drrjv ,
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump suggested creating a police force that metes out punishments with impunity—a model used by Hitler and Mussolini. That story is the most important development over the weekend. It deserves to be headline news in every major media outlet


https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/keep-calm-and-carry-on-955

Text Shot: Trump's threat to abandon NATO, round up millions of immigrants, turn the FBI into a political hit squad, jail Joe Biden’s family, ban refugees from Gaza, begin “strong ideological screening of all immigrants, reboot his ban on travelers from Muslim-majority nations, and start his presidency as a “dictator for a day” (which, by the way, is the same thing as “a dictator,” because once you overthrow the Constitution to become a dictator, you cannot repair that wound.) For example, at a rally over the weekend, Trump said the following: I'm also going to indemnify all police officers and law enforcement officials throughout the US to protect them from being destroyed by the radical left . . . Once [criminals] see things happening that they never thought would happen to them, it'll all stop overnight. Let’s unpack Trump's statement. He promises that he will protect and hold harmless (i.e., indemnify) police officers who “do things” to criminals “they never thought would…
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    zachvat ,
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    @drrjv

    The Mango Moron's chances of being elected again this year are non-zero ... but they're pretty goddamn close.

    BigBadDog ,
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    @zachvat @drrjv

    I heard a lot of that 8 years ago.

    zachvat ,
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    @BigBadDog @drrjv

    I also heard it four years ago.

    BigBadDog ,
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    @zachvat @drrjv

    I know, it’s always tough predicting who’s going to win a WWF match.

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