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CousinIT

(11,878 posts)
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:32 AM Aug 11

Fascism's Grip Tightens: Will America Fight Back Before It's Too Late? -Thom Hartmann

As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order?

https://hartmannreport.com/p/fascisms-grip-tightens-will-america-90d

. . . Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., a carjacking narrative involving two Black minors and a neo‑Nazi hacker nicknamed “Big Balls,” boosted by Elon Musk and Fox, has been seized upon to manufacture a crime panic.

It’s strikingly defiant of DOJ data, which confirms a 30‑year low in violent crime in the capital city. Trump harnessed the stunt to justify mobilizing ICE, the FBI, and the National Guard, weaponizing fear and fabrications to execute a federal coup on the city’s civil fabric.

This isn’t safety, it’s occupation.

At the FBI, Kash Patel is purging anyone not MAGA‑approved: long‑serving agents loyal to the institution, or even just connected to cases that charged Trump or January 6th insurrectionists, are being run out.

Patel’s attack on federalism reached a chilling new level when the FBI agreed to hunt down Texas Democratic state lawmakers who had fled to prevent mid‑cycle gerrymandering. No federal crime was under investigation, just a brazen attempt to subvert state sovereignty and tilt an election.

This is not law enforcement; it’s authoritarians seizing our nation’s legal infrastructure.

And then the propaganda arm roars in lockstep. Jesse Watters didn’t even bother to murmur coded dog whistles. He publicly declared the GOP must “kick illegal aliens out of the census,” gerrymander “to the hilt,” and lock Democrats into a “permanent minority.”

It’s open advocacy for one‑party rule rooted in gaslighting and cultural hatred. There are no quiet parts anymore: every word is a confession. . . .


MORE at the link: https://hartmannreport.com/p/fascisms-grip-tightens-will-america-90d


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Fascism's Grip Tightens: Will America Fight Back Before It's Too Late? -Thom Hartmann (Original Post) CousinIT Aug 11 OP
No, we wouldn't even have to bother if people would have Eliot Rosewater Aug 11 #1
Something about that story of big balls being attacked smells like bs kimbutgar Aug 11 #2
Up next The Wizard Aug 11 #3

kimbutgar

(26,117 posts)
2. Something about that story of big balls being attacked smells like bs
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:36 AM
Aug 11

And he might have been the instigator and got his butt kicked back.

The Wizard

(13,404 posts)
3. Up next
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 11:37 AM
Aug 11

concentration camps. Too many voters think reality TV is based on reality. The great dumbing down that began with Agnew and Wallace in 1968 is bearing fruit for the bribing class.

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