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This is an excellent article regarding the chaos across our nation, and how the Republican Party has digressed over time. In 2024, I would not even call the Republicans a "political party" but a cult created through lawlessness, coercive and repetitive control techniques (aka brainwashing), and mindless vulgarity. The Trump-appointed Supremes - the highest judiciary in our land, are a stark reminder that anyone can be "bought" - the bottom-line of Trump's approach to life. Their support of Trump - a man with 91 felony charges - with solid supportive evidence, a conviction as a sexual predator, a conviction of fraud - with endless documentation and proof, and perhaps most importantly a man who admires and wishes to emulate Vladimir Putin - is PROOF that those hard-working and honest folks in red states are running on prepared-propaganda and mass mind manipulation.

I spent the majority of my career living and working in communist and dictator-led countries. They all have two things in common - brainwashing and fear. Mitt Romney commented on the level of fear in Trumpism. As a student of Vladimir Putin's, Trump operates with threats and violence. There were ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Gonzales (R) from Ohio then refused to run for re-election and hired 24-hour armed protection for his family. The Russian Congress is elected every five years. No member of their Congress would dare vote or speak out against Putin for fear that they or a member of their family would be murdered or imprisoned. When a leader rules by using fear it is called a dictatorship and NOT a democracy. Our country is half way there to loose our democracy.

Trump's many-sided destructiveness has invaded the minds of millions of Americans and will continue to do so. Brainwashing is defined as "telling lies over and over until it is perceived as the truth." About 70% of the Republicans still believe Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen, when Biden won by over 7 million votes. Brainwashing began in totalitarian countries about 100 years ago and was used in: Italy, Germany, China, Austria, Russia, and a host of other countries. IT WORKS. Lo and behold, it is now found in the United States and used daily by Trump. Where do you suppose he learned this skill?

The Mueller Report failed miserably. Barr appointed Mueller - a lifelong friend - to produce this report due to pressure from Democrats. The "report" did not inform the American public about the Trump-Russian relationships and their impact of the daily lives of Americans. Barr probably did not want to deal with a presidential treason trial on his watch as the AG.

The Supreme Court's reaction to keeping Trump off the ballot in Colorado, and the MAGA Congressional members in Congress refusing to vote for a border protection bill which they demanded be created - are all due to Trump's cult's adherence and demands. Jim Jones, who thought he was God, created a cult of about 900 people. He ordered them all to drink Koolaid laced with poison and they all died. The Supremes and the MAGA people do not understand that they are supporting a dictatorship form of government or that Trump's strings are ALL pulled by Putin.

Read: From Democracy to Democrazy by Graham. It provides the evidence and proof of what is happening in our country.

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Sorry I can't find another way of alerting you to this, but the following jumped out at me in an otherwise stellar article: "...undue [undo] the outcome of the election." It's in there twice and I thought you might want to correct it.

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