"Electing a criminal has consequences."

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Claiming they have a mandate, Trump’s people have said they are launching 'a hostile takeover' of the American government 'on behalf of the American people.' But as voting numbers continue to come in, Trump’s majority has fallen below 50% of voters, meaning that more voters chose someone else than chose Trump on November 5. These results are far from being in 'mandate' territory."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence
/6

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-20-2024

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"From Fascism onward, authoritarians have believed in violence as the way to move history forward and create new realities to “get things done” when other methods do not succeed. ...

Authoritarianism is the conversion of the rule of law into rule by the lawless."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence #crime #corruption
/6

https://lucid.substack.com/p/jan-6-as-foundational-event-for-the

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It makes perfect sense that a convicted felon and the man who sent the violent mob into the Capitol on his behalf would initiate an American autocracy. ...

Fascists believe you have to destroy to create, and Jan. 6 has already been canonized because of its violence as a foundational moment of the New Era of Trumpism. If authoritarian history is any guideline, Jan. 6 could become a holiday one day."

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence #crime #corruption
/7

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Let’s pour one out for all the poor Black Republicans who gave up their dignity and pride for Trump believing it would elevate their careers. Not a single one has been picked by Trump. Senator Tim Scott even got engaged to a real-life, human woman, and so far it’s crickets. (Look at what they make you give, POC for MAGA.)"

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence #crime #corruption
/8

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/dei-for-white-supremacy-donald-trumps

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Trump has been liberated by the Supreme Court to commit any crimes he likes so long as they involve 'official duties'"….

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence #crime #corruption
/9

https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/you-thought-trump-was-corrupt-before

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"The cruelty is the point, and it turns out pain (inflicted upon poor, non-white people) is good for business in the Trump world."

~ Keith Owens

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #cruelty #violence #crime #corruption
/10

https://wearespeaking.substack.com/p/mass-deportation-of-immigrants-is

[arqtec@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
I just listened to a GOP Senator say in Defense of Gaetz?
The American Public just Voted for Donald Trump, he WON
They knew what kind of man he Was, Is, and what he wants to do
Matt Gaetz is that Man to do the Job the President wants to achieve !
So there Ya go!
Rapist like Trump & Gaetz are the Government
Hitler was fond of Speed, he had chemistry to fuel his SS troops & the public
Seems Donny has a supply of Viagra & a Party Guy for the job of A.G.
Matt Gaetz is what America becomes

[the_caretaker@cr8r.gg]

@wdlindsy No one is getting deported. The Nazis said the Jews (and others) were being deported too. Republicans don't want to pay for school lunches for their own kids. They won't feed the people they round up. They will not pay international transportation costs for 15,000,000 people who they don't see as valid human beings. These will not be deportations they will be exterminations.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Arqtec Total BS. I may have read some commentary about that very senator today — can't recall right now exactly where, but what you say matches what I read.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@The_Caretaker Yes, I think the effects of rounding up and incarcerating people suddenly with plans to deport them will have lethal consequnces in many cases.