Does anyone else feel the ground shifting?

It's because of all those people lined up at the polls standing 6 feet apart wearing masks, and because we know how most of them are voting.

I already voted. It felt great. Do you have your voting plan?
I won't blitz you all with this blog post as a thread.

In a nutshell: Trump is losing, so we can expect a firehose of lies and chaos.

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I agree. People are starting to treat him like the madman screaming in the attic.

I had a similar experience. I received my ballot, filled it out that evening, and turned it in the following day. There were already people there with their ballots (this is a small town.) Everyone was energized.
Barr and the DOJ have no control over local elections. Ignore the static.
They will launch lawsuits. Let them. The courts are not going to step in and overturn an election, particularly with the margins we're looking at.

Keep your eye on the prize.

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8 Oct
Sen. Mike Lee comes right out and says that the GOP is opposed to democracy.

By "democracy" @SenMikeLee means all people have a say in government.

By "peace" he means order.

By "liberty" he means the freedom of [white] men to grab whatever they want.

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Ziblatt and Levitsky, in ⤵️ say:

"It is difficult to find examples of societies in which shrinking ethnic majorities gave up their dominant status without a fight."

The GOP, which has become the party of white grievance, is desperate. Their demographics are shrinking.

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There are a few directions I can take this thread.

I can tell you how California paved the way, or I can back up and talk about how the GOP longs for the days when [white] men could cheat and grab.

On the frontier, they could grab land.
They could grab women.

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6 Oct
Trump drives the GOP bus into a brick wall.
Two possibilities.

I think it's like a hostage situation: If you want relief, reelect me.

He seems to think he will win if he wills it, the way he thinks he can will himself cured, or the way the virus will magically disappear.

With both, he's deluded.
He should not be making decisions regarding his own healthcare much less national decisions.

He appears to be reacting from anger. That bit about not wanting to help "Democratic" states is purely vindictive.

It's all unhinged.
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5 Oct
🤦‍♀️Sometimes I can't even.

So, the way to get a competent national policy for fighting COVID is for the entire administration and GOP leadership to get sick with COVID?

Now that Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for Covid-19, it looks like they're on their way.
Because truth and facts don't matter. All that matters is their political agenda.

"Win at any cost" includes torpedoing truth and facts.

The Leadership Principle is based on myth. People still defend Mussolini.
Except that it's terrible press. His numbers keep sinking.

Apparently, he went for his roundabout ride partly because he was annoyed that the news was only about how he's sick in the hospital.

Now the coverage is about what a stupid move that was.
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4 Oct
I think of all those people suffering alone in hospital rooms, unable to visit or see family members for fear of infecting them.

What about people who don’t even have health care?
The ordinary people who suffer don't matter. The driver doesn't matter.

In Trump's world, only he matters.

Has his staff thought about what his illness means for the country? Have they cared who he might have infected?

Nope.

They're planning their optics and propaganda.
Not satire: And if Dear Leader decides it is best for the people to catch a glimpse of the Leader, the driver's job is to do the Leader's will.

If this puts the driver's life in danger, the Leader's desire matters more than the driver's life.

h/t @RaymondSeelyJr Image
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3 Oct
They also have an existential problem.

The strongman myth requires a strongman. COVID was supposed to cull the weak, who would die willingly to save the "economy" for everyone else.

Q: What do you do when the leader himself is stricken with COVID?

A: Embellish the myth.
Example of embellishing the myth ⤵️
(h/t @Judith_FeyJude)

Fascism / leadership cult (what Weber calls charismatic leader source of authority) depends on myth.

They're not going to let facts get in their way.
In this evening's episode from the Trump Reality Show: Trump has COVID but he is mighty and strong! Unlike lesser mortals, the Great Leader ignores his symptoms and continues working by signing his name to blank papers while posing for cameras.

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3 Oct
Kellyanne Conway tested positive.

I expected Trump Rally attendee clusters.
I did not anticipate a rapidly growing White House cluster.
This is a plot twist I did not see coming—but it makes sense.

This is why I try not to live in "what if" rabbit holes. I've learned that we usually worry about the wrong stuff. Life has a way of throwing surprises.
Me too.

This is the part of the plot where the GOP is supposed to say, "We've been doing it wrong," and the voters say, "The GOP should not be leading the nation through a pandemic."

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