THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE

‘Fascist Scum,’ George Floyd protest, Black Lives Matter Plaza, DC, November 14, 2020.

By GREG OLMSTED – On March 18, 2025, ‘Chief Justice Roberts criticizes Trump’s call to impeach judges’ (WSJ here). The next day a headline in a major U.S. paper reads ‘Trump has gone from unconstitutional to anti-constitutional’ (NYT) and a major French newspaper says ‘Trump has already surpassed his Hungarian and Polish role models’ (LeMonde). In fact, a French politician had this to say about Trump and the U.S.: (CNN here).

Fascism is ‘A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent government controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism’ (Heritage dictionary). Sound familiar? Trump is a fascist. The GOP is his party.

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