Keep your eyes on the bright, shiny thing. Only see the bright, shiny thing. We

[niyad]

know that the nutzoid, christofascist wannabe ayatollahs in this country are doing everything in their power, with their relentless attacks on Women, on LGBTQ+, on education, on the environment, etc., to keep us focused and not paying attention to what is going on behind the curtain.

So my wonder is, given the almost unimaginable horrors we are seeing daily from them, what, in the name of sanity, could they be up to behind that curtain. Gilead? Worse?

[SheltieLover]

1. Who knows?

But you're absolutely correct!

Likely shoveling shit to cover tracks before SC Smith sinks his teeth into their ruskie-loving asses.

[hippywife]

2. I think it's all part and parcel...

of dismantling the government, bites at a time, and hoping people won't notice until there's no democracy left.

[niyad]

4. Many of us are noticing, though.

[hippywife]

11. But is it enough of us? nt

[2naSalit]

3. Never forget the warning of...

Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". This is it but 2.0.

[niyad]

5. You are absolutely correct.

[2naSalit]

6. That book...

As are all her others, is instructive and a warning to us all. We will see, soon, how many have been really paying attention.

[wiggs]

7. transfer of trillions from 95% to the top 5%. nt

[niyad]

8. We saw that right out in the open.

[Stuart G]

10. Lots of evil .."right out in the open." But, We must never, never, give up.

We and our children must stay in the fight to save our country and many other countries.

[Hekate]

9. Sleepy, sleeepy, definitely not woke. Squirrel!

[Kaleva]

12. Most appear unconcerned about the fast approaching catastrophic climate change