The gall of campaigning on this talking point when more than 140,000 Americans are dead from a pandemic you mishandled ... https://t.co/PUxtq0BlUw— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 17, 2020
Trump adviser tells WaPo that when it comes to the pandemic, the president is “not really working this anymore. He doesn’t want to be distracted by it. He’s not calling and asking about data. He’s not worried about cases.” https://t.co/cMaaFvu1rY— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 18, 2020
US confirms over
75,600 coronavirus new cases, breaking single-day record https://t.co/h2tQ3gsj21
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The Hill (@thehill) July
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“The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” - Mike Pence pic.twitter.com/slXUtgEWZj— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 18, 2020
you'd think that the BUT MUH FREEDOMS crowd would be shitting bricks over heavily-armed government goons disappearing people into unmarked vans and taking them god knows where, but I guess it's only tyranny when a black president tries to give you healthcare— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 18, 2020
I know it's beyond tired, but it really does need saying: imagine if Obama was sending in unnamed and unbadged federal stormtroopers to round up Tea Party protesters into unmarked cars, over the top of the objections of local governors and mayors.— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) July 18, 2020
Back in November 2016, I knew shit would be a nightmare with trump. But the unidentified camo storm troopers snatching people off the streets of Portland is a new level terror.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Right screams about jackbooted thugs taking away their guns,we mock them because we know that the Left would never do that. What we're seeing here isn't projection, it isn't irony, it's the manifestation of an ongoing hero fantasy where they see the Left as their enemy. They choose us as the enemy because they see us as easy to beat in a physical fight. And they're right. I may be larger and stronger than most of them, I would never hurt another person. I couldn't live with myself.
ReplyDeleteMany years ago, the roommate of a friend of mine wanted to be a County Sheriff. She was a nice enough lady, a bit bossy, but caring. She went through the academy and was excited to wear the uniform. Before she could go into the field, all new recruits were required to serve as guards in the county jail for a year. This changed her completely. She was angry all the time, and became constantly belligerent. This was before for-profit prisons, and pervasive validation of right wing authoritarianism. I can imagine that, if these are indeed prison guards, they are there to do damage. Their physical and mental training has been for exactly this purpose.
This cannot stand.
Many, many people need to be taken away from the public for this. This isn't America.
BB-- there's no question, it's definitely ramping up with this king of official thuggery.
ReplyDeleteCzippy -- the right's definitely looking for confrontations via both militia- type groups and, now, from the Trump Praetorian Guard. It's hard to contemplate much less talk about the logical extension of what's going on, but if there is an attempt to interfere with or overturn a legitimate election, we may be forced to act in self- defense and in defense of the Constitution.