US democracy is about to die

This is horrific

https://whyy.org/articles/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump/

Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s.

After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.

Remember the backlash Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde received for her sermon asking for compassion.

You'd think that Jesus Christ was a bit too lefty Liberal for their taste though? Almost a socialist. Odd to think if JC was around now the USA Christians would be first in line to stone him. Or shoot him, I suppose, Guns for God.

They’re basically trying to achieve what the original Pilgrim Fathers wanted when they moved over there during the reign of James I, that is to create a true Puritan theocracy.

I am glad that I'm old and won't see the eventual results of the US horror show. My children and grand children will though.it really make me despair.

It's horrifying.

The so called leader of the free world is a convicted felon, an ignorant bully in a cheap suit, turning the USA into a pariah state.

2029 seems a very long way off. 😥

Yes. It's very scary. Personally, I consider it both neglectful and abusive to limit children's access to knowledge thus preventing their ability to make informed choices in life. It's the lack of curiosity and desire to question that I find worrying. It's deeply depressing. Philistines rather than Christians.

A jaw-dropping - for Brits - glance into US education now available on c4, where Brit and US teens swap places for a few weeks. So far I have learned, many books banned including Harry Potter for the 'satanic' content. Christian 'worship' daily, weekly and via tv. Little knowledge of, or interest in, anything outside their state. No tuition about other reiligions. That said, they seem like delightful people with their children's - and their UK visitors -best interests at heart, even as they buy yet another gun or crossbow as a present. They hunt a lot in Arkansas. Very different to UK and, I understand, pretty representative of the mid-West.

I could understand it if they were in a country with no proper education system🤷🏼
Or is it more that trump (the vile worm that he is) has a special talent for making some people slavishly devote themselves? Those that dont fall under his spell abhor him with a hatred which is equal in magnitude to the devotion of the other segment, thus the society is turned against itself. Divided & conquered🤷🏼

Why arent they rioting/ protesting or has the moment for that passed by now? Will they go like lambs to the slaughter?

Another day, another overreach. How long before they start raiding universities, like all fascists do?
https://newrepublic.com/post/192854/elon-musk-doge-police-independent-nonprofit-usip
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency staffers used police and private security to forcefully take over the U.S. Institute of Peace on Monday.
The USIP, an independent nonprofit founded by Congress, had its president, Greg Moose, and its board fired last week by the Trump administration. The Associated Press reported that DOGE workers on Monday had law enforcement escort them into USIP, which is not located in a federal building, after previously being denied access.

The US Supreme Court is expected to ultimately take up some legal challenges to Trump's early actions, as the lawsuits make their way through the federal courts.

It will be very interesting to see how Trump responds to the lawsuits.

I am surprised we haven't had the Enemies of the People bit yet.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8j0vwpkwkxo

The chief justice of the US Supreme Court has released a rare statement in response to President Donald Trump's call to impeach a judge who ruled against his administration over migrant deportations.
"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement.
He added that the "normal appellate review process exists for that purpose".
Trump earlier referred to US District Judge James Boasberg as a "troublemaker and agitator" after he ordered the administration to halt deportations of accused gang members to El Salvador.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Justice Roberts, who leads the Supreme Court, rarely issues public statements on political matters.

From Salem to McCarthy, USA seems to suffer from a need to collectively obsess about something Nasty in the Woodshed on a regular basis. I saw recently that Salem stopped burning witchy women when some bright spark observed that maybe the Devil was making the population behave in this way so they should 9pack it in. I don't know what happened with the end of the McCarthy persecutions but they ebbed away I guess, leaving a legacy of paranoia about Reds under the Beds and a horror of Communism embodied in all things Russian. What now? Now they're being persuaded that the Russians Are our Friends and it's the turn of W Europe, longtime NATO allies, to become the current scapegoat for the incompetence of the USA government. I believe some Americans are finding it hard to credit that those outside the benighted country are feeling a bit pissed off with them. One can only sigh; it's beyond rational explanation.