Fascism can be defined as being cutthroat capitalism with concentration camps. If Trump "wins" another term, those camps will not be far behind. Fascism can also be defined as "the permanent rule of a tiny minority over the great majority using intimidation, violence, and total media gaslighting.
The Post is fascinating, in a dark sense, by being one of the major gaslighting outfits in major media land. As the FDR safety net gets dismantled, one SS check at a time, we will find ourselves blamed for being a bother to the rich and the Bezos, the Musk and the Trump...fascists.

And now comes Bad Bunny and all those comments about Spanish speaking "Americans", from the Trump MAGA gang...I would imagine Trump's election forecasts are going to get even worse.

And I don't even consider Oz the worst of the Trump appointments...this term Trump is going full on "hate America first", day in and day out. Has to be working for Putin and Russia.

These days the fascist Trump isn't even trying to hide the fact that he is pure animalistic fascist, yes, to his core. Problem for the Republican Party is if they are really and truly patriotic and want to oppose him, that most likely would lose them their jobs in Congress. And as Trump has shown, any member of our law enforcement organizations who are diligent and go after Trump or his gang...they and their families are threatened.
Dark times indeed.

Hooray for Poland...maybe they are free of the Trump gang's influence and can really and truly to a complete and thorough investigation. Goodness knows, with Bondi and Kash and the gang, the US is never going to get the truth, the whole truth...nothing but the truth.

Nah, if I ever got to vote on how to solve America's financial crisis I would be voting to greatly increase the taxes on the billionaire caste. Of course, that will never happen since those super rich people are able to buy off Congress and of course, many important pelicans at the state level.

Yeah, but think how thrilled his buddy Putin must be reading of whatever Trump has done in the last 24 hours, any 24 hours. They, people say, supported him and his grifting family for decades, until he could steal the Republican Party and help take down the American Empire.

American fascism is on the march in states all over the country, and this is another example of looking for ways to rig the votes so authoritarians always win...as in Russia.
Georgia, it had a surprising number of very brave election officials who ran a fair election in 2020, no matter the threats from Trump.

Most things in life I, finally, sooner or later, understand, but having lived through the terror of the 1950's and the polio horror, to be against vaccines as RFK Jr. is, is quite...not understandable. MAGA, this is all on you.

As an old man I do think about the world after my passing, but truth be told, I think I may have lived through humanity's heyday...the 1950-1965 years, when life was fairly simple, the air was cleaner, the water less polluted, and hope was in the air.
You give powerful military powers independent thinking drones that can control a battlefield and a city, you give people like Trump addicted to power and who are without conscience...and yeah, nanobots should creep us out.

As a veteran I wonder what their excuse is from discouraging veterans from using the VA medical system. We used to have same day appointments. now it takes weeks to see someone.

How is Trump going to get his MAGA gang out to the polls, unless he unleashes holy hell on people they hate, and along the way gets one or two people with Black or Brown skins to fire back...he would love a race war.
Think I exaggerate? Research Nixon's two political campaigns to get elected, both in 1968 and in 1972. He had the National Guard march onto college campuses and four students at Kent State were murdered...and then Nixon won reelection.
Hate works, it is pretty much all the Trump gang has at this point as people know they are all about weakening America, dividing us one from another and from our previous allies. Those allies are Putin's enemies, so of course they are Trump's enemies as well.

I really think Talarico would be a great Senator...and it makes sense for me to mention that I am an atheist. I have listened to a lot of his videos, and have the sense he uses his religion to empower himself and to engage with like minded people, and in no way is he a danger to those of us who see things differently.

Well, one positive for me, seeing her photo and reading of what she has doing reminded me that otherwise she had departed from the daily news, and thank goodness for that.

After the midterms, if they go the way one expects, for the Dems, there will be full hearings intent on learning and telling the truth. As it is, with a Jim Jordan type hearing, it is about propaganda.

As the midterms get closer, I expect to see more and more storm trooper type violence. Since Trump isn't on the ballot, he needs to motivate his haters...sorry, voters. Hope she sues.

Well, Trump has a choice to make, he needs to decide if he is going full on fascist, and turns his MAGA horde loose on the polls in Blue cities. Or he can just ride it out, and no matter what happens on Nov 3, he can always resign and have the new President, Vance, pardon him, his gang, and then they all can go to...Mar a Lago.

Some people can resist the siren's call of corruption and perversion when their bank accounts get huge...and some just use the wealth to show exactly what is going on in their hearts.

One wonders just how far the MAGA right will go to make sure they control the House...and to keep the White House in 2028.
I have grown so cynical that I just figure Putin is another of Trump's advisors, and so whatever happens will divide us one from another and from our international allies.
Would a full on ground war with Iran be a big enough excuse for Martial Law to be declared?
I notice I post more these days, partially because I honestly fear that our right to express ourselves will be curtailed soon, as independent voices are shut down in Russia. We are losing more and more places to express ourselves. And big money is buying up more and more outlets...

I do hope the 2028 elections are held as scheduled, and Newsom runs in the primaries,, along with many other experienced and courageous Democrats, so the country can hear what those who cherish democracy and the rule of law sound like.
In contrast to the Miller/Trump gang, or the Miller/Vance gang....

Good thing the investigation is not going on in the US, as our legal system is so corrupted by big money and Trump that one could be pretty sure the guilty would go free and those who pointed out the astoundingly massive money laundering would be harassed terribly.

I have learned so much about my country, America, and its Constitution and its legal system, especially how the Supreme Court could get so corrupt so fast, thanks to the two Trump administrations.
Wish I trusted my federal government even a little bit...wish I really thought they had the best interests of those at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Long ago, I recognized that the Trump administration is run by people who act in the best interests of themselves, as a grifting gang, and of those who are their patrons. So, when Trump does stuff that is to Putin's advantage, I just figure it is more of Trump dividing us one from another and from our historic allies, like Canada and the UK. We are led by people who really, really don't care.

Well, if nothing else, she just showed the world why Trump is distracting the country, the world, at the cost of lives, in order to, yes, protect his friends.

Well, Bezos couldn't give a bribe directly to Donald Trump, at least I think that is still illegal, but with this Supreme Court who knows?