Donald Trump is a more dangerous dictator with each passing day. So every day he tries to consolidate power, we should do everything to tear that power down. https://youtu.be/IoENWdeW5jI
Another reminder we NEEDED prosecutions of coup ringleaders. The public was never fully informed, and believed Dems were lying. Ask them directly. It's a fact. And changed the election.
It's the 48% that don't see trump as a threat that is utterly stunning. A substantial number of that 48% are the folks who can't get $400 together to cover an emergency. Their belief that the trump agenda is in their best interest is laughable.
Look for those numbers to rise, as Trump’s poll numbers drop and he resorts to crazier, and more extreme stunts to try to maintain some semblance of control.
I worry that if they are able to back off this tariff nonsense and the economy limps back to recovery, people will forget the 1,000 other things that are outrageous.
Agreed. Bet both parties would agree that 25+ years (maybe longer) of congress abdicating their power to the president has allowed “the people” to normalize even marginal abuses of power that led to what we tolerate today.
1/x There is a scene in Who Framed Roger Rabbit where Eddie Valiant demands to know how Roger found Eddie’s place. Roger lists the people whom he asked, usual people in a neighborhood who might be able to help (the paperboy, the green grocer, etc.). None of them could help. Then Roger lands on
2/x the right answer: the liquor store guy. As Eddie was, in the vernacular of the times, a down-on-his-luck drunk, the liquor store guy was the only person who knew Eddie and how to find him.
In these times, the corporate press is going to their usual list of suspects
3/x to try to explain what is happening, and they’re doing it based on ‘issues’. Tariffs? They talk to economists, who are confused. Deportations? They talk to lawyers and immigration experts, who are confused. DOJ? More confused lawyers. What-the-fuck-ever-it-is that HHS is up to? They talk to
4/x public health and health care experts, who are confused.
These experts, like the paperboy and the green grocer in Eddie Valiant’s neighborhood, are confused because they are only looking at their area of expertise.
5/x stop talking to the usual suspects and instead talk to people who understand the big picture, the context of what is happening, and how all of these individual pieces fit together: Historians. In particular, historians who specialize in authoritarianism and fascism.
6/x what is happening with tariffs, public health, the law firms and universities, deportations without due process, registries of Jewish intellects and people with autism? You don’t talk to ‘issue experts’, you need Heather Cox Richardson, Tim Snyder, and their colleagues.
Not shocked to see that Republicans are out of touch. I'd be interested in how many Americans think of themselves as Republicans in 2025 compared to 2016?
Person with republican parents. The mental gymnastics is INSANE. it honestly should be considered for a massive psychology study. They have blinders on and think being anti-Musk or anti-Trump is anti-American. They only care about their image and their money.
We will never be able to have nice things like democracy with him around. He wants to be an American dictator like in the 1700/1800's King's. He decides humans fate with a stroke of an orange pen in his decrees. Who needs a Congress that does nothing except kiss his ass?
We have to stop fooling ourselves that Trump is the problem. Or that his voters are all unintelligent. About half of the electorate, eyes wide open, want him there. Why? That is the question to answer.
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In these times, the corporate press is going to their usual list of suspects
These experts, like the paperboy and the green grocer in Eddie Valiant’s neighborhood, are confused because they are only looking at their area of expertise.
In these times, the press needs to
Want to understand
They will explain
Democrats have power to make change and while all seems quiet now… they’re planning!
Of course, even in this, they had a lot of help.
Stop empowering corruption and the damage can be limited.