Singer Paul Simon’s words were prophetic: “Silence like a cancer grows.” Our democracy is fragile as people stand by and shake their heads in silence. This has happened before -- including in Germany in the runup to World War II. Germans, too, stood by as a fascist took over their country. Can you not see the analogy?

It’s happened slowly here, and began with the hijacking of the birther movement, a ride down an escalator, and, ultimately, via flashy branding. This president and his administration have now accomplished direct assaults on our democracy:

Our institutions have been meticulously eroded; voting rights have been trampled; established guardrails have been overridden; and the voter-fraud myth concocted. The president has abused emergency powers, presidential pardon power, and th

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