Save our country by knowing the threats

 The United States is fewer than four weeks away from the most consequential election since the 19^th Century. Voters will choose between an almost-democratic constitutional democracy or a dystopian fascist future owned and run by the libertarian billionaires. The soul of our country and our freedoms are at stake. Nothing makes this more starkly clear than Project 2025, the Republican-Nazi manifesto of Trump, the Heritage Foundation and Charles Koch.

Within the past two weeks, pro-democracy alliances have hosted virtual meetings/webinars that expose the specific destructive steps in Project 2025. Their aim? To alert as many as possible on the threat Project 2025 poses to our country’s soul.

On Sept. 27, the Center for Media and Democracy, American Constitution Society and Common Cause hosted “Setting the Stacked Court in Stone?” The speakers:

Nancy MacLean (moderator) is the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy, Duke University; author of Democracy in Chains; and a Center for Media and Democracy board member.

David A. Super (panelist) is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Economics at Georgetown Law.

Lisa Graves (panelist) is the founder and Executive Director of True North Research, a national investigative watchdog group and Managing Director at Court Accountability. She is the board president of the Center for Media and Democracy.

Stasha Rhodes (panelist) is a veteran strategist and the Executive Director of United for Democracy. She recently rejoined The Center for American Progress as a Senior Fellow.

The hour-long event exposed the origins and tactics of the oligarchs’ takeover of the US judiciary as well as capturing state legislators and Congress. If you believe preserving our real freedoms, especially the progressive improvements of the mid-20th Century, is worth your time, please watch a replay of this webinar at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqgyJld3kY

On October 3, groups committed to honest history education, including the American Association of University Professors, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, the Coalition for Action in Higher Education, the Labor and Working-Class History Association, Massachusetts Peace Action, Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education, the Zinn Education Project and Convergencemag.com hosted “MAGA and Project 2025.” The panelists were:

Carol Anderson is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of African American Studies at Emory University.

Nancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and a past president of the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA).

Paul Ortiz is Professor of Labor History at Cornel University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. moderated the “Teach-In.”

A replay of this event is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPwGWze0G3U

Project 2025 is about 900 pages; and, it’s a long read. Several speakers pointed out that the Nazis behind this document are terrified that the public will see and understand the plan to drag the country back to the 1850s. Thankfully, some pro-democracy and pro-transparency websites have summarized and highlighted this right-wing radical document. Here are the links:

https://accountable.us/expose-project-2025/

https://redwine.blue/project2025/

I’ve been following this clear and present danger to our country since 2015. Yes, almost a decade ago, I saw the threat. Five years later, I read Dr. MacLean’s “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America.” You your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go to:

https://www.thequintessentialcurmudgeon.com/

You will find additional information to help you understand the vast array of forces trying to kill our nation as we know it.

It’s not too late to save our country, but time is short. Please share this with as many voters as possible.