No surprise: This week the Supreme Court took the extraordinary step to protect Donald Trump by allowing him to remain on the ballot in Colorado and other states, despite having led an insurrection to overthrow the results of the 2020 election in plain view.

To put it simply: The Supreme Court isn't ruling on the law; They're throwing out parts of the constitution and overruling the law specifically to protect Donald Trump, and help him seize power again. And they're sending a clear message to any fossil fueled fascists out there that if they engage in violence or intimidation to take power, the extreme MAGA Supreme Court will protect them too. This will obviously increase threats of violence against election officials in Colorado, Maine, and many other states.

So two immediate action you can take:

We were right about Trump, fossil fuels, and fascism

There's more context and links in our blog post, but the short version is that 2024 is going to be another long hard slog where the courts, President Biden, and the United Nations are not likely to save us from Trump, or climate chaos.

This latest decision came just a few days after the Supremes voted to protect Donald Trump by delaying his trial over the January 6, 2021, insurrection by several months, possibly until after the election – when he can pardon himself if he wins.

We've told you before how both Maine and Colorado barred Donald Trump from the ballot in 2024 due to his role in inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection. And we've been advocating to bar Trump and other insurrectionists under the 14th amendment to the Constitution since 2021, but we did warn you that this is the most-likely outcome right after the court heard oral arguments a few weeks ago.

As many observers have noted, this decision wasn't just extreme because it protects Trump, but because, as Justices Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor argued: "… [T]he majority attempts to insulate all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges to their holding federal office."

And the threat of another insurrection is very real - both because Trump is clearly not going to be held accountable, and because we've seen this behavior before — and it leads to more funding from the fossil fuel industry, more violence and chaos, and eventually to election tampering or outright insurrection.

But polls show that a majority of voters, especially young voters and voters of color, have either forgotten or never knew how bad things were under Trump. When asked about specific policies, voters think Trump did a better job on clean energy and democracy than Joe Biden, and many voters, including 35% of Black voters, still don’t believe Trump can win.

We break it all down in the blog - what we need to know, what's about to happen, and most important how we can stay safe and take action as threats of violence and retaliation increase. Check it out, and chip in if you can to fund our fight against fossil fueled fascism.

Thanks,

Drew and the 198 anti fascists methods crew

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