#democracy
Extraordinary Events Taking Place in America
#politics #USA #democracy #collapse
Ongoing events have peeled back the veil on the inner workings of the deep state, giving us an indepth glimpse of just how little “democracy” there is to be found in the lurid bowels of America.
Is Biden alive? How did the "Crowdstrike event" happen ? What is the link between the failed Trump assassination, Biden removal, and Crowdstrike? What the fuck is happening?
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/extraordinary-events-taking-place
Meanwhile.... pendulum and #Karma looking good for #justice #hope #truth #democracy #dignity #respect #rights #sanity
Lincoln Project: Kamala the Warrior
#KamalaHarris vs. #TrumpVirus / #GQP
Donald Trump’s Plot Against America - Democracy Docket
Donald Trump is plotting to overthrow American #democracy. It is not a secret, and he is not subtle. The only question is whether enough people will care enough to stop it.
Trump is not hiding his intentions for a second term. Echoing #Hitler’s rise to power, he has called his political enemies “vermin” and promised his supporters that, if elected, he would be their “retribution.”
Trump’s enablers have outlined a plan for him to replace tens of thousands of career civil servants with #MAGA loyalists and to take personal control of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute his political rivals. He is almost certain to use an old law — the Insurrection Act — to convert the military into his personal domestic police force.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/donald-trumps-plot-against-america/
#corruption #violence #trump #authoritarian #dictatorship #lawless
My (rhetorical?) question, and a hopeful response:
QUESTION: So what's the solution, for the Dem party's action plan now, and/or a successful winning ticket a bit over 100 days from now?
ANSWER: Democrats rally around Harris to replace Biden
Major players in the Democratic Party on Sunday swiftly coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris to be its new presidential nominee — a show of support that could make it difficult for any other candidates to seriously challenge her in the month before the Democratic National Convention.
The endorsements for Harris and praise for Biden's selfless patriotism are piling ever higher, even on a Sunday! The DNC reports a staggering influx of donations too. As Maddow put it, ~ "that sound of paper rustling is all the checks now being written by donors."
#hope #democracy #Biden #TrumpVirus #KamalaHarris #election #Democrat #politics
The People’s Court of New Normal Germany - CJ Hopkins
As Frank Zappa once so eloquently explained …
“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
Germany going back to its authoritarian roots.
https://cjhopkins.substack.com/p/the-peoples-court-of-new-normal-germany
Speaking of actual #Truth / #fact based #news / #journalism
Dan Rather:
Selective Memory in Milwaukee - Donald Trump’s repugnant record is MIA at the RNC
#TrumpVirus #GQP #cult #disinformation #media #FalseNarrative #lies vs. #democracy #justice #Jan6 #accountability #reality
I have some 'issues' with The Sun (NY) in their narrative stringing across stories and headlines (I've written elsewhere about that, and spent years researching the impact of #media and especially #headlines. Thin-sliced, a recent media watchdog graded them as factual but right-leaning in choice of words and story prominence. I agree.
But anyway, this is news, maybe of existential import, maybe just part of the scenery.
"A Double Win for Trump as a Date Is Set To Decide Fani Willis’s Disqualification — When He Could Be President-Elect"
A delay in oral arguments pushes the session beyond November’s election — meanwhile, the special counsel appeals his own disqualification.
Whether 'good' or 'bad' for 'the Georgia Case', &/or #justice, like so many other levels of #accountability and #democracy, depend now on whether "we" elect a deranged dictator and his #cult of powerful nihilists, or not. "Just the facts" here. #truth & #TrumpVIrus
The Civil War Simulation - CJ Hopkins
Imagine, if the authorities in charge of a prison instigated a war between two prison gangs, who were actually fighting for dominance in the prison. The gangs are real. The war is real. When it is over, one of the gangs will be dominant among the prison population. However, everyone will still be in prison, probably under a state of lockdown, which is what happens after a prison riot.
Does any of that sound familiar? I hope so.
Again, I realize emotions are high, what with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and the ongoing liquidation of Gaza, and the ongoing left/right culture wars, and the rise of the Cult of Elon Musk, and the aftermath of the “Apocalyptic Plague of 2020-2022,” and the “January 6th Insurrection,” and so on … but maybe try, just for a few minutes, to step back from all the false dichotomies and all the thought-terminating clichés and the hatred and fear that we are being systematically inundated with, and reflect on where all this excitement is leading us, and how our passions are being instrumentalized … and by whom and for what purpose they are being instrumentalized.
JD Vance and the Globalisation Set - by Ann Pettifor
The far-right takes the lead, worldwide
I have long argued that in the absence of progressive left wing resistance to financial globalisation, the direct rebuttal of, and reaction to globalisation would be led by the far-right.
That resistance in most countries is now led by authoritarian, anti-democratic parties - and not the negligent, self-absorbed, often sectarian left.
https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/jd-vance-and-the-globalisation-set
Please, if you agree, then read and comment. I'd like to understand different view points regarding this subject.
One person's view of Democratic systems
If the democratic system is largely outdated, do you have any ideas on what could be done differently?
#Meta / #Facebook: Ending Suspension of #Trump’s Accounts With New Guardrails to Deter Repeat Offenses
Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension/
Social #media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world. As a general rule, we don’t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta’s platforms — especially in the context of #elections in democratic societies like the United States. The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box. But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform. When there is a clear risk of real world harm — a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse — we act.
#usa #democracy #election #vote #news #fake #conspiracy #hate #politics
Sir #TrumpVirus - lover of qll things himself, plus #GQP hate-stirring plus #2ndAmendment - and ardent enemy of #truth, #democracy and #decency - has been shot. "No joke".
Tnx @joyce_donahue@diasp.org for the first/immediate report...
#Media watching today… on the election/campaign narrative
Interesting story beyond the screaming and spinning:
New Trump-Influenced GOP Platform Tees Up Convention Conflict Over Abortion, Gun Rights, Gay Marriage
Vice President Pence is the most prominent Republican to express dissatisfaction with the new proposed Republican platform.
I was curious about the rep/cred of the New York Sun (founded 2002), which has been sending me (unsolicited) daily ‘news’ dispatches of late. My impression has been (1) nice; free, no paywall (2) generally leaning towards fact (3) seemingly hewing right across the narrative. Seems I was close, according to mediabiasfactcheck.org
Today’s email headlined “‘Sad and Frustrated’ House Democrats in Disarray After Meeting on Biden’s Candidacy Fails To Reach Consensus” … Okay, there’s a basis for this, though IMM reflecting reinforcement of a meme/narrative. But not “news” for me.
This, however was/is interesting to me, found on their main page when I followed their email link. OK, will endure them for now.
Hm, wonder what VP J.D. Vance of the Trump/Vance ticket thinks? (Guessing #TrumpVirus likes the ‘optics’ of “Trump/Vance”)
I could be wrong though, as “Trump/Greene” has a certain ring (a ding ding) to it.
#truth #election #GQP #platform #Project2025 #issues #rights #democracy #news #bias #facts #journalism
Politics Girl speaks some plain and clear #truth
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"Let's get back to the issues"
Yes, all choices have challenges, but as for existential choices that will blow up or retain #democracy some semblance of sanity....
#MakeAmericaSane / saner / sane-ish - relative to the hate and lie spewing with a #cult of #fascism and everything ism: #TrumpVIrus
Billionaires Are Prepping for Doomsday | Glenn Loury, Nikita Petrov & Mark Sussman | The Glenn Show
Meanwhile... as we perhaps ponder #IndependenceDay ...
#Democracy & #Truth vs. #TrumpVirus #GQP #cult #disinformation - #1984 all over again!
#Democracy must be sick or dead for #fascism to come to its bedside. Fascism is the symptom, not the #disease.