I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
It's an insidious power that has been hiding in the shadows for some time...and when the stakes were at their highest in this election, it fully revealed itself.
The American Oligarchy.
They control our Supreme Court, much of Congress, and the flow of information to the masses via legacy, mainstream and social media.
They decide the national conversation, how to keep us at each other's throats while they continue to amass wealth and power completely unchecked.
They put their thumbs on the scale of justice and poured billions into this election. They chose Trump because he was desperate and would capitulate to their demands. They chose a running mate to replace him in case he became too unhinged to control.
Consider how many disqualifying facts about Trump never saw the light of day...or didn't get the attention they deserved...or got drowned out by propaganda. They took a mentally spent buffoon and presented him as a hero to the masses.
Despite Biden successfully steering us out of a global recession and strengthening our economy, they maintained the national tone about the price of groceries being too high. Despite Trump's obvious mental decline, their media outlets remained reticent to press the issue.
We struggle to unite as a nation because they're too good at keeping us divided. We are drowning in disinformation because they control all of it.
They have successfully created imaginary villains for us to fight...each other.
It seems like we are a democracy careening towards fascism, when the reality is they're using the specter of fascism to keep us on edge while they turn America into a compliant oligarchy.
Whether you are a democrat, republican, independent or MAGA, we have a common foe.
Some of us just don't know it yet.
BREAKING NEWS:
Legendary actor Harrison Ford has OFFICIALLY endorsed Kamala Harris in an awesome video:
“I’ve been voting for 64 years.
Never really wanted to talk about it very much but when dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms saying “for God sake don't do this again” — you have to pay attention.
The truth is this Kamala Harris will protect your right to disagree with her about policies or ideas and then as we have done for centuries.”
Drop a 💙 if you agree and appreciate Harrison Ford for speaking out!!
Dear MAGA friends:
After you pay for Donald Trump's
hush-money defense lawyers
& his rape & defamation defense lawyers
& his criminal fraud defense lawyers
& his election interference RICO case defense lawyers
& his illegal classified document retention lawyers
& his federal conspiracy charges to illegally remain in power lawyers...
...He's gonna need you to save his Trump Media stock, too.
Jeremy Sherman PhD/MPP speaks to Trumpists in their own "language," and explains why they're doomed.
Please give his original video a view and a like here:
https://t.co/kpeakVqGWB
Michael Wolff, the explosive chronicler of Donald Trump’s four years in the White House, has released what he says is a recording of Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, discussing Trump’s then White House team in detail.
https://t.co/Uvt8g75KQY
Wow! In a brilliant find, the Lincoln Project has unearthed footage of Donald Trump using slurs against Kamala supporters:
“They’re scum and they want to take down our country. They are absolute garbage.”
- Donald Trump, 9/7/24
Democracy requires responsibility. It is the President's responsibility to serve the people. It is the people's responsibility to elect leaders who will defend the constitution, and not seize power. Voting for Kamala Harris is our responsibility to America.
BREAKING: For the first time ever, President Obama reveals that he handed over a detailed playbook on how to deal with pandemics, and Trump ignored it.
"400,000 people would've been alive if Donald Trump had just paid attention and tried to follow the plan that we gave him."
BREAKING: Kamala Harris SLAMS FOX News for trying to sane-wash Donald Trump’s comments attacking fellow Americans as “the enemy within.” Retweet so all Americans watch this passionate defense of our democracy and the rule of law.
NEWS: The Kamala Harris campaign has already turned Donald Trump's negative comment about Detroit into an ad.
It will air during the Tigers playoff game and Lions game this weekend: https://t.co/lI3Ua0lYBe
For anyone out there who thinks your vote doesn't matter, let Jeanie be an example to all of us of the power of your vote. Don't take your vote, or your voice, for granted. Happy 104th birthday, Jeanie! https://t.co/t887H7j2Rw
BREAKING: Republican Governor Ron DeSantis just demolished Donald Trump’s claim that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris aren’t delivering. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this
The arrest of Brian Comer for illegally hunting geese resulted in an indictment noting that the defendant admitted to the crime. I've redacted personal information from the filing.