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Silkester<p>340 Mio people in the US<br>245 Mio eligible to Vote<br>155 Mio people voted in 2024<br>_77 Mio voted for Trump</p><p>Of these 77 Mio people many have serious buyers remorse, Some polls claim 60% were ok Trump policies pre Trump tariffs.</p><p>46 Mio MAGA people <br>My guess is this number is down to somewhere 20-30 Mio hard core MAGA.</p><p>Trump support is somewhere between 6 and 16% of the US population.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpG2KHyknM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=fGpG2KHyknM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VotingMath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electoralCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electoralCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 1: In Bid to Help White Landowners, Trump Cuts Off Aid to South Africa, Putting Millions of Lives at Risk<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtrg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rrb_wFJYtr</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/trump_south_africa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/10/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp_south_africa</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 2: “The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=QAHSgVk84B</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elon_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/10/elo</span><span class="invisible">n_musk_doge_south_africa_apartheid</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>From African to American Apartheid<br>Part 3: Elon Musk’s Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid &amp; Neo-Nazi Movements<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdHA&amp;t=49s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IKzMdH</span><span class="invisible">A&amp;t=49s</span></a><br>Transcript - <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elon_musk_south_africa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/27/elo</span><span class="invisible">n_musk_south_africa</span></a></p>
Lynne Jackier<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-12-2025?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=lvmc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/january-12-2025?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=lvmc</span></a></p><p>"In the United States today, a political minority has used the mechanics of government to take power and is now using that power to impose its will on the majority. The pattern is exactly that of the elite southern enslavers who in the 1850s first took over the Democratic Party and then, through it, captured the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the White House and tried to take over the country."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HeatherCoxRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatherCoxRichardson</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AntiDemocracyGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiDemocracyGOP</span></a></p>
Brad Rosenheim<p>Just finished explaining to my daughter that she will no longer have health care as good as her brother's healthcare.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ForcedBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedBirth</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Amendment4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amendment4</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Disaffected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disaffected</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voters</span></a> May Want to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Consider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consider</span></a> What <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decades</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> Could Bring. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> will not last forever, but if he <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wins</span></a> election to a second term, his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farright</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a>’s system of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rule</span></a> could be here for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decades</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>damage</span></a> they would inflict on the people of this nation—and the world—is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/horrifying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horrifying</span></a> to contemplate. </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-gop-majority" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/opinion/trump</span><span class="invisible">-gop-majority</span></a></p>
nanowiz<p>they know if they don't win this election, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> will never get elected again.<br>Citizen led efforts to end <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/VoterSupression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterSupression</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/electioninterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electioninterference</span></a>, <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a> and the <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/electoralcollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electoralcollege</span></a>! we're coming after all of the efforts to continue <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/minorityrule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minorityrule</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/harriswalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harriswalz2024</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/EndGerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/endcitizensunited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endcitizensunited</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Conservative lawmakers and activists have opened up a Pandora’s box of dirty tricks in every state where abortion is on or heading towards the ballot. …</p><p>When tricking voters doesn’t work, anti-abortion activists are turning to intimidation."</p><p>~ Jessica Valenti</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-will-of-the-people-except-on" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jessica.substack.com/p/the-wil</span><span class="invisible">l-of-the-people-except-on</span></a></p>
kay@foodnpolitics<p>Republicans invest a lot of money and time in smoke and mirrors to distract Americans from the fact that they’ve only grabbed power through <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> the last 30 years. </p><p>Democrats can counter it by being bold: shine a light on it and talk about it. Don’t shy away from it. Don’t give into fear tactics. Don’t feed the doom machine.</p><p>We’re stronger standing together because quite simply there are more of us than them. When we all do our part, we win. </p><p>It’s a mind game at heart.</p>
Linking Dot<p>“These were overwhelmingly peaceful protests, and we get an extraordinary wave of police repression and the arrest of 3600 peaceful protesters,” Levitsky said. “And I think what terrified me the most was there was a consensus … in the mainstream establishment that this was OK.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DemocracyDiesInDarkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyDiesInDarkness</span></a> <br><a href="https://vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermont-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vtdigger.org/2024/06/05/vermon</span><span class="invisible">t-conversation-harvard-professor-steven-levitsky-on-how-the-tyranny-of-the-minority-threatens-democracy/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ArenaCops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ArenaCops</span></a></span> the entire logic behind <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"That’s right: You could get blown out 96%-4% and become governor, attorney general, or any of the other statewide offices. The candidates who did this would inevitably be Republicans, because they’d be the ones winning all those small rural counties. Which of course is the point.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Paul Waldman asks,</p><p>"How'd you like to win an election with just 4% of the vote?"</p><p>"Under the GOP proposal [in Texas], a candidate could win a statewide race with just 4 percent of the vote."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-texas-gops-bonkers-attack-on</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Our political system has been rigged by corporate lobbyists, lawmakers, and judges to hold public office hostage to big money—intentionally excluding the working-class majority from its rightful place at America’s policy table."</p><p>~ Jim Hightower</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/EconomicElites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicElites</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinoritarianRule</span></a> <br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/government-for-wealthy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/government-for-we</span><span class="invisible">althy/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"When it was acceptable to pump pollution into the atmosphere. When striking workers were beaten by thugs hired by those in power."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinoritarianRule</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"It serves people who want to keep living in what used to be the American mainstream. Our demographics are changing rapidly, but there was a time not that long ago when the vast majority of American society was white and Christian. There was a time when being LGBTQ+ was considered by a majority to be morally reprehensible. When it was okay to deny Black people the right to vote, or even freedom."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinoritarianRule</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"What are we to make of the fact that Trump can be re-elected, that the Supreme Court is full of reactionary fanatics, and Congress isn't acting on the will of the American people? For starters, we have a political system that acts like a dam, blocking the 'main stream' of where this country is today. …</p><p>But this system is also a product of our past."</p><p>~ Elliot Kirschner</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinoritarianRule</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/wheres-the-mainstream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elliotkirschner.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/wheres-the-mainstream</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>6. Trump accepted endorsements of alleged gang members, rappers Michael Williams (Sheff G) and Tegan Chambers (Sleepy Hallow), both indicted in 2023 with 30 others on 140 counts, including murder, attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms, and at least a dozen shootings.</p><p>7. Trump’s people claimed that 25,000 people attended his New York rally, which issued only 3,400 tickets, with aerial shots suggesting 800–1,500 people attended.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br>/5</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>4. "A filing unsealed in the case of Trump’s retention of classified documents showed that a federal judge, Beryl Howell, believed investigators had 'strong evidence' that Trump 'intended' to hide those documents from the federal government."</p><p>5. Trump made a social media post stating that journalist Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia, will be freed by Putin if Trump is elected — suggesting Trump and Putin communicate.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteEvangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteEvangelicals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MinorityRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityRule</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br>/4</p>