"People who lived in countries that endured war or occupation said that the US celebrations last weekend over Trump's loss reminded them of what they witnessed when their own dictator or occupier was finally defeated." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"It was the relief of tyranny collapsing and the iron grip of a dictator letting go. The problem of course is that it hasn't let go. We've got 70 days until inauguration and we're going through an attempted coup." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"That energy you felt over the weekend, that sense of possibility returning -- hold on to that. You're going to need that strength and that vision of the future to propel you forward for the next two months." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"We told you years ago in the first episodes of @gaslitnation that Nov 2020-Jan 2021 would be one of the most dangerous periods of US history -- and we didn't even know about the pandemic! Expect violence and authoritarian maneuvers." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
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"There were long periods in the Trump admin where we had no Sec of Defense. We only had 'acting' officials to dodge oversight. Esper stepped down saying he won't be Trump's 'yes-man'. Esper's not a good guy, so you have to think -- what *wouldn't* he do?" patreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"Trump is surrounded by Iran war-mongers including rapture fiend Mike Pompeo, who is planning to meet with Netanyahu. Netanyahu is an indicted PM who Israelis have been protesting for twenty weeks. Trump and Netanyahu are both imperiled." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"I'm worried about war in Iran. I'm also worried about arms sales, and if Trump and his cohort are selling them, where they're going. Trump has a long history with illegal arms traders and is tied to the world's most dangerous mobsters." -- @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"There are debates about 'How do we talk about the coup?' You of course don't want to legitimize the coup. Biden is president-elect. He should carry on as president-elect and speak to the public about the issues that affect our lives." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"We should act like Biden is the president-elect, because he is. But we also need to say outright that this is an attempted coup. This is the GOP backed by a transnational crime syndicate attempting to create a one-party autocratic state." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
"This has been in play for years. It was a coup in 2016 and it's a coup now. The more the GOP try to coup it out, the more they establish their brand as dictators. Maybe those slow media folks in the back finally get it." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/klown-ka…
The same people who said "It can't happen here" and then "No one could have seen it coming" will now say "It wasn't really that bad." It was. Do not let anyone rewrite the history of the Trump admin years. History must be remembered to ensure it does not repeat.
One reason Trump got into office was denial or ignorance of history -- how fascism rises, the emergence of far-right movements globally in the 21st century, and especially the selective autocracy always practiced against marginalized racial and ethnic groups throughout US history
Forget this history at your own peril -- and at the peril of the world. We have defeated an aspiring autocrat at the polls. We have not dismantled the corrupt conditions that made him possible and that will make successors possible. Trump was a culmination, not a fluke.
"Look at what Trump's goons did to the postal service. Look at how blatant they were at voter suppression. Why would they not also hack electronic election results when they knew they wouldn't get caught?" -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/final-co…
"If an election is close, it's easy to steal. You just change a little bit here and there. We never had an audit of 2016 and it took Reality Winner going to prison to expose how widespread election hacking was." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/final-co…
"We did not have a popular movement to secure our elections, even though experts confirmed our elections remained deeply vulnerable. It was considered a controversial issue on the left and many wouldn't discuss it." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/final-co…
"People are really hurting. They need someone who actually shows they care and who doesn't normalize authoritarianism. Biden aside, the big story is the losses in the House and the backlash against failed leadership." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnation patreon.com/posts/final-co…
"Guess who did expand their presence in the House? The squad, the progressive wing. That's because they're actually having meaningful conversations with the public. Meanwhile Pelosi is shrinking her own party's support." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/final-co…
"Look at Max Rose. He runs on accountability in 2018 and then comes out in 2019 against impeaching the most impeachable POTUS ever. What kind of message does that send? He killed his race with that position. He lost." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/final-co…