The aggressive Republican agenda, driven by Project 2025 is an authoritarian, Christian nationalist plan designed to destroy the middle class and concentrate power in the hands of a super wealthy few. It is proceeding quickly to imprison large segments of society by the use of brutal force. The only way to successfully counter this movement is for the Democratic Party to create a broad based coalition, unified in purpose and responding on multiple fronts. There is no time to loose.
OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT
Imagine we’re flying a 747 ( AKA America), and we’re occupied. We can’t leave the cabin, our electrical and hydraulic systems have been successfully targeting. There is no way this plane is going to have a happy landing. All we can do is to manage the inevitable to minimize the damage.
I read about a political scientist who examined nine different indicators of fascism, and the answer he came up with was, “Close enough for government work.” Currently, the USA is only 75% a fascist country, but no one saw how quickly this transformation could happen.
Worse, an econometric analysis by JP Morgan Chase indicates that inflation will be an estimated 11% by October, due to government policies.
The good news is, we’re on a white-water rafting trip. The bad news is, we’re on the we are in the rapids and we are approaching a waterfall .
SCENARIOS
Worst case: Current government policies are not counteracted and the 2026 national elections are canceled.
Best case: The President dies immediately. MAGA loses its mojo. JD is a tool that everyone hates, and the Rs break up like a bad oil slick, allowing for R renegades to vote with Ds to send legislation to the White House for possible vetoes.
BOTTOM LINE: The next two years will be filled with mayhem of all varieties, not only from the economy, but from the destruction of the federal government.
The biggest threat to national security now is right wing extremism. It will be responsible for 90% of the mayhem the US will be facing in the coming years. Democratic politicians and activists, private citizens, independent republicans, local and state law enforcement need to start monitoring and taking measures to counter all active extremists . The FBI cannot be depend upon at this point.
Historical Precedents
Gene Sharp Is a Harvard professor, author of the book FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY. This book has been applied by the CIA overseas many times. The most recent and notable country destabilized was Ukraine. From 2012 to 2014, it went from a colony of Russia to what it is today.
The book has approximately 130 proven ways to destabilize authoritarian regimes. The ultimate goal is a nonviolent revolution for regime change, but inevitably, there will be violence incidents in the process.
Given the imminent unrest facing the US, it’s just a matter of time before Sharp’s work is implemented. The most likely group to start this is in the labor movement.
One of the seeds of the Occupy movement was Gene Sharp, where the methods that he and others used were aggressive but largely peacefully. Unfortunately, the prospect of state-sponsored violence will very likely activate every part of the handbook.
Congress is extremely limited in its ability to control the situation.
Democrats need to start developing a broad array of left-progressive legislation. in every Congressional committee. Since Ronald Reagan, we’ve had death by a thousand cuts. What we need is – health by a thousand stitches. We need to craft legislation that will provide left social democracy.
NY Times or Washington Post needs to do investigative reporting on the role that the National Endowment for Democracy and the Republican Institute played in effecting the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. This can be a case study for a Red, White, & Blue Revolution.
WHY DID WE LOSE 2 OUT OF 3 ELECTIONS THE REPUBLICANS?
My answer is that Democrats failed to motivate huge segments of the voting population. It wasn’t just that MAGA activated those who historically, have been least likely to vote. It was because Democrats failed to energize voters on the left.
The old saying is: When you give the voters a choice between voting for a false Republican and a real Republican – the real Republican will win every time.
As a political hack I know that as a foot soldier, I can deliver 300 votes like clockwork in every election. In 2024, I only delivered 100. Why? Because huge chunks of party infrastructure were missing. There were no canvassers on the street or phones. We failed to motivate potential party activists.
Is it any wonder why the Democratic Party has alienated its base? All we ever do is to ask for more money in every letter. We do nothing in Congress, and we appear to only care about people on Election Day.
And over time, this cycle has intensified – with more and more voter alienation.
There’s a lopsided weighting between Rs and Ds. Although we have the Sanders/AOC wing – it doesn’t match the hardcore right wing extremists resident in the Republican Party. This rightward weighting explains many of the things that have happened in 2025.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
A far left faction of the party needs to be developed, but it needs to be under the party’s control. New cadres need to focus on taking every R out of office.
Elected Democrats need to take a more hands on monitoring local party offices to insure their viability. This explains the strength of organizations like the Chicago Democratic machine.
A change in party culture needs to be developed that is more tolerant of left insurgent challengers. Incumbents should be in touch with their districts and be confident in their ability to win elections. If another AOC takes out a moribund elected, this will improve the party as a whole.
BACKFIRE
A vehicle designed to move a significant segment of the Democratic Party into countering Republican Extremism with immediately.
Party activists need to fully participate in every protest -- from now until November 2026. Personal relations need to be forged between the huge circle of activists on the left, and the tiny circle of party regulars on the far-right end of the left political spectrum.
MAGA voters are now 8% to 12% persuadable. This number will increase as the Epstein saga unfolds.
Instead of circles on the left and right sides of the page, DAF activists need to go to where the protesters are to form a Venn diagram. Party activists and protesters can be in a common space. And in return, we’ll have access to the young blood that can help us win in the primary and general elections.
And ultimately, this is how we’ll defeat fascism in America.
CONTAINMENT
Too often, the worst thing that can happen is when leftists run their own candidates against establishment Ds in primaries. For this reason, the focus of the DAF is to concentrate on eliminating every Republican from elected office. Developing strong relations, and recruiting activists into DAF should be Job #1 for every protest demonstration. Large banners that say DEMOCRATS AGAINST FASCISM need to be used as recruiting tools for people wanting to sign up for taking out Rs.
ULTIMATE GOAL
Ideally, this can start out small at the bottom. But it needs to be a national movement – operational in 3200 counties across the USA. And it needs to be done as quickly as possible.
REBRANDING: Marketing is adding 2% pizzazz, and leaving 98% alone. It’s what transformed Blue Ribbon Sports Group into Nike. DAF is that vehicle. Take what works. Add some zest, and make people focus on the new. Meanwhile, the Ds need to concentrate on doing what they do the best in DC.
Rebranding represents something of a Trojan horse tactic. An over-saturation of fundraising requests alienates a huge percentage of the voting population. By focusing on potentially radical left campaign issues voter attention can be focused on issues like ICE instead of more mundane issues of daily governance.
IMPLEMENTATION (Lane County, OR case studies)
Currently West Lane and Springfield Lane County Commission seats are seen as unwinnable. I would propose “radical left” candidates tailored to each district.
WEST LANE: I believe that a friend of mine can win West Lane. He is a peace activist who’s been arrested 76 times at peace and civil rights demonstrations. He moved here from North Carolina several years ago, and lives in Elmira, the center of the district. He’s associated with the Oregon Country Fair, and thus has access to a potential base of 300 volunteers. He is one of them. Florence is on the ocean, and is a progressive hotbed. A large cadre of activists drawn from protesters can flood Bethel-Danebo, River Road, Santa Clara, and West Eugene. This is how we win. He wants to introduce lefty resolutions if he were to serve on the Board of County Commissioners, and I think that controversy will attract voters to him.
SPRINGFIELD: There is no candidate on the horizon here. Instead, there is a large Hispanic-Latino community that’s been ignored forever by white establishment Democrats. As such, they represent an army of new voters than can appear from out of nowhere – just as MAGA voters got activated to elect Trump. A Latino-Hispanic activist can run and win on a platform of Anti ICE, Anti migra.
The first step is to organize a quiet but massive voter registration drives for every US citizen with a Hispanic surname. At the same time, work needs to be done to talent scout that candidate who can fit the bill.
It is important that Spanish language voter material be developed for this target market.
THE LANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Lately, DPLC has statistically under-performed other Democratic strongholds in Oregon. A DPO official has privately expressed concerns about the poor performance of the DPLC. Worse yet, geographically, with 10% of the population – Lane County represents the fulcrum of victory or defeat statewide. The Democratic minority on the Lane County Board is symptomatic of our weakness. And it can endanger Democratic prospects for the entire state in 2026.
One recent poll of voter sentiment nationally shows only a 50-50 chance of obtaining a majority vote in the national elections. There is no way we can assume that Democrats will win in a landslide in November, 2026 – even under the most optimistic scenarios.
As a careful observer of the local party, it’s my conclusion that the current party chair is most responsible for turning a vibrant party apparatus into what I call the AARP Canasta Club.
Current leadership is unwilling to make any move whatsoever towards making cause with the common cause we share with No Kings and other protesters on the left. For this reason, yesterday I left a personal note to her – asking her to resign immediately.
It’s my opinion that something of the same dynamics are operational all over the country. How else can we explain the dismal performance of the party in 2016 and 2024? Electoral College results indicate a significant amount of rot in the lowest levels of the Democratic Party nationally.
This is a matter of attention to all elected Democrats! You need to more closely monitor the ongoing workings of your party committees. You need to whip them into shape when necessary to insure that we have the biggest, meanest fighting machines possible for the challenges we’re all going to face in 2026.