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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFascism'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.
Its 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 citys civil fabric.
This isnt safety, its 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.
Patels 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; its authoritarians seizing our nations legal infrastructure.
And then the propaganda arm roars in lockstep. Jesse Watters didnt 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.
Its open advocacy for one‑party rule rooted in gaslighting and cultural hatred. There are no quiet parts anymore: every word is a confession. . . .
Its 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 citys civil fabric.
This isnt safety, its 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.
Patels 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; its authoritarians seizing our nations legal infrastructure.
And then the propaganda arm roars in lockstep. Jesse Watters didnt 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.
Its 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
Eliot Rosewater
(34,167 posts)1. No, we wouldn't even have to bother if people would have
Not trashed our 2016 candidate.
kimbutgar
(26,117 posts)2. Something about that story of big balls being attacked smells like bs
And he might have been the instigator and got his butt kicked back.
The Wizard
(13,404 posts)3. Up next
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.