{"id":31069,"date":"2025-10-01T18:21:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=31069"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:33:18","slug":"accelerant-consultant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=31069","title":{"rendered":"accelerant consultant&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ff8cab9a666bd47e62e5bd905b76aab9\"><strong>Fire Marshall Bill <\/strong>has come out of retirement to join the Trump administration as an<strong> accelerant<\/strong> consultant. He didn\u2019t strike the spark, but once hot lies and political frictions flare, his hiring as an accelerant consultant and fiery enabler to the totalitarian Orange Menace will assure democratic structures ignite faster, burn hotter, and rush headlong toward volatility and conflagration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FM2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FM2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FM2-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FM2-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fire Marshall Bill Rebuilds LA\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4cfIBrKeOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26b2e94b8132a4b60815f8c6bd9d1855\" style=\"color:#8a1009\"><strong><em>Click link for video<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rachel Maddow recently&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fredirect%2F24b5c2b4-69c7-4f01-8815-b62cabdc3ec6%3Fj%3DeyJ1IjoiMXN4N3Z6In0.P0cmF3l-SLzsHxHP7mq2iWoLgTWjKiuKicQk-LV8u5E&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C806a9b3755b146f33cb308de00f36b8d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638949242647751550%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eyPhInvHUxpc4b3nKik1aubRKg%2BUPq5LfI0ZM58mDZY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">laid out&nbsp;<\/a>five moves that dictators reliably make.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Court-Painter-Donald-J-Trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Court-Painter-Donald-J-Trump.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Court-Painter-Donald-J-Trump-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Court-Painter-Donald-J-Trump-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u2014&nbsp;<strong>First, they identify an internal enemy to blame for social ills<\/strong>; Trump has spent years turning immigrants, big cities, and universities into scapegoats. Now, like every dictator listed above has done, he\u2019s claiming that the opposition political party, the Democrats, are an \u201cenemy within.\u201d&nbsp;<br>\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Second, they turn security forces inward<\/strong>, exactly what Trump\u2019s new call for turning our military against our cities represents. The moment a dictator turns military forces built to destroy foreign adversaries against his own people, the rest of the transformation becomes easier.<br>\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Third, they criminalize dissent and protest<\/strong>, insisting that when people show up in the streets it is not constitutionally protected free speech and the right \u201cpeaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances\u201d but a security \u201cthreat\u201d to be crushed rather than heard and responded to.&nbsp;<br>\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Fourth, they intimidate or capture the press and punish truth-telling<\/strong>, as we\u2019re seeing now with rightwing billionaires capturing virtually every major traditional and social media source in America.&nbsp;<br>\u2014&nbsp;<strong>Fifth, they seize control of independent institutions<\/strong>&nbsp;like universities, law firms, or the civil service to eliminate any professional standards that interfere with Dear Leader\u2019s will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trumpmourningz-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trumpmourningz-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trumpmourningz-2-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trumpmourningz-2-768x710.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB6-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB6-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FMB-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire Marshall Bill has come out of retirement to join the Trump administration as an accelerant consultant. He didn\u2019t strike the spark, but once hot lies and political frictions flare, his hiring as an accelerant consultant and fiery enabler to the totalitarian Orange Menace will assure democratic structures ignite faster, burn hotter, and rush headlong &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=31069\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;accelerant consultant&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31069"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31087,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069\/revisions\/31087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}