Yes, America, you can resist the brutishness of the reign of Trump -- when progressives truly unite

[DonViejo]

Grassroots populists have important work to do even as forces of oligarchy and repression are hoping for surrender

JIM HIGHTOWER

Buckle up, friends. Most Americans are about to be detoured onto a rough and rocky back road called “Trump Way.” The autocratic tycoon was unabashed on the campaign trail in promising that his victory would ensure millions of people a dire future that included mass deportations of immigrants, refugee bans and frontal assaults on women.

But they’re not the only ominous prospects. It will surprise many of the working stiffs who voted for the blustery billionaire to learn something that he didn’t communicate in his hectoring, “truth-telling” speeches: His little-discussed economic agenda is filled with provisions that would permit 1 percenters to travel more luxuriously than ever in the smooth, fast lanes of life, while the middle class and the poor are flagged onto Trump Way for a hairy, four-year ride of even more downward mobility. The proposed package includes the following:

1. Immediately seizing control of the National Labor Relations Board, turning it into a corporate bulldozer to destroy workers’ rights, particularly the right to organize unions.

2. “Yuuuuge” new tax cuts for corporations and the superrich, busting the budget for addressing human needs.

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http://www.salon.com/2017/01/21/yes-america-you-can-resist-the-brutishness-of-the-reign-of-trump-when-progressives-truly-unite/

[dalton99a]

1. The destruction has begun, and the battle must be joined now

in every way possible.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R ......for visibility..nt