"Trump 47 isn’t a sequel.

William Lindsey :toad:

"If Trump aims to turn America into a police state, these are the officials he will utilize. After only 10 days as president-elect, he appears to be on his way."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/11

Total control

If Trump aims to turn America into a police state, these are the officials he will utilize. After only 10 days as president-elect, he appears to be on his way.

(robertreich.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Trump wants to use the military against the American people. Do you trust that Pete Hegseth wouldn’t obey an unlawful order?"

~ Evan Hurst

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/12

Pete Hegseth Is Trump's Choice For Siccing The Military On 'The Enemy Within' (AKA Americans)

You didn't think it was about his brains, did you?

(evanhurst.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"A new Trump regime would also operate under conditions that are vastly more favorable to its political cause. Almost all the factors that inhibited the extreme Right during the first Trump presidency are no longer present; all the guardrails that kept Trump and the more extreme rightwing factions in check after 2017 have been vastly weakened or destroyed entirely."

~ Thomas Zimmer

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/13

Why the Second Trump Regime Will Be Far More Dangerous

This will be a much more radical regime – and it will operate under conditions that are vastly more favorable to its extremist cause

(thomaszimmer.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Donald Trump's MAGA fascism has clearly been embraced by a majority of Americans who voted. ...

Let's be honest and admit that things are going to get worse."

~ Wendell Griffen

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/14

THINKING ABOUT THE 2024 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM FARMING AND DISEASE PERSPECTIVES

The 2024 U.S. presidential election result is being analyzed by pundits, commentators, journalists, and historians as has been done followin...

(fierceprohetichope.blogspot.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

And there's this, which is absolutely not disconnected from all the things mentioned in the thread above:

"The price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of more than $93,000 yesterday."

~ Lora Kelley

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/15

What Crypto Wants From Trump

With a crypto-friendly president-elect and a Congress stacked with crypto supporters, the industry is getting closer to its ultimate goals.

The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)

bouriquet

@wdlindsy They already suspected Trump of violating the ICA in 2019. But how could SCOTUS declare ICA unconstitutional when it supports separation of powers? The President still can veto a funding bill for the budget, but fortunately does not have line item veto.

William Lindsey :toad:

@bouriquet I fear we've seen that SCOTUS will do anything it wishes — this SCOTUS — without any regard for precedent or even basic human decency.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wood5y A good term for it.

Steve Woods

@wdlindsy Thank'ee kindly!

William Lindsey :toad:

"These appointments remind us that 'Make America Great Again' is actually a crusade on an unprecedented scale to take down America, weakening the country both domestically and internationally."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future
/16

Trump's Cabinet Nominations: Welcome to the Upside-Down World of Authoritarianism

And Strongmen becomes a New York Times bestseller!

(lucid.substack.com)

Timo

@wdlindsy I'm expecting for the North Korean bases set up in the USA, like in the remake of the movie 'Red Dawn"

Greengordon

@wdlindsy

"Make no mistake. MAGA fascism will not go away on its own. White supremacy, racism, patriarchy, sexism, xenophobia, and free market fundamentalist capitalism have been part of the U.S. political environment across the history of the republic, but have never been unopposed. In the same way that brave and strong-minded people challenged those forces in the past, brave and strong-minded people must challenge them during Trump's next term of office."

Greengordon

@wdlindsy

I wish I did not agree with everything that article said.

"when Orange Hitler seizes power in January, he’s gonna try to instigate a civil war with tyrannical policies that target immigrants, minorities, and Democrats.

"If Democrats try to defend themselves, we also get a civil war. But then we’ll be in a much weaker position...

"Either way, Putin wins and gets exactly what he wants: the US will destroy itself from within.”

#uspol

CassandraVert

@wdlindsy
Just like last time but more so.

Robert Simpsonn

@wdlindsy I am in full withdrawal of news, cable, CSPAN....even my favorite podcasts and YouTube programs.

I took time to read this article about the horrific choices of celebrities to lead important federal agencies.

Thank you for helping me get back to public discourse...it will take some more time.

Really America...a convicted rapist?

William Lindsey :toad:

“Each appointment is part of a larger picture. Taken together, Trump’s candidates constitute an attempt to wreck the American government. …

However and by whomever this was organized, the intention of these appointments is clear: to create American horror.”

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future  /17

Decapitation Strike

Preserving America from Trump's Appointments

(snyder.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

“Don’t underestimate people you think of as incompetent extremists when they win an election. This might be a lesson that comes a bit too late.”

~ Timothy Burke

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future  /18

Let The Bad Times End (1): Apartheid

Histories To Think On

(timothyburke.substack.com)

Arqtec

@wdlindsy
Wreck the American Government ?
Yeah I think that nails it
But like a Guy that likes speed, pushes the limit in a crowded street, crashes, survives, and has a whole lot of damage besides his NOW wrecked Ride ?
Trump & The GOP Madmen are going to be left with a miserable task and no one to blame but themselves
The Attack on Pearl Harbor hardened the American Resolve, we floated the sunk ships, buried our dead, and built new & better ones
Then we brought Hell to those that attacked US

William Lindsey :toad:

“The politicization of vaccines [signified by the RFKJr appointment that will result in plummeting vaccination rates] removes any ambiguity about the current character of American society.

Human history is not an unbroken line of progress. From time to time societies choose to disfigure themselves. A kind of civilizational self-mutilation.”

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #fascism #democracy #cruelty #future  /19

Vaccine Politics and American Decadence

RFK, vaccines, and what we're learning about American society.

(www.thebulwark.com)

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@wdlindsy
Think of RFK Jr. as a symptom of what could happen to you.