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Thom's blog
American fascism: it ain't over yet
 Many people think we've hit peak fascism, but Wednesday was only a bump in the road. Trump, his neofascist followers, and over half the congressional Republican caucus were just pushing the limits to see what they could get away with. And in the US Capitol, and state capitols around the country that were similarly attacked, Trump's fascist followers learned that the personal price they'd pay for sedition and treason is less than the penalty for drunk driving. The neofascist base has been built, person by person, by talk radio, Facebook and national media chasing eyeballs with Trump's fascist spectacle. The coin of the realm among members of that base are brutality and violence. Fascism is not something new to America. This country has run a racially-based pseudo-fascist regime for 400 years, particularly in the South; it just hasn't been widely recognized by the white-owned, white-dominated media and educational systems in this country. Read more here. -Thom |
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Thom's blog
Will Biden Follow GOP Advice and Shoot Santa Claus?
In the process of killing the $2000 Covid survival checks, Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republicans resurrected their Party's longest-running scam, an idea laid out by Jude Wanniski back in the 1970s to use the deficit to destroy Democrats. The history is fascinating, and not only tells us how they'll be re-running this long con but also what Democrats can do to expose it. Read more here. -Thom |
Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: American Fascism - It Ain't Over Yet...
Tweet: " "People got news on their phone that Mike Pence said he is not going to object to these seven states, and he was going to accept the electoral college that promotes Biden," a N.C. resident said. "That is when everybody got really upset and that's when they started storming."" by WSPA 7News. Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 2 Section 2. "The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."Tweet: " Electoral college ballots rescued from the Senate floor. If our capable floor staff hadn't grabbed them, they would have been burned by the mob." by Senator Jeff Merkley. Quote: " A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy" - falsely attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Hour Two: Issues of the Day- Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA, 17th District) 
Hour Three: Anything Goes Friday...What's On Your Mind? Thom Takes Your Calls...
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...." Article: " Letter to James Madison" by Thomas Jefferson, December 20th, 1787. " I will now tell you what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights, providing clearly, and without the aid of sophism, for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction of monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of fact triable by the laws of the land and not by the laws of nations." Tweet: " IMPORTANT: this is exact moment the siege of the Capitol building began as the two men in front ripped down a preliminary barrier & rushed officers who were behind a 2nd barrier
They then encouraged others to follow their lead. Officers appeared to be taken completely off guard" by Elijah Schaffer. Tweet: " Every Capitol Hill Cop who did this should immediately be identified, fired and prosecuted." by Steve Schmidt. |
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