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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBILL MOYERS Must-read: 'We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident: It's Happening Before Our Very Eyes'
https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/63349-we-hold-this-truth-to-be-self-evident-its-happening-before-our-very-eyes. . .
This president is no friend of democracy.
He has declared himself above the law, preached insurrection by encouraging armed supporters to liberate states from the governance of duly elected officials, told police not to be too nice while doing their job, and gloated over the ability of the Secret Service to turn vicious dogs and ominous weapons loose on demonstrators to come down on them hard if they get too frisky.
He has politicized the Department of Justice while remaking the judiciary in his image.
He has stifled investigations into his administrations corruption, fired officials charged with holding federal agencies accountable to the public, and rewarded his donors and cronies with government contracts, subsidies, deregulations, and tax breaks.
He has maligned and mocked the disadvantaged, the disabled, and people of color.
He has sought to politicize the military, including in his entourage the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs (dressed in combat fatigues), as his orderlies unleashed chemical fumes on peaceful protesters all so that the president could use them as stage props in a photo op, holding up a Bible in front of a historic church, just to make a dandy ad for his re-election campaign.
He has purged his own party of independent thinkers and turned it into a spineless, mindless cult while demonizing the opposition.
He has purloined religion for state and political ends.
He has desecrated the most revered symbols of Christian faith by converting them to partisan brands.
He has recruited religious zealots for jobs in his administration, rewarding with government favors the electoral loyalty of their followers.
He has relentlessly attacked mainstream media as purveyors of fake news and enemies of the people while collaborating with a sycophantic right- wing media including the Murdoch familys Fox News to flood the country with lies and propaganda.
He has maneuvered the morally hollow founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, into compromising the integrity of the most powerful media giant in the country by infusing it with partisan bias.
And because truth is the foe he most fears, he has banned it from his administration and his lips.
Yes, Bernie, you are right: the man in the White House has taken all the necessary steps toward achieving the despots dream of dominance.
Can it happen here?
It is happening here.
Democracy in America has been a series of narrow escapes. We may be running out of luck, and no one is coming to save us. For that, we have only ourselves.
This president is no friend of democracy.
He has declared himself above the law, preached insurrection by encouraging armed supporters to liberate states from the governance of duly elected officials, told police not to be too nice while doing their job, and gloated over the ability of the Secret Service to turn vicious dogs and ominous weapons loose on demonstrators to come down on them hard if they get too frisky.
He has politicized the Department of Justice while remaking the judiciary in his image.
He has stifled investigations into his administrations corruption, fired officials charged with holding federal agencies accountable to the public, and rewarded his donors and cronies with government contracts, subsidies, deregulations, and tax breaks.
He has maligned and mocked the disadvantaged, the disabled, and people of color.
He has sought to politicize the military, including in his entourage the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs (dressed in combat fatigues), as his orderlies unleashed chemical fumes on peaceful protesters all so that the president could use them as stage props in a photo op, holding up a Bible in front of a historic church, just to make a dandy ad for his re-election campaign.
He has purged his own party of independent thinkers and turned it into a spineless, mindless cult while demonizing the opposition.
He has purloined religion for state and political ends.
He has desecrated the most revered symbols of Christian faith by converting them to partisan brands.
He has recruited religious zealots for jobs in his administration, rewarding with government favors the electoral loyalty of their followers.
He has relentlessly attacked mainstream media as purveyors of fake news and enemies of the people while collaborating with a sycophantic right- wing media including the Murdoch familys Fox News to flood the country with lies and propaganda.
He has maneuvered the morally hollow founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, into compromising the integrity of the most powerful media giant in the country by infusing it with partisan bias.
And because truth is the foe he most fears, he has banned it from his administration and his lips.
Yes, Bernie, you are right: the man in the White House has taken all the necessary steps toward achieving the despots dream of dominance.
Can it happen here?
It is happening here.
Democracy in America has been a series of narrow escapes. We may be running out of luck, and no one is coming to save us. For that, we have only ourselves.
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BILL MOYERS Must-read: 'We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident: It's Happening Before Our Very Eyes' (Original Post)
CousinIT
Jun 2020
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erronis
(15,257 posts)1. Link to original article (please post these also)
https://billmoyers.com/story/we-hold-this-truth-to-be-self-evident-its-happening-before-our-very-eyes/
For those that might want to make comments back directly to Bill Moyers (the site), the original article posting is probably the best way to gain overall visibility.
Commenting on DU is nice too.
Commenting on RSN is nice too.
But commenting on the source material is best and its where you'll see other direct commentators and responses from Bill Moyers.
For those that might want to make comments back directly to Bill Moyers (the site), the original article posting is probably the best way to gain overall visibility.
Commenting on DU is nice too.
Commenting on RSN is nice too.
But commenting on the source material is best and its where you'll see other direct commentators and responses from Bill Moyers.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. K&R
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)3. Thank You for posting...K and R....I read the entire article ...Outstanding..
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)4. Thanks for this link. Very good essay
crickets
(25,980 posts)5. Necessary reading. K&R for visibility.
Martin Eden
(12,867 posts)6. Wow.
Bill Moyers, not the least bit reserved.
Delarage
(2,186 posts)7. God I miss Moyers
on PBS. Glad he's still active