Have We Reached Peak Insanity? Some Recent Developments in Trump Fascism
October 9, 2026 Have We Reached Peak Insanity? Some Recent Developments in Trump Fascism Paul Street Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email The scariest thing to me this Halloween season isn’t actually the deranged fascist leader Mein Trumpf or the Trump fascist regime. The most frightening thing is that millions of US-Americans aren’t out in the streets every day in a mass uprising demanding the immediate removal of Trump and his regime. “The President is Going to Have to Do What He’s Going to Do” On Tuesday, the Daily Beast reported a chilling boast/warning from the former Trump administration attorney and leading far-right election denier Ed Martin. Reflecting on Trump’s two-hour Monday meeting with Tina Peters, the notorious country clerk who went to prison for meddling with the 2020 election on Trump’s behalf, Martin said this: “If the Congress won’t pass the [racist vote-suppressing] Save America Act and they won’t, then the President’s going to have to do what he’s going to do....
