So, count me in opposition, as I for one am loyal to the Constitution of the United States.

are in historically marginal groups that are already targeted for the hate and abuse by the MAGA fascists the time grows short to be able to be free to relocate if they have the means and desire to do so. Look at the first 6 months. Does anybody realistically think the next 6 to 12 months is going to bring a pullback from the fascists? This is going to go more and more extreme.

There is no cavalry coming to help us. The countries around the world are either making plans for their own changes to deal with the fascists or they are in various stages of capitulation to the extortion.

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They know what it takes to oust a fascist regime: it’s costly, bloody and takes years.

Too many Americans live in the fantasy world of “it can’t happen here.” They will need to learn the hard way. Unfortunately for the rest of us.

We're barely on ten with Trump.

Some of us got it, but too many Americans didn't.

This will ultimately be COVID's darkest legacy.

I've never considered myself to be in a marginalized group but I am of Mexican descent, both mother & father, so definitely in a minority group....and even though I am a U.S. citizen, I was born in Munich Germany. Those are 2 strikes against me according to this regime. There is no guarantee my US citizenship can act a protection shield against the ICE Gestapo. I'm of the age I can retire and I have some means....so I'm doing as one history professor recently said..."When fascism comes, you leave."

In all seriousness, please don't delay.

When trump said "homegrowns" he meant citizens of the targeted population.

what happens when FASCISTS become convinced they have the run of the place.

But hey, at least it serves as a distraction from all the BLOOD of those flood victims Abbott & Co. have on their hands because THEY squandered and/or refused to use federal funds GIVEN to them, to mitigate the preventable loss of LIVES to disaster.

I wonder how they were convinced of that?

and besides they are elected officials.

I think we have been screaming that for a while.

I look forward to the day that wretched network is shut down for good.

The vast bulk of people do not understand "autocratic,"

Call it what it is: DICTATOR.

Compare Trump the Hitler.

Stop it with the goddam academic language that the people who shop at WalMart do not understand. This is all part of why we Democrats lost -- we talk over their heads, they think we look down on them because of our academic language. Maybe they are right.

Just stop it. Use plain language.

Do not say AUTOCRAT or AUTOCRATIC. Say DICTATOR.

Is authoritarian the same as dictatorship?

As nouns the difference between authoritarian and dictatorship is that authoritarian is one who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority while dictatorship is a type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique. As an adjective authoritarian is of, or relating to, absolute obedience to an authority.
Everyone knows what a dictator is. Best to use the one they know.

I’ll grant you, we often underestimate the degree of MAGAts illiteracy and stupidity, but give us some credit— we do try to communicate to be understood.

From now on it's gonna be Hitler 2.0 and Dictator Don.

Love you, AOG.

❤️

*I hate typing it anyway. I'm terrible at spelling and it has too many syllables. 😅

This isn't a federal issue. It's just a separation of power that is inconvenient for him.

I've had it with the nerve of republicans. They think the left will just do what were told by them and dare not do what they do.

But I truly thought the Congress and SCOTUS would block. They were the hope.
Saw him doing all this but I didn't think the others would let him. The big old GOP, letting a dunce bring them to a point they used to be against.

They picked the republicans to infiltrate because they were souless people, who would easily be overthrown by Putin and controlled. Democrats are too nice.

Republicans walked out every year in Oregon as a negotiating tactic. Voters passed an ammendment to the constitution. It meant that after 10 unexcused absences they couldn't rerun for their seat. This hit 10 Republicans who were precluded from reelection.

What the R's did here in Oregon was completely legal at the time. Disgusted citizens put up an initiative and passed a mild remedy. It's still not illegal here, it just has more consequences. IANAL but a quick search doesn't show any similar Texas law. So what laws were broken?

The arrest is illegal because no laws were broken

hope your right

treason, NOW!

- He fires people for telling the truth
- He hires professional propagandists to lead government
- He manipulates data he doesn't like
- He lies continually
- He is in it to enrich himself
- He has ethics specialists dismissed
- He appoints personal attorneys to key roles
- He ignores court orders
- He holds parades to celebrate his birthday
- He blames plane crashes on minorities

But I get why Rachel said it. I say it about once a week and then I remind myself it's been going on for a while.

With what I have seen take place since the 2000 election, none of this is surprising. SCOTUS picked an election winner according to their biases. Civil liberties were eroded and surveillance enhanced under the cover of post-9/11 security. Obama’s win ignited the abundant racism that has always undergirded the national culture. Online media put the nation’s Balkanization into overdrive.

Voila, there you have it.

Never Republican Again!