Everything Trump and his GOP enablers do can be explained and predicted by one simple fact:
They're attempting an authoritarian takeover of the United States.
This should be front page news every damn day.
They're attempting an authoritarian takeover of the United States.
This should be front page news every damn day.
Authoritarianism has a playbook. They’re following this playbook. The media needs to provide this context. The public deserves to see the forest, not just the trees.
The authoritarian playbook is the abuser playbook is the GOP playbook. rantt.com/brett-kavanaug…
"The formula for fascism is surprisingly simple. And it gets repeated a lot… No matter where they come from, fascist politicians everywhere are cut from the same cloth.” And there’s one in the White House. That should be the story of the century.
Authoritarianism has a playbook. When the media omits this central fact, they’re enabling it.
Every hateful rant, every child kidnapped, every crime in broad daylight, the endless lies, the gaslighting - it's all one thing. An authoritarian is attempting a takeover. His party is in on it. And the media is almost silent on this central fact.
From November 9, 2016. This has all been completely predictable - unless you ignore Trump’s authoritarianism. And the same press that enabled him in 2016 enables him now by ignoring it.
