Republican office holders know what many of us in California have learned since the 1990s: if every citizen votes, they go down to defeat by the people. They can confuse and lie and inflame hatreds, but a majority of us neither want their policies nor trust them in office.
So now a flood of Republican controlled states led by the criminally indicted Attorney General of Texas and 106 Congresscritters have gone to the Supreme Court begging "Pretty please, overturn the election. We don't like the result." Trump has piled on -- "overturn" is his word. Joe Biden cannot be allowed to become President.
Marc Elias is the lead Democratic lawyer defending the election. His folks have won in 56 out of 57 of the bogus lawsuits in which GOPers have charged voting fraud in the states. He's gobsmacked by this new one:
I am shaken by this Texas case. Not because it will prevail (it won't) but because something is seriously wrong with our democracy that these elected leaders, who know better, are using the courts to spread lies and undermine our elections.
That seems too kind. GOPers want power and they don't care that they have to run over the majority to get it. It's been that way for citizens of color for most of our history; those of us who are white and currently disfavored are learning what it is like to be threatened by the boot on the neck.
The peculiar personal pathologies of Donald Trump have accelerated the descent of the national Republican Party into pure fascism.
We cannot let democracy die quietly.
Job One is win the two Senate seats up for election in Georgia in January. You can get involved remotely through a coalition of non-profit organizations led by Fair Fight or through the unions by joining the UniteHERE phone effort.
Who knows what Job Two will be -- RESISTANCE is still the word.
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