Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 28, 2025

“'Think about the litany of mistakes.' Rachel Maddow says Trump is attempting an 'authoritarian overthrow' of the US government, but is too incompetent to pull it off."

~ Mike Sington quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #fascism #incompetence #ClownShowFascism
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/28/2319119/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-An-Unpopular-President-Is-a-Weak-President

Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: 'An Unpopular President Is a Weak President'

Taegan Goddard: An Unpopular President Is a Weak President The early reviews are in: Trump 2 is a box office disaster. The polls show President Trump’s approval is deeply underwater: New ...

Daily Kos
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 28, 2025

"There’s neofascism and crypto-fascism and ur-fascism and Islamofascism. But Donald Trump has given us something new: clown-show fascism.

Clown-show fascism describes a regime marked simultaneously by hubristic and defiant assaults on the democratic and constitutional order on the one hand and, on the other, a nearly laughable incompetence in just about every other area of the regime’s activity."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #fascism #incompetence #ClownShowFascism
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https://newrepublic.com/article/194463/100-days-trump-clown-show-fascism

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter.

The New Republic
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)Apr 28, 2025

“He doesn’t have policies so much as he has urges, which he must announce to the world on a constant basis in a desperate plea that we keep him front of mind at all times. Some of those urges are cruel; some of them are a joke. What unites them is that they make the story entirely about him.

That is not how it’s supposed to work in democracies. Which we still are, for now, as we reach this 100-day mark. Only 1,361 to go.” 😢😔

#Politics #USPolitics #ClownShowFascism

https://newrepublic.com/article/194463/100-days-trump-clown-show-fascism

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter.

The New Republic