Trump betrays our Kurdish allies in Syria, will stand aside for massacre by Turkey

Donald Trump ordered U.S. troops away from the border between Syria and Turkey late Sunday, abandoning the Kurdish fighters who have been U.S. allies against ISIS, and agreeing to stand aside to their potential massacre by Turkish forces. Trump pulls troops from northern Syria as Turkey readies offensive: The United States began withdrawing American troops … Read more

Grassroots Community Rally Supporting Refugee Resettlement

“Is this the new “Great America”? It infringes on Tucson’s “Immigrant Friendly” status. It stops/reduces refugee resettlement in America. It blocks refugees from Syria. It bans visitors from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen. It it is a penstroke away from becoming an executive order. Come help organize a greater voice against unAmerican injustices … Read more

Congress wraps up appropriations, goes home for the holidays

Remember just a few short weeks ago when Tea-Publicans were apoplectic over highly edited videos from an anti-abortion group attempting to smear Planned Parenthood, and the GOP House Freedom Caucus vowed that they would shut down the government if Planned Parenthood was not immediately defunded?

monstersAnd remember these same Teabaggers threatening to shut down the federal government over Syrian war refugees being allowed to enter the country after the terrorist attack in Paris, because they were all pissing their pants in fear,  terrified of monsters under their bed?

Yeah, that never happened.  to Paraphrase from the Bard’s MacBeth:

A Teabagger is but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Always remember that everything Teabaggers do is about providing grist for the Mighty Wurlitzer of the right-wing noise machine of the conservative media entertainment complex, and to pick the pockets of the rubes foolish enough to believe what these grifters tell them. They only vote against a bill when they are assured that there are enough votes for passage, so they can safely proclaim how they voted against the bill (without any consequences). It is all just a con game.

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(Update) Donald Trump and American Fascism

I broached this topic last month Donald Trump and American Fascism after seeing an increasing number of articles suggesting that the demagoguery of Donald Trump borders on fascism.

Since then, there have been  far more articles, commentaries, television news reports, and editorial cartoons suggesting that Donald Trump is a fascist.

The New York Times conservative pundit “Pope” Ross Douthat has published two opinions just in the past week. Is Donald Trump a Fascist? “Yes, he leans that way.” Also, In Search of American Fascism.

The Philadelphia Daily News openly compared Trump to Hitler Daily News Cover Compares Trump to Hitler.

Cartoon_44Political cartoonists, even Steve Benson of the conservative Arizona Republic, are portraying Trump as Hitler, and his supporters as Brown Shirt stormtroopers (Sturm Abteilung – SA) .

The Washington Post‘s Dana Milbank today compared Trump to Mussolini. Donald Trump, America’s modern Mussolini.

The scary part? Trump is not bothered by comparisons to Hitler – POLITICO.

How has it come to this in this country? That the current front-runner contender for the Republican nomination for president is freely and openly accused by the media and his fellow American citizens of running  a fascist campaign? And he is “winning!” as Charlie Sheen would say.

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