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In reply to the discussion: Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran [View all]pat_k
(13,668 posts)He is failing to crush the opposition to the level Hitler did. Resistance to Hitler, especially after 1933, meant immediate imprisonment, torture, or execution, with many fleeing.
State Attorneys General, ACLU, Indivisible, Defiance, SPLC, Common Cause, immigrants' rights organizations and countless others are growing, not backing down, and the opposition is winning in the courts enough to derail at least some of his authoritarian aspirations.
Yes, they've successfully co-opted the Executive branch, Congress and SCOTUS -- for now -- but lower courts are holding, our state-run, highly-distributed elections are more difficult to corrupt, and the blinders are off State Democratic Party Chairs -- they are putting in place more robust election protection mechanisms than ever. They need -- and are getting -- our financial and volunteer support. We have a lot more to do, especially in red states, but every dollar given now helps build critical infrastructure that all Democratic Candidates can leverage.