Trump Is Among Other Things A Fascist

Steve Bannon refused to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the 1/6 investigation. Traditionally, this resulted in no real consequences. Sometimes, we had years of litigation. This happened here too. But, he eventually lost and served a few months in prison. He was released today.

I hope this will serve as a small deterrence to future stonewalling. It takes a lot. The whole branch of Congress has to agree to hold the person in contempt. The executive has to agree to prosecute. There is theoretically inherent contempt power for which Congress can act on its own. People talk about it. Good luck with it actually happening.   

We still have much to learn about and address regarding January 6th. The greatest unfinished business involves Donald Trump. We are in a crazy situation where the guy is running for president and has a reasonable chance of winning. I hope he does not. I think he will not But, we shall see. 

Multiple people, including academic experts and his former Chief of Staff, have labeled Trump as a fascist. The term fits even if it is one of those terms like "racist" which some only want to apply to other people. What more do we have to know about Trump before people are not wary about the usage? 

We can summarize the qualities of fascism:

• Extreme nationalism
• Cult of Personality
• Militarism 
• Ethnic Divisions 
• Use of Mass Movements (Negative Populism) 
• Denial Of Civil Liberties 

What part doesn't apply to Trump?  Yes. My mayor, currently indicted for federal crimes, Eric Adams associates "fascism" with Hitler. Adams is a Democrat and Kamala Harris supporter. 

However, he wants to downgrade how bad the guy is, including as Trump has a NYC rally that is so bad that Republicans running for office in close races are running for cover.  A rally that took place at the same location as a 1939 Nazi rally. A bit too on point. 

Trump isn't Hitler, however, so Eric Adams doesn't want to call him a "fascist." Okay, dude. 

"Fascist" is one of those words that are controversial. You can find people quite unpleasant without them being a fascist. But, at some point, we need to accept and remind people about how particularly bad some people are. Liz Cheney is not supporting Kamala Harris because Trump has a bad tax policy. 

Anyway, among other things, I'm tired of, I'm tired of Eric Adams. New York City deserves better.