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I think this is a good way of looking at what's happening. It felt like after the first week of utter nonsense and power grabs, they kinda ran out of ideas and gave up. It looks to me like the right decided they've won already-- just everything, the "culture war" the government, who-knows-what, but don't seem to realize how thin that margin of power is.

In the past week, some of the scary-sounding executive orders betray their own weakness. Claiming the president is the arbiter of constitutionality is a politically meaningless, legal dead end that require the Supreme Court to willingly give up their only real power, and as conservative as it is right now, I don't think most of the rightists of the Supreme Court are willing to take one for the team like that. Also, it happened right after Vance embarrassed himself claiming that was the case on television. It looks weak, and arrogant, like everything else Trump, Vance, and Musk have done in the past month.

I think the article is right to highlight that this is a grassroots battle. The margin of Republican control over the government is thin, and could break easily in the Senate and House. Democrats are really dragging their feet in the house, and as little credit I think they deserve on progressive issues, they could feel spurred to take action if they feel like there's enough demand for it. I actually think scaring Republicans is the way to go-- if you are in a swing district, making sure your congressional representatives staff knows how bad an idea it is to support Trump might spook them.

I don't have a lot of respect of conservatism, and I think there is something cowardly in conservatism. They should be scared, though, because I think we'll come to see that their victory is the biggest mistake they've ever mad if we fight for that future.

If you have read about fascism and tyranny or watched cable news, you have probably seen Professor Timothy Snyder, who has been warning about Trump and tyranny for a few years now.

Snyder’s book On Tyranny is one of the go-to modern works for people who want to understand tyranny and how to fight it, so what Professor Snyder posted on his X account on Saturday merits attention.

Snyder posted:

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. Nervous Musk, Trump, Vance have all been outclassed in public arguments these last few days. Government failure, stock market crash, and dictatorial alliances are not popular. People are starting to realize that there is no truth here beyond the desire for personal wealth and power.

Professor Snyder’s perception is backed up by a mountain of polling that shows the country turning against Donald Trump in increasing numbers. If polling isn’t convincing, consider the large and growing number of almost daily protests directed at what Trump and Musk are doing.

There are also results. When the public gets angry and speaks out, the Trump administration has caved.

Actual fascists don’t allow their opposition to speak out. A real authoritarian doesn’t cave. When pressure is applied to the Trump administration, it breaks. The reason why it breaks is successful authoritarian movements have a majority of the population behind them.

Trump’s support is sinking like a stone.

None of this means that the country is out of the woods yet. As Professor Snyder wrote, Trump and his billionaires are going to try and try again, which means that it is going to take constant resistance from the American people to defeat them.

Things will get much easier for pro-democracy Americans if Democrats win control of the House in special elections this year or next year's midterm election.

Until then, it will be a grassroots battle.

The good news is that Trump is losing, and so far, Americans are fighting for their democracy.

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So!

Somehow, Trump has returned. Literal, actual children have been handed control of the US Treasury by the world's most cringe-fail South African immigrant. They have decided that DEI is an evil virus of Satan, and that the US requires a lebensraum consisting of... uh, Greenland I guess. You know, notoriously largely uninhabitable unless you're REALLY determined. I'm not gonna lie, it's not looking great but by gosh, these guys are idiots. Look, they're going to lose. It's barely been more than two weeks and they look like buffoons. Canada's mad, Europe's mad, the Dems are mad, hell, even the Republicans are getting upset. Turns out, most people care a lot less about white supremacy than they do the price of eggs. So what are we lefties gonna do? Hide and hope they spare us? NO! We're gonna get mad, get organized, and make these dumbasses wish they stayed home. With their emerald mines.

Canada will be disappointed if they have to do it themselves.

Yours Truly, Big Sister