Don’t underestimate the millions that still fiercely believe the big lie of election fraud and that Jan 6 was not a deadly insurrection or coup attempt. Repairing the damage of Trump and Trumpism will take decades. We have to continue to advocate for democracy and decency and rule of law. We have to be ready for the long haul.
@StevenBeschloss Consequences would be a good start.

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It's unnerving that so many Americans are unaware of the danger democracy is facing. Listen to Marge folks. She wasn't kidding. She told us she will arm herself (and her minions will likely follow) if her favored candidate does not win.

@StevenBeschloss There will always be millions of morons that will believe whatever their told. How do you fight that with a better education system #Bluewave
@StevenBeschloss I met a denier by accident. She was scary. Looked completely normal suburban “mom.” Bat shit crazy when it came to discussing the domestic terrorists and Jan 6.
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Yes, decades to repair, and with no guarantee it will work. America, as envisioned in 1776, may be permanently broken. Now would be an excellent time to start over.

@StevenBeschloss damage from the #OrangePlague will indeed take decades, if not a generation, to repair

Thanks Putin, GqP & the evil rich Americans that backed him

@StevenBeschloss Hoping the young people of America will do it.
@StevenBeschloss Efforts to expose political influence campaigns by state actors are equally important see
https://graphika.com/reports/bad-reputation
Bad Reputation

Suspected Russian actors have leveraged alternative social media platforms to target right-wing U.S. audiences with divisive political narratives to a greater extent than previously known. This report describes ongoing activity by a set of 35 newly-discovered and previously-attributed inauthentic accounts on Gab, Gettr, Parler, and Truth Social, building on previous foreign influence operations (IO) likely conducted by the same actors since at least 2020.

Graphika
A Year Later, We Know Exactly Who the Capitol Rioters Were. The Answer Is Not Comforting.

The leading researcher on the riot explains what he's found—and what's coming in 2022.

Slate

@StevenBeschloss it would help if the DOJ had a sense of urgency.

We have current and former elected officials who have escaped any form of accountability.

Without accountability, they have become emboldened, and far more dangerous.

@StevenBeschloss I just don't understand how we will be able to move past the anti-democracy era without truth. Our media, politicians seem to be knowingly lying to an uninformed public without consequence. How does the country at least get back to debating policy based on facts? Sadly, I think we haven't hit rock bottom yet.

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How about the damage that Biden has already done to our country and will do if he is allowed to stay in office! Impeach him now! Call for a new Presidential election now; we can’t have Kamelhump Harris taking over his spot!

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Indeed. The same applies in the UK following the shambles of Brexit and the far right faction of the Tory Party
@StevenBeschloss Peru is doing a much better job than the US in handling a coup. The accountability process here is taking way too long. It will take longer than decades at this rate and some things will become totally unfixable
@StevenBeschloss it will take decades. Look at Germany. They still have ppl who think Hitler was on the right track. Disgusting
@StevenBeschloss This will always be a ghost haunting our democracy until those who planned, incited, and covered up the coup attempt on 1/6/21 are brought to justice. Trump, Meadows, &Giuliani are easy no brainers for indictment.
We either eradicate the pests, or they will multiply.
@StevenBeschloss We have to hold media accountable for how they present information. Truth & Lies are not ‘equally valid points of view’, for instance. Creating conflict in absurdity may draw attention, but it informs no one. We have WWE for that crap. The Gates of Information are controlled by those whose interests are served by a complicit fascist party and their benefactors. We need to hold media accountable.
@StevenBeschloss I couldn’t agree more but the recovery cannot begin until we begin a concerted #UNITED effort! #WeAreTheGuardrails
@StevenBeschloss Not that i like Trump but what Twitter files reveals is that election was manipulated.