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Even by 2020 standards, today is an especially troubling day. I know we are tired and overwhelmed, but friends, the situation in this country is dire. The mask of American fascism is coming off.
The state has once again sanctioned the unjustifiable execution of a black woman. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1308823189389271042
The Administration is using an executive order to ban--and effectively defund through grants--antiracist, feminist, and other justice oriented training programs. https://twitter.com/austinchanning/status/1308889476199075846
White militias are marching in American cities. https://twitter.com/ChadKMills/status/1308831863977504772
At the same time the President open refuses to commit to a peaceful transition of power--the bedrock of democracy and stability in the United States. https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1308897909602164736
All while planning to "appoint loyal electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority..." to "bypass election results..." https://twitter.com/YAppelbaum/status/1308721379211120640
My conservative, independent, and libertarian friends and followers: I implore you to listen and pay attention. Our state today is not of two "equally bad" parties. The US GOP is demonstrating their enthusiastic participation in a move to authoritarian rule by minority.
If you do not join in the effort to prevent this--today and right now--you will find yourself under the same gilded thumb as the rest of us as the US becomes a failed state at a time its resources are most needed to support a sustainable and just world.
