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Is America heading to a place where it can no longer call itself a democracy?
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 32 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“Voting rights are threatened across the US and Trump allies are vying to control elections in multiple states. Can US democracy survive the...”
America is falling. The Fascists are working - openly, blatantly - to prevent voting. The media proceeds as though nothing were happening......
American Democracy Isn't Dead Yet, but It's Getting There | The New Yorker
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 11 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“A country that cannot even agree to investigate an assault on its Capitol is in big trouble, indeed”
I fear for our democracy. The Fascists are attacking from all sides Vote suppression. Gerrymandering. And now covering up sedition. America is falling.
Why Democrats must pass major democratic reforms
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 7 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“A political scientist on whether Democrats are sleepwalking toward democratic collapse”
The fascists are determined to subvert the republic. Are others aware? Will the Thin Blue Line defend the republic... or destroy it?
For Trump, Hamas and Bibi, It Is Always Jan. 6
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 5 Comments • 5 years ago
“Netanyahu and Hamas both have a similar understanding of what it takes to remain in power”
Fascism is "authoritarianism & xenophobia". Hamas is fascist. Netanyahu is fascist. A plague on both their houses.
In Liz Cheney vs. Donald Trump, Guess Who Won
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 19 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“The Republican Party is not done degrading itself.”
I do not like Liz Cheney's policy choices. She has always voted the strict party line. Tax-breaks for the rich, and all that crap. But also... she voted for democracy... and that is a good thing.
Liz Cheney Wants to Save Democracy From Trump's Next Coup
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 19 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago
“Republican Liz Cheney has written an op-ed forcefully denouncing Donald Trump's assault on American democracy. Republicans are angry and plan to...”
Trump is leading the Republican Party into fascism. The Republican Party is happily following. Germany's great capitalist corporations thrived under Hitler's rule.
NOT showing their true colors...THE POLL RESULTS
By: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 106 Comments • 5 Likes • 5 years ago
“Not a single one of NewsTalkers' Usual Suspects has the courage to say 'Trump is the legitimate President' ”
Fourteen members voted in the first two days... and no one has voted since. All fourteen said Biden is the legitimate President, with two adding that they wished he were not. NO ONE said Trump is the legitimate President. The two who regretted Biden are the only two conservatives to give...