"We have a mentally incapacitated octogenarian white supremacist, who is intent on using overwhelming power to change America into a MAGA wet dream. To do that, he is going to need to physically confront people he calls 'urban dwellers,' which is white supremacist talk for African-Americans."
~ Malcolm Nance
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NationalGuard #ICE #FBI
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https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/urgent-trump-may-seize-control-of
"It will be a week filled with new performative cruelty and made-for-TV melodrama. It’s all a ruse. Trump is play-acting as president and provoking outrage to distract from his own guilt. Everything he does is a sign of weakness or fear."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NationalGuard #ICE #FBI #PerformativeCruelty
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/looking-past-the-performative-cruelty
"Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating. Random street crimes are being used as pretexts for repression. ...
The ongoing militarization of immigration enforcement, the false narratives about rising crime, and the threats for further crackdowns on Americans are all part of Trump’s need to punish anyone and everyone who doesn’t support him absolutely."
~ Justin Glawe
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #NationalGuard #ICE #FBI #PerformativeCruelty
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-national-guard-washington-dc-takeover
WASHINGTON – As America braces for what increasingly looks like the era of a strongman under the next term of Donald Trump, a Nobel laureate and defender of the free press made a call to arms against the efforts by authoritarians to curtail free speech. Maria Ressa, speaking at the 40th anniversary of the International
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