Death of Democracy in America - The Republican Endgame

Truth is, the Republican party has been working toward the death of democracy in America for quite some time.

From back when conservative think tanks and groups like the Heritage Foundation and their affiliates dictated policymaking to Republican politicians like Ronald Reagan. Back when their various right winged PACS and interests like the Kochs and Mercers held little pow-wows and retreats with right winged judges like Scalia and Thomas.

And when their Federalist Society provided Republican presidents and lawmakers with lists of potential judgeships comprised of far right ideologues.

Back when their "war" on drugs wasn't yet a "crisis" (as it is now with opioids) and back when they and their right winged media outlets like Fox, promoted and promulgated thinly veiled, racist, dog-whistle rhetoric and anti-democratic propaganda on a 24/7 basis. Just like they still do NOW.

The coming of Trump was only the culmination of that ongoing effort. He was only the full EMBODIMENT of all the hate based venom they were already trafficking in.

So it was NO wonder that his rabble rousing diatribes were so readily devoured by right winged voters, above ALL other contenders. And why they love him STILL.

And now that they can see their goals on the horizon, they've unabashedly pulled out ALL the stops, their sights set on nothing less than a fascist, authoritarian MINORITY RULE style of government founded upon hate based nationalistic sentiment. And they are acting, non stop, towards advancing those ends.

They are doing so via radical far-right rulings of a rogue conservative led Supreme Court, hell bent on ignoring precedence and rewriting law (if not the Constitution itself), resulting in an undermining of civil rights,

via multi-pronged attacks upon the right to vote, mail-in ballots and absentee voting, voter led initiatives and referendums, election boards and officials, and voter access,

via their constant promotion and embrace of Trump/GOP inspired racism and hate towards Jews, minorities, immigrants, the gay community, and anyone else they choose to "other,"

via their continued retrogressive and inhumane assault upon healthcare, women's health, child nutrition programs, public assistance programs, and other social safety nets that help PEOPLE,

via their assault upon EDUCATION,

via the rise of far right religious fanaticism blended with the conspiracy theory lunacy of QAnon,

and via their legitimizing of an attempted COUP and OVERTHROW OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS by way of a fake elector CONSPIRACY, and a subsequent PLANNED, Trump led Capitol Insurrection.

They've done so by turning the GOP into A CULT that embraces and even applauds hateful divisive rhetoric, violence and mean-spirited cruelty.

THEIR ENDGAME is nothing less than the DEATH OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA and the establishment of a fascist, nationalistic authoritarian state.

Republicans love to make up fake crises. Here are five of the biggest - Robert Reich
Violence is the new Republican grift Republicans know more death enhances their power
How the Republican Party became the party of vigilante violence
Clinging bitterly to guns and religion: The end stage of American empire An iron curtain has descended on America
Hakeem Jeffries: Republicans will 'abandon democracy' when they 'can no longer win elections'
The NY Times: Oblivious that Fascism has gone mainstream in America, and it's name is GOP
The GOP Is Escalating Its War on Ideas
A new front on the republican War against Woke?

Not to condemn the op

for a query that might have genuinely come from either a lack of information or understanding of said subject,

but fact is there ARE factions in America who work diligently to discredit, disassociate and disavow Black Americans and other minorities as "real" Americans, when actually the CONTRARY is true -

because Black Americans and other minorities have, through trials, tribulations, and triumphs, EARNED THE RIGHT to be Americans, at least as much as anyone ELSE

in spite of what our MAGAS, Nazis, supremacists and run of the mill bigots and racists would WANT us to believe.

Don't ever let 'em get away with it.

Hadn't ya heard? They'd "rather be Russian than Democrat."

Yeah, and they keep getting caught using video and photos from Russian backdrops

Because MAGAS are too DUMB to check their Putin supplied PROPAGANDA for accuracy BEFORE using it.

Another pro-Trump campaign ad caught using footage from Russia and Belarus

Advert supporting Republican 'resident is fourth in three months to use Russian footage.

A Putin supporter/apologist who thinks people without children shouldn't have the right to vote?

In control of the dominant world wide source of information? Er, no thank you. All I know is I'm thankful I'VE never depended on it.

Elon Musk supports eliminating voting rights for people without children

"We got to rise up, everyone": Rep. Jamaal Bowman battles the normalization of Trump

Reich is Absolutely Correct

And here's another SPOT-ON article everyone should read.

Why are we letting red state welfare oligarchs mooch off of blue states?

This Independence Day...

A call to arms: Defending America's soul in an age of extremism

An article from the Hill (and probably ran elsewhere too):

A call to arms: Defending America’s soul in an age of extremism - The Hill

In a speech before last fall’s midterm elections, President Biden warned we are engaged in a battle for the nation’s soul. “As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault,” he said. “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.”

So, let’s not pretend otherwise. We should start by not calling this a battle. There are white militias that would like nothing better than civil war. They’ve been arming themselves and training for a long time.

Instead, we should defend America’s fundamental principles of freedom, equality, morality, dignity and loyalty to the same Constitution. These are the “soul of the nation.”

The various groups engaged in the assault include white supremacists, white separatists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, Christian nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan and an assortment of self-identified patriot organizations on the far-right wing of politics.

LIKE I'VE BEEN SAYING - THEY'RE AFTER CONTRACEPTION AS WELL: THE MAGA WAR ON WOMEN

In a report for "Reveal," broadcast by many National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates, host Al Letson and his colleagues devoted an entire hour to efforts by anti-abortion activists — including the group Students For Life — to outlaw contraception as well.

"For many in the anti-abortion movement," Letson reports, "overturning Roe v. Wade isn't enough. They want to restrict access even in states where abortion remains legal.…. But the attacks go beyond abortion. Groups like Students For Life have been targeting other forms of reproductive healthcare, including something millions of people rely on every day: hormonal birth control."