The rise of end times fascism
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The two authors have gone to the trouble of delineating the unifying philosophy of the far right elite. It's fundamental properties are a fear of regulation that puts limits on massive wealth acquisition, and the construction of refuges from the apocalyptic future which they are responsible for facilitating.
From the way that the tariffs were rolled out it is clear that Trump really has no clue about the economic effects of his actions or how to manage the process. However, that is not a barrier to the objectives of the 2025 Project. The chaos created by Trump's flailing executive orders creates a climate which facilitates the destruction of the institutions of government as specified in the Heritage Foundation publications which lay out the Project 2025 agenda.
A good example of how the 2025 authors are now manipulating the process is the recent modification of the tariffs to exempt smart phones and computers from the tariffs. That is likely to be enough to quell the alarm among the Trump base that depends on social media for its news. Trump clearly lacks the analytic capacity to make that kind of course adjustment, but he is the perfect conduit for those close to him who pull his strings.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
Con la sombra en la cintura
ella sueña en su baranda
verde carne, pelo verde,
con ojos de fría plata.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Bajo la luna gitana,
las cosas la están mirando
y ella no puede mirarlas.
Verde que te quiero verde.
Grandes estrellas de escarcha,
vienen con el pez de sombra
que abre el camino del alba.
La higuera frota su viento
con la lija de sus ramas,
y el monte, gato garduño,
eriza sus pitas agrias.
¿Pero quién vendrá? ¿Y por dónde...?
Ella sigue en su baranda,
verde carne, pelo verde,
soñando en la mar amarga.
. . .
Verde que te quiero verde.
Verde viento. Verdes ramas.
El barco sobre la mar
y el caballo en la montaña.
A couple thousand people showed up for the Hands Off protest in Albuquerque's Civic Center. Speakers included Mayor Tim Keller, ex-Interior Secretary and Gov. canditate Deb Haaland and 95-year-old Dolores Huerta. There were apparently similar demonstrations all over the country.
So, what is the Republican plan going forward? Chaos is the most predicable course. The economic downturn from Trump's tariffs seems inevitable, and that portends a retaking of the House and Senate by the Democrats. However, two years is clearly enough time to achieve great damage to the country's institutions given how much Trump has already done.
None of the above signals a setback for the 2025 agenda which already includes a large component of election process destruction. An intensification of that effort can be expected, along with a step-up of the attack on the authority of the courts and constitutional protections.
The Democrats will try to reconstitute their base. Cory Booker has put himself into the Presidential race in four years -- if there will be one
