William Lindsey :toad:
A thread of statements addressing the closing arguments of the Trump campaign:
"It’s a fitting end to the filthy outpouring that is the Donald Trump campaign that he thought he was so smart by climbing into a garbage truck."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/1
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/3-snapshots-the-garbage-man-women
William Lindsey :toad:
"This country is big enough to accommodate two responsible political parties. It has for many years. It is not big enough to hold a sane party and the Trump party. If they win, it will be years before we have a fighting chance to restore comity and sanity. If they win, our civil liberties are in danger, as are future elections. If they win, we will no longer be able to speak out as we do here without real fear of retribution."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/23
William Lindsey :toad:
Timothy Snyder creates a helpful lineup of statements Trump made at his fascist hatefest at Madison Square Gardens and statements made in the same venue at the Nazi rally of the American German Bund in 1939.
He concludes,
"If you like, see if you can tell which is which.
Once you have sorted it out, see if that makes anything better.
Donald Trump is working within a tradition, and he knows it."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/21
https://snyder.substack.com/p/rallies-at-madison-square-garden
William Lindsey :toad:
"We’ve come full circle after nine years. We started with being able to get away with shooting somebody on Fifth Avenue to calling for the execution of an opposing politician.
I don’t know how many people this latest monstrosity [i.e., Trump's bloody fantasy of having Liz Cheney executed] will move."
~ Mark Mansour
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/22
William Lindsey :toad:
Commenting on Trump's bloody fantasy about placing Liz Cheney in front of a firing squad, Lucian K. Truscott notes that Candidate Bone Spurs dodged the draft and doesn't even know how to fire a rifle himself. Then he adds
"In the closing days of this campaign, Trump is defaulting to threats of violence and arrest."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/20
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/candidate-bone-spurs-threatens-liz
William Lindsey :toad:
"In doing so, he will erode the democratic assumptions that undergird our current constitutional order. And he will have the total loyalty of a Republican Party that itself is twisting and abusing the counter-majoritarian features of the American system to undermine and unravel democracy in the states it controls."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/18
William Lindsey :toad:
"Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, one of Trump’s most gleeful supporters, someone with troubling links to both China and Russia, has set up a one-stop shop: Joining false claims about the election with networks of fascists who’ll take to the streets."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#Trump #ElonMusk #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/19
William Lindsey :toad:
"Free of the guardrails that kept him in place the first time, affirmed by the Supreme Court and backed by allies and apparatchiks in the conservative movement, Trump will merge the office of the presidency with himself. He will shake it from its moorings in the Constitution and rebuild it as an instrument of his will, wielded for his friends and against his enemies."
~ Jamelle Bouie
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/17
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/opinion/donald-trump-kamala-harris-election-power.html
William Lindsey :toad:
"He doesn’t just hate Puerto Ricans. He hates all of us. If you don’t flatter Trump and end up needing anything from him, he will throw paper towels at you, then turn on you like a rabid dog. Puerto Ricans, and all Americans, deserve better."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/16
~ Noah Berlatsky
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-puerto-rico-garbage-maria-paper-towels
William Lindsey :toad:
"Now, with a right-wing Supreme Court doing Trump’s bidding and the potential for a compliant, MAGA-controlled Congress, only a galvanized, engaged electorate, supported by resilient, pro-democracy grassroots movements, can prevent autocracy from coming home to roost."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/14
William Lindsey :toad:
Robert Reich issues a salient reminder of what the previous Trump presidency was ACTUALLY like — as he reminds us that another one would be infinitely worse. Reich has compiled a list of 101 of the worst things about the Trump presidency.
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/15
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-101-worst-things-about-trumps
William Lindsey :toad:
"The U.S. government has far too often undermined democracies abroad, leading to dictatorships or military regimes, from Iran to Guatemala to Congo to Chile."
~ Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/13
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/31/hatred_and_racism_trump_s_ominous
William Lindsey :toad:
"As the fantasy of strongman rule fades into everyday dictatorship, people realize that they need things like water or schools or Social Security checks. Insofar as such goods are available under a dictatorship, they come with a moral as well as a financial price. When you go to a government office, you will be expected to declare your personal loyalty to the strongman."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/11
William Lindsey :toad:
"One reason demagogues are so dangerous is that their moral sickness is contagious."
~ William Kristol
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/12
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/when-you-thought-he-couldnt-sink
William Lindsey :toad:
"In the twenty-first century, those are simple: dying in bed as a billionaire. To enrich himself and to stay out of prison, the strongman dismantles the justice system and replaces civil servants with loyalists."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/10
William Lindsey :toad:
"Many potential Trump voters are probably unaware of what’s in store and imagine that Trump would just snap his fingers and 'fix' what he insists is a terrible economy. The reality, however, is that America’s economic performance under the Biden-Harris administration has been very good, especially compared with that of other countries."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/8
William Lindsey :toad:
"Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get things done? ...
Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won't. …
Unaccountable to the law and to voters, the dictator has no reason to consider anything beyond his own personal interests."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/9
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-strongman-fantasy-text-and-audio
William Lindsey :toad:
"Some of this will involve the frightening reality of authoritarianism; if you think you’ll be unaffected by a second Trump presidency because you aren’t undocumented or Puerto Rican or a Democratic politician, I encourage you to reassess."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/7
William Lindsey :toad:
"Do you know this widely cited meme, introduced in a 2015 tweet?
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.
It’s hard to explain why this is perfect, but it is. If Donald Trump wins, there will eventually be a lot of sobbing among people who voted for him."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/6
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/opinion/trump-musk-mike-johnson.html
William Lindsey :toad:
"And if Trump wins? He and the people around him have already told us what they will do. They will seek to transform the federal government into a loyalty machine that serves the interests of himself and his cronies. This was the essence of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, and it will become reality."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/4
William Lindsey :toad:
"The Justice Department, the FBI, the IRS and maybe others will focus on harassing Trump’s enemies in the media and in politics. Whole branches of the federal government will be farmed out to cronies who will build kleptocracy on a new scale."
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/5
William Lindsey :toad:
"With just a few days to go, let me step back and make the case, once again, for why Trump’s language, and Trump’s propaganda, matter so much. Do note that, despite the criticism, it has not stopped. Right up until the final moments of the campaign, Trump was still casting his opponents as 'enemies,' as was everyone around him."
~ Anne Applebaum
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/3
William Lindsey :toad:
"Four Days until Election Day and Donald Trump if fantasizing about killing those who oppose him."
~ James Singer quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #fascism #racism #misogyny #violence #economy #garbage
/2
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1/2281405/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-How-To-Win-With-Less
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