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Written by Noah, so strong. I agree with it.

"[the SCOTUS] has signaled its willingness to abandon voting altogether and simply allow Republican legislatures to choose the next president (presumably, Trump)."

That we have yet to see. I agree about the fears expressed, losing faith and the overarching outrage, hard to subdue.

This is a battle and it has to be engaged. We heard lawyers on N.Wallace MSNBC last night- a nice selection including Katyal. The woman lawyer ( forget her name) laid out the dilemma. This is maybe a game of chess ( though not a "game" at all).. the pros and cons of the DOJ challenging this ruling and the delay involved versus alternative paths. So many legal minds agree with this take, including the puzzling but useful (of late) Barr. The law must be used. If we cannot deal with this threat by democratic means, the tools of democracy, then maybe it is time for revolt and boiling over. We are the majority..not to forget. The enemy is also complacency. Keep on.

Thank you.

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As I travel around Minnesota and see people proudly wearing their Jensen for governor shirts at the state fair or posting Jensen signs in their yards (Iron Range) and desperately trying to convince their fellow Minnesotans “Walz failed” by imposing mask mandates, vaccine mandates over two years ago, it occurs to me that these people are living in an alternate universe that has no connection to current, actual reality, that they’re addicted to their anger and resentment, that their anger and resentment is the only thing that gets them out of bed in the morning, that they need their fix of Trump induced anger and resentment and belief that their lives could have turned out so differently if only Trump had been president forever. Of course there are elements of Christian-nationalism and fascism in this group but my contention is that the majority of MAGAs understand that something has gone terribly wrong in America over the last 50 years. They’re not wrong. Think about all the aspects of American life that are broken and weren’t fixed but simply tinkered with, starting with out health care system; student loans; banking system; housing; federal minimum wage; abortion laws superseding medical professional training; court system; justice system; prison systems; electoral college; voting restrictions. This is not an exhaustive list but it’s a start and shows that America has been resting on its laurels for the last 40 years while we were convinced by mostly Republicans that either we could not afford to fix things or that fixing things would hurt the right kind of person and help the wrong type of person. That’s been the foundational philosophy of politics and government for the last 40 years. I wouldn’t call it fascism, I’d call it simply neglect. MAGAs feel neglected and ignored. Trump exploits them by creating an alternate reality for them to exist in. When MAGAs’ actual reality becomes more satisfying that Trump’s alternate reality, will they be able to give up their addiction?

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