The attack on American democracy is not coordinated genius – it is a de facto alliance of the stupid, the racist, and the cruel.

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/maga-feeding-frenzy-has-caused-a

“reactionary elites mostly aligned with Heritage and Project 2025; there are the America First nativists; there are the techbro feudal barons. There is also, let’s not forget, Donald Trump as a slightly idiosyncratic factor, driven entirely by a sense of grievance, a desire for revenge, and his personal obsessions”

Our democracy had become weak, it leaked blood in the water.