There is no way of knowing the degree to which the meme here describes Trump’s true motivation for his despicable act, but there is no doubt that today there are millions of armed, hateful morons in this country who feel empowered to commit violent felonies on the president’s behalf.
I have a friend who said, “I feel so much safer now that Trump’s back in the White House.” I don’t.
Bernie Sanders delivers the truth about the real power structure in the United States, and adds, “We must fight back.”
From her Wikipedia page:
Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian. She is a professor of history at Boston College, where she teaches courses on the American Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, the American West, and the Plains Indians. She previously taught history at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
She writes:
Back at the White House, retaliation continued. Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of the January 6 rioters who had been convicted of crimes related to the attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election, including Enrico Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys who was serving 22 years for seditious conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States.
I thought these people where the salt of the Earth. True patriots who observed a day of pure love. Are you saying that perhaps we’ve been misled?
I would say it’s largely disinformation campaigns that focus on poorly educated Americans.
You won’t find Europeans who believe that climate change is a hoax or that COVID-19 was planned and implemented by some government.
In the same vein, you won’t find Europeans voting for obvious conmen like Trump. People who grow up learning three languages, reading Aristotle, studying advanced science and math, and playing classical piano are immune from the bullcrap that affects us here in the U.S.
From The New York Times:
“They’ll regret it every single day?” What galaxy do you live in?
MAGA voters are going to get 100% of what is most important to them. Sure, the price of eggs and gasoline will not come down, but there will be mass deportations, a federal ban on abortion, tax breaks for billionaires, the further ruination of American education, and oil drilling happening to an extent never seen before.
They will truly “own the libs,” and that’s essentially all that matters.
The point here about altering the facts is spot-on. Note, however, that the advent of Fox News and the other right-wing “news” sources about 30 years ago made all this possible.
Until recently, it was very difficult to believe something that flew in the teeth of science, but now it’s a piece of cake. Just flip to your favorite TV channel and learn all about the climate change hoax, the immigrants stealing your jobs, the U.S. government sponsored “plandemic,” or whatever you like.
Yes, our planet is facing ruination in the form of droughts, wildfires, flooding, desertification, loss of landmass, food shortages, loss of biodiversity, and ocean acidification.
The question: Why didn’t we do anything about it? can only be answered as follows: The wealthiest and most powerful interests on the planet refused to give up even one thin dime of their wealth and power.
I disagree with the first part of Stephen King’s statement here; I would replace it with “extremely effective criminal conman.”
And yes, what happens from here is their responsibility, but keep in mind that the America of their dreams is embodied in Trump’s promises, as detailed in Project 2025: systemic racism, the rejection of science in policymaking, abortion bans, and so forth. It’s essentially the politics of Mississippi implemented on a national scale.
