american fascism

The Laboratories of Fascism

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 25, 2025

ProPublica--always valuable--reminds us that the states have been the laboratories of contemporary fascism and laid the groundwork for so much of the horrors we are now facing on the federal level. Take Oklahoma's education system: Academics, educators and critics alike refer to Oklahoma as ground...

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The Western Roots of Contemporary American Fascism

By Erik Loomis

On July 21, 2022

When we look at what has happened to our nation, we are not spending enough time on how so much of this has originated in the rural West. I'm looking.

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Our Racist, Fascist Ex-President

By Erik Loomis

On January 30, 2022

Worth noting that last night, our ex-president not only promised to pardon his fascist coup supporters, but also basically promised a race war by calling the Black prosecutors investigating his.

Is Our Media Learning?

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 7, 2021

Ha ha ha.... Here's a photo of Kevin Greeson - the 55-year-old Athens, Alabama, man who died of a "medical emergency" during the unrest in Washington yesterday - posted on Parler last month w/ the caption "I wish these motherfuckers would come to my hood!"...

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It Was Always Going to End Like This

By Erik Loomis

On January 6, 2021

President Donald Trump examines a fire truck from Wisconsin-based manufacturer Pierce on the South Lawn during a "Made in America" product showcase event at the White House in Washington, DC,.

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Every accusation, yadda yadda yadda

By Dan Nexon

On January 6, 2021

Is there a German word for accusing your perceived enemies of plotting to do exactly what you intend to do? For Trumpian commentators, Democrats and the president’s other critics are.

Major Polling Firm Now Openly Fascist

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 28, 2020

Well this is just fine and dandy. Come January 6th: (Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything. - Stalin) "Come January 6, 2021, Vice President Mike Pence will be presented with the sealed certificates containing the ballots of...

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Fascism, Live and Direct

By Erik Loomis

On December 14, 2020

MOBILE, AL- AUGUST 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. The Trump campaign moved tonight's rally.

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How We Doing America?

By Erik Loomis

On December 7, 2020

DORAL, FL - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Trump.

I Just Can’t Take All This Outflanking!

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 1, 2020

Comrade Hawley is really pushing the populist rhetoric these days unlike those sellout Dems! Let me explain this to you. Corporate liberals are woke capitalists. The corporatists love critical race theory and all the other warmed-over Marxist garbage. They sell out working Americans and sneer...

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Trump is the Symptom, Not the Disease

By Erik Loomis

On July 28, 2020

Krugman is right on today when he notes the disease of selfishness that infects America. So what was going on? Were our leaders just stupid? Well, maybe. But there’s a.

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How’s the Republican Party Doing?

By Erik Loomis

On June 19, 2020

Well. They are doing very well. Such as in North Carolina. Frustrated by weeks of protests, a North Carolina lawmaker has lashed out at what he calls “gutless wonders in.