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Anyone who supports trump is a facist. They may not think so, and won't like being called that. But that's what they are
so national military parade times 20
It's embarrassing that the news media just repeats his "anti-crime" lie.
Yeah, "The Independent" has never lived up to its name, but if you had asked me a decade or two ago, I'd have thought it would draw the line at or before blatant fascist suppression of all dissent..
It wasn't too bad when it started, but now it's owned by Lebedev and some Saudi frontman, and it has become increasingly erratic.
It's not a "crime crackdown" or a "law and order crackdown". Why does the Independent have to sanitize what he is doing? This is an authoritarian intimidation tactic.
The media is either complicit or already intimidated depending on the outlet.
The Independent is a UK paper. They're complicit.
It's paint by numbers dictatorship. They're literally going through a checklist of how to instill a dictatorship.
Yay mobilization against the civilian population was never a bad sign for a government!
President is using American military to invade America as per putin's instructions.
There is no crime problem (relatively). Just like there is no migrant problem.
But you know what would bring crime down? Equality.
The crime is coming from inside the (white) house.
Not to be paranoid but I have a strange feeling that he's not leaving after his term is over. This national guard thing might go wrong with people fighting against it then someone will get shot/die and it will be used as a way to gain even more control (like what happened in South Korea minus the better outcome). Or he is going to start a war as a way to stay in power.
That's been obvious for a long time now. He incited an insurrection the last time he didn't want to leave office. He'll do anything and everything he needs to stay in power.
FASCIST FUCKING PIG - why is this mother fucker still alive. Diet Coke, fast food, and hate apparently will sustain you longer than imagined. Never wanted anyone to die more in my lifetime.
That is a lot of power and money being used to avoid talking about the Epstein files and the young girl rapes that went on.
Where’s the fucking epstein list donnie? People aren’t going to forget no matter how many distractions you try.
Hitler gives the order to invade Poland
Liberals on lemmy: it's just a dIsTrAcTiOn!
Fucking for real... I also want them to keep it in the news cycle, but not everything is a fucking distraction when you're country is literally in the midst of a fascist takeover
If anything, Epstein is the distraction. Not one piece of new information has come out in years. People made fucking jokes about lolita island 20 years ago. His supporters do not care. At all. All this does is fire up the conspiracy folks, who all support him and will continue to support him.
Trump takes over a police departmment and sends national guardsmen, with weapons now, to police the streets. ‘But what about the thing everyone on this planet has known about forever?’ Motherfucker has video of him talking about his good friend who ‘likes girls on the younger side.’ We already know. Shut the fuck up with this distraction shit.
Since noone is posting it, here's a list of the states:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming
So almost entirely red states that went for trump. I live in one of these states right next to an Air Force base. It'll be terrifying if I go to some places this or next weekend and happen to see National Guard. Fucking nuts.
I am in one of those too. It is great how literally everyone is broke or has job insecurity and they are just wasting money.
When the smoke clears and the casualties are tallied by all the respective news outlets,…. Remember that this was all avoidable.
None of this had to happen.
America is fucked.
Do you know what they called the law that gave legislative power to Adolf Hitler's newly formed executive in 1933? "Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich" so roughly "Law for the remediation of distress to people and reich". It strikes me that by rhetorically elevating the normal levels of crime to the level of distress to the people and country, and then activating emergency powers, Donald Trump is following in the same footsteps.
can we skip to the part where he puts a bullet in his head
He'll probably miss, even if he tries it.
Crime crackdown? Have you looked in the Whitehouse? Plenty of crime to be found there.
"Crime crackdown".
What fucking crime?
Fake problem so he can deploy troops for no reason and later declare victory. Typical Trump bullshit.
So who else is convinced the only possible decent future for yourself and your family is to leave the US? I hate myself for even being capable of considering that option, but really, what can I do to change the course of history? Can I change the course for my family?
I left many years ago, before Trump was anything but a bad joke on reality TV. I have no regrets. If your vote is suppressed, vote with your feet. It's also OK to stay and fight, but not everyone is in a position to do that.
My partner and I left the first chance we could. No regrets. In addition to our own personal safety (queer, trans, PoC, immigrant), life is just so much more enjoyable outside the US. Even if you disregard the Nazi takeover, the country is like 50 years behind any other developed nation. There's no public transit, there's no health care, education is dead, the food and water are slowly poisoning everyone, and half the country is violently opposed to behaving as a society.
I know it's not a realistic option for everyone but for anyone who might have the means but is on the fence about it, it's worth it. The other side really is greener. The easiest paths out are through work, education, or family
"Crime". They are there to prevent any kind of protest against the power grab.
Civil war when?
Already an extremely lopsided one going on.
One side has 70-80% of the people, but the other has the vast majority of the money, power, weapons, and fanatics willing to oppress, abuse, and kill without hesitation.
Trump smells so much like Hitler.
Hitler had a big problem with flatulence, so you're probably right.
He files bro. Trust me the files a will end it bro, one more scandal bro I promise.
Meanwhile, martial law is coming.
But keep talking about the files
Martial law is here.