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Teflon Don, the Nodfather.

Only obituary more anticipated globally is probably Putin's.

When enough Americans get fed up that they are willing to put jobs, stability, friends, even family relationships, even their bodies on the chopping block to stand up, speak up, and say NO MORE. There's millions of us, but we need even more people with courage. Lots are scared to lose jobs, etc.

Because if they stop burying their heads in the sand, they'll feel the guilt, horror, shame they should be feeling, and will have to Do Something to stop it. It's just easier and emotionally cheaper to pretend they don't know/it doesn't matter.

Willful ignorance doesn't absolve complicity, imho.

I've generally referred to him as Whiskey Pete Kegsbreath, but Hagueseth is great too! Hopefully he ends up there!

I can't imagine what AP American History class is going to be like in 10-15 years, holy cow! It's only been ~11 months and it seems a lifetime.

America has been thru worse. The Civil War. The Robber Barons. The civil rights era and the abuses that went with it. Vietnam and those abuses.

We have a lot of work ahead of us. But Americans are made of sterner stuff. We got rid of kings ~250 years ago, & we're not going back now. Or ever.

For every horrible fascist action taken by this regime, I can show you acts of bravery, kindness, selflessness, generosity to counter the evil.

ICE can't even recruit enough Nazis, notice all the propaganda TV recruitment ads? We have a fascist tumor atm.

But in the end, we Nuremberg them all.

No. I can't emphasize this enough. We have fascists in charge--for the moment--but you cannot discount Charlotte running ICE out of town early, Chicago, Portland, DC etc buying & delivering groceries, patrolling/alerting, protesting, even polka dot dress lady and her double fisted 1-finger salute...

The first step toward the Holocaust was dehumanizing, then stripping citizenship, then shipping to concentration camps...

The Nodfather, surrounded by his sycophantic rump kissing clown car of incompetents.

Anybody catch the marathon of ass-kissing that Trump’s cabinet just performed?

Truly epic stamina. It takes years of training and dedication to reach that elite level of kissing ass

There’s a key, should you need it

BTW, there are a LOT more than 40

Concerningly, even as they fracture, they aren't ditching their propaganda. See, for instance, Empty G's resignation letter. She still believes in MAGA, just not some of the results of it--she doesn't want her kids to lose healthcare, for instance. She still thinks we (progressives) are evil, etc.

..."illegals," "the LGBTQ+ agenda," "the radical left lunatics."

These people literally believe they're on the front lines of a good vs evil battle, to "save America."

Same tactic used by Hitler, modern white supremacists, etc.

Easy to see the result: J6, Vance Boelter (MN reps assassin,) etc.

It's easy to recruit em--slap a label on them that makes them part of an "in" crowd, ("conservative," "Christian," "patriot," etc) and then tell them that their group is "under attack" by the enemy du jour. Hitler used Jews for that. Agent Orange, Stephen Miller, Russell Vought, etc use...

I believe in Russia the traditional result of oligarchs tripping, is they defenestrate "accidentally."

(We can't legally infringe free speech, but Sandy Hook victims finally got Alex Jones to stfu by civil lawsuits.)
Ranked choice voting.
Eliminating the two party system--
In many European countries, the government is a coalition. If they stop working together, gov't dissolves & new elections held.

A few ideas:
Term limits for Congress.
Eliminate the ability to tack unrelated stuff into a bill:eg "Bill to Feed Widows and Orphans (and also to give Congress a raise.)"
Pass laws (or constitutional amendment) to render Citizens United moot.
Sue the living 💩 out of Faux News and others that lie.

This is one of my major concerns, and one I can't think of a good answer for: how can we deprogram the uneducated masses that have been radicalized to the point they'll literally kill for this man? Once we've Nuremberged this entire regime, it's gonna be a big issue to overcome their propaganda.

It's easy to discount just how charming a narcissist can be, honestly. There's a reason that Joe Blow Six-pack decided that a lying, cheating, philandering failed businessman billionaire somehow represented Joe's interests. Agent Orange is incredible at flattery, charm, and faking connection.

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Frankly I think a lot of the doomerism comes from bot accounts, just like was just revealed on the platform formerly known as Twitter. All is not lost, the power still lies with the people, and in the end, love will win, and so will liberty and justice for ALL. We've been thru worse, here. Chin up 👍

Where's Tulsi the Russian agent? Don't forget her!

...maybe we can prosecute in the Hague? Or just turn them over to the countries whose citizens they murdered. That could work for Whiskey Pete Kegsbreath, anyway.

Exactly. Transparent, public, broadcasted trials so that every single American can see exactly what they've done to the rule of law in this country. It's time to Nuremberg every single one who has violated the Constitution and the law.

Concerned 45 will pardon, tho...

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I guess we can coulda-woulda-shoulda it to death but we'll never know for sure, at this point. I feel like he had a heck of a good chance, tho.

This has been in the works since Reagan, honestly. The Rs have created and honed their propaganda messages for that long. "Only WE can save you, and this country, from THEM " "Them" of course is the enemy du jour. Hitler used Jews. The Rs use "illegals" & "the LGBT agenda" & "radical left lunatics."

Take it one further, I'll never forgive the Democrats for sacrificing Bernie for Hilary.

Bernie would have won.