Stephan: Thom Hartmann, I believe, has it right. The Republican Party has morphed into a White supremacy, male dominant, militantly heterosexual christofascist party, and about a third of Americans are onboard for that. They are trying to restructure the American political system so that they get into power and stay in power. Getting control of the Supreme Court was the first step, gerrymandering and voter suppression was the second, November's election is the third step and the 2024 election is the final step. They are banking on the fact that the Democratic Party can't get its act together, and that they now control enough of the media to spew out sufficient disinformation to keep the majority of Americans in a state of confusion and fear. It is also important to their plan that Trump and all is orcs not be held accountable. The one thing that might change this process is if the January 6th Committee makes such a compelling case that the gestalt of the culture changes.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on May 13 Credit: Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
Republicans believe that Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán has figured out the “secret sauce” to turn a republic into a hard-right oligarchy, and today they’re in Budapest drinking deep from his insights on the fine points of destroying democracy.
In two speeches this week, Orbán laid out his Hungarian version of the racist American “Great Replacement Theory,” trashed Jewish financier George Soros as a proxy for Jews around the world, reiterated the importance of having friendly rightwing billionaires seize control of a nation’s media, and attacked societies that allow gay marriage and tolerate trans people as engaging in “gender madness.”
Orbán’s Fidesz Party and the GOP in most Red States have become virtually indistinguishable, from cronies owning the media, to packing the courts, to rigging elections through purging voters and gerrymanders, to putting polluting businesses in charge of regulatory agencies.
Now both have their sights set on the American federal government. Seriously, both. Orbán is now […]
I believe the same thing is happening world wide! It’s as if there is an underlying tension, an atavistic energy that’s rising in recognition of all that’s changing. And, at the same time, not only am I seeing the dark side, I’m also seeing a breathtaking new awareness. An expression of love, compassion and creativity like never before. We’ve been called to be here now and are being called to be in relation to the earth in ways that are necessary to life..
I believe the same thing is happening world wide! It’s as if there is an underlying tension, an atavistic energy that’s rising in recognition of all that’s changing. And, at the same time, not only am I seeing the dark side, I’m also seeing a breathtaking new awareness. An expression of love, compassion and creativity like never before. We’ve been called to be here now and are being called to be in relation to the earth in ways that are necessary to life..