The rise of Hitler, of Mussolini,
any strongman in power
corrupting human hearts
gathering the weak, the gullible,
becoming a cult of personality,
No turning back, no return,
the threat too present, too grave...
The leader demanding loyalty,
fealty over facts, reality,
the truth of the moment,
anything to hold onto, to regain,
power above all else,
A slippery slope, a precedent,
too easy to repeat...
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Edited August 7, 2023
The rise of Hitler – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler-v3.html
Edited August 7, 2023
The rise of Hitler – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler-v2.html
August 3, 2023
The rise of Hitler
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-rise-of-hitler.html
August 1, 2023
Stanza 1
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686546442041663488
Stanza 2
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686547189693120512
July 31, 2023
Responding to post by John Dean
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1686185973531459584
“Your post here speaks to the different
gravity of this moment
to the one you covered with Nixon in
1972-1974.
The existential threat to America, to
democracy,
to the rule of law, is so much greater.”
July 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/1685577422237028352
“Anyone who cannot fathom how Hitler got
control of Germany
need only look at Trump’s hold on the base of
the GOP and
the refusal of GOP leaders who know what is
happening
to call out his criminal conduct.”
&
May
18, 2022
You
don’t have to touch the darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/you-dont-have-to-touch-darkness.html
May
18, 2022 Twitter post by Scott MacFarlane
with
link to his Guardian newspaper article
https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/1526979188879609856
about
Fox News, Tucker Carlson and Great Replacement Theory
&
May
16, 2022
A moment
of crisis
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-moment-of-crisis.html
May 16,
2022
stop
feeding hate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/stop-feeding-hate.html
&
May
12, 2022
The cancer
rises to the top
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-cancer-rises-to-top.html
subpoenas
for House Republican leaders by the January 6th Committee
&
edited
June 10, 2021
Charge
him with Sedition – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html
June
10, 2021
Charge
him with Sedition
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html
&
edited July 15, 2021
When Democrats are sitting in prison
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-democrats-are-sitting-in-prison.html
July 13, 2021
When the Democrats are sitting in their prison cells
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/when-democrats-are-sitting-in-their.html
&
July 12, 2021
Too much is at stake
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/too-much-is-at-stake.html
&
edited July 12, 2021
Releasing the Kraken, the Lies – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/releasing-kraken-lies-v2.html
July 12, 2021
Releasing the Kraken, the Lies
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/releasing-kraken-lies.html
&
July 11, 2021
Giving Oxygen to the Terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/giving-oxygen-to-terror.html
Fox News interviewing Donald Trump,
who called for the name of the police officer
who shot Ashli Babbitt
&
edited/new name July 6, 2021
The Terror will only get louder
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-terror-will-only-get-louder.html
edited July 6, 2021
They are just getting started – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/they-are-just-getting-started-v2.html
July 6, 2021
They are just getting started
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/they-are-just-getting-started.html
edited July 5, 2021
Where are the Insurrectionists Plotting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/where-are-insurrectionists-plotting-v2.html
edited
July 5, 2021
What
are the Insurrectionists Doing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-are-insurrectionists-doing-v2.html
July 5, 2021
Where are the Insurrectionist Plotting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/where-are-iinsurrectionists-plotting.html
July 5, 2021
What are the Insurrectionists Doing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/what-are-insurrectionists-doing.html
edited July 4, 2021
an idea, a dream – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream-v2.html
July 4, 2021
an idea, a dream
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-idea-dream.html
July 4, 2021 Twitter post
https://twitter.com/RevJJackson/status/1411680299872837635
by The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.
about slavery and subjugation of native
people
at the time of the Declaration of Independence
&
Smithsonian article:
A Nation's Story: ”What to the Slave is the
Fourth of July?
https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/nations-story-%E2%80%9Cwhat-slave-fourth-july%E2%80%9D
Frederick Douglass speech 7/4/1852
"The Meaning of July Fourth for the
Negro"
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2927t.html
&
edited July 4, 2021
We must fight for the dream, the idea of
America – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_4.html
edited July 3, 2021
We must fight for the dream, the idea of
America – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america_3.html
edited July 3, 2021
We must fight for the dream, the idea of
America – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/07/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html
June 29, 2021
We must fight for the dream, the idea of
America
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-dream-idea-of-america.html
June 29, 2021
We must fight for this country
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-fight-for-this-country.html
June 29, 2021
We must not despair, we must not be
despondent
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-must-not-despair-we-must-not-be.html
June 29, 2021
We can have hope – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-can-have-hope-2.html
edited June 29, 2021
The threat is real – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real-v2.html
edited June 28, 2021
We are under attack – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack-v2.html
June 28, 2021
We are under attack
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-under-attack.html
edited June 28, 2021
Repeating the Big Lie – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie-v2.html
June 28, 2021
Repeating the Big Lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/repeating-big-lie.html
June 28, 2021
The threat is real
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-threat-is-real.html
edited/ new name June 28, 2021
The Lie is pernicious, divisive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious-divisive.html
June 28, 2021
The Lie is pernicious
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-lie-is-pernicious.html
merged/ edited June 27, 2021
The Insurrection never stopped – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v4.html
edited/new name June 27, 2021
We are still under attack
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-are-still-under-attack.html
June 25, 2021
We remain under attack
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/we-remain-under-attack.html
&
edited June 10, 2021
Charge him with Sedition – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition-v2.html
June 10, 2021
Charge him with Sedition
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/06/charge-him-with-sedition.html
&
Edited May 30, 2021
The Insurrection never stopped – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v3.html
Edited May 29, 2021
The Insurrection never stopped – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped-v2.html
edited/new name May 29, 2021
The Insurrection never stopped
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-never-stopped.html
edited May 28, 2021
The Insurrection continues – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-insurrection-continues-v2.html
adding stanza 2
May 28, 2021
The Insurrection continues
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/insurrection-continues.html
May 28, 2021
Minority Rule
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/minority-rule.html
edited May 28, 2021
The Filibuster - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v3.html
edited May 27, 2021
The Filibuster - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster-v2.html
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398055841593446403
May 27, 2021
The Filibuster
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-filibuster.html
my reply to Dan Rather
https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1398014947683078147
Dan Rather response to Senator Manchin
https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1398000381897150484
Tweet by Senator Joe Manchin
https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin/status/1397911553836474369
Connecticut Compromise, Great Compromise
House, Senate, representation
&
February 13, 2021
the faithful brownshirts
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-faithful-brownshirts.html
February 7, 2021
as darkness fell on the Capitol
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/darkness-fell-on-capitol-in-broad.html
edited February 3, 2021
For the sake of Democracy - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy-v2.html
February 1, 2021
For the sake of Democracy
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-sake-of-democracy.html
poetry, House, Senate, compromise, GOP,
minority, majority, McConnell, democracy, insurrection, filibuster,
obstruction,
#poetry #filibuster #obstruction #House
#Senate #compromise #GOP #minority #majority #McConnell #democracy
#insurrection
poem, poetry, democracy, America, United
States, trials, impeachment, arrest, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition,
incitement, justice, unity, comity, bipartisanship,
#poem #poetry #democracy #America
#UnitedStates #trials #impeachment #arrest #CapitolRiots #insurrection
#sedition #incitement #justice #unity #comity #bipartisanship #election #lies
#power
#ImpeachmentTrial #poem #poetry
@LeaderMcConnell @SenateGOP #democracy #CapitolRiot #insurrection #History
#trial
poem, poetry, democracy, America, United
States, justice, July 4th, 4th of July, Independence Day, freedom, life,
liberty, pursuit of happiness,
#poetry #democracy #America #life #liberty
#pursuitofhappiness #IndependenceDay #July4th #July4 #DeclarationofIndependence
poem, poetry, democracy, America, United
States, Capitol riots, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, Fox News,
#poetry #democracy #America #CapitolRiots
#insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #election #lies #power #conspiracy
#FoxNews
poem, poetry, democracy, America, United
States, Capitol riot, insurrection, sedition, incitement, justice, Fox News,
Lin Wood, Sidney Powell, Kraken,
#poetry #democracy #America #CapitolRiot
#insurrection #sedition #incitement #justice #election #lies #Trump #conspiracy
#FoxNews #Powell #Wood #Kraken
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poetry, crime, sedition, insurrection,
capitol riot, conspiracy, democracy, Trump, constitution, law, treason,
#poetry #crime #sedition #insurrection
#capitolriot #conspiracy #democracy #Trump #constitution #law #treason
#ChargeTrumpNow
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poetry, January 6th, January 6th
Committee, insurrection, sedition, subpoena,
#poetry #January6th #January6thCommittee
#insurrection #Sedition #subpoena
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poetry, Buffalo Massacre, BLM, white
supremacy, racism, hate, terrorism,
#poetry #BuffaloMassacre #blm #whitesupremacy
#racism #hate #terrorism
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poetry, Tucker Carlson, Great Replacement
Theory, racism, white supremacy, hate, terrorism, Buffalo Massacre, Fox News,
Scott MacFarlane,
#poetry #TuckerCarlson #GreatReplacementTheory
#racism #whitesupremacy #hate #terrorism #BuffaloMassacre #FoxNews
#ScottMacFarlane
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propaganda, dictator, Mussolini, Jim Jones, danger, democracy,
Trump, cult, arraignment, America, lies, power, threat, Hitler, fascism, Goebbels,
poetry, totalitarian, MAGA, conspiracy, racism, insurrection,
#propaganda #dictator #Mussolini #JimJones #danger #democracy
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