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.

@Strandjunker

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

To Understand the Upcoming Republican Primary, Follow the Dark Money

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.

@Npars01 @Strandjunker
NO, SERIOUSLY.
Follow the dark money.
(art by @jzikah)

@clintruin @Strandjunker

Jzikah does superb visuals of Republicans and their sedition

Far better impact than a link or a chart at identifying the billionaires attacking democracy.

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/12/trumps-billionaire-enablers-63-billionaires-worth-243-billion-who-bankrolled

Trump’s Billionaire Enablers: The 63 Billionaires Worth $243 Billion Who Bankrolled Trumps Re-Election Bid

While much has been made of the shock and dismay at last week's insurrection by America's corporate leaders,

Common Dreams
@Npars01 @Strandjunker
Ah, but the chart is useful.
🤔 😎

@clintruin @Strandjunker

Here's another favorite of Jzikah's superb work...

The Federalist Society Isn’t Quite Sure About Democracy Anymore

After recent Supreme Court wins, the society’s youth arm debates the next stage for the conservative legal movement.

POLITICO

@clintruin @Strandjunker

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.

1/2

2/2
4. Keep the Electoral College. Gerrymandering. Voter suppression. Unrepresentative Senate
5. Tax evasion
6. Unfettered pollution & privatization of the commons (air, water, public lands)
7. Fostering unfettered gun violence & political subversion through threats of violence
8. Thwarting the expansion of civil rights like LGBTQ+ marriage, privacy, worker's rights, consumer protections
9. Convert the armed services into a mercenary agency at the beck & call of corporate interests