It keeps getting worse. And surprise, surprise: There’s always a God-fearing, out of touch, stark raving mad, fascist-in-the-making Republican at the root of it.
Here are a handful of news items over the last couple of weeks that a perfect examples of fascism on the march.
Source: One step away from total fascism – » The Australian Independent Media Network
We know how easily a government can be toppled and how close we came on January 6, 2021: if just five Republicans had not refused to go along with Trump we’d be in this fascist dystopia today.
We can’t pretend we don’t know what’s happening and where it will lead if it’s not stopped.
This election may well seal or determine the fate and future of democracy in the United States and, by extension, most of the rest of the world.
Vote as if it’s your last chance to have your voice heard. Because it may well be
Source: It’s Critical to See what a Fascist America Looks Like, Before it’s Too Late | The Smirking Chimp
It had been little over a week since President Joe Biden called Donald Trump and his supporters “semi-fascist” when a Trump-appointed judge, Aileen Cannon of Florida, proved Biden’s point. While most Americans were too busy enjoying Labor Day cookouts to pay much attention to the news, Cannon let loose with a decision breathtaking in its disregard for both the law and the judicial branch’s legitimacy.
Source: Trump Judge’s Ruling in Mar-a-Lago Case Proves Biden Was Right: MAGA Is Fascism | The Smirking Chimp
Can it happen here? That’s the question circulating now that Donald Trump, the nativist, rabble-rousing xenophobe, and billionaire, is threatening to capture the Republican nomination for president of the United States—and it’s a question that isn’t being asked only on the left.
Source: Trump’s Storm Troopers and the Possibility of American Fascism | The Nation
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