"Right-wing strategist Steve Bannon, who once pledged to make the world 'as exciting as the 1930s,' promotes the ideas of the Italian Traditionalist Julius Evola, who wrote: 'We would like a more radical, more intrepid Fascism, a really absolute Fascis...

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"In an interview with Michael S. Schmidt of the New York Times published tonight, [General John] Kelly noted that he had decided not to speak out about Trump unless Trump said something deeply troubling or something that involved Kelly and was wildly inaccurate. For Kelly, Trump’s recent talk about the 'enemy within' was dangerous enough that he felt obliged to make a public comment."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/4

October 22, 2024

Former president Trump’s closing economic argument for the American people is that putting a high tariff wall around the country will bring in so much foreign money that it will fund domestic programs and bring down the deficit, enabling massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The retired U.S. Marine Corps general confirmed that Trump is 'certainly the only president that has all but rejected what America is all about, and what makes America America, in terms of our Constitution, in terms of our values, the way we look at everything, to include family and government—he’s certainly the only president that I know of, certainly in my lifetime, that was like that.'”

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/5

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Kelly added that 'in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law.'”

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/6

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Kelly’s comments, two weeks from Election Day, are the latest in a line of warnings from former Trump White House aides about how he views the presidency and would exercise power if returned to office.

In addition to the fascist comments, Kelly — who was Trump’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019 — told The New York Times that the former president 'certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.'”

~ CNN

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/7

Trump’s former chief of staff says he fits ‘fascist’ definition and prefers ‘dictator approach’ | CNN Politics

John Kelly, the retired Marine general who was Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, entered the 2024 fray in stunning fashion, saying the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had” in a series of interviews published Tuesday.

CNN (edition.cnn.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"He also confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump had said he wished his military personnel showed him the same deference Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed the German dictator during World War II, and recounted the moment."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #JohnKelly
/8

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"If Harris wins, it’s because just enough voters accept the rule of law and reality itself. That’s probably why we remain so nervous about the outcome. The election won’t merely determine the next president. It’ll define who we are as a nation."

~ Stephen Robinson

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
/9

How the hell is this even close?

It boggles the mind. But it's not unexplainable.

(www.publicnotice.co)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The mystery that will provide full employment for generations of historians is why so many Americans willingly embraced the con and spread the hate that fuels Trump's campaign."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
/10

Harris/Walz campaign in overdrive!

October 23, 2024

(roberthubbell.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"He has now gone all-out demagogue and promised his supporters that he would have no qualms about ordering our military to execute his opponents. Which has left men like John Kelly with few options but to be honest about who Trump is."

~ Brian Tyler Cohen

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
/11

Leaving it all on the Field

Kamala battles onward as Trump's fascist rhetoric crosses John Kelly's red line

(plus.briantylercohen.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"When you’re so undisciplined that you can’t control yourself for the final TWO WEEKS of the campaign, imagine if Trump was unburdened by another election, with his official immunity gifted from the Supreme Court he stacked, his brain cooked, all guardrails removed, and nobody to hold him accountable."

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism
/12

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

“It says everything you need to know about the U.S. media that Trump’s clown show at the McDonald’s gets more attention than his former defense secretary and chair of the Joint Chief of Staff warning that Trump is a dangerous fascist with no respect for democracy.”

~ Dean Baker quotes by Margaret Sullivan

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #media #MediaFail
/13

A media call to arms

Double down on 'the stakes' until Nov. 5th

(margaretsullivan.substack.com)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

It all begins, always, with coercion. It begins with bullying and acts of accelerating violence. It begins with demonstrations that "we" have power over "you" and intend to expand and use that power to put you in your place. To hurt you.

It begins with brownshirts, and moves on to worse and worse things.

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #thuggery #bullying #coercion #violence
/14

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

This election cycle, there are reports from all over the place of widespread stealing of Harris-Walz signs. Here's one (see the link below) from Springfield, Missouri.

This is coercion and bullying, widespread stealing of signs designed to shut people up and tell them what they'll get if they don't comply. It's violence. It's a prelude to fascism that will unleash more violence.

#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #fascism #thuggery #bullying #coercion #violence
/15

WATCH: Missouri Woman Tracked Stolen Harris-Walz Campaign Signs and Confronted the Thieves on Camera

A Springfield, Missouri woman got tired of having her Harris-Walz signs stolen, so she used an Apple AirTag to track the thieves down and confront them.

Mediaite (www.mediaite.com)

[locksmithprime@infosec.exchange]

@wdlindsy

And none of those warnings hurt the orange man. He loses not one vote, whereas in normal situations and/or countries, he would be finished long time ago. He and republicans are not even hiding those statements anymore, as they learn the darker they get, the more support they obtain.

[justrosy@universeodon.com]

@wdlindsy He has also threatened campaign donors and voters who he thinks are "unAmerican" and "vermin" and, if I recall correctly, "liberal leftists" and "marxists" and so he thinks we don't have a right to vote in the elections, even though we were born in the USA. What MAGA doesn't seem to care about is that people have a right to disagree with them and to vote in favor of someone other than their dear felon leader, Con-Don.

I'm grateful that our ballots are secret. A lot of GOP women haven't been voting because their husbands told them not to, but they're starting to find ways around that. I applaud them for doing so. Regardless of who they vote for, their voices are being heard, many for the first time. I have a suspicion they are voting for Kamala and other Democrats, because the GOP is against women entirely.

Black people are also turning out in record numbers, despite all the GOP tricks to suppress the vote! Kinda think they're voting in their best interests too.

[phreba@shakedown.social]

@wdlindsy yup, happened in my small town in CT. Someone posted about signs being stolen and as you can expect, there were maga trolls laughing at the person etc. This man, this deeply flawed thing, has torn this nation to pieces. It’s all so sad.

[kraemer_hb@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy It's even hard to keep track on which former official has said which terrible things about Trump:
John F. Kelly, Chief of Staff: Trump meets the definition of a fascist.
Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Trump is fascist to the core and the most dangerous person ever.
James Mattis, Defense Secretary: what Milley said
Mark Esper, Defense Secretary after Mattis: Trump is unfit for office, a national security threat and a threat to democracy.

[myerman@toot.bldrweb.org]

@wdlindsy I hope the little bastard gets one year in jail for each sign he stole.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Myerman It would be mere justice, wouldn't it. And that mother of his! What piece of work she is in her cameo performance on the video.

[myerman@toot.bldrweb.org]

@wdlindsy yeah. Total assholes. We lived in Austin for 22 years and had countless democrat signs stolen from our yard. I set up cameras and contemplated electrifying the signs or maybe lying in wait with a baseball bat.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Kraemer_HB It's hard, indeed. And none of this makes a dent in his cult followers, who seem to be at least a third and maybe more of Americans.