Ironically, Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Uniting Americans To Fight For Their Common Good

By Jim Hightower Photos: Jim Hightower\YouTube Screenshots The Trump-Musk administration thought they could just stomp on us and our Constitution, replacing democracy with a MAGA monarchy. But they had not reckoned with one fearsome opponent: Sen. Chuck Schumer. The Senate’s top Democrat says he’s getting “furious” about the GOP’s oligarchic coup attempt. Wow, he might even fire off one of his strongly worded letters to the White House! So far, though, the Democratic “leader” is meekly urging a horrified public to just weather the storm, predicting that, “Trump will screw up.” Hello, Chuck—history clearly teaches that to fight totalitarianism, you actually have to… fight. People are asking: Why the hell is the party’s top leadership AWOL? The good news is grassroots people themselves—the little-d democrats—have taken to the streets, leading the charge to STOP this plutocratic, autocratic power grab. So, “leaders” ought to at least follow! All Democratic national officials (including former presidents Clinton, Obama, and Biden) should literally come out and stand together, demonstrating solidarity with the majority of Americans fighting this far-right, un-American assault by rampaging billionaires. Most encouraging is the fact that workaday people—in red states as well as blue—are erupting in spontaneous protests and unity actions....