…but morale can remain low as always?

I think you’re thinking of Karoline Leavitt. There are memes about that for her, I think.

More likely she grew up in an environment where this type of thinking was normalized, and to think otherwise was met with social consequences. Outside of a few breakout individuals, most have to be taught early not to take what they’re told for granted.

Sure, I agree it’s not likely an intentional attack on such people. I do think for what it is, it’s nicely done (as I tried to acknowledge earlier). :) Maybe there are more political cartoons/caricatures out there that go after the most powerful people involved. I can’t see those running in most major newspapers these days, though.

Although it’s a nice artistic rendering, I think the focus was poorly chosen here. The resurgence of fascism is not originating with poor or “hillbilly”-stereotyped folks (even if it’s certainly true they’re targeted for recruitment by the folks who are directly promoting those beliefs). Since fascism directly benefits the kind of people you’d see attending MAGA billionaire events more than it benefits the misguided grandkids of WWII soldiers, I have trouble seeing a point in focusing on the bottom of their power hierarchy. Among the most dangerous folks embracing fascism are tech billionaires (not just from the US, but globally) who buy into the whole Dark Enlightenment brand of right wing accelerationism, for example, but obviously they’re not the only ones.

The only meaningful, constructive reasons I can think of to turn attention towards less powerful people in the pro-authoritarian hierarchy is to either directly stand in the way of any harms they’re committing or-- ideally-- for someone they think of as close to them to try to reach them-- to help them see reason.

Also, big donors are angry at them, so I guess they’re trying to win those donors back.

It’s also reported here. This fits with the reports of complaining that Democratic Congresspeople have been doing about the progressive wing of the party wanting them to fight back against DOGE. They and party leadership may well be aiming to not just talk like it, but fully become the new Republican party, in hopes of having a stampede of “moderate” Republicans who aren’t happy with Trump come their way.

Yes it is, but unfortunately there is a real risk if the crazy keeps multiplying throughout Trump’s administration they will just end up using prison labour rather than having dignified modes of assistance and decent-paying jobs.

Looks like it’s all on Bluesky to me. Am I missing something?

Yup, subconscious projection I think. On some level he knows they’re in the wrong.

If it’s true he was on the outs with the online neo-nazi crowd because of the H1B visas thing, this might have been a way he was trying to get back in their good graces.

*and whose maternal grandparents were nazis