So the Former US President and Current GOP Candidate for the Presidency Calls for a Coup and the End of US Democracy — And?

President Donald J. Trump 2 March 2019, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, MD; official White House photo by Tia Dufour, at Wikimedia Commons

Heather Cox Richardson, "Letters from an American: December 3, 2002":

The leader of the Republican Party has just called for the overthrow of our fundamental law and the installation of a dictator. 

Donald Trump and the Scouts: Feeding Appetite for Disdain of Targeted Minorities (and, No, the Hitler Parallel Is Not Overblown)

Trump tells Boy Scouts he hopes GOP can kill Obamacare (stripping 22M+ of health coverage)

Boy Scouts respond by cheering "USA USA USA" pic.twitter.com/nIprrj5PoX

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) July 24, 2017

Signposts on the way, which we overlook to our great peril:

Tweets on Eve of Historic U.S. Election: "Will Always Be Remembered as the Presidential Election in Which the KKK, the KGB and the FBI All Supported the Same Candidate"

This will always be remembered as the presidential election in which the KKK, the KGB and the FBI all supported the same candidate.

— Victor Laszlo (@Impolitics) November 2, 2016

The Twittersphere is on fire today, with one zingy tweet after another commenting on American political life (and culture) on the eve* of a monumentally important election. To save you the trouble of weeding through tweets, I'm sharing some I've noticed today. And liked, admittedly, because of their wry humor, something I see myself in desperate need of on the eve of said monumentally important election. Here goes:

National Catholic Reporter Announces It Will Restrict Its Commenting Services, Due to "Dramatic Increase in Trolls and Disruptive Comments"

Last week, I pointed you to some valuable (and worrisome) commentary about how trolls are trashing open discussion spaces online and causing some news sites to shut down their commentary threads. 

Derrick Jensen on What Happens When Hatred Masked as Economics, Tradition, or Religious Belief Unmasks Itself

Derrick Jensen on what happens when hatred that has masked itself as economics, tradition, or religious belief ("I'm not a racist; I vote Republican because I'm a fiscal conservative") unmasks itself as it is challenged — and the naked raw force of the underlying hatred then emerges.