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Show your true colors!
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 25 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 years ago
“Vote for the man you believe to be the legitimate President of the United States of America.”
One-word answers, only! BIDEN or TRUMP. Then you may add whatever verbiage you desire, but any reply that doesn't start with TRUMP or BIDEN will be deleted. In five days, I will publish a collation of the results...
Trump's Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 16 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
“Respect for election integrity is now a disqualifier for membership in the Republican Party.”
Before our eyes, the Republican Party is becoming more and more openly fascist. It openly attacks the right to vote. It openly discriminates on race and religion. Worst of all... it openly is trying to impose a false history on the nation. The Big Lie.
The Learned Helplessness of Republican Elites
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“"Can you believe what's happening to the House Republicans?" a big GOP donor texted me yesterday. "Actually," I texted back, "I can believe it....”
There really are conservatives who are attached to democratic ideals. There really are conservatives who are horrified by the rise of fascism in America. Their silence condemns them.
GOP Delenda Est
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 4 years ago
“The Republican party isn't interested in governing. It scorns science and denies facts. It can't be reformed. It can't be worked with. It must be...”
The GOP, today, is fascist. It is that simple. If the Republican party ever again wins power, America will become a one-party, patriarchal, plutocratic dictatorship. It is that simple.
Republicans Aren't Done Messing With Elections
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 years ago
“Not content with limiting voting rights, they are threatening the integrity of vote counting itself.”
The Republican Fascist Party now openly sabotages free and honest elections. If the Republican Fascist Party should ever win power again, it will never surrender it. The Republican Fascist Party must never again win national elections in America.
Beer Hall Putsch
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 12 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
“From November 8 to November 9, 1923, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich”
The Beer Hall putschists probably never had a chance. But they were in military gear, and ready to rumble if things went the way they wanted. On January Sixth, America's fascists assaulted the Capitol in a very similar putsch attempt, including the military gear. The Beer Hall Putsch made...
Heeding the Lessons of Weimar
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“Conservatives should accept their victories—not just stew over their losses”
America today is Weimar Germany, in the 1930s. Weimar had Hitler's failed and semi-ludicrous "beer-hall putsch". We had the failed coup attempt on January Sixth. Germans did not take seriously Hitler's clear declarations that he would eliminate democracy. Americans have not taken seriously...
Trump and the Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
“The Trump years revealed a dark truth: The Republican Party is no longer committed to democracy. These charts tell the story.”
America's last President was a fascist: - undoubtedly authoritarian, and - undoubtedly xenophobe (racist). Tens of millions of Americans - including quite a few here on Newstalkers - fervently support that fascist... to the point that in their eyes he can do no wrong. Either all these people...