What Could Go Wrong?
It is now clear that the Republican party is trying to turn our democracy into a one-party system modeled after Putin’s Russia, where citizens have no rights, no choice, and must obey or face prison or death. Seriously, hyperbole is dead.
Trump and the billionaire-owned GOP are incrementally eroding our expectations and thus our quality of life. They believe the poor and working class have too many conveniences like Wi-Fi, food, education, infrastructure, safety from dangerous products and chemicals. They want America deregulated so they can dump cheap products on us for profits.
Vladimir Putin secretly raked in millions from a popular cheap he branded. Trump Corporation, run by his tawdry children, uses the same business model of underhanded deals plus bait-and-switch advertising, just like Trump’s campaign promises. The “no wars” America First candidate is now a war monger. It’s amateur hour by design.
We recognize the patterns of deception. Breaking news is designed to distract from real news. Trump’s pro-Kremlin propaganda advisor, Darren Beattie, probably has a slew of outrage inducing actions lined up to distract from Trump’s disastrous military parade, the assassinations of Democratic representatives, and the craven Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill.
Trump’s polls are tanking, so he starts a war in the Middle East. How original, [eyeroll]. It seems like an amateur-hour panic move. By initiating an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation with no Congressional approval, Trump alone owns this disaster. Also, the Iran nuclear plants are a huge money machine for Putin and his oligarchs. What could go wrong?
It’s jarring and exhausting, which is the point. But this chaos is unsustainable, even for MAGA. As I’ve been saying for years, and now validated by Russia expert Michael McFaul, Americans are NOT Russians. We expect a functioning democracy, not autocratic chaos.
Remember when Texas Governor Greg Abbott was defiant against Biden’s deployment of Federal Troops to secure the border with Mexico, even after SCOTUS ordered removal deadly razor wire? The tables have turned, our Governors are fighting back, and Trump’s ICE raids and hijacking of the National Guard did NOTHING to deter our NO KINGS protests.
I’ve attended almost every protest since February 2017 and 2018, all by myself, with no protection except my smile. The June 14th No Kings turnout broke those earlier records. And guess what happened after the 2018 protests. Democrats took back the House and the Senate and Trump was impeached TWICE. If you’re worried about Republican interference in our Midterm Elections, protests are our best defense. The next protests are July 4th and July 17th.
