The news today is not good.  I don't even know what to say.

* Senior Minnesota US attorneys quit over DOJ demand they ‘investigate’ widow of motorist shot dead by ICE agent

* Over 11 Million People Were Stunned To Silence By This Trump Administration Tweet That's Being Compared To Nazi Propaganda  

(That tweet, for reference is below.  Who knows whether or not they were consciously aware that they were closely paralleling a real Nazi slogan, but the sentiment just by itself is clear enough.  It's very notable that they are not even trying to pretend anymore.)

One Homeland. One People. One Heritage.

Remember who you are, American. pic.twitter.com/2eh8njcz9Z

— U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) January 11, 2026

Just fully leaning into the fascism now. Not even pretending. https://t.co/D2vNiHtyF9

— Jeremy Konyndyk (@JeremyKonyndyk) January 13, 2026

Abolish ICE.

What we’ve seen recently isn’t immigration enforcement; it’s state-sponsored terrorism.

They refuse to comply with the Constitution.
They assault Americans with impunity.
They hide behind masks, knowing their actions are shameful.

They should not exist.…

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 13, 2026

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In 2006, I wrote in my review of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis:

Also the transition to a fascist state begins very quickly after Windrip is elected. Within a few months after the Presidential election, America is in a state of fascism. Maybe in the 1930s this looked more realistic than it does now, but with apologies to Sinclair Lewis, I’d say that this rapid transition to Fascism can’t happen here. Not the way he portrays it at least.

....well, I'm clearly a chump, huh!  Boy, was I ever wrong about that!