Farflung correspondents and Friends: I believe we are at an inflection point in this country, and the time has come when everyone will have to decide whether to cast their lot with those who would destroy our country, or to resist. I will no longer politely pretend that what is happening in our country is anything other than a rapid descent into dictatorship. The majority of Americans oppose the authoritarian regime. Not a massive majority, but a majority. We will not be able to avoid the destruction of our democracy without the great bulk of people who oppose this trend standing up, exercising their right to protest and resist the end of our republic. If I lose friends over this, so be it. Right now, nothing is more important.
Please watch the CNN video of shadow dictator Stephen Miller, who tipped his cards when he used the phrase "plenary power." His stated views are directly contrary to what the Constitution says, in plain language. This just may be a bridge too far even for John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett. That the future of our country may depend on these two soulless authoritarians is itself terrifying. But here we are. The truth is not of significance to the people in the regime who are pulling the strings, even while their Cult Leader is conspicuously heading into accelerating mental and physical decline. It is clear, beyond comfortable denial, that they intend to seize power and exercise it against all who oppose them. If you don't believe that, I urge you to simply listen to what they say. They are telling you what they intend to do.
You owe it to yourself and your country to watch what is happening. Do not obey in advance. If we can hold on, force the regime by the sheer volume of popular resistance, to allow fair elections, convince the courts of the righteousness of the cause of democracy in the face of outright fascism, we have a chance to save our democracy. But if we fail to unite in opposition, a massive coalition not based on ideology or policies but simple adherence to the rule of law and our Constitution, then we will lose those things and they will be very, very hard to ever recover. If you are not alarmed, you are not paying enough attention.
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Silence is complicity. Americans who believe in democracy MUST RESIST.
--George Washington, 1783
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