QOTD -- Cold Civil War

 

"Trump, his administration, and all his supporters in the government, the courts, and the public at large, are the enemy. We are now in a cold civil war, and the sooner people recognize that, from the administration of the nation’s most prestigious university, to the line cook in a restaurant who wonders why his co-workers keep disappearing, the better." --  LGM's Paul Campos, citing yesterday's action by the Malignant Fascist's regime to halt Harvard University's right to enroll international students (roughly 27% of the student body) in its quest to bully the University to comply with the regime's racist efforts to erase diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in American organizations and companies (i.e.,  "policies that promote a fair and inclusive environment, particularly for those who have historically been marginalized or discriminated against. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing the unique contributions of all individuals while also addressing systemic barriers that prevent equal opportunities."  Imagine being against those core American values!).  He also notes the disappearing of people without due process to other countries, often to prisons.

The bill of particulars against this fascist regime goes much further, of course:

-- laying waste to the federal government, particularly health and welfare, watchdog, and regulatory agencies; 

-- rampant, overt bribery and corruption;

-- threatening protected free speech with prosecution;

-- threatening private companies with tariffs if they don't comply with his demands;

-- taking a broad range of illegal actions via Executive Order;

-- abandoning alliances with democratic nations and aligning with fascistic, autocratic regimes;

-- pursing efforts to limit voting in future elections, and undercutting free election monitoring, and much more.

Lawfare has some of the ways the MF's regime is undermining the Constitution via abusive invocations of non- germane statutes;  the Human Rights Watch supplements that with "100 Human Rights Harms in 100 Days" if you need further persuasion.

We hate to start the day and the Memorial Day weekend with this dire wake up call, but we think the people who defended the freedoms that are now under assault by today's fascists in America would expect it of us.  That's why we need fighters, not huggers.