"In SOTUs presidents rarely call out their predecessors by name. Four separate times Trump said that the country’s remaining problems all traced back to Joe Biden."

~ James Fallows

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #Biden #Democrats #retaliation
/7

https://fallows.substack.com/p/nasty-brutish-and-long

"The Wednesday night filing details claims by a transgender woman in a prison in North Carolina of 'a demeaning visual cavity search,' guards throwing her legal papers in 'a cell covered in feces,' and extended retaliatory detention in recent days."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #trans
/6

"An alarming emergency motion filed on Wednesday night alleged 'flagrant violations' by the Trump administration of a federal court order that it not retaliate against witnesses who are providing information to the court in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s anti-trans prison policies."

~ Chris Geidner

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #trans
/5

https://www.lawdork.com/p/trans-inmates-retaliation-contempt-motion

"The grim takeaway is that even the Supreme Court justices, with all their power and prestige, are no longer living in a democracy."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #StochasticTerrorism #SupremeCourt #retaliation
/4

"It is now simply a standard, often unmentioned part of our politics that those who the president dislikes, within his own party or outside it, will be the target of stochastic terror. ...

The rule seems to be that Trump can direct his violent minions at absolutely anyone, and there will be no consequences and barely any comment."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #StochasticTerrorism #SupremeCourt #retaliation
/3

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-supreme-court-justices-families-tariffs