Within the information right this moment: E-book burning and celebrations of violence in opposition to political enemies, each introduced into the information by a Republican Social gathering that’s ticking down the guidelines of fascism’s defining markers with out bothering to place up a lot of a smokescreen whereas doing it. In Virginia, conservative faculty board members name explicitly for “burning” books they intend to confiscate from faculty libraries. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott continues his insufferably clumsy strikes to latch on to each final far-right bugaboo of the second, however solely after others within the occasion have examined them out to see how they will promote.
The Kyle Rittenhouse trial continues, and the far-right continues to prop the younger killer up because the type of initiative-taking vigilante that can mete out the violence essential to maintain conservatism’s enemies of their place. And Home Republicans stay silent, nonetheless, at the same time as a member approvingly publicizes a “humorous” video premised on him searching and killing Democratic officers.
No one’s attempting to cover it anymore or soften it. The brand new Republican stance is that elections are elective, books are for burning, and violence might be each helpful and value celebrating if the targets are motion enemies. This is a few of what you’ll have missed: