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As soon as we learned of indictments of Trump we tweeted:
Trump indicted on federal charges! It’s significant that Trump,
who’s always declared himself above the law & transformed the GOP
& its base into a party of fascist lawlessness & violence–
culminating in the Jan 6 coup attempt – faces serious charges &
multiple investigations.
But we must not pin all our hopes on a mechanism that cannot and
will not address the reasons we so badly want to see Trump locked up.
Now is a time for vigilance, not complacency.
We must not be lulled into submission by this or future
indictments and prosecutions of Trump. Whether or not Trump is able to
remain the GOP presidential candidate, this indictment cannot and will
not stop this fascist movement. That is up to us.
Every crisis Trump & his fascist party gets through
strengthens the U.S. fascist movement, leaving a core of battle-tested
and even more dangerous, genocidal, revanchist lunatics in power to set
the terms for all of society.
It’s critical right now to spread the understanding of this
fascist movement to the millions who righteously want to see Trump
behind bars, & to actively oppose this fascism in every sphere of
life. Stay vigilant. In the name of humanity, refuse to accept a fascist
America
The following was posted today on RefuseFascism.org from Paul Street, member of the Editorial Board. This was written before the 37 counts were released but remains relevant and important analysis:
The exonerated murderer OJ Simpson wrote a book titled If I Did It.
Regarding his theft of federal government documents and his obstruction
of federal efforts to get them back, Donald Trump’s book title would
be I Did It. He has openly admitted his crimes on FOX News and
CNN, essentially daring the United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
and its special prosecutor Jack Smith to hold him accountable to the
rule of law. It’s clear as day.
The DOJ and Smith have been given little choice but to proceed,
really, if they don’t want to essentially oversee the final collapse of
constitutional rule of law, such as it is in savagely capitalist
America (where “money talks and bullshit walks” with a vengeance) and
surrender to the rule of an authoritarian monster, an aspiring fascist
strongman and president for life.
We’re talking about hundreds if not thousands of federal documents,
some likely with grave “national security” significance. And about
felony obstruction and felony lying to the FBI. And numerous witnesses
from within his own camp, including his former fellow putschist and
chief of staff Mark Meadows.
There’s a lot that we don’t know yet about the seven federal
indictments that will be unsealed against Trump in a federal court in
Miami next Tuesday. The biggest and most salacious unknown is the
question of whether he showed national security information to others,
including “foreign actors” and even official state “enemies” of the
United States.
But there’s no serious doubt that Trump grossly violated and federal
Presidential Records Act and engaged in obstruction. It’s clear as day,
with all due respect the ash cloud that recently fell across Eastern
United States. Even his former protector and Attorney General, the
Christian white nationalist Bill Barr says this....see full post
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