Here are just a few political issues in the United States.
If you've been living under a rock for a while, you may not know that Donald Trump is literally a convicted felon. As in a jury was convinced - based on presented evidence, even when considering the defense's testimony - that he commited a serious crime..
..And that doesn't even count the civil trial judgements against him, or the other pending criminal cases.
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Project 2025 is a wet dream written down by top Republican figures.. Including folks who served in Trump's cabinet, no matter how much Trump denies knowing anything about it.
Abortion rights, equality, social security, medicaid/medicare, VA benefits and more are all on the chopping block if the Republican party can get Trump and enough House & Senate Republicans elected.
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The supreme court - biased hard to the right in the political spectrum thanks to Trump's previous presidency - has done a lot of bad things. Overturning Roe v. Wade was bad, but recently they decided that the President can't be convicted for crimes that have even the vague notion of being “official acts”.. Which aren't actually defined.
Donald Trump (or Joe Biden, for that matter) could authorize a hit on a political opponent and say he did it to preserve America, and the supreme court said it's cool.
The Supreme Court made the sitting US President into a king.. and may end up overturning his previous felony conviction - and future convictions - because of it.
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In the past, splitting the ticket was no big deal. Most Republicans weren't as outwardly disturbing - or even willing to publicly entertain current far-right ideals - back before Trump.
Now, however, we've got extremist rhetoric taking a front seat for the Republican party.
We've got a Supreme Court primed and ready to rubber stamp as much as it can for the political right.
Many of the things we took for granted - the laws applying to even a president, or Roe v. Wade - are now left in our dreams.
The overton window has stepped back to the right this time.. In a big way.
The only way we can get back on the correct track is by voting in as many left-leaning folks at ALL levels of Government - both State and Federal - to hopefully stem the side of authoritarianism and fascism by convincing Republicans to put the stupid stuff back in the box..
..And if that isn't enough, at least we can hopefully enact some real legislation that will secure our future better this time.