another coalition partner was Alfred Hugenberg, a wealthy businessman and the top media baron in Germany, whose holdings included the UFA movie studios, a large book publishing house, much of the press, and the national wire service to which most newspapers subscribed; Hugenberg was also the leader and main financial angel of the German National People’s Party (DNVP), the leading reactionary nationalist political party in the country;;
When he first became Chancellor, Adolf Hitler was also operating a coalition regime; participants included the previous Chancellor Franz von Papen, a Prussian military aristocrat and staff officer from the Catholic Center Party who convinced Reich President von Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as Chancellor and himself as Vice Chancellor, and who deluded himself until it was too late that he could control the actions of the inexperienced amateur Hitler;
@singlemaltgirl Me too.
Elon Musk as virtual Prime Minister and czar in charge of mass layoffs and related austerity, a role embraced by Elon himself with his talk of coming “hardships” under MAGA rule on the way to singing tomorrows; RFK has laid claim to the role of public health czar with “control” of everything from Health And Human Services (including Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare) to the Department Of Agriculture;
In addition to pushback against these demands, President Harris should announced her intention to obey the 14th amendment, article 4, which makes defaulting on the public debt of the United States illegal, depriving remaining MAGA extremists of their “debt limit” sabotage weapon; Harris should also formally pledge never to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, CHIP, WIC, LIHEAP, or any other part of the social safety net;
Billionaires Mark Cuban, Barry Diller, and Reid Hoffman are agitating for Harris to oust heroic Federal Trade Commission chair and antitrust fighter Lina Khan along with crypto skeptic Gary Gensler of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Somebody tell these billionaires that “free enterprise” does not require cartels, monopolies, oligopolies, price-fixing and price gouging; In addition to pushback against these demands,
The Republican National Committee has announced 200,000 MAGA fanatics are set to deploy as “poll watchers,” raising the specter of voter harassment and intimidation with peremptory challenges and possible violence at polling places and drop boxes; Will Proud Boys and Oath Keepers be deployed? Local and state law enforcement must maintain law and order against these hooligans;
Seventy million have already voted early in near record turnout, with a 10% preponderance for women, who favor Harris by an additional 10%; MAGA voter suppression often overwhelmed by negative court decisions and resolute voters; Corrupt gaslighting pollsters increasingly forced to adjust their numbers back towards the reality of a substantial Harris lead to avoid being exposed as frauds when Tuesday’s actual vote totals arrive;
I am devoid of shame and guilty by design.