Mussolini ruled for 21 years. He tried to get away, and was arrested with his lover, and he and his mistress were shot, and hung upside down in the town square.
Hitler ruled for 12 years and married his lover and then took a pills to end their lives. Worst honeymoon ever.
Franco ruled for 36 years. Franco's family had a cushy existence after he died in office. It's only recently his body was exhumed from the graves of honor.
Castro ruled Cuba for 49 years and his brother was still in control, so they had a big funeral. You might say that the regime has worn off slowly and they still have a unitary communist state.
I felt the straw that broke camel's back with Kimmel's removal. Call it tyranny, authoritarianism, fascism, nazism, or whatever, but silencing critics is a major step. He's packed the supreme court and they're enabling him, and the legislature doesn't seem to keep him in check, and the press seems to have been cowed by him long ago, New York Times could be said to have supported his second rise.
I fear the midterm elections, and how he's going to subvert those.
Seeing him entertained by Prince Charles is weird photo ops because he's not a king as Justice Sotomayor has pointed out.
Law schools will teach this period of law as what not to do, and how to notice the signs of supporting fascism.
Meanwhile the pedophile in chief has record low approval rating by the American people. I take now joy in the leopard ate my face moment of farmers, and hispanics, and on and on. Will the farmers turn to different crops and create another dust bowl? Do we have to live out and repeat the last century?
The current regime has blown by natural barriers, and it turns out democracy rots from the head.
Every accusation is an admission. The Orange Mussolini criticized Biden for being too old, and indeed out of office he got cancer, and it was a good thing he passed the baton to a younger person. This cult of personality isn't a movement and he can't pass it on to the charismaless Vance. Kush Patel passing his loyalty test by saying there is no Epstein evidence. So bizarre he imagines that lie is close to believing.
I need to touch grass, and live in the moment, and not think so much about how we're living through what Hogan's Heroes and other TV shows I watched growing up, warned us against.
That he survived the "grab them by the pussy" moment is something I will never understand.
The mia culpa moment of Mitch McConnell isn't enough. We're heading into turbulent times. The economy is tanking.
Everything is impermanent. Leaves are turning color and falling off trees. Mussolini and Hitler didn't last.
Links:
Video on Reddit of Kimmel
From HCR
Kimmel said: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the White House flew the flags at half staff which got some criticism but on a human level you can see how hard the president is taking this.”
Kimmel then played a clip of Trump’s response to a reporter who asked how the president was holding up after Kirk’s death. Trump answered: “I think very good. And by the way right there you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House which is something they’ve been trying to get as you know for about for 150 years and it’s gonna be a beauty.”
If Tucker Carlson gets it, it must be blindingly obvious (Independent).
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