"This fear-mongering isn’t intended to reach anyone who actually lives in the cities he’s threatening. Trump’s audience are his supporters mostly living in suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas. He’s priming them to accept outright war against US cities. In this case, it might be as simple as 'they hate us for our freedoms.'”

#Trump #Republicans #Epstein #fascism #WashingtonDC #military #WhiteSupremacy #racism #PoliticsofDistraction
/9

"'He won't,' Snyder wrote. 'In a democracy, elected representatives listen to constituents. We take this for granted, and imagine that a dictator would owe us something.' But he doesn’t, Snyder explains: your support makes you irrelevant."

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Epstein #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofDistraction
/7

“'They're petrified over at MSNBC and CNN that, hey, since we’re taking control of the cities, there's going to be ICE officers near polling places. You damn right.'

Last March, scholar of authoritarianism Timothy Snyder wrote that those who fantasize about a strongman make the terrible mistake of thinking 'that a strongman will be your strongman.'"

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Epstein #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofDistraction
/6

"On August 18, Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias warned that Trump is 'stationing the military and other federal law enforcement in blue areas so—when the time comes—he can pivot their mission to suppressing voting rights and undermining free and fair elections.' On Tuesday, Trump ally Steve Bannon said on his webcast War Room:"

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Epstein #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofDistraction
/5

"Today, in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that his administration would invade Chicago, which he called a 'mess,' next. He said that 'African American ladies, beautiful ladies, are saying, "Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please."'"

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Epstein #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofDistraction
/4

"In these last days of August, with Congress on hiatus and the Epstein files looming, the Trump White House appears to be making a big move to consolidate power over the federal government, weaponize it against Trump’s opponents, and keep him in power indefinitely."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #Epstein #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofDistraction
/3

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-22-2025

"If a Republican authoritarian like him isn’t safe, then no one is."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Republicans #fascism #JohnBolton #PoliticsofDistraction #retribution
/2

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65873929/bolton-raid-trump-criticism/

"Trump's approval ratings are tanking.

He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him.

He's a tyrant with his back against the wall, so he's lashing out with troops in DC and rigging elections in Texas.

These are signs of weakness, not strength."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #rage #facts #lies #bullying #WashingtonDC #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #fascism #trans #Putin #Epstein
/3

https://www.threads.com/@rbreich/post/DNoJAKzqnay

"He picks on marginalized kids, attacks transgender communities, and threatens to weaponize the military against blue states, all while bowing down to Putin. He’s modeling himself after the same fascists—Hitler, Lukashenko, Kim Jong Un—who use fear and lies to cling to power."

#Trump #rage #facts #lies #bullying #WashingtonDC #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #fascism #trans #Putin #Epstein
/2