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CW: USPol, Trump
RE: https://mindly.social/@cazabon/114345332248859874
Chuck Schumer has finally intimated he may actually DO SOMETHING about the current political situation. Whether he actually does, and if so, whether he stands his ground or folds like cheap suit, is yet to be seen.
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so. Democratic party politicians have needed to DO THINGS, not write "stongly worded letters", for a long time now. Even Minnesota Governor Walz has been sending out sternly worded press releases and soundbites today - for jebus' sake, you're the governor. You don't say "Somebody should do something!". You get on with it, and you DO SOMETHING.
A 2-post thread I did last April. It was already clear to me that the slide into fascism was complete; it wasn't something they could work to prevent at that point.
I weep for the American experiment, and the good American people. The MAGAs, accurately described by Ken White as "shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture", can get fucked.
#profanity #WrongWar #LastWar #fascism #slide #AmericanExperiment #Democrats #Democrat #DoSomething #StronglyWordedLetter #ChuckSchumer
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CW: USPol, Trump
RE: https://mindly.social/@cazabon/114345332248859874
Chuck Schumer has finally intimated he may actually DO SOMETHING about the current political situation. Whether he actually does, and if so, whether he stands his ground or folds like cheap suit, is yet to be seen.
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so. Democratic party politicians have needed to DO THINGS, not write "stongly worded letters", for a long time now. Even Minnesota Governor Walz has been sending out sternly worded press releases and soundbites today - for jebus' sake, you're the governor. You don't say "Somebody should do something!". You get on with it, and you DO SOMETHING.
A 2-post thread I did last April. It was already clear to me that the slide into fascism was complete; it wasn't something they could work to prevent at that point.
I weep for the American experiment, and the good American people. The MAGAs, accurately described by Ken White as "shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture", can get fucked.
#profanity #WrongWar #LastWar #fascism #slide #AmericanExperiment #Democrats #Democrat #DoSomething #StronglyWordedLetter #ChuckSchumer
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CW: USPol, Trump
RE: https://mindly.social/@cazabon/114345332248859874
Chuck Schumer has finally intimated he may actually DO SOMETHING about the current political situation. Whether he actually does, and if so, whether he stands his ground or folds like cheap suit, is yet to be seen.
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so. Democratic party politicians have needed to DO THINGS, not write "stongly worded letters", for a long time now. Even Minnesota Governor Walz has been sending out sternly worded press releases and soundbites today - for jebus' sake, you're the governor. You don't say "Somebody should do something!". You get on with it, and you DO SOMETHING.
A 2-post thread I did last April. It was already clear to me that the slide into fascism was complete; it wasn't something they could work to prevent at that point.
I weep for the American experiment, and the good American people. The MAGAs, accurately described by Ken White as "shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture", can get fucked.
#profanity #WrongWar #LastWar #fascism #slide #AmericanExperiment #Democrats #Democrat #DoSomething #StronglyWordedLetter #ChuckSchumer
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CW: USPol, Trump
RE: https://mindly.social/@cazabon/114345332248859874
Chuck Schumer has finally intimated he may actually DO SOMETHING about the current political situation. Whether he actually does, and if so, whether he stands his ground or folds like cheap suit, is yet to be seen.
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so. Democratic party politicians have needed to DO THINGS, not write "stongly worded letters", for a long time now. Even Minnesota Governor Walz has been sending out sternly worded press releases and soundbites today - for jebus' sake, you're the governor. You don't say "Somebody should do something!". You get on with it, and you DO SOMETHING.
A 2-post thread I did last April. It was already clear to me that the slide into fascism was complete; it wasn't something they could work to prevent at that point.
I weep for the American experiment, and the good American people. The MAGAs, accurately described by Ken White as "shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture", can get fucked.
#profanity #WrongWar #LastWar #fascism #slide #AmericanExperiment #Democrats #Democrat #DoSomething #StronglyWordedLetter #ChuckSchumer
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CW: USPol, Trump
RE: https://mindly.social/@cazabon/114345332248859874
Chuck Schumer has finally intimated he may actually DO SOMETHING about the current political situation. Whether he actually does, and if so, whether he stands his ground or folds like cheap suit, is yet to be seen.
I hate to say "I told you so", but I told you so. Democratic party politicians have needed to DO THINGS, not write "stongly worded letters", for a long time now. Even Minnesota Governor Walz has been sending out sternly worded press releases and soundbites today - for jebus' sake, you're the governor. You don't say "Somebody should do something!". You get on with it, and you DO SOMETHING.
A 2-post thread I did last April. It was already clear to me that the slide into fascism was complete; it wasn't something they could work to prevent at that point.
I weep for the American experiment, and the good American people. The MAGAs, accurately described by Ken White as "shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture", can get fucked.
#profanity #WrongWar #LastWar #fascism #slide #AmericanExperiment #Democrats #Democrat #DoSomething #StronglyWordedLetter #ChuckSchumer
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Drastically put, but exactly, alas.
As I summed up something I had written more than 2 years ago:
👉The #UnitedStates have a built-in systemic error: they were built as a #SlaverNation:👈
[alternative link:]
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112343700311747554This error is engrained in virtually all #US institutions. One *could* even argue that the #SystemicRacism is an incurable, possibly even fatal flaw of the #AmericanExperiment..."
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Drastically put, but exactly, alas.
As I summed up something I had written more than 2 years ago:
👉The #UnitedStates have a built-in systemic error: they were built as a #SlaverNation:👈
[alternative link:]
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112343700311747554This error is engrained in virtually all #US institutions. One *could* even argue that the #SystemicRacism is an incurable, possibly even fatal flaw of the #AmericanExperiment..."
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Drastically put, but exactly, alas.
As I summed up something I had written more than 2 years ago:
👉The #UnitedStates have a built-in systemic error: they were built as a #SlaverNation:👈
[alternative link:]
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112343700311747554This error is engrained in virtually all #US institutions. One *could* even argue that the #SystemicRacism is an incurable, possibly even fatal flaw of the #AmericanExperiment..."
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Drastically put, but exactly, alas.
As I summed up something I had written more than 2 years ago:
👉The #UnitedStates have a built-in systemic error: they were built as a #SlaverNation:👈
[alternative link:]
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112343700311747554This error is engrained in virtually all #US institutions. One *could* even argue that the #SystemicRacism is an incurable, possibly even fatal flaw of the #AmericanExperiment..."
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Drastically put, but exactly, alas.
As I summed up something I had written more than 2 years ago:
👉The #UnitedStates have a built-in systemic error: they were built as a #SlaverNation:👈
[alternative link:]
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112343700311747554This error is engrained in virtually all #US institutions. One *could* even argue that the #SystemicRacism is an incurable, possibly even fatal flaw of the #AmericanExperiment..."
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@proscience @SaanichGuy @bitboxer @fenkt @MrLaCave
The Unhealthy Alliances of Industry and #Fascism
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...if not the prime reason why the #AmericanExperiment has been derailed, at least:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112091382242661609
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/114779307041554004
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I’ve had this song in my head since November 2024.
Whether you read this #GiftArticle or you read the lyrics or listen to this song by #JohnnyCash, it is all the same,
#ItsAllOver #democracy #AmericanExperiment #law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #SCOTUS #judiciary #3CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
SCOTUS article:
https://wapo.st/4exRCmdIt’s All Over, by Johnny Cash official:
https://www.johnnycash.com/track/its-all-over/It’s All Over, by Johnny Cash audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v5lPtUzr0&pp=ygUbSm9obm55IENhc2ggSXTigJlzIEFsbCBPdmVy -
Remember #MilwaukeeDay 2025?
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That was the end of the USA democratic republic AIUI.
It had always been patchy.
But it was ripped apart then.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
And all the king's horses,
and all the king's men,
couldn't put Humpty together again.Trite, juvenille and altogether too fitting.
That was 40 days ago.
And a special shoutout to media baron #RupertMurdoch for his contribution to the #AmericanExperiment.
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#USpol #Sarcasm #Humor #History
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...Me, too. It has such nice details.
Did U notice the red hue on the king's left side, e. g.?The #RomanRepublic, which served as a template for the #AmericanExperiment, would have no more kings, so Julius Caesar could not become one, having to satisfied the title of Perpetual Dictator.
His cognomen, Ceasar, was adopted by his successors as a synonym for "emperor." In...
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Looking back at the #AmericanExperiment from where we are now.
Failures to protect and uphold values look now to have been major failings.
Such as Congress' allowing of infamous conduct by Presidents to be excused rather than "impeachment and removal".
1. G.W. Bush for allowing torture to be treated as legal.
2. President Clinton for lying in court, under oath.Doubtless there were many other events where Congress failed to enforce bounds on Presidents.
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Better late than never?
Acknowledging two women who stood up and blew the whistle on sexist patriarchal shits.
SCOTUS would be less corrupted, less degraded, less fascist if those women had been listened too.
If the #AmericanExperiment ever restarts it'll be with courage like #AnitaHill and #ChristineBlaseyFord showed.
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Better late than never?
Acknowledging two women who stood up and blew the whistle on sexist patriarchal shits.
SCOTUS would be less corrupted, less degraded, less fascist if those women had been listened too.
If the #AmericanExperiment ever restarts it'll be with courage like #AnitaHill and #ChristineBlaseyFord showed.
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Better late than never?
Acknowledging two women who stood up and blew the whistle on sexist patriarchal shits.
SCOTUS would be less corrupted, less degraded, less fascist if those women had been listened too.
If the #AmericanExperiment ever restarts it'll be with courage like #AnitaHill and #ChristineBlaseyFord showed.
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Better late than never?
Acknowledging two women who stood up and blew the whistle on sexist patriarchal shits.
SCOTUS would be less corrupted, less degraded, less fascist if those women had been listened too.
If the #AmericanExperiment ever restarts it'll be with courage like #AnitaHill and #ChristineBlaseyFord showed.
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Better late than never?
Acknowledging two women who stood up and blew the whistle on sexist patriarchal shits.
SCOTUS would be less corrupted, less degraded, less fascist if those women had been listened too.
If the #AmericanExperiment ever restarts it'll be with courage like #AnitaHill and #ChristineBlaseyFord showed.
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death knell of the #AmericanExperiment, at the very least for a couple of years, I fear...
It enabled the oligarch takeover of the US. Now, they are now trying the same thing in #Canada and #Europe. 2)
Furthermore, the #US might find itself in #UK type "splendid isolation" pretty soon. Several #EU analysts have interpreted #JDVance's speech at the #MSC last Friday as a probable beginning of the end of #NATO.
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Looking back at the #AmericanExperiment, it seems the preparedness to not bring everyone along was the fatal flaw.
Slaves, white women, Native Americans, Blacks, Jews, the Irish, the Chinese, the factory-workers, the rural folk, and the non-elite all were/are deemed sacrificable.
Now the US fed gov is openly against bringing everyone along.
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Yeah, the #AmericanExperiment was worth more than the elected centrist Dems have given it over the last three weeks.
Masses of Dem Senators and Reps broken on the ground after police violence would have been a proof that they'd seen it as something worth protecting, something valuable. And been an example of folk who have gotten so much from America giving what they had to defend it.
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Thinking about the #AmericanExperiment and #WesternCivilization.
It's produced some wonders. (See below.)
And horrors and brutality beyond measure.
The #USA was meant to be progressing to a #MorePerfectUnion.The #Marketing of #Spectacle by the #CorporateMedia has something entirely different to a more perfect union being cemented today.
To what extent has the good stuff functioned to distract from the basic brutality of our civilzation?
#RalphWilliams #Oresteia
https://youtu.be/97C60exFH6A?si=YztiQEz1VDvpnprv -
Thinking about the #AmericanExperiment and #WesternCivilization.
It's produced some wonders. (See below.)
And horrors and brutality beyond measure.
The #USA was meant to be progressing to a #MorePerfectUnion.The #Marketing of #Spectacle by the #CorporateMedia has something entirely different to a more perfect union being cemented today.
To what extent has the good stuff functioned to distract from the basic brutality of our civilzation?
#RalphWilliams #Oresteia
https://youtu.be/97C60exFH6A?si=YztiQEz1VDvpnprv -
Thinking about the #AmericanExperiment and #WesternCivilization.
It's produced some wonders. (See below.)
And horrors and brutality beyond measure.
The #USA was meant to be progressing to a #MorePerfectUnion.The #Marketing of #Spectacle by the #CorporateMedia has something entirely different to a more perfect union being cemented today.
To what extent has the good stuff functioned to distract from the basic brutality of our civilzation?
#RalphWilliams #Oresteia
https://youtu.be/97C60exFH6A?si=YztiQEz1VDvpnprv -
Thinking about the #AmericanExperiment and #WesternCivilization.
It's produced some wonders. (See below.)
And horrors and brutality beyond measure.
The #USA was meant to be progressing to a #MorePerfectUnion.The #Marketing of #Spectacle by the #CorporateMedia has something entirely different to a more perfect union being cemented today.
To what extent has the good stuff functioned to distract from the basic brutality of our civilzation?
#RalphWilliams #Oresteia
https://youtu.be/97C60exFH6A?si=YztiQEz1VDvpnprv -
Thinking about the #AmericanExperiment and #WesternCivilization.
It's produced some wonders. (See below.)
And horrors and brutality beyond measure.
The #USA was meant to be progressing to a #MorePerfectUnion.The #Marketing of #Spectacle by the #CorporateMedia has something entirely different to a more perfect union being cemented today.
To what extent has the good stuff functioned to distract from the basic brutality of our civilzation?
#RalphWilliams #Oresteia
https://youtu.be/97C60exFH6A?si=YztiQEz1VDvpnprv -
“Your grandkids will probably have to read it in school.” - Belle #oligarchy #americanexperiment #democracy #belleoftheranch #bidenfarewellspeech youtu.be/e7JPcG7gkc0?...
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Looking at the #Plutocracy the #US #AmericanExperiment has once again become, you might be right.
It"s always a combination of many different measures, some of which I just described in German only minutes ago.
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With Vice President #KamalaHarris as the likely #democratic #nominee our #politics will bring into sharp relief, indeed sharper relief than ever, a #choice between embracing #America as a multicultural #democracy or pursuing a #White #ChristianNationalist future. #harris is the living embodiment of the best of the #americanexperiment.
And former President #Trump can’t #stand it.
https://www.salon.com/2024/07/22/in-kamala-harris-again-confronts-his-worst-nightmare/
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@LexyCameron
Yeah.That the #AmericanExperiment has come to a possible majority of voters choosing to tie themselves to the "alternative life-raft" (a.k.a. the anchor) indicates that the experiment may be about to cease forever providing data about how #AMorePerfectUnion can be progressed towards.
Not seeing how #ASteadyHandAtTheWheel, maintaining the current course, is going to keep the nation off the rocks in these hurricane conditions.
Square the bow into the breaking swells and power up?
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@[email protected] @[email protected]
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...have recently begun to think that 👉given the concurrent slaver and colonial origins of the police force in the #US, it might become necessary to rebuild everything from the ground up👈. How? I wouldn't know.
Looking at the causes auf #BLM and the current police brutalities against students exercising their #1A on public grounds (sometimes private--different story,) 👉the #AmericanExperiment might be beyond repair, indeed.👈
In essence, as in the...
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...today is rigged, 👈..."
And you, know what, the #AmericanRight is right: absolutely everything of the #AmericanExperiment *has been rigged...but in their favor!*
As #MatthewCooke explains:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110165312256815112
So, by having tried to slowly "un-rig" the system through the #NewDeal (e.g. #Italians were originally not seen as #Whites) and such...
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I am considering volunteering to be a #PollWorker next year. Not only do I want to be more involved in the election process, but I also want to learn about our electoral system as a person “in the trenches,” so to speak. I am ardent in my belief in “the system,” and want to be a part of this #AmericanExperiment.
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A major flaw in the #AmericanExperiment, yes.
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"...The principle of #collegiality provided that each of the..."#magistrates of the same level (e.g., the two consuls) who held it should hold it to the same degree."And then there is another failed safeguard in the #AmericanExperiment, #TermLimits, not just for #POTUS.
#Democracy requires regularly changing incumbents, but not annually, as in #Rome:"#Imperium was officially conferred by the #Comitia #Curiata (a..."
https://www.newsweek.com/dianne-feinstein-proves-we-need-term-limits-congress-opinion-1802662
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I am not an avid proponent of the term #FeelGood, but I must admit #WillieGeist's #NBC show #SundayToday never fails to make me smile on a Sunday morning. It consistently showcases the best of the #AmericanExperiment week after week.
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@realTuckFrumper
@Teri_Kanefield#MTG seems to think that she has an exemplary marriage... 😉
I fail to understand why a member of #Congress does not get charged with #sedition, #SeditiousConspiracy, and/or #treason for this.
#Impeachment will not work in a #gerrymandered farce of a #House, of course.
Alarming failure of the #AmericanExperiment and the overbearing #1A.
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CW: Tiktok Politics
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the *Roe v. Wade* decision. Heather Cox Richardson's daily *Letters from an American* is an accessible, insightful contextualizing of todays politics in history. An educational antidote to the ceaseless onslaught on our rights, and humanity itself, in the *Present Moment.* Follow on substack. Expand the time horizon.
Here's her brief lookback at Roe.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the *Roe v. Wade* decision. Heather Cox Richardson's daily *Letters from an American* is an accessible, insightful contextualizing of todays politics in history. An educational antidote to the ceaseless onslaught on our rights, and humanity itself, in the *Present Moment.* Follow on substack. Expand the time horizon.
Here's her brief lookback at Roe.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the *Roe v. Wade* decision. Heather Cox Richardson's daily *Letters from an American* is an accessible, insightful contextualizing of todays politics in history. An educational antidote to the ceaseless onslaught on our rights, and humanity itself, in the *Present Moment.* Follow on substack. Expand the time horizon.
Here's her brief lookback at Roe.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the *Roe v. Wade* decision. Heather Cox Richardson's daily *Letters from an American* is an accessible, insightful contextualizing of todays politics in history. An educational antidote to the ceaseless onslaught on our rights, and humanity itself, in the *Present Moment.* Follow on substack. Expand the time horizon.
Here's her brief lookback at Roe.