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I think we're at a moment of critical shift in the mood of the country. People do *not* like what's going on *at all*. The only people I am hearing now supporting Donnie are the super-hardcore bigots/idiots. *everyone* I interact with, even at work (finance industry), is horrified, even people who I know are (or at least, used to be) republicans.

The moment is ripe, for the Democratic Party, for grassroots activists, and even for any rich people looking to profit off this by launching a lefty media outlet. Capture an unabashedly anti-Donnie, anti-musk, anti-dictatorship, anti-destruction of our government and our economy and our freedoms and our well-being, and you can ride that wave to great political or economic heights. And maybe, just maybe, save our country while you're at it.

There are a few truths we must shout fiercely with logic, passion, and receipts.

1. Donnie and his gang are criminals. Aside from the fact he's a convicted felon, determined by a judge to be a rapist, a repeat defamer, and found in contempt numerous times, in just the last few weeks he's violated countless laws and court orders. He has clearly demonstrated utter contempt for the rule of law and will violate ever more laws he thinks he can get away with, and at the moment, he thinks he can get away with quite a lot of that.

2. We are in a dictatorship. Stop calling him a wannabe dictator or wondering "if". We're there. He's doing whatever he wants. He's not merely breaking norms, he's outright ignoring Congress, the judiciary, and the constitution. He has all the hallmarks of a dictatorship. The *only* thing that *may* be in doubt is whether he can keep us in a dictatorship beyond his 4 years.

3. Donnie is deeply and wildly unpopular. Nine years ago, we were bombarded with the message that we needed to hear more from "real America", the ordinary people who now know as magats, as if stupid bigots never had a voice in America. Well, America is fed up with magats and we need to hear more from the vast majority of us who don't like being offended on a daily basis.

4. Bigotry is anti-American. We need to unite to counter their unity. Racists, sexists, anti-trans people, etc. united to form maga; we need to do the same to protect *all* Americans. Any time any minority group or women are attacked, we must criticize the attacks as being un-american. Don't counter the narrow attack of the day against trans people, e.g., point out that they are attacking Americans, they are attacking freedom, they are attacking *all* people who don't score perfect in their stupid privilege game, 85% of Americans can't say they are white *and* cis *and* straight *and* Christian *and* male *and* natural-born citizens, and 99.9% or Americans aren't billionaires. We need to reframe attacks on any of us as attacks on *all* of us because you know once they have made life impossible for trans people, they will move on to the next minority and so on. In truth, they're operating in parallel. But it's divide and conquer. We have to call them out on this strategy, unite, and fight back, together.

5. America didn't want this. It's not longer a matter of whether or not they cheated in the election. Maybe everything they did was legal. But through voter suppression and crazy money from musk and so on, the results of the election do not capture the will of the people. And now that we see just how much contempt they have for laws, we can look back on the election with better hindsight. It should be obvious now, if not at the time, that if they could figure out a way to cheat, they would have done so. I have no hard evidence, but the suspicion grows knowing that they certainly would have if they knew how.

6. We need to focus on reality, not the daily onslaught of propaganda. Donnie will cut out any media outlet that tells the truth, and that's fine. "Access" may have been important when a responsible administration gave real news during press conferences and select interviews. But "access" is worthless when it's all state propaganda. In a dictatorship, "access" merely means you're corrupt enough to work cooperatively with the dictator. Tell the truth and don't worry about now-worthless "access".

7. The administration is thoroughly corrupt. Virtually all his appointments reek of patronage. Most of his cabinet are unqualified billionaires who surely bought the position through outsized campaign contributions. And musk got the biggest prize of all, able to wield more power that rivals most presidents, just for being the biggest donor of all ... or maybe he did help Donnie cheat during the election. That would certainly explain a lot....


One thing is for sure, we need messages like these out, now and in volume, and to persist as long as magats are a viable force. If we don't, within 6 months, we will be at a point where we can't get anything approximating a real democracy back.

Remember, they break laws and don't believe in democracy. If we let them, they will steal 2026 and 2028 and cement us in a dictatorship for decades.