📢 United Not Divided
The war for who we are and what we represent is happening now
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United Not Divided
If you're worried right now, you have every reason to be.
I hate talking about candidates and parties because, in my humble opinion, it distracts us from discussing important issues and finding ways to address them.
Americans are not being informed on issues and policies that directly impact their lives. And they are about to head to the polls in November to elect a President, House, and Senate that will lead us to Freedom or Fascism.
While it is true we are living in the information age, and yes candidates, campaigns, and parties are out there sharing their vision for America, biased media sources, trolls, bots, fake accounts, and foreign adversaries have obscured the threat of fascism in America.
The recent response by newspapers, television stations, and other media sources has been to avoid at all costs discussion of the Republican National Convention nominating for presidential candidate Donald Trump-a 91 times indicted, 34 times convicted criminal felon, insurrectionist and traitor, 30000 + confirmed liar, sexual assaulter, wife cheater, disability mocker, female genitalia grabber, twice-impeached, defamer, business failure and fraudster, slanderer, gas lighter, and someone who called our U.S. soldiers "suckers" and "losers" to lead us.
Mary L. Trump has a great piece out on this and made this statement:
What convention were they watching? What Donald did they see? And how do they all manage to forget that this convicted felon, adjudicated fraud and rapist, is still out on bail in three jurisdictions. 1
Our communities are also being blinded by disinformation campaigns:
Trolls and Bots
Fake Accounts
Hackers
Cyberattacks
Foreign Adversaries
Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and other rogue nations are also hard at work sabotaging U.S. elections. Authoritarians like Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, Kim Jong Un, and others are using all of the tools mentioned above to spread misinformation, sway public opinion, and push America to elect a candidate and party that benefits their regime. Disinformation campaigns are cheap tools for bad actors looking to disrupt an enemy.
Silence is Complicity
The threat of fascism to America is being obscured by these trolls, bots, fake accounts, hackers, cyberattacks, foreign adversaries, and by our own denialism.
I can't tell you how often I have heard, "Oh, that can't happen here in America." Oh really?It wasn't too far back when we witnessed babies being separated from their mamas, families separated, and people who lived and worked in America for 10, 20, 30, 40+ years being deported to a country they no longer knew.
And lately, we are seeing billionaire-bought justices and the wealthy few striving to strip us of our fundamental rights and liberties. They employ illicit schemes to swindle, suppress, and undermine the voice of the majority of Americans.
People in our community are struggling with paying bills, accessing affordable healthcare and housing, and facing discrimination for their identity, pronouns, or who they love. Additionally, Black and brown individuals, those speaking different languages, those practicing different religions, and other marginalized communities are being targeted and criminalized. As we watch our planet burn and wars erupt, we also witness direct attacks on our rights and freedoms. The Supreme Court encourages autocratic rule, guts reproductive and voting rights, grants corporations more power than people, and continues its MAGA-driven power grab, rewriting the rules to benefit the ultra-rich and powerful.
All of this occurs while Trump and Republicans push the BIG LIE and advocate for more tax breaks for billionaires and special interest groups, while advocating for cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, affordable housing, healthcare, and more. To lead America, you must love and respect all who call her home. The former President as a candidate has made it clear that if elected, he will move quickly to punish his enemies and embolden racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry.
Make no mistake: if Trump is elected President, he will pardon himself, imprison enemies, and undermine freedom and justice around the world.
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans don't want to represent America; they want to rule over us. And they want Donald Trump, 91 times indicted, 34 times convicted criminal felon, insurrectionist and traitor, 30000 + lies, sexual assaulter, wife cheater, disability mocker, female genitalia grabber, twice-impeached, defamer, business failure and fraudster, slanderer, gas lighter, and someone who called our U.S. soldiers "suckers" and "losers" to lead us.
And what has been the response?
Silence, or “let's switch candidates just a few months before the next election.”
Both responses are exactly what Trump, MAGA Republicans, Putin, Orbin, and other autocratic leaders want. They want you and me to be quiet. They want us to stay silent as they pollute our air and water, fatten their pockets, endanger our communities, take away our rights and freedoms, and put us in harm's way with wars and strife.
We must be united, not divided.
The war for who we are and what we represent is happening now.
At this point in history, if you are not actively trying to promote the best candidate to beat Donald Trump or the best party to beat MAGA Republicans, you are part of the problem.
If you want to complain and take no action for progress, then you are complicit.
"Yes. I know. Biden is not popular and many progressives, including me, strongly disagree with his policies regarding Israel and this disastrous war in Gaza. But, let's be clear. Biden is not running against God. He is running against Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in American history whose second term, if he is re-elected, will be worse than his first. And, on his worst day, Biden is a thousand times better than Trump." - Bernie Sanders 2
I know these are challenging times. The Presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court, are a reflection of how voters came out in the past and what they have done since to hold them accountable to upholding our values, the rule of law, and our Constitution.
I fear if we don't elect leaders to champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy and instead fall for the allure of a fascist cult or the “divided party” we will not have another election and will fall into tyranny.
We have to stand up to hatred and bigotry at every opportunity we have, and we must work to make sure everyone can vote and thrive.
If we don't do that, then we will see more demagogues coming to power by spreading lies, hatred, and bigotry in our communities. That power will lead to more harm in our communities and more rights and freedoms lost.
If we all pitched in, little by little, we can move mountains, build people power, and elect leaders who represent the people's will. I have seen your People Power and know that the Power of the People is more powerful than those in power. Now is our time to step up and reclaim that power.
Please join me on this journey. I am excited to announce this is the beginning of a five-part series that will empower us to advocate for Freedom over Fascism. Today may be heavy, but understanding our current state of affairs is essential for moving forward with hope and action. See you tomorrow!
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