William Lindsey Feb 26

"Trump’s tax cuts primarily benefited the wealthy and corporations, and pinning their effects on immigrants illustrates how Trump’s strongest calls were to his base. Not only did he portray immigrants as violent criminals, in a moment scripted for television, he then turned on Democrats in the chamber," (continued in /2)

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #StateoftheUnion #authoritarianism #fascism #violence #threats #scapegoating #immigrants #Democrats #retaliation
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-25-2026

February 25, 2026

At last night’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump went on offense, seeming to try to set the terms for the upcoming midterm elections.

Letters from an American
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 26

(continued from /1)

"setting them up to force them to back off their insistence on reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol by demanding that they stand to show their support for the statement: 'The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.'”

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 26

"It was a deliberate division of the country into 'us' and 'them,' a classic authoritarian move, that he followed up by calling the Democrats 'crazy' and claiming that 'Democrats are destroying our country.'”

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 26

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

Trump targets SCOTUS for stochastic terror

He knew what he was doing by bringing up justices' families.

Public Notice
Show threadWaldorf
@wdlindsy By the expression on their faces they have just realized that they gave Democracy away or they have just, in unison, soiled their drawers!
Feb 26 at 7:13pmWeb