"... [M]uch of Trump’s effort to extend his authority across the whole of American society depends on more or less voluntary compliance from civil society and various institutions outside of government. And that, in turn, rests on the idea that Trump is the authentic tribune of the people. Reject Trump, and you reject the people, who may then turn on your business or your university or, well, you.
"Nationwide protests comprised of millions of people are a direct rebuke to the president’s narrative. They send a signal to the most disconnected parts of the American public that the president is far from as popular as he says he is, and they send a clear warning to those institutions under pressure from the administration: Bend the knee and lose our business and support.
"To the degree that major protests could undermine the administration’s ability to exert political authority, it makes a whole lot of sense for Republicans and the White House to spend their energy attacking the No Kings movement."And this, I think, should serve as an important reminder to opponents of the administration that for all its boasts and bluster, it knows as well as anyone that the president is unpopular and that his administration is vulnerable." -- Jamelle Bouie, New York Times, on MAGAt Republican attacks on the "No Kings" movement (gift link). You can always tell when the mob boss Malignant Fascist and his fellow cheap crooks are concerned about something like the burgeoning "No Kings" movement -- they furiously try intimidation, threats, and lies. We can't help but relate it to the Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) line in "The Maltese Falcon" -- "The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter":
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