Trump supporter in rural Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.

I usually try to write a piece weekly, but last week I simply couldn’t find words. Not for lack of them, no, just the opposite. I suffered the presence of a verbal diarrhea absolutely impossible to present in a linear written fashion. And who would want to come across a written piece like that? It sounds like something that should be quarantined; it’s just as nasty and unhinged as it sounds.

It struck me that this is exactly where the current administration wants our head-space to be. They want to continue with a seeming never-ending onslaught of dismal news so it’s impossible to truly attack any one of the factors. They rely on that part of our brain that freezes rather than fights. The sad fact is that it’s been very effective. You’d really never know a coup has taken place if you were to talk to most Americans. They are getting progressively angrier, even in red state strongholds, but you’d be hard pressed to find more than 1 out of 10 who even have an inkling that perhaps a business coup has occurred with Musk, Thiel, Yarvin and Vance at the helm.

It is heartening to see the town halls in red areas exhibit raw anger towards the feckless yes men, however. Republican politicians have brazenly appeared, only to exhibit shock that the locals are restless. The grifter politicians typically howl and leave the meetings early, lest they have to answer for their repugnant behavior. Places like Georgia, Kansas, Idaho—they have all been witness to a growing resentment in these town halls. It’s quite sad that so many individuals in these areas don’t really care about injustice until it hits home, but we will take what we can get.

The demonization of federal workers, the dismantling of the VA, airlines now feeling like a scary way to travel, the shutting down of agricultural subsidy and grants.…..it’s all rolling downhill with accumulating speed. Even the most obtuse are starting to realize they are going to be caught........

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