Before Trump speaks, I want to be very, very clear about something. Everyone needs to get this.
We're in the middle of a fascist coup. It may not work, but that's what's happening and we can't let the tally-jockeying obscure that fact.
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We're in the middle of a fascist coup. It may not work, but that's what's happening and we can't let the tally-jockeying obscure that fact.
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Obviously this is a moment where we're dealing with shifting numbers, but the Right's attacks on polling places, threats against officials, and intimidation of the public at-large can't just be dismissed.
This is a fascist movement.
Fascist.
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This is a fascist movement.
Fascist.
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If you have watched even a shred of Right Wing media in the past couple of days, it is fully unhinged, conspiratorial paranoia and is discussing killing people, executing opponents, undermining voting altogether, and using the power apparatus of the government.
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Trumpists right now are attacking their Republican peers, asking them to join in a fascistic attack on this vote, wondering why they haven't called for votes to be discarded. It is getting worse by the hour.
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Trumpists will not accept defeat. They live in a completely alternate, cultish reality. Any thing that interferes with what they believe will be discarded immediately and the deliverer turned into an apostate.
That's what's happening with Fox at this very moment.
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That's what's happening with Fox at this very moment.
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The alternating call to end counting or restart counting is indicative of a malleable ideology. It's about power at all costs, about "deeper truths" that only they understand because they possess them all by themselves.
This is fascism and we are in the midst of a coup.
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This is fascism and we are in the midst of a coup.
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Again. This is a literal fascist coup. I know we're focusing on dealing with the ballots, but we CANNOT lose sight of what's happening. We have a MUCH larger situation that has to be recognized and addressed.
A society cannot survive like this.
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A society cannot survive like this.
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The word fascist has been turned into a laughable label by years' worth of ad hominem attacks. But we're there. We're dealing with an honest to god fascist movement in the United States of America.
It's in full bloom at this moment. Deal with the votes, but recognize it.
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It's in full bloom at this moment. Deal with the votes, but recognize it.
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I've been warning about this for years, as has @sarahkendzior. We weren't just being alarmist. The foundation for this has been laid for years now. This operation didn't just manifest over night.
Again. It's not hyperbole. This is a full-blown coup.
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Again. It's not hyperbole. This is a full-blown coup.
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I believe Joe Biden will win this election. But the result of this contest is different from how this moment is being handled. Even if we celebrate and even if it is carried out peacefully, we cannot deny what has taken place over these last few days and years.
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We cannot have a country where officials are being threatened to the point where they cannot carry out the most basic of functions: counting ballots.
We cannot have armed mobs interfering in elections.
We cannot continue like this and maintain even a semblance of a country
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We cannot have armed mobs interfering in elections.
We cannot continue like this and maintain even a semblance of a country
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Watch the numbers. Celebrate the wins. But make no mistake. The mask has slid completely in this country. The Right, including Trump and GOP, is a fascistic movement.
Win, lose, or draw, we have to understand exactly what we're going through. Denial isn't an option.
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Win, lose, or draw, we have to understand exactly what we're going through. Denial isn't an option.
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