (mostly) behind them-and now graduation is almost here! But before the seniors can don their custom-designed caps and gowns, courtesy of Evie, they’ve got an epic plan to put into action. ![]() ![]() ![]() The demon Cady was bound with isn’t as dormant as they first thought, and it’s desperate to be free. What do you guys think of the awesome cover by Robot Brain Design?Ĭady and Ethan are on the run from the Company, but there’s no escaping the trouble they brought with them. It’s on Tuesday, November 18th, from 1pm to 7pm PST with some great authors and book blogs, and we’ll have lots of fun games and giveaways to celebrate the release of my 23rd book! ![]() ![]() I hope you’ll join us for the upcoming release party on Facebook for The Company of Lies. * This is the first book in a completed, five book series about fallen angels and demons, and contains a cliffhanger. What am I now? Am I still human? Am I part angel? Or am I something new? That guy with the knife? He’s still out there, and he knows where I live. ![]() I have to talk to him.Īnd he’s not the only one stalking me. I don’t know why I keep seeing the same guy in my dreams, on the sidewalk, at the minimart near my apartment – the insanely hot guy with the piercing blue eyes that nobody can see but me. If you’ve been waiting to try this series about sexy fallen angels, book one is #free!!! Check out these awesome new covers for The Fallen series! ![]() ![]() The connection between parents and their child. ![]() In Lord of the Fading Lands, we learned that the High Mage had put a Mage Mark on Ellie in Lady of Light and Shadow we learned that the connections between Efreya and Shan and Ellysetta caused the punishments inflicted upon them to flow to Ellie as well causing the fits which have affected Ellie all her life. Those kits are all that stands between extinction and life for the tairen and the fey, it is essential that Ellie succeed. ![]() Some evil is killing the kits one by one while they are still in the egg and the Eye of Truth has prophesied that Ellie is the only person who can save them. Her family will stay in Garreval on the edge of the Mists that protect the Fading Lands while Ellie and Rain will continue through the Mists on to Chakai and other cities that are still alive.Įllie’s primary purpose is to find a way to save the few remaining kitlings of the tairen. Third in the romantic fantasy series, Tairen Soul.Įllysetta and Rain are almost to the Fading Lands, her father and twin sisters accompanying them. ![]() ![]() So I went out and bought a whole bunch of sweatpants two sizes too big and sweatshirts," says Davis. "I knew I wasn't going to fit in my blue jeans. ![]() But he also had to transform into the older Foreman, who gained 100 pounds in retirement before returning to boxing in 1987 at 38. Stepping in at an imposing 220 pounds, Davis is impressive as Foreman in his early boxing years from ages 17 to 30. Here's how it went down for "Big George Foreman": Khris Davis captured George Foreman's boxing, took the punches Tillman took the dramatic step of halting filming for eight weeks to allow "Judas and the Black Messiah" star Davis, 37, to gain 45 pounds (and shave his head) to portray Foreman's boxing return at age 38 and his second heavyweight championship win in 1994, at 45. He was 6-foot-4 and had the chops to do it all." And I kept wondering, how we were going to do this? I didn't want to have different actors for each stage," says writer/director George Tillman. ![]() ![]() "I wanted to take people on the whole journey. ![]() Just capturing the boxing icon's physical presence in "Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World" (in theaters now) required not only learning to box as Foreman but also embodying his dramatic body changes – including Foreman's 100-pound weight gain before his legendary comeback. Khris Davis went the distance to fully portray "Big George" Foreman on screen. Watch Video: 'Rumble in the Jungle' scene from George Tillman Jr.'s 'Big George Foreman' ![]() |