1923: Hitler’s failed coup.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
1923: Hitler’s failed coup.
No real consequences.
No fundamental changes.
1933: Hitler takes power.
I wish I could implant this into everyone’s brain.
Hitler didn't have Republican billionaire donors funding his anti-democracy movement like Trump does.
https://jacobin.com/2023/04/leo-leonard-desantis-super-pac-funding
Hitler didn't have perverse misuses of philanthropic tax laws attacking democracy & voting
https://www.propublica.org/article/barre-seid-heartland-institute-hillsdale-college-gmu
Hitler didn't have both foreign hostile nations and #KochNetwork enabling Nazism
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus
The operative leading Ron DeSantis’s super PAC is closely associated with conservative activist Leonard Leo, the beneficiary of the largest dark money donation in US history. But Leo’s not putting all his eggs in one basket for the 2024 presidential election.
Jzikah does superb visuals of Republicans and their sedition
Far better impact than a link or a chart at identifying the billionaires attacking democracy.
Here's another favorite of Jzikah's superb work...
The aims of the Federalist Society were never about Constitutional protections or about law & order.
It was established to roll back the civil rights gains of the 20th century, especially those enabled by the Voting Rights Act.
1. Thwart the ratification of the ERA
2. Reduce or eliminate access to the ballot box for the poor, young, women, LGBTQ+, immigrants, & especially black & brown voters
3. Preserve the remnants of the Confederacy & reconstitute Jim Crow.
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