Sam talks with Dale Anderson, an organizer with Choose Democracy Now about what’s happening at the ground level in Sarasota, Florida as a case study of the spreading fascism in the US. Find out more about their work at choosedemocracynow.org.

Plus commentary from C. Clark Kissinger excerpted from the recent Q&A discussion with hosts of the show and Refuse Fascism patrons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Trump’s Attacks on the Legal System Are a Preview of How He Plans to Govern by Sasha Abramsky

The Center Cannot Hold by Paul Street

People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring by Brynn Tannehill

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown