Voter suppression’s ditched the poll tax for a scalpel—gerrymandering twists districts into serpents, digital lies flood your feed, and the Voting Rights Act’s a gutted relic since Shelby (2013). It’s not random; it targets minorities, youth, the poor. History’s remix is slicker, but the game’s the same.
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Democrats Can’t Win by Playing Republican Dress-Up
Democrats can’t beat Republicans by turning into their awkward twin. It’s like showing up to a bar fight with a Nerf bat – nobody’s scared, and you’re just embarrassing yourself. The real prize is the millions of Americans who’ve ghosted the voting booth entirely, not the tiny sliver of undecided moderates.
Read MoreTrump’s Insane Threats to Free Speech and Democratic Norms
Trump’s threats to defund schools that permit protests mirrors tactics from history’s darkest chapters. In Nazi Germany, universities were among the first targets, with dissenters purged and funding redirected to compliant entities. When a former president leverages $149 billion in federal education funds to silence dissent, democracy itself is at stake.
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