The pundit class consensus today seems to be that "the tide is turning" against the Donald. So opines JVL at the Bulwark and he's no cockeyed optimist. I'll be skeptical til I get around to assessing for myself what a determined observer can see.
Meanwhile, here's JVL's list of why we just might save some broken version of American democracy. He enumerates a case that efforts to throw sand in the gears of a rising fascism might be having an impact.
7 million people came out to protest the regime.
The administration’s shutdown of the government turned into a political liability for Trump.
Trump demanded that Senate Republicans get rid of the filibuster; they refused.
The MAGA right split on the acceptability of Nick Fuentes and his groypers.
Democrats won more electoral victories and by far larger margins than polling indicated they would.
A series of Epstein documents suggested a much closer relationship between Trump and the pedophile than was previously assumed.2
Four House Republicans defied direct pressure from Trump to a enact a discharge petition and override the speaker’s attempt to avoid an Epstein file vote.
With the petition signed, enough Republicans were going to defect that Trump had to surrender and “authorize” them to vote for the release of the Epstein files.
The DHS occupation of Chicago failed. The city did not bend to Trump’s will. The state prevented him from deploying an invading force of Texas National Guard troops.
Indiana Republicans have resisted Trump’s desire for them to redraw their congressional districts.
Unfortunately, we'll have to see -- and must keep pushing to make it happen
Meanwhile, not considered in JVL's catalogue of Trumpian horrors, is a crypto collapse that takes down large parts of the US financial sector. Could happen. I put my money of Paul Krugman's assessment of crypto.
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