I still think the immigrants are mostly the scapegoat fascism requires. Their real priority was the tax cuts for the oligarchs.

You know, I partially disagree. I agree it is a record of shame. I just don't agree about erasing it. This should be taught in school forever about what never to do again.

YouTube video by MSNBC Pritzker digs in against Trump abuse of National Guard; warns of 2026 Trump scheme

The Governors really should stand with Illinois.

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YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart Makes the Case for Dems Holding the Line in Trump's Shutdown Warfare | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart states the obvious, again...

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Because, apparently, that is the quality of lie needed on the right wing to form a cult around. It actually says a lot about how accurately informed their base is. If there was more critical thinking skills, this pathetic attempt by C grade villains to take over wouldn't work.

YouTube video by The Daily Beast I Know Why Trump Isn't The Man I Knew: Anthony Scaramucci | The Daily Beast Podcast

Scarramucci has some good points. Gerrymandering can be fixed by a law using simple algorithms for districts. The rest of the related mess can be fixed by ranked choice voting in primaries, delivering the best 2 regardless of party.

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I think you can be fairly confident that before this term is up, Trump will invoke the act. I'd bet money on it. It fits too well. The only thing that might stop it might be health issues.

The true unknown is will the courts and such let him get by with it...

Donald Trump is an example why I am still wary about nuclear power. It's not the technology. It's the seemingly unlimited amount of stupid that gets into positions of power...

I'm not sure good engineering can totally overcome ultimate stupid...

He is certainly hiding something, and I'd bet it is pretty bad.

But it won't last. As all the structure and hard work that made the company (America) is destroyed things began to fail. In time, the rich will just move to another country to ransack. Everybody should prepare now, since if Democracy looses, you can expect the problem to try to move.

Agreed. The republican party has abandoned its core duties to America, decency, and democracy. They also seem to be working to flush the future of the party down the drain, along with America's.

You can of course raid a company, gut it, and make money on the sale of assets for a little while.

He is keeping the entire House closed to avoid it. That can't last forever, though I wouldn't put it past them to try something else.

Awhile back I concluded that MTG might actually believe the things she says. It was kind of disturbing.

Either way, you could easily roll back some of the tax cuts on the rich to pay for it, or all of them and get rid of the tariffs. I know, it won't happen, but I can dream of sanity.

YouTube video by Jim Acosta Stephen Miller Called the Ruling "Legal Insurrection." Here's What Jim Acosta Called Stephen Miller

Jim and Maria Cardona. This one is important.

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Agreed. If humanity somehow doesn't make it at a species, I think it will be because we failed to stop all the lying and propaganda.

This is arguably not just America here. If we don't manage to stop the descent into Fascism, well, that will make the rest of the free world more vulnerable as well.

I suppose the question is, do they want their names going down as history as some of the key ones that removed the final barriers to fascism.

Some of this might be deferring to the executive, which is insane, given everything. Barret said similar. You'd need one more, if true.

I tend to think the Supreme Court might not side with him there. I do think we are going to find out.

The interesting bit is the law is supposed to be used to _stop_ insurrections, not to start one. I hope that there is some ethical floor they won't sink to.

This is a major government official lying and calling a major political party terrorists, when they clearly are not. The man has to be fired, but then his boss lies just as much and has speech just as bad.

Part of this certainly seems to be to change the subject from the Epstein files.

I don't consider a win based on endless lies and propaganda, where reality wasn't under debate, and where countless purges of voter roles occurred a legitimate win, well unless reality somehow won, and even then it isn't right.

Seriously propaganda is democracy fraud.

It's insane. It's likely something like, "Well Trump said it, so the people voted on it, so it must happen."

It is normal for presidents not to get a lot of what they want. Joe Biden wanted a lot he didn't get. Obama too. In any case, it is not nullifying the results of the election.

Agreed.

We long past the point of valid reasons to impeach him. You normally get one or two new ones daily. At this point, the republicans just won't ever go against their guy. They need to grow a spine and pretend to be the men most of them claim to be.

Basically, while the stock market may defy gravity for a very long time, even while the fundamentals continue to deteriorate, a long time is not forever. Eventually the coyote has to look down. If there is an economic crash coming, and I think there might be, that might be when people turn on him.

Put another way, China is stable by at least focusing on what works. I may not agree with their form of government, but they brought the country out of poverty, unlike America that seems determined to do the opposite while also alienating most of the people.

It's like they are getting high on their own propaganda. This speed running the fascism playbook... Nothing good will come of it. Even if they somehow delay elections, I can't see a stable government coming of it.

So, does Puerto Rico or any of our territories have national guard forces? I want to assume we are not in a world where Trump would try that...

I really do want to assume that...

Miller is committing acts of stochastic terrorism. That doesn't necessarily mean the judge's house blowing up is related, but his words appear designed to increase the odds of someone unstable acting lawlessly.

Let's just hope the Supreme Court isn't as lost as we fear, or they might yet find a way to mess up this bit of sanity. I fully agree she needs to shut this down. That is blatantly ignoring a judges order.

Even if you don't agree with a judges order, until you win an appeal, you have to obey it.

Also, if you don't think Russia is a mess, consider that Ukraine, a much smaller, much less militaristic country has fought them to a draw and may yet win, and Russia is far bigger.

The game is sadly rigged. We have to have higher taxes on the super wealthy for so many reasons not least of which is simple math, but also to reduce the influence of money. This foray into Fascism won't save this country. It will just accelerate its collapse into a mess like Russia's.

If this is an intentional detonation, well that takes at least some skill if you believe myth busters. Does anyone know if they had natural gas or propane or anything like that?