Episode 298
Those who insist that lobbying and the midterms will stop Trump fascism are asking people to place their hopes in a future the regime is actively working to foreclose. They are not preparing people to stop fascism—they are preparing them to live with it. Sam and Mark break down why that’s true, what the regime is doing to consolidate power, and what actually aligns with the stakes of this moment.
Mentioned in this episode:
- The Heat Is Everywhere (Grace Blakely)
- Extreme Heat Takes Farming to the Brink (Counterpunch)
- Russell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify You (The Nation)
- The SAVE Act is dead. That’s not stopping Trump. (USA Today)
- Administration Demands States Change Voting Rules or Lose Antiterrorism Funds (The New York Times)
- ‘It’s threats, it’s intimidation’: Nevada secretary of state slams Trump DOJ letters targeting election officials over noncitizen voting (Democracy Docket)
- Trump DOJ to target Democratic strongholds for election monitoring: ‘The more eyes on elections’ the better (Democracy Docket)
- ‘Dangerous … reckless … desperate’: Trump’s firing of EAC leaders escalates his war on voting, election chiefs and lawmakers warn (Democracy Docket)
- Trump-appointed judge dismisses seditious conspiracy case against Proud Boys (The Guardian)
- What One Week of Trump News Says About Our New Normal (The Nation)
- Trump’s DHS Plans to Launch Its Own 24/7 Deportation Airline (The New Republic)
- The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting. (Truthout)
- How Local Cops Are Running With Trump’s NSPM-7 Attacks on Antifa (The Intercept)
- FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House – Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant (The Intercept)
- How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar (The New York Times)
- Refuse Fascism statement: America at 250: Ruled By An Illegitimate Fascist Regime On Track to Destroy the World
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown