for a while now, but under Trump's second term it seems to be the norm and it's intentional. They want to scare people, so they don't resist. It's a lot easier to accomplish a coup that way. And this is a coup. Soft at this point, but certainly not non-violent.
This country has had a run of 250 years - we'll see what happens in the next couple years. Nature taking its course is probably what we can hope for w/Trump, he does not look well. But I'm also not convinced he's the main problem. The billionaires (esp. folks like Thiel w/his penchant for buying politicians like JD Vance), the Heritage Foundation (Vought & Miller), and their base (evangelicals) - are still all going to be there. They are determined to have their Christian Nationalism. I believe they are a minority in this country, but so far they've been pretty successful. 
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