I have always believed that there will be a tremendous backlash against this semi-criminal, thuggery loving administration. You can spin facts endlessly, but you can't change them - truth will out, eventually, even about totally closed societies like Nazi Germany or Stalin's Russia. Despite their scary fringe (sorry, mainstream) the Republicans have not been able to create that type of an Orwellian nightmare. The tide is turning.
Of all the Western societies the US is most inflicted by class warfare (of the upper class variety), dumbing down of social discourse, by the mindless entertainment industry, by an investor class run mad. But there is another side to every nation: the hopeful side, the aspiring side - the side that the progressives are always trying to invoke, and much of the time failing. But never for good: there will become a time when the truth is respected again and uncontrollable elites are brought back under democratic control. This is the perennial, never-ending task of the liberals and progressives. And now I think the tide is slowly turning, the manipulation continues, it becomes even more hysterical, but more and more ineffective, more and more people stop listening to it. Maybe not the beginning of the end, but I think the end of the beginning: there will hard battles ahead, but the tide has turned. Finally. And this is because communities like this never gave up, because people kept fighting regardless of the odds, regardless of the darkness and helplessness. The tide is turning.