As detailed in an excellent piece at Crooks And Liars, the far-right, fascism-loving MAGA Mob is taking its cue from the former guy (TFG) and going after judges and FBI agents. They, and the politicians and pundits who rely on the ‘Mob’ for money and headlines, are following a playbook that previously worked, which, as sane people on planet Earth know, had catastrophic consequences. Question is, will those who want the American Experiment to continue stand up against these domestic terrorists and traitors who want to take the United States into that playbook?
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From Crooks and Liars
Judge Gets Death Threats From MAGA Mob
Death threats from the MAGA base is a Win-Win-Win for them. There are no significant downsides to them. When there are no criminal charges or negative consequences for the people making them, they continue. That’s why I’m really glad that Eric Swalwell addressed the threats of violence that are coming out of MAGA base following the FBI search of Mar-a-lago.
LISTEN to this death threat against my children. Since the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, Trump, McCarthy, and MAGA Republicans are stoking violent rhetoric against lawmakers and law enforcement. Someone is going to get killed. pic.twitter.com/k9tmmjzhtK Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 10, 2022
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History As Reminder: March Madness
In the last parliamentary elections of the Weimar Republic in March 1933, the Nazis polled 44% of the vote – not enough for a majority but enough to put down any future political resistance. Within two weeks Adolph Hitler proposed the Enabling Act, a temporary dissolution of the constitution while he dealt with the ‘problems’ facing the nation. The Reichstag passed the proposal 441 to 84. There would be no more elections nor a constitution to keep Hitler in check. The Reichstag had, in effect, voted away its own power.
Capitalizing on the nation’s instability, the temporary became permanent. Hitler took the opportunity to purge anyone whom he disliked or had crossed him; within a matter of weeks it had become illegal to criticize the government. A new secret police force, the Gestapo, immediately began arresting ‘unreliable’ persons, and Dachau, the first concentration camp, was opened to imprison them. Trade unions were banned, freedom of the press curtailed, and all other political parties declared illegal.
Germany had become a one-party state with Hitler its leader, and soon its dictator.
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America 2020. Or, America 2024
Ain’t History Something…
“In 1930, Germany is a liberal democracy. Just four years later, democracy is dead, Germany’s leader is a dictator and the government is in the hands of the Nazis.”
See how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rise to power.
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Yes, History Repeats; A Short Reading List
The story of the republic makes depressing reading. It records the rise and fall of a venture in democracy. Had this venture succeeded, World War II might never have taken place. Its failure plunged a nation into slavery. Democracy, like peace is indivisible. What happened in Germany had profound repercussions throughout the world. These repercussions are with us still.
In January, 1919, the republic had the support of most Germans. Fourteen years later, it was dead.
