Letters from an American: October 21, 2024On Saturday, September 7, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump predicted that his plan to deport 15 to 20 million people currently living in the United States would be “bloody.” He also promised to prosecute his political opponents, including, he wrote, lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters, and election officials. Retired chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told journalist Bob Woodward that Trump is “a fascist to the core…the most dangerous person to this country.”
On October 14, Trump told Fox News Channel host Maria Bartiromo that he thought enemies within the United States were more dangerous than foreign adversaries and that he thought the military should stop those “radical left lunatics” on Election Day. Since then, he has been talking a lot about “the enemy from within,” specifically naming Representative Adam Schiff and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats from California, as “bad people.” Schiff was the chair of the House Intelligence Committee that broke the 2019 story of Trump’s attempt to extort Volodymyr Zelensky that led to Trump’s first impeachment.
Trump’s references to the “enemy from within” have become so frequent that former White House press secretary turned political analyst Jen Psaki has called them his closing argument for the 2024 election, and she warned that his construction of those who oppose him as “enemies” might sweep in virtually anyone he feels is a threat.
In a searing article today, political scientist Rachel Bitecofer of The Cycle explored exactly what that means in a piece titled “What (Really) Happens If Trump Wins?” Bitecofer outlined Adolf Hitler’s January 30, 1933, oath of office, in which he promised Germans he would uphold the constitution, and the three months he took to dismantle that constitution.
By March, she notes, the concentration camp Dachau was open. Its first prisoners were not Jews, but rather Hitler’s prominent political opponents. By April, Jews had been purged from the civil service, and opposition political parties were illegal. By May, labor unions were banned and students were burning banned books. Within the year, public criticism of Hitler and the Nazis was illegal, and denouncing violators paid well for those who did it.
Bitecofer writes that Trump has promised mass deportations “that he cannot deliver unless he violates both the Constitution and federal law.” To enable that policy, Trump will need to dismantle the merit-based civil service and put into office those loyal to him rather than the Constitution. And then he will purge his political opponents, for once those who would stand against him are purged, Trump can act as he wishes against immigrants, for example, and others.
The coverage of the news from Gaza and Lebanon is like it is being orchestrated by a central command!
Every paper, every media, every web site is using the same language, avoiding to name Israel on their headlines and using a passive sentence like "died", "exploded", "injured".
The screen capture is from yesterday Swedish "liberal left" Dagens Nyheter. covering the catastrophe in Lebanon.
- Doctors warn after attacks in northern Gaza - 87 reported dead or missingAnd EVERY freaking time when they report about the casualties in Gaza, they use the EXACT same phrase "According to hams controlled heath department".
- Explosions in Beirut - houses reported hit
This is one of the first times they actually reported about the catastrophe in Gaza after days of silence about the catastrophe in the north or even mentioning the starvation of upto 400 000 people by the genocidal regime of Israel and it's murderous gang.
#Sweden #Leban #Media #Israel #Gaza #Propaganda #Inhumanity #Politics #Genocide #Inhumanity
Im Frühjahr war Ralf Ruckus quer durch Deutschland unterwegs, um in fünf Städten sein neues Buch »Der kommunistische Weg zum Kapitalismus« vorzustellen.Martin Beck (Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin)
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'Blade Runner 2049' Producers Sue Musk, Tesla and WBD https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/blade-runner-2049-lawsuit-elon-musk-tesla-warner-bros-discovery-1236184961/'Blade Runner 2049' Producers Sue Musk, Tesla and WBD
'Blade Runner 2049' producers sued Tesla, Elon Musk and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging Tesla's Robotaxi presentation violated their copyrights.Todd Spangler (Variety)
"Senile old man got bronzer on my fries, didn't wear gloves," one reviewer, "Karen S", stated. "Repeated himself several times … 0 stars. Do not recommend."
...Another reviewer, "Bill N", wrote, "The atmosphere was creepy with a convicted felon… behind the counter...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mcdonalds/'Senile old man got bronzer on my fries': McDonald's slammed on Yelp over Trump photo-op
The McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump posed for a photo op over the weekend has gotten slammed with negative reviews on Yelp, Newsweek reported Monday.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
Brave IDF soldier explains he had no choice but to shoot terrifying toddler
Alarming footage has emerged of an orphaned Palestinian girl, about seven years old, carrying her injured sister over her shoulder for two kilometres. The barefoot girl was trying to get her sister to one of the Hamas strongholds that are sometimes referred to as “hospitals”.
https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/brave-idf-soldier-explains-he-had
#USA #fascismBrave IDF soldier explains he had no choice but to shoot terrifying toddler
What would you do in that sort of danger?Laura (Normal Island News)
Die Social-Media-Plattform Bluesky verzeichnet gerade einen großen Zuwachs an Nutzern. Auslöser könnten einige Änderungen beim größeren Konkurrenten X sein.Niklas Jan Engelking (heise online)
What would you do in that sort of danger?Laura (Normal Island News)
Enjoy the adventures and philosophical conversations between the two stars of this daily comic strip, "Shrimp" and "Grits".ArcaMax
The Occupy Dame Street camp was an ongoing protest from October 2011 to March 2012. These documents are from a march in support of the occupation, which took place on the 22nd of October 2011 from the Garden of Remembrance to Dame Street.Irish Left Archive
Film Cruising Friedkin Al Pacino 1979 1980 homophobes Machwerk ‘Teil queerer Geschichte’ Mechanismen homophobe Darstellung HomoexuelleUlrich Würdemann (2mecs)
Wie die Hisbollah die Finanzen mit ihrer Schattenbank regelt
Israel hat in der Nacht Bankfilialen im Libanon bombardiert. Sie gehörten der Vereinigung Al-Kard Al-Hassan - einer von der Hisbollah gegründeten Schattenbank, die jenseits des üblichen Bankensystem arbeitet. Von Martin Durm.#Nahost #Hisbollah #Israel
Wie die Hisbollah die Finanzen mit ihrer Schattenbank regelt
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*Und ja, ich habe die Pandemiejahre 2020 und 2021 in beiden Fällen herausgerechnet.
Gewalttaten Durchschnitt
2014-2023: 190 T
2004-2013: 205 T
Ja, wir hatten sechs Jahre in Folge die niedrigsten Straftaten seit der Wiedervereinigung. 1: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/197/umfrage/straftaten-in-deutschland-seit-1997/ (2/5)
#volksverpetzerStraftaten Deutschland 2023 | Statista
Die Zahl der Straftaten in Deutschland stieg im Jahr 2023 das zweite Mal in Folge und auf den höchsten Stand seit 2016.Statista
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In den letzten 10 Jahren (2014-2023)* wurden im Schnitt weniger Straftaten (5,89 Mio.) verübt, als in den 10 Jahren (2004-2013) davor verübt wurden (6,17 Mio.) - und das gilt auch für Gewalttaten! Aber Schutzsuchende machen das Land unsicher? (1/5)
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PKS: Wie dich BILD, AfD & Co. über Kriminalität belügen
von Thomas Laschyk, Sophie Scheingraber | Apr 19, 2024 | Analyse
Wusstest du, dass Deutsche in Österreich überdurchschnittlich kriminell sind? In manchen Bundesländern führen Deutsche mit Abstand die Liste der tatverdächtigen Nationalitäten an. 2023 wurden 14.727 Deutsche in Österreich tatverdächtig, dabei leben 232.786 Deutsche dort, was sie weit überdurchschnittlich tatverdächtiger macht als einheimische Österreicher. Sind Deutsche nicht integrierbar? Sind sie eine Bedrohung für den sozialen Frieden in Österreich? Liegt es an der Kultur, Religion oder den Vornamen?
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