yeah, pretty much.
to actually enlighten you as to the state of American politics, that would require a couple of days just to cover the basics...
all you really need to know is that the republicans have embraced fascist authoritarianism, and have used shady means (gerrymandering, illegally manipulating the size and shape of voting districts for unfair advantage) to artificially inflate their presence and influence.
they've spent the past decade packing our judicial system with very VERY sympathetic to their causes judges, and loading their gerrymandered state legislatures with people willing to lie and cheat for them. this all led up to the worst president who has ever been trying to overthrow our government, with the assistance of at least half of the republican party.
now, while they're slowly self immolating, the republican party is thrashing about in pain, and doing as much damage to democracy as it can, while it has the chance. they're trying to obstruct the ongoing investigations by the Department of Justice and the FBI, into their own criminal acts. they're openly planning to use the house as a place to take revenge for slights, both real and imagined.
the democrats, on the other hand, are trying to stop them, are trying to see that justice gets done...but they don't seem to be trying incredibly hard...which many of us find both confusing and highly irritating.
our processes are convoluted and time consuming, and many of them don't actually make a lot of sense in a modern environment...
there, you know what you need to know...republicans = mussolini level fascism, democrats = pro democracy...but apparently not very motivated pro democracy...
