A darkness has descended on America. We must seek the air and light of hope.

[UpInArms]

“Who will lead us?”

That’s the question that echoes as Donald Trump gathers ever more power to his oligarchic, neo-authoritarian rule. In less than a fortnight, Trump issued a raft of executive orders remarkable for their cruelty and unfettered by any allegiance to the rule of law.

The orders seek to end birthright citizenship, eliminate protections for transgender people and engage in the mass deportation of migrants. His nominees for important federal agencies are, nearly without exception, unqualified in all but their loyalty to Trump. He has created a quasi-governmental agency called the Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE, a pun on a cryptocurrency but also the honorific for the lifetime leader of a medieval Italian city-state — and appointed Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to run amok with it.

Musk, who spent $288 million to help elect Trump, has literally been given the keys to the U.S. Treasury. Musk or his associates have seized access to the federal payment systems, including those that process Medicare and Medicaid checks. Musk has also halted all work by USAID, which distributes foreign aid, and has called the agency a “criminal enterprise.”

Much more at:

https://kansasreflector.com/2025/02/09/a-darkness-has-descended-on-america-we-must-seek-the-air-and-light-of-hope/

[D. Spaulding]

1. This is going to be one of the biggest challenges the Left has faced in quite awhile.

One outcome I believe, is that the leaders that emerge after this battle, will be stronger and well placed to take the party forward.

[Skittles]

2. I think it is going to take a massive disaster to wake enough people up

there is no getting around the amount of damage these fascist fucks will cause