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Democracy or the white supremacist mob: which side is the Republican party on?

By Richard Wolffe

At Trump’s impeachment trial, Republicans have one more chance to turn their backs on the extremists. Will they take it?

In 2001, nine days after terrorists attacked the United States and its federal government, a Republican president stood before Congress with the overwhelming support of a terrified nation, as he presented a stark choice to the world.

“Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists,” said George W Bush to loud applause in September 2001. “From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.”

Thus was born the post-9/11 era, which survived for the best part of two decades, costing trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives, and realigning American diplomacy and politics in stark terms.

Republicans fought and won two elections on the basis that they were strong and unequivocal in defending the nation, while Democrats were weak flip-floppers who tried to have it both ways.

Today Washington is staring at something like a new dawn – the start of the post-Trump era – and Republicans don’t know which side of the war they’re on. Are they with the United States or with the insurrectionists?

The early answers are catastrophically weak in a world where the threats are not distant or abstract. This is not a risk posed to American officials halfway around the world, or a potential threat that might one day materialize in a foreign capital.

This is a clear and present danger for the very members of Congress who must now decide between protecting their own careers or protecting the lives of the people working down the hall. With the second impeachment trial of Donald J Trump starting next week, there’s no escaping the moment of decision for at least 50 Republican senators: are you with the United States or not?

In every single other working environment, this would not be a hard choice. Given the chance to save your own job or save the lives of your co-workers – even the ones you dislike – the vast majority of decent people would save lives.

Just listen to the first-hand accounts of representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Katie Porter. Ocasio-Cortez gave a chilling account of hiding in her office bathroom to save her life as insurrectionists stormed the Capitol last month.

There’s no question that she, like many others, feared for her life. Porter recalled her friend desperately seeking refuge in her office. She gave Ocasio-Cortez a pair of sneakers in case they needed to run for their lives.

The mortal threat was not confined to high-profile Democrats. Mike Pence, the most toady of Trump loyalists, was hiding from the mob with his family, while terrorists chanted about hanging him. If anyone needed confirmation of their murderous intent, there was a makeshift gallows outside the Capitol. It is long past time to admit the blindingly obvious: the Republican party has been hijacked by fascist extremists. It is now a far-right organization in league with neo-Nazis who have made it painfully clear they want to overthrow democracy and seize power, using violence if necessary.

Every decision the so-called leaders make at this point defines which side they are on: the United States as we know it, or the white supremacist mob.

In these few weeks since the mob trashed the Capitol, leading to five deaths, Republican leaders have bathed themselves less in glory than in the sewage of fascism. Given a choice between the conservative Liz Cheney and the fascist Marjorie Taylor Greene, House Republicans have shunned the former and hugged the latter. It’s Cheney whose position as part of the Republican leadership is under threat, while Greene is only coming under pressure from Democrats – who for some reason find themselves alone in feeling horrified by Greene’s advocacy for the execution of Democrats and white supremacy in general. Republican leaders now find themselves in a prisoner’s dilemma of their own making. Both Mitch McConnell in the US Senate and Kevin McCarthy in the House of Representatives could escape the worst public punishment if they act together to take back their own party. Instead, they are ratting on each other.

McConnell said in a statement on Monday that Greene posed an existential threat to the party. “Loony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican party and our country,” he said, while also supporting Cheney’s leadership.

Technically this is McCarthy’s mess to clean up, in the House rather than the Senate. But McCarthy can’t bring himself to say something in public about the QAnon cultist Greene, or what she represents.

Instead he traveled to Florida at the weekend to kiss the ring of the man who really stands at the center of this threat to our democracy: one Donald J Trump, who is supposedly a Greene fan, according to Greene herself. There may be rational short-term reasons why McConnell and McCarthy have parted ways on this fascist thing.

McConnell just lost control of the Senate because it’s challenging to win statewide contests – even in conservative places like Georgia – when you’re trying to overthrow democracy at the same time. McCarthy, meanwhile, deludes himself that he can get closer to power because House districts are so gerrymandered that Republicans are only threatened by the cannibalizing power of the mob. But in reality, there is no choice. This isn’t about loony lies or conspiracy theories, as McConnell suggests. It’s not about Republican primaries or Trump’s disapproval, as McCarthy fears.

The choice in front of Republicans is whether they support democracy or not; whether they want to live and work in fear of the mob, or not. QAnon may be loony but its goals are to murder elected officials, and its supporters include heavily armed insurrectionists. The 1930s fascists were also unhinged and proved themselves deadly serious about mass murder.

Next week Republicans in Washington have one more chance to turn their backs on fascism. They could reject the laughable claims from Trump’s lawyers that he was merely exercising his free speech rights by telling his mob to march on Congress and fight like hell. Apparently such conduct does not constitute incitement to riot, because the word “incitement” has lost all relationship to reality. Nobody expects Republican senators to vote in enough numbers to convict Trump of the obvious charges that played out on television. Nobody expects enough of them to reject the violent overthrow of the democracy that put them in the Senate.

They represent, to use Bush’s language, a hostile regime inside the nation’s capital. Until Republicans split with the insurrectionists – by ejecting them from their party or forming their own – democracy itself is unsafe.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/03/democracy-white-supremacist-mob-republican-party

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PDM was formed for the ouster of illegitimate and incompetent selected PTI regime

 Pakistan Peoples Party MPA and Spokesman Bilawal House, Surendar Valasai has said that PDM was formed for the ouster of illegitimate and incompetent selected PTI regime, which has proved itself as a deadly termite for the country’s economy and politics.

In a statement issued here, the spokesman said that a puppet regime played on the rhythms of anti-corruption narrative only to be called by the world’s anti-corruption watchdog as the most corrupt government in Pakistan’s history. “So-called campaign by NAB has been exposed as a brutal and naked weapon against the Opposition leaders who are being dragged from one lock-up and court to other,” he said.
Surendar Valasai said that national debt is piling up Rs13.10 billion per day since the PTI government was imposed upon the people of Pakistan while during PPP government it was just 4.40 billion per day. He said inflation has gone through the roof of every household in Pakistan but the Prime Minister Imran Khan keeps throwing more inflation bombs by increasing petroleum price every fortnight. On the other hand. National growth rate has fallen into a negative category and unemployment surged. Under the puppet regime 20 million more people have been pushed below the poverty line registering an unprecedented increase of 26 per cent within 29 months, he added.
PPP MPA further said that Imran Khan has also turned out to be the worst enemy of the agriculture sector, which is the backbone of the economy. Farmers have been squeezed through anti-agriculture policies and they were forced to throw away their hardly-produced crops.
Bilawal House spokesman said that PDM public meeting in Hyderabad on February 9 will prove to be massive no confidence in the PTI regime and there was great enthusiasm in the PPP and other PDM partners’ workers.
He said that selected Prime Minister should resign to save himself from further disgrace and the country from nosediving economic and political conditions as Pakistan cannot sustain anymore the illegal, incompetent and illegitimate PTI government.


کراچی (3 فروری 2021) پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کے رکنِ سندھ اسمبلی و ترجمانِ بلاول ہاؤس سریندر ولاسائی نے کہا ہے کہ پی ٹی آئی کی ناجائز و نالائق سلیکٹڈ حکومت کو ہٹانے کے لیئے پی ڈی ایم بنایا گیا تھا، جس حکومت نے خود یہ ثابت کیا ہے کہ وہ ملک کی معیشت و سیاست کے لئے ایک دیمک ہے۔ اپنے جاری کردہ بیان میں بلاول ہاوَس کے ترجمان نے کہا ہے کہ کرپشن ختم کرنے والے بیانیئے کی دُھن پر ناچنے والی کٹھ پتلی حکومت کو دنیا کے معروف اینٹی کرپشن ادارے نے پاکستان کی تاریخ کی سب سے بڑی بدعنوان حکومت قرار دے دیا ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ نیب کی نام نہاد مہم اپوزیشن کے خلاف جابرانہ و کھلے ہتھیار کے طور پر بے نقاب ہو چکی ہے، اور خاص طور پر ان رہنماؤں کے خلاف جنہیں ایک لاک اپ اور عدالت سے دوسری کی جانب گھسیٹا جاتا رہا ہے۔ سریندر ولاسائی نے کہا کہ جب سے پی ٹی آئی حکومت کو پاکستان کی عوام پر مسلط کیا گیا ہے تب سے ملک پر قرضوں میں روزانہ 13.10 ارب روپے کا اضافہ ہو رہا ہے، جبکہ پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کی حکومت کے دوران یہ شرح صرف 4.40 ارب تھی۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ مہنگائی نے پاکستان کے ہر گھر کو بُری طرح متاثر کیا ہے، لیکن وزیراعظم عمران خان ہر پندرہویں روز پئٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتیں بڑھا کر عوام پر مہنگائی کے بم گراتا رہتا ہے۔ دوسری جانب قومی شرح نمو منفی ہو چکی ہے، اور بے روزگاری میں بہت اضافہ ہوا ہے۔ انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ کٹھ پتلی حکومت کے تحت 20 ملین مزید لوگوں کو خطہ غربت سے نیچے زندگی گزارنے کی جانب دھکیل دیا گیا ہے، ایسے افراد کی تعداد میں گذشتہ 29 ماہ کے دوران 26 فیصد کا غیر معمولی اضافہ ہوا ہے۔ پی پی پی رکنِ سندھ اسمبلی نے کہا کہ عمران خان زراعت کے شعبے کا بھی بدترین دشمن ثابت ہوا ہے، جو کہ معیشت کی ریڑھ کی ہڈی کی حیثیت رکھتا ہے۔ زراعت دشمن پالیسیوں کے ذریعے کاشتکاروں کو نچوڑا جا رہا ہے اور وہ بڑی محنت سے پیداہ کردہ فصلوں کو پھینک دینے پر مجبور ہوگئے ہیں۔ بلاول ہاؤس کے ترجمان نے کہا کہ رواں ماہ حیدرآباد میں پی ڈی ایم کا عظیم الشان جلسہ عام پی ٹی آئی حکومت خلاف واضح عدم اعتماد ثابت ہوگا اور پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی و پی ڈی ایم میں شامل دیگر جماعتوں کے کارکنان میں زبردست جوش و خروش پایا جاتا ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ سلیکٹڈ وزیر اعظم کو فوراً مستعفی ہو جانا چاہئے تاکہ وہ خود کو مزید بدنامی اور ملک کو سیاسی و معاشی انتشار سے بچ جائے، کیونکہ پاکستان غیرقانونی، نالائق اور ناجائز حکومت کا مزید متحمل نہیں ہو سکتا

https://www.ppp.org.pk/pr/24339/

#HappyBirthdayAseefaBZ #HappyBirthdayAseefaBiBi - Aseefa Bhutto Zardari Thanks Everyone For Birthday Wishes

 Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, the youngest daughter of Muslim world’s first female Prime Minister Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, has turned 28 years old today.

Born on February 9 1993 to Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, Aseefa is the youngest of Benazir’s three children.

A strong exponent of social rights, She holds a degree of Masters in Global Health attained from the University College London. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari is also currently serving as the UN Ambassador for polio eradication.

Her dynamic personality has swept the admirers, as she exhibited exceptional leadership qualities in her first political appearance at the Multan rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) last month.

In her speech, Aseefa called on the crowd to remember her mother’s sacrifices for democracy and urged them to support her brother Bilawal Bhutto in his fight for true democracy in the country.

Aseefa Bhutto, on the occasion of her 29th birthday, took to Twitter to express gratitude to everyone who wished her.

Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also wished Happy Birthday to his sister.

https://www.bolnews.com/pakistan/2021/02/aseefa-bhutto-zardari-thanks-everyone-for-birthday-wishes/

#HappyBirthdayAseefaBZ #HappyBirthdayAseefaBiBi - Twitter wishes Asifa Bhutto a happy 28th birthday

 Twitter wishes Asifa Bhutto a happy 28th birthday

Its the 28th birthday of Asifa Bhutto Zardari today (Wednesday). She is the youngest daughter of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari.

Twitter was flooded with happy birthday messages for Asifa with ‘#HappyBirthdayAseefaBZ’ trending top on Twitter Wednesday morning.

PPP, too, wished Asifa on her birthday.

Here are some of the birthday messages for Asifa.

Asifa is currently the Ambassador for Polio Free Pakistan.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/333104-twitter-wishes-asifa-bhutto-a-happy-28th-birthday

#HappyBirthdayAseefaBZ - The youngest Bhutto turns 28

 The youngest of Bhutto-Zardari clan's entry into the world of politics promoted young blood into the political globe of Pakistan. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari is a Pakistani health activist, who is currently serving as the UN Ambassador for polio eradication.

The youngest daughter of Benazir Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Asif Ali Zardari, former president of Pakistan turns 28 today. 

Her dynamic personality has swept the admirers, as she exhibited exceptional leadership qualities in her first political appearance at the Multan rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) last month.

Wishing good fortune for her years ahead, Twitter was flooded with love for the youngest Bhutto as ‘#HappyBirthdayAseefaBZ’ was top trending this morning.

Her elder sister Bakhtawar wished her little one in true sister fashion by posting throwbacks on her Instagram:

Born on 3rd Feb 1993 in London, currently, she is residing in Karachi with her family.

On the educational front, she holds a degree of Masters in Global Health, attained from the 'University College London.' 

#HappyBirthdayBakhtawarBZ trends on Twitter as ...01:42 PM | 25 Jan, 2021

The daughter of the legendary politician Benazir Bhutto and ex-president Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari has ...

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/03-Feb-2021/happy-birthday-aseefa-bhutto-zardari-the-youngest-bhutto-turns-28