It’s getting on up there in years; some may not know the name

In Texas: bold of you to assume Texas is a democracy and not in violation of United Nations guidelines. Feel free to send observers

And by take to the streets I mean something like this, this or this.

Yes, that is exactly what has to happen. But it cannot happen yet, the underpinnings is not there yet, and may not be there later either.

but America is currently smackdab in the middle of a fascist takeover

I don’t think it is in the middle of a fascist takeover. My observation is that the USA has been and still is controlled by oligarch families (there are many such people, not just those visible in the news). But, among all the powerful families there is something of a tug of war, I think there has been a minor realignment of some? The current situation does allow for nasty things to happen that looks like something new, but Trump, the GOP, the democrats are definitely under the thumb of the oligarchs. This is all very well orchestrated, and has been part of a build up for over a generation.

This is not the usual regression-stagnation cycle of US politics.

I think it is, I have seen these patterns grow like a wave cycle slowly amplifying its height for the last 30 years. I see the same patterns here, just with more drastic results, must like a stormy ocean going over a wave wall, but understanding the weather, and seeing the storm come in. And I think Trump will do what he is told to do, if not, then he dies. The only uncertainty is how much slack he has to act on his own, and if the currently active oligarchs (most are staying out of this mess) are too overconfident.

Well, if one pays attention to exit polls, which is done by asking people outside voting places how they voted, one sees a lot of ballot stuffing in most of the states. Exit polling and the evils of computerized voting, run by the oligarchs themselves, is just not a popular thing to discuss in USA politics. Its not even a thing to discuss today. But it still exists.

So, there is not a political solution here. How can there be when most are reluctant to address one of the root issues and problems in USA politics? What will happen is that the democrats will be allowed, again, to make majorities of both congressional chambers, and there may or may not be even a democratic president right after Trump. However, not enough damage will be rolled back, the wealth disparity will grow even more outrageous, and yet again there will be GOP majorities and presidents doing horrible stuff. Repeat this though the years and things will be horrible.

What most likely will happen is that whatever protest movement exists before the democratic wins, will evaporate after the 2026 wins. The only hope for real change is that these protests are filled with people who understand what is happening, and who can clearly communicate how what and why. This is not certain to happen. Its a long shot. There are many social forces against it.

I am cautiously optimistic because I have no clue what is going on, or what can happen. So, I dare think the normal things that can stop the usually inevitable decline of true reform are currently off the table. But its a race against time between now and November 2026. And honestly, and sadly, the Trump government will have to really overreact to the protests to change the current dynamic.

Just being honest here

Yes, the mainstream press is equivalent to a government owned press.

Perhaps in a literal fashion too since all of these are owned by oligarchs who own the government. They have the same masters, he and the press.

They are vital, and not the end product.

Also, this is a nation that is challenged for grassroots and protests.

Some alchemy needs to happen to get different sorts of people involved. Right now, the people doing this are those who still mostly believe that the system can work. I would be surprised if it were more than a handful of real socialists, anarchists, communists and other representatives of the left.

The next important milestone here will be to get people doing stuff who are pretty much convinced the system cannot be changed via normal American protests. And, I am hopeful, but not sure this can happen. Some major stuff has to happen between now and then. And I am not sure of what can or will happen. We have not seen that group out and about since the 1970s

This is a start, crawling before walking and all that.

I am not at all sure nationally there will ever be more than a small minority of people. Need 1% of active participants from the population and the ‘game’ changes to the next phase. This is a multiple years effort

Can people in the mainstream press stop humanizing this crazy who is doing the historically bad thing for evil reasons and also theft?

My point was that the current leaders can only do nothing. I’m in Texas, so there.

Truly a victory for bipartisanship

Usually the Israeli intelligence services try to blackmail legislators too; if they can, investing millions of dollars in research into each person.

Quite often the ones waving the Israeli flags are doing that for multiple reasons

I think there are fines and consequences if he does not pay. I doubt he will pay?

My takeaway is to act now or hold your peace.

But this is not accurate because we are not like early 1930’s Germany. There, the fascists supplanted an actual democracy and people really protested and fought on the streets. There was a need by the fascist to brutally suppress or be out of power.

America today is not transitioning from a democracy to a fascist state; but is an oligarchy undergoing a minor political realignment of its most powerful families. There is no real protest to suppress. There is no street fighting. There is still mostly freedom of speech. There are no leaders of action to rally around.

The best most of us can do is try to help block unjust arrests and provide shelter and hiding to immigrants. Most of us will not be able to act at all

My understanding is that this is not terrible, only bad then? In top ten new movies this year?

Yes, run to other countries

Shout out to the employee who interrupted to accuse Microsoft of war crimes!

And 5 million today is only half a million in purchasing power two generations ago. And even less three generations ago.

So basically we are talking about middle class as it used to be defined. Problem in the USA is, very few people now have this money; so quite rightly it seems out of reach for many

Many Americans who publicly discuss politics online will not discuss exit poll results.

If the USA states were individual countries most would flunk the United Nations guidelines. Yet, other than discussing some of the more minor violations, most will ignore the topic.

It’s a giant echo chamber shared across the political spectrum in the states, and it definitely drives out many voices who would otherwise talk about it. There is no champion to rally around for electoral reform. So the politicians in states that have proper ballot counting will not criticize the states that flunk the guidelines.

What I am taking about took decades to get to this way, and will take decades to undo perhaps

It would be great if more nationalists and the patriots actually put in effort to change the USA in their neighborhoods, they don’t have to be leftists.

Until then such people are obstacles, even if they get outraged over stuff like in OP news article

No politician in California is going to criticize the lack proper vote counting techniques in the USA states that caused this harm. This is because Californian leadership is in thrall to the oligarchs.

Also the man saying this is not the type of person to get out of the safe zone.

I’m not quite sure why people are thinking anything significant can or will happen. The United States cannot change at all