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The Choice 2024: Fascism Or Freedom

Here’s a hypothetical question for us all to consider as we sit and watch election returns later this evening: What would the men who created our form of self-governance think if they could tell us their thoughts on the state of this country in 2024?

They’d probably be shocked by how badly divided we are as a nation, but then again, many in the fledgling United States circa 1776 thought it would be a disaster for us to seek our independence from Great Britain.

But in the end, the logic and reason of men such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison won out, making it clear that we could only go forward, not retreat into the way things were just because such a path was easier to predict and less fraught with uncertainty.

So here we are, 248 years after the Declaration of Independence created this nation, eventually making us “the indispensable” country across the globe, a beacon of freedom and hope while at the same time being a nation rife with hatred, racism, and xenophobia.

The most basic question of the 2024 election is this one: Will we choose fascism or freedom?

Fascism, it should be noted, is defined as “a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition.”

Take a good look at that definition. Does it sound like anything the men who created this republic would in favor of seeing take hold? They had just broken away from England and it’s tyrannical king because he had his foot on the colonies and refused to listen to their pleas for fairness and a modicum of freedom.

Freedom is a word that means many things to many people. It is technically defined this way:

“The power or right to speak, act and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of ‘giving oneself one’s own laws.'”]

Now consider the two candidates seeking the White House in this election cycle, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Which one best represents the ideals of freedom and which one has verbally expressed a desire to set the nation on a course of fascism?

Some suggest that calling 2024 the most important election in American history is a ridiculous exaggeration But is it? After all, one party seeks to impose restrictions on the decisions women make about their own bodies, which in many ways is the most fundamental freedom of all.

Freedom is a wonderful thing, but it is also incredibly fragile, as Benjamin Franklin reminded us when he was asked what form of government the new nation would have.

“A Republic, if you can keep it,” Franklin told a woman who inquired.

We can keep it. We have kept it for nearly 250 years and we stand at yet another inflection point in our history. Harris represents freedom while Trump promises fascism. But at the end of the day, the choice is ours, and we’d be wise to continue on the path of freedom or watch as this nation devolves into chaos, hatred, and dictatorial rule.

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Trump’s Campaign Is Fading Fast In The Final Days Of The 2024 Race – Here’s Why

We are now less than 48 hours away from the first returns of the 2024 election, and with the clock ticking, it’s clear that the campaign of former president Donald Trump is flailing, falling in the polls, and increasingly self-destructing in public as their candidate alienates more voters with every speech he gives.

But will it be optics that decide who is the 47th president of the United States, or could it come down to something much simpler?

As Bill Scher notes in an article he wrote for Washington Monthly, the way you win elections is with turnout. You get your voters to the polls in larger numbers than your opponent. And that requires a ground game of people making phone calls, knocking on doors, and making sure voters get to the polls or cast an absentee ballot.

For the Trump team, that’s the problem: Their ground game sucks.

“Over the past three months, several media outlets have filed reports on how well Trump’s unorthodox turnout army is performing. Most suggest it’s a five-alarm dumpster fire. “

The Harris team, on the other hand, is running like a well-oiled machine, and getting its voters to the polls in record numbers, as the early vote totals show.

“In mid-October, The New York Times examined the Harris and Trump turnout machines in several battleground areas. In Pennsylvania’s closely divided Erie County, reporters found debilitating infighting among Republican insiders and outside activists. In Kenosha, Wisconsin, Democrats had out-door-knocked Republicans by more than 8-to-1. In Arizona, neither Turning Point, America PAC, nor the Trump campaign would share updated information on how many houses they had contacted.”

Meanwhile, the Trump machine seems to be operating on the principles of grift and lies, which is ironic when you consider Donald has made a career out of those two vices.

“In Michigan, canvassers and paid door knockers for the former president, contracted by a firm associated with America PAC, have been subjected to poor working conditions: A number of them have been driven around in the back of a seatless U-Haul van, according to video obtained by WIRED, and threatened that their lodging at a local motel wouldn’t be paid for if they didn’t meet canvassing quotas. One door knocker alleges that they didn’t even know they were signing up for anything having to do with Musk or Trump.”

So what happened? Scher believes it was Trump’s mistaken belief that all he needed to do was appeal to his fanatical base supporters, ignoring the fact that he also needed crossover voters to win nationally because his core support has never gone beyond 47%, and that won’t put him in the White House.

“Why would Trump gamble the election on these untested rogues? In June, I surmised that a strategy based on juicing the base and ignoring the swing appealed to his innate narcissism because the latter would require rhetorical modulation or message discipline. Doing things the old-fashioned RNC way—with door-knocking efficiently concentrated in more densely populated areas where more swing voters live—meant behaving like a responsible adult. Following Kirk’s strategy of digging up stray MAGA voters in far-flung places allowed Trump to indulge in his darkest impulses.”

All of this suggests that it should come as no surprise to anyone (including the Trump camp) when Kamala Harris wins in a landslide.

 

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Nancy Pelosi’s Terrifying Prediction About Trump’s ‘Deteriorating’ Brain Is Something Every Voter Needs To Hear

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wants every American voter to know something before they cast their ballot on Election Day, and her prediction about what to expect next from former president Donald Trump is dire.

During an appearance Sunday on MSNBC, Pelosi told host Jen Psaki that Trump’s recent campaign speeches in which he cannot manage to stay on topic are the clearest signs yet of “cognitive deterioration.”

“You saw, recently, when he was talking about whether he chose electrocution or being eaten by sharks. Something’s very wrong there.”

What does that mean for the country if Trump manages to win on Tuesday?

“So I think people who are thinking about voting for him have to know that he can’t last as president for four years with his brain deteriorating at the rate that it is and is clearly evident, and they may be voting for President Vance, which is a horrible thing for our country.”

The former House Speaker also talked about the right-wing violence which impacted her family when a Trump supporter broke into her home in 2022 and violently assaulted her husband, Paul, with a hammer.

“You’re right, our family has experienced the violence… coming into our house, violating the sanctity of our home, the safety of my husband, looking for me, echoing what was said on January 6th in the Capitol.”

Here’s the video from MSNBC:

Trump needs to lose and lose badly on Tuesday. If he doesn’t, this country is absolutely doomed.

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Trump Urges Would-Be Assassins To ‘Shoot Through The Fake News’ At Pennsylvania Rally

During a Sunday campaign rally in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump suggested that if any assassins had designs on taking shots at him, they should aim at members of the media covering the event instead.

Pointing out that he is now surrounded by bulletproof ballistic glass when he speaks in public, Trump noted, “And I have a piece of glass over here, and I don’t have a piece of glass there, and I have this piece of glass here. But all we have really over here is the fake news, right?”

“And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news, and I don’t mind that so much,” he continued. “I don’t mind, I don’t mind that.”

The only problem with being surrounded by the protective glass, Trump added, is that it doesn’t “look great on television.”

“No, when you see yourself on television, you say, boy, you’re, you’re really not very recognizable, to be honest with you, which is good.”

Minutes later, Trump claimed he was a “very smart person” because his nonsensical ramblings were all part of his “weave” strategy that only smart people understand.

“You know, now they are saying that was the most brilliant speech is saying it’s a weave. And then what happens is while you’re here, there’s a point having to do with that point. And you go weave, weave, then you come here, then you do another weave, weave, weave.”

“And it’s very complex. But then it gets very simple because it all comes brilliantly and beautifully together. And they actually acknowledge this total genius there.”

Total genius? He’s the dumbest person ever elected to public office in the history of the United States. A block of granite is smarter than Donald Trump.

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Jasmine Crockett Has An Angry Message For Ted Cruz – And It’s Perfect

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is sick and tired of Republican politicians in the Lone Star state who continue to pass restrictive anti-abortion laws and then refuse to explain why they’re so obsessed with controlling women’s bodies.

Crockett teed off on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during an appearance on “All In With Chris Hayes” Friday evening, noting that he’s a politician and not a doctor.

“I don’t want my governor, I don’t want AG Paxton, I definitely don’t want Ted Cruz telling me what to do with my body if my doctor has a recommendation because the last time I checked, I don’t need any of them to be my doctor.”

She added, “I don’t want them to be my elected officials.”

Host Chris Hayes referenced the most recent case of preventable death in Texas: Nevaeh Crain, a teen who died when doctors delayed treating them after they miscarried, playing a clip of Cruz being asked about why he doesn’t support exceptions to the state’s draconian anti-abortion law.

“Why is this an issue you won’t address, about saying whether you support or oppose exceptions like rape and incest?” asked debate moderator Jason Whitely.

“Jason, I’m curious, why do you keep asking me that?” Cruz replied.

Crockett said this about Cruz’s refusal to answer a direct question: “When you can’t answer a question, that is the answer, right? And the idea that we should just trust you, we shouldn’t trust you. Not when people are dying. You guys are not going to save us. You are going to, again, inflict more pain.”