America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it

Unknown Cluster #692 Status: Active First seen: 2026-01-29 Last activity: 2026-01-29

A chance encounter reminded me: there are two ways to look at what’s happened in Minneapolis One of the few advantages of being as conspicuous as I am is that many people come up to me whom I don’t know, to talk about what’s happening in America. It’s like a free-floating focus group. On Monday morning, I was at a restaurant counter finishing my breakfast when a middle-aged man sat down next to me and said he didn’t want to intrude. (He just had, so I put down my knife and fork, wiped my mouth w

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Title	Source	Tier	Published
America has reached a tipping point on fascism – and on opposition to it Representative	theguardian.com	S4	2026-01-27 11:00:57