We survived the civil war, a failed reconstruction, WWI, 1929, WWII, McCarthyism, Korean War, Civil Rights fight, Vietnam, and much more. We will survive Trump. Guess what? We are winning.
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History does not bend toward justice on its own; people bend it. This nation endured a brutal Civil War, stumbled through a sabotaged Reconstruction, weathered the Great Depression, defeated fascism abroad, confronted McCarthyite paranoia at home, and fought through the moral reckonings of Civil Rights and Vietnam. Each era felt existential. Each moment convinced many that democracy stood on its last breath. And yet, time and again, ordinary people organized, resisted, voted, marched, litigated, unionized, educated, and rebuilt. The lesson is not naïve optimism. It is hard-earned clarity: authoritarian waves crest loudly but break against sustained civic action. We have survived worse. We are surviving now. And despite the noise, despite the chaos, despite the cruelty designed to exhaust us, we are winning—because the arc moves when people move it.
ICE’s two-month siege of Minneapolis is over. They killed two heroes, shot up many innocent Americans and immigrants, temporarily destroyed several local economies, and showed the worst side of MAGA sanctioned humanity, led by Trump, Stephen Miller and their puppets. But their guns, unmitigated violence, and inhumanity could not match the peaceful but resilient and persistent bravery of the thousands of people of Minneapolis as together they run those thugs out of town. Trump and his goons used LA, Chicago, and Portland as training ground, escalating progressively. Each time the people learned the techniques to resist peacefully, preventing what Stephen Miller wanted most, the declaration of martial law. Minneapolis is the template, peaceful but high-volume resistance, as grassroots organizations provide support for those in the background most aggrieved by inhumanity.
But it is not over. Those who put their bodies on the line are most important. Communication, organization, and logistics as well are necessary. The Trump regime trying to attack them all. But we resist.
This week I wrote two important pieces, IMHO, one relatively short and the other relatively long. One on our contribution to the NAZI’s and the other that links billionaires, ICE, people warehousing, and AI.
All our major networks and institutions are acquiescing to Trump. For them it is business over democracy. ABC paid him off for a statement Stephanopoulos made. CBS replaced their evening noon host with a more malleable one. They are also censoring from 60 minutes to other programs as Barry Weiss infers to their seasoned produces and journalists they can leave if they don’t like it. Gallop, “for business reasons,” will no longer continue their presidential approval rating tracking poll. Bezos laid off 30% of the Washington Post and forces the editorial pages to write just uplifting stories on capitalism, etc. The goal? Keep us uninformed and indoctrinated.
But guess what? That is not who we are. We slip up at times. We get lazy at times. We are human. But Taylor Rehmet’s win in Fort Worth, Chastity Verret Martinez’s win in a Trump district in Louisiana, and many other similar wins throughout the country makes it clear that we are winning.
But here is the thing. A cornered rabid dog is at its most dangerous. So, things are likely to get worse before they get better. We are looking at a decades long recovery these thugs destroyed in less than a year. We must first stay strong like Minnesota and win. We must forgive the gullible as we will need them. But it is imperative that we prosecute to the full extent of the law those that have been treasonous to all that this country has been becoming.
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