“The regime’s desire for authoritarianism is bottomless, but their competence and capacity to carry it out is not. The strategic move would’ve been to throw money at the economy, especially supporters, while consolidating institutional control. Save most of the corruption and foreign aggression until after you’ve got enough power to repress or ignore public opposition.

As bad as America’s democratic backsliding is, at least we didn’t get smarter fascists.“

Read the whole piece, and then focus on what you can do to ensure Democratic Party candidates win in November.

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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-trump-trainwreck/