Fascism's Grip Tightens: Will America Fight Back Before It's Too Late? -Thom Hartmann

[CousinIT]

As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order?

https://hartmannreport.com/p/fascisms-grip-tightens-will-america-90d

. . . Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., a carjacking narrative involving two Black minors and a neo‑Nazi hacker nicknamed “Big Balls,” boosted by Elon Musk and Fox, has been seized upon to manufacture a crime panic.

It’s strikingly defiant of DOJ data, which confirms a 30‑year low in violent crime in the capital city. Trump harnessed the stunt to justify mobilizing ICE, the FBI, and the National Guard, weaponizing fear and fabrications to execute a federal coup on the city’s civil fabric.

This isn’t safety, it’s occupation.

At the FBI, Kash Patel is purging anyone not MAGA‑approved: long‑serving agents loyal to the institution, or even just connected to cases that charged Trump or January 6th insurrectionists, are being run out.

Patel’s attack on federalism reached a chilling new level when the FBI agreed to hunt down Texas Democratic state lawmakers who had fled to prevent mid‑cycle gerrymandering. No federal crime was under investigation, just a brazen attempt to subvert state sovereignty and tilt an election.

This is not law enforcement; it’s authoritarians seizing our nation’s legal infrastructure.

And then the propaganda arm roars in lockstep. Jesse Watters didn’t even bother to murmur coded dog whistles. He publicly declared the GOP must “kick illegal aliens out of the census,” gerrymander “to the hilt,” and lock Democrats into a “permanent minority.”

It’s open advocacy for one‑party rule rooted in gaslighting and cultural hatred. There are no quiet parts anymore: every word is a confession. . . .

MORE at the link: https://hartmannreport.com/p/fascisms-grip-tightens-will-america-90d

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. No, we wouldn't even have to bother if people would have

Not trashed our 2016 candidate.

[kimbutgar]

2. Something about that story of big balls being attacked smells like bs

And he might have been the instigator and got his butt kicked back.

[The Wizard]

3. Up next

concentration camps. Too many voters think reality TV is based on reality. The great dumbing down that began with Agnew and Wallace in 1968 is bearing fruit for the bribing class.