"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...

William Lindsey :toad:

"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
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William Lindsey :toad:

“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
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A media call to arms

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

(margaretsullivan.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

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
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William Lindsey :toad:

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
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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)

Locksmith

@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

@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.

Pete ⭕️ :stealie:

@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.

Matthias Krämer

@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.

merciless Indian savage

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

William Lindsey :toad:

@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.

merciless Indian savage

@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.

William Lindsey :toad:

@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.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Phreba Deeply sad. I know signs have been taken in the past, perhaps by people from every political stripe — but not in the blatant, contemptuous way I am seeing (and hearing reports about) in this election cycle, as Harris-Walz signs are taken all over the place.

William Lindsey :toad:

@JustRosy Thank you for this good summary of reasons to maintain hope. When I recently posted on my Facebook page a quote (in graphic form) by Jess Piper reminding white women that their ballots are secret and their husbands have no right to instruct them how to vote, Facebook immediately took that posting down.

William Lindsey :toad:

@locksmithprime Yes, you're right. And, yet, we have no option except to keep sounding the warning bell, with so much at stake.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Myerman I can well imagine. The neighbors who live catty-cornered across the street from us in Little Rock have had their Harris-Walz signs pulled up twice and thrown on the ground. The second time, they were torn. And we live in the most liberal-voting neighborhood in the whole state, where there are Harris-Walz signs galore and I've seen only two Trump signs. The contempt for people's free speech in putting up political signs this election cycle is astonishing and troubling.

Laloofah 🌊💙🌊

@wdlindsy . It would define us as a nation too stupid, shallow, hubristic, cruel, destructive & self-destructive to lead in this world, or for decent people to bear living in. And I absolutely think most of us ARE decent, kind, law-abiding, responsible citizens, but if we don’t all rise up w/our votes against this existential threat & seriously address the systemic flaws in our society (politics, economics, media, etc) that allow & encourage such malignancy to flourish & spread, we are doomed.

Dave Goldsmith

@wdlindsy

This important. The system was always corrupt but the players knew the rules, generally abided by them, and were punished when they ostentatiously broke them.

Trump has only one principle: The whole world is a con and only suckers play by the rules.

If Trump wins in two weeks the old system is gone, the first American Republic is over and we are in unchartered territory.

Matthias Krämer

@wdlindsy I just read a psychological analysis about this cult and its mental dispositions. It said "only" around 10% of voters were Trump cultists. (So the rest of GOP voters are what?)
https://mastodon.social/@univienna@fediscience.org/113356217168600884

merciless Indian savage

@wdlindsy it’s super childish of the little pricks to do it. And counter productive as I had about twenty signs in my garage and kept replacing them and giving money to my candidate.