Wow, he actually looks like a robber baron.
Happens to the best of us.
Tbf that was always kinda the point. It was a coined to mock the creation of White House office positions that had no legislation justifying it's existence, as opposed to the Federal Departments.
If the office was created, and position filled undemocratically, then calling that office holder a tsar makes some sense, if clearly hyperbolic.
Obviously, this one is a Senate approved appointment, so the point is diluted.
I believe they were referring to the German Social Democratic Party, which was in power for a time during the Weimar Republic.
Being susceptible to fascism isn't exactly an American invention. It's a failure of liberalism that leads to this, as democracy is eroded by capitalists.
Yes, the monarchy was reestablished after General Franco's (fascist) Nationalists won the Spanish Civil War against the Republicans and Socialists (and Communists and anarchists, all in their separate groups) back in the 1930's.
It was bad, but mind the cultural context they it was widely considered the "southern" flag (by southern whites) which just happened to also have been used by the Confederacy. There was a century of pro-Confederate propaganda we were raised under, and we've only recently reckoned with that.
A lot of those same people who flew it when they were kids decades ago denounce the thing today, thankfully.
Well, in Gibson's case, he's been a loon for a long time now. This isn't a recent development.
Minor correction:
They are completely inappropriate and dangerous on all roads.
They were comparing Jews to Germans, not Nazis; they were comparing Zionists to Nazis.
Incredible. Exquisite. 🦆
Well, he didn't just argue against a two party system, but political parties in general.
It's not even a good idea if you're a Zionist! This jingoistic shit is threatening the safety of Israelis too, by dragging the whole region into war.
As memory serves, she had been asked in an interview if she would, and she gave a somewhat vaguely-worded answer, that she wouldn't rule it out.