"But these moves on the capital by Trump and his red-state cronies seem like an acceleration of danger to democracy, meant to familiarize Americans with the sight of federal forces patrolling blue American cities, as Trump has already said is coming."

#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NeoConfederates #RedStates
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"We used to say people who described Trumpism as 'fascism' were exaggerating, though now even mainstream media regularly uses the F-word. Right now, we should be wary of talking blithely about 'civil war.'”

~ Joan Walsh

#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NeoConfederates #RedStates
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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-dc-military-deployment-civil-war/#

"Red states are sending their National Guard troops to DC, too. Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina are all deploying soldiers to help take over an American city.

We should see this as what it is: the first stage of a soft takeover by the neo-Confederacy."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NeoConfederates #RedStates
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https://jill.substack.com/p/the-neo-confederate-takeover

The Neo-Confederate Takeover

The real invasion isn't immigration. It's red states sending their troops to take over blue ones.

Jill Filipovic

@TexasObserver The intention of Abbott & his interstate co-insurrectionists seems to be pretty clear: Full on attack against the Reconstruction Amendments.

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1, Clause 2:

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States..."

This also applies to the right of free movement.

#RuleOfLaw #DefendTheConstitution #ReconstructionAmendments #14thAmendment #PrivilegesOrImmunitiesClause #FreedomOfMovement #Travel #AbortionRights #HumanRights #InvestigateAbbott #Insurrection #ProsecuteALLRebels #EnemiesOfTheConstitution #SupportersOfConfederacy #NeoConfederates

Constitutional Sheriffs CEO Sam Bushman Has Ties to White Supremacists

Sam Bushman advocates for the “white race.” Should he run a group that trains law enforcement?

Rolling Stone

I just saw a Flipboard magazine where the US civil war is described as the "war of northern aggression" ...

Some people really want a rematch.

#Neoconfederates #Neonazis