Trump 2.0: Now Speedrunning Fascism Like It’s a Damn TikTok Trend—WAKE THE HELL UP, AMERICA!

Oh, so now we’re doing the full fascist speed run, huh? No more slow-burn authoritarianism. No more dog whistles. Just bullhorns, bootlicking, and a regime on steroids checking off the “How to Kill a Democracy” list like it’s goddamn brunch plans.

Let’s not sugarcoat this. We are deep in the Authoritarian Bingo zone, and they are going for blackout. And the worst part? Half the country’s acting like it’s just another “political cycle.” This isn’t politics as usual—this is Project 2025, brought to you by fascism, bigotry, and billionaire donors who think human rights are bad for profit margins.

“First they came for the Mexicans…”

And yeah, a lot of you clapped. Fox News basically threw a kegger. Kids in cages? That wasn’t a scandal—it was a damn campaign strategy. Cruelty was the point. Border patrol agents mocked dead migrants with memes, and Trumpworld posted them like trophies. Still think this is about “security”? Please. It was about terrorizing brown families and feeding white grievance.

Then it was the LGBTQ+ community.

“Bathroom bills” weren’t about safety—they were about erasure. You really think the same party that hoards AR-15s is scared of someone using the wrong restroom? No. They’re scared of visibility. Of truth. Of anyone who doesn’t fit their 1950s suburban fantasy. And while trans kids are being banned from sports, books, and existence itself, liberals are posting rainbow logos like that’s going to stop the rollback of civil rights.

Newsflash: performative allyship doesn’t save lives—action does.

Then they came for the Jews.

Charlottesville was the clarion call, and Trump answered it with “very fine people on both sides.” Swastikas in the streets, synagogues shot up, and conspiracies mainstreamed on cable news. The oldest hate in history was suddenly the newest campaign plank. And still, half the country shrugged and said, “But the economy…”

The only thing Trump’s economy was good at? Selling out morality for the price of a tax cut.

Then came the Black community.

You know—America’s favorite punching bag since 1619. Police brutality? Check. Voter suppression? You bet. Economic sabotage? Standard. And when people dare to resist, to kneel, to march, to say “We matter,” they get labeled as thugs, traitors, radicals.

But let’s be real: what they’re really afraid of is truth with a mic. Because when Black America rises, fascism trembles. That’s why they’re trying to legislate protests into oblivion. Why they criminalize dissent. Because if they can’t beat you with lies, they’ll beat you with law.

And the Muslims?

Trump didn’t just dog-whistle—he blasted a foghorn. A Muslim ban in year one. Surveillance, detentions, deportations. Islam wasn’t a religion to him; it was a boogeyman with a passport. Every Friday prayer became an act of courage. Every beard or hijab a risk. America became the land of the free… unless your name sounded like “terrorist” to a MAGA uncle in Iowa.

But don’t worry—we clapped at airports, so that makes it fine, right?

And now? It’s you.

Yes, you. The one doomscrolling through this newsletter with a latte in one hand and denial in the other. They’re coming for your rights, your books, your vote, your uterus, your kid’s curriculum, your local librarian, your community garden, your damn thoughts. And you’re still hoping it’ll all blow over.

Spoiler: This isn’t a storm. It’s a purge.

This is what Trump 2.0 looks like:

• Deportation squads on standby.
• FEMA camps being normalized.
• Surveillance tech labeled “freedom tools.”
• State-approved history replacing facts.
• Churches dictating policy.
• Women rebranded as wombs.
• The Department of Education suggesting A1 sauce is the new intelligence.

And where are you?

Still debating whether to “stay out of politics” because it’s too divisive? Still worried about offending that one Trump cousin on Facebook? Still posting food pics while the constitution is being shredded like confetti at a dictator’s birthday party?

This isn’t left vs. right anymore.

It’s freedom vs. fascism.

Reality vs. regression.

Courage vs. complicity.

So here’s your goddamn wake-up call:

If you’re not outraged, you’re anesthetized.

If you’re not resisting, you’re enabling.

If you’re not voting, speaking, organizing, marching—you’re mulch for the fascist landscaping.

No more fence-sitting. No more neutral ground.

Because when they come for your voice, your rights, your very existence—there won’t be a TikTok trend or true crime podcast to save you.

We don’t need thoughts and prayers.

We need action and ruthless resistance.

The future is watching. And it’s pissed.

#WakeTheHellUp2025

#Project2025IsNotADrill

#ThisIsNotANormalElection

#SpeakNowOrGetSilenced

#RageIsPatriotic

#BurnTheChecklist

Julie Bolejack, MBA