I feel the sense of doom, too, but it’s also true that the Trumpers want us to feel despairing and hopeless. We have to resist that.
Bernie Sanders and AOC are hitting the nail on the head with their Fighting Oligarchy tour. Bernie is right: it’s all about insane greed—starting with the three techno-billionaires sitting in the front row at the inauguration.
Buying elections is nothing new, but it has never been done in the U.S. on this scale. Musk is shadow president not only because he gave more than a quarter of a billion to Trump’s campaign, but because he intends to buy other wins for Republicans so they can keep power in Congress in 2026.
One place to start fighting back is the supreme court election in Wisconsin, coming soon. Musk is pledging an obscene amount of money for that one, to protect his business interests and profits. Brian Tyler Cohen talks about it with his guest
here. And
here’s the aptly named website for countering Musk's outrageous power-grabbing in Wisconsin, and by extension to the rest of the country and even in Europe.