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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:21 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   For some of us Americans this year, Thanksgiving has been a time for sober reflection about who we really are, when we slough off the self-congratulatory myths about the shining city on a hill uniquely blessed by God, exceptional in all the world.

   Here's Danielle Moodie's analysis of what we see when we look in the mirror:

   "What he has done is given people permission to be their worst, most disgusting, most vile self."

   #Trump #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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   https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/what-has-america-become

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:17 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Regardless of whether Musk intended to threaten Alexander Vindman with execution, that is at least one reasonable inference—and perhaps the strongest. Musk’s post has been viewed more than 6 million times and re-posted nearly 14,000 times (as of Friday evening, November 29, 2024). …

     A line has been crossed."

     ~ Robert B. Hubbell

     #Trump #ElonMusk #AlexanderVindman #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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     https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/raising-our-voices

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:18 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The day before Thanksgiving, Elon Musk tweeted that Alexander Vindman should 'pay the appropriate penalty' for committing treason. Musk claimed, falsely, that Vindman, an immigrant from the then-Soviet Union, 'is on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs.' ...

     If we don’t want to become a banana republic, we cannot let this be normalized."

     ~ Joyce Vance

     #Trump #ElonMusk #AlexanderVindman #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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     https://joycevance.substack.com/p/wild-accusations

     Glyn Moody repeated this.
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:19 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "But Donald Trump is very much representative of an American populace that loathes decency, that loathes morals, that has no values, and that is craven and vicious and cruel. And they celebrate those things."

     #Trump #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:19 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Emboldened by Donald Trump’s blatantly anti-trans, Islamophobic and racist campaign to successfully secure a second term in the White House and a Republican trifecta, GOPers have been using their time ahead of the 119th Congress to launch new and unprecedented attacks against their will-be colleagues on the other side of the aisle."

     ~ Ermine Yücel

     #Trump #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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     https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-has-emboldened-republicans-to-be-more-hateful-than-ever-to-dem-colleagues

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:07:20 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "But I have to say this, that when folks say this is not who we are -- no, this is who America is, and I need for people to stop thiinking that America is better. Donald Trump is very representative of the other half of America. We just wanted to believe, and I still to some consideration believe, that there are more decent people than there are vile human beings."

     #Trump #fascism #cruelty #Thanksgiving
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