These authoritarian measures are not intended to “reduce crime.” No, they’re being used to authorize the military’s occupation of areas around the country where Trump’s political opposition is strongest.
Places where federalized troops have been mobilized to crackdown on protestors, crush dissenting voices, restrict civil liberties and arrest or detain anyone who meets the regime’s vague definition of a “domestic terrorist.”
These are also specifically areas of the country that Trump has condemned over and over again with cruel, dehumanizing and inflammatory rhetoric in the past.
Keep in mind that Republican governors of their own statistically high crime states were sending troops to D.C. to bolster Trump’s authoritarian takeover of US cities. But at the same time, these Republicans are hesitant to ask Trump to send the military into *their* cities.
And like every other step Trump has taken towards consolidating power and control over the country, these actions do absolutely nothing to confront the underlying, root causes of crime, political violence and other systemic issues.
Mobilizing and sending the military into US cities for the express purpose of punishing your enemies does not even begin to remotely address the economic inequalities and socioeconomic factors; the lack of community support structures; the problems within law enforcement; the systemic injustices within our legal system; the dismantling of social safety nets for the poor and underprivileged; the historical neglect of marginalized groups; and the segregationist and racialist policies of the past that have had lingering impacts on our vulnerable, minority communities to this day—all things that remain fundamentally unchanged and persist as root causes to many of the widespread issues that Republicans complain about but have no intention of actually fixing.
Outside of being an effort to centralize authoritarian control over democrat-run cities, these measures are meant to produce the *illusion* of safety
And as elections roll around, there’s always the strong likelihood that Trump will use this military presence to suppress the vote in urban areas.
“Law and order” has been a conservative dog whistle for decades, and we know that Trump and MAGA don’t care all that sincerely about the law because they believe they are above it—that the law applies disproportionately to their “enemies” and not to them.
Their law and order rhetoric is rife with these thinly veiled dog whistles meant to incite violence and hostility towards minorities, immigrants and marginalized groups. This language is also used to justify the Trump administration’s blatant authoritarianism. To them, “law and order” means punishing their enemies.
Their obsession with crime and punishment is reflected in their support for federalizing troops and local law enforcement to subdue the political opposition. It’s reflected in this administration’s militarization of domestic policy, in Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ, in the Republican party’s blatant disregard for the basic constitutional rights of the people they’re targeting and detaining, in Trump’s attacks on law firms and judges, and in his pursuit of vengeance against his critics and anyone who has ever tried to hold him accountable.
The cognitive dissonance really is astounding. While Trump and his supporters are demanding that he receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his feckless efforts at “negotiating” an imaginary peace around the world, he is simultaneously waging war against the American people—people he is tasked with protecting.
These tactics are taken straight from the fascist playbook. Including the current use of divisive rhetoric from Trump and his allies who are trying desperately to justify the occupation of cities around the country by broadly designating Democrats and all left-leaning political foes as “terrorists.”
They’re also using this opportunity to stigmatize and scapegoat minorities and immigrants while they spread fearmongering messaging meant to appeal to conservative grievances and fears. It’s likely that they will not stop until every so-called “blue city” is under their occupation.
And let’s make something perfectly clear, the Trump administration has been politicizing and exploiting the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk’s to escalate these kinds of authoritarian measures while calling for swift, and sometimes violent retribution against their political enemies.
None of it is sincere. All of their rhetoric and their responses to tragedies and political commotions of the past were really just rallying cries.
They couldn’t care less about the root causes of crime, political violence or domestic extremism. Their chief priority throughout all of this has been to invent a pretext to declare war against “the radical left.”
And now that the Trump administration gets to dictate who or what conforms to the vague definition of a “domestic terrorist,” they will continue to use this label very generously to suppress civil liberties, to crush dissent and to arrest anyone who gets in their way.
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This can’t be real because all of those bottles are full.
Best option is to ignore them.
Trump only hires the worst people.
CHANGE MY MIND
Every time I see this guy at the swimming pool, I’m glad it has a peeing section.
They desperately want a civil war and “enemy within” is NOT just rhetoric.
They have plans to get rid of all non maga in North America.
Old Whiskeyleaks telling it how it is
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They also went after African Americans in Chicago
These authoritarian measures are not intended to “reduce crime.” No, they’re being used to authorize the military’s occupation of areas around the country where Trump’s political opposition is strongest.
Places where federalized troops have been mobilized to crackdown on protestors, crush dissenting voices, restrict civil liberties and arrest or detain anyone who meets the regime’s vague definition of a “domestic terrorist.”
These are also specifically areas of the country that Trump has condemned over and over again with cruel, dehumanizing and inflammatory rhetoric in the past.
Keep in mind that Republican governors of their own statistically high crime states were sending troops to D.C. to bolster Trump’s authoritarian takeover of US cities. But at the same time, these Republicans are hesitant to ask Trump to send the military into *their* cities.
And like every other step Trump has taken towards consolidating power and control over the country, these actions do absolutely nothing to confront the underlying, root causes of crime, political violence and other systemic issues.
Mobilizing and sending the military into US cities for the express purpose of punishing your enemies does not even begin to remotely address the economic inequalities and socioeconomic factors; the lack of community support structures; the problems within law enforcement; the systemic injustices within our legal system; the dismantling of social safety nets for the poor and underprivileged; the historical neglect of marginalized groups; and the segregationist and racialist policies of the past that have had lingering impacts on our vulnerable, minority communities to this day—all things that remain fundamentally unchanged and persist as root causes to many of the widespread issues that Republicans complain about but have no intention of actually fixing.
Outside of being an effort to centralize authoritarian control over democrat-run cities, these measures are meant to produce the *illusion* of safety
And as elections roll around, there’s always the strong likelihood that Trump will use this military presence to suppress the vote in urban areas.
“Law and order” has been a conservative dog whistle for decades, and we know that Trump and MAGA don’t care all that sincerely about the law because they believe they are above it—that the law applies disproportionately to their “enemies” and not to them.
Their law and order rhetoric is rife with these thinly veiled dog whistles meant to incite violence and hostility towards minorities, immigrants and marginalized groups. This language is also used to justify the Trump administration’s blatant authoritarianism. To them, “law and order” means punishing their enemies.
Their obsession with crime and punishment is reflected in their support for federalizing troops and local law enforcement to subdue the political opposition. It’s reflected in this administration’s militarization of domestic policy, in Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ, in the Republican party’s blatant disregard for the basic constitutional rights of the people they’re targeting and detaining, in Trump’s attacks on law firms and judges, and in his pursuit of vengeance against his critics and anyone who has ever tried to hold him accountable.
The cognitive dissonance really is astounding. While Trump and his supporters are demanding that he receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his feckless efforts at “negotiating” an imaginary peace around the world, he is simultaneously waging war against the American people—people he is tasked with protecting.
These tactics are taken straight from the fascist playbook. Including the current use of divisive rhetoric from Trump and his allies who are trying desperately to justify the occupation of cities around the country by broadly designating Democrats and all left-leaning political foes as “terrorists.”
They’re also using this opportunity to stigmatize and scapegoat minorities and immigrants while they spread fearmongering messaging meant to appeal to conservative grievances and fears. It’s likely that they will not stop until every so-called “blue city” is under their occupation.
And let’s make something perfectly clear, the Trump administration has been politicizing and exploiting the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk’s to escalate these kinds of authoritarian measures while calling for swift, and sometimes violent retribution against their political enemies.
None of it is sincere. All of their rhetoric and their responses to tragedies and political commotions of the past were really just rallying cries.
They couldn’t care less about the root causes of crime, political violence or domestic extremism. Their chief priority throughout all of this has been to invent a pretext to declare war against “the radical left.”
And now that the Trump administration gets to dictate who or what conforms to the vague definition of a “domestic terrorist,” they will continue to use this label very generously to suppress civil liberties, to crush dissent and to arrest anyone who gets in their way.