Originally published at: ‘The Federal Government Is Gone’: Under Trump, The Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up To The States
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The White House is redirecting counterterrorism personnel and funds toward President Donald Trump’s sweeping
deportationdomestic terrorism campaign.
Fixed.
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The Federal Government of the Trump administration is ‘extreme,’ in and of itself.
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And for emphasis we have the arson attack on a group of peaceful Jewish protesters in Colorado (calling for release of the remaining hostages). Six people hospitalized, some in critical condition, including a Holocaust survivor. Hate is being sold as a product.
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Nobody wants to die in a hail of gunfire or send kids to schools that are filled with hate and ignorance. On top of that there are three or four southern states that will close up along the coasts without FEMA. Imagine Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas facing EF4 tornadoes alone. Trump is doing all he can to turn red states into shitholes.
The real question is who is going to remain in the red states after most everyone moves to a blue state?
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Translation: excuse our dust as we move from a program of (unacknowledged) stochastic terrorism to something a bit more selective.
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I thought hitting someone while they’re down is the favorite tactic of trump and the republican party. Look at their professional and reasoned reaction to the news of Biden’s cancer.
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the trends are decisively in the other direction: people leaving blue states to red states to try to deal with the out of control costs of living.
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It’s quite simple. The predominant, major form of terrorism in the United States, over the last 50 years or so, is right wing violence. The current federal government was hatched on, and is supported by, right wing violence. (Just ask any Republican office holder or candidate.)
Therefore, most actual “terrorism” will go unaddressed by the federal government. Fake terrorism will have to be made up, like … uh, saying or writing anything critical of the Israel. Or crossing the US/Mexico border.
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When the fuck are people going to wake the fuck up?
The federal government is a white supremacist terrorist state. Disappearing black and brown people into death camps in Libya and El Salvador? An act of terrorism.
Sending masked goons into cities and threatening everyone with being disappeared? An act of terrorism.
Looting the Treasury so the well-connected get richer while the poor are left to die? An act of terrorism.
We need to stop fucking around and refusing to call this out for what it is because we’re too fucking lazy or scared to do what needs to be done. But at a certain point, when they feel they cannot be stopped, that choice will no longer be a choice.
Wake the fuck up.
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The Dems should run ads now revisiting the Oklahoma City bombing and putting the Trump administration on notice that it’s their job to prevent such terrorist acts. Keep it short and to the point.
Then, when another such event occurs, it will be on them.
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He has unleashed this hatred and bigotry. Before he came along, no sane politician would say the things he has said. He gets away with it due to his “charm.” I find him as charming as a pit of snakes. He’s a doddering old man who should be in a retirement home, not the White House. Meanwhile, his lackeys attempt to blame President Biden, who, last I checked, has not been President for something like five months. As always, I walked away from the obituaries disappointed.
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I would like to see your numbers. I think you are wrong. He is hitting already weakened Red States harder than the Blue States he wants to tear down. When he is done America will be a shadow of itself but the Red States will be far worse off than the Blue States. In my family my son and his family moved out of Georgia to Minnesota to get to a place where they can raise their children in safety.
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They naturally don’t want any action taken against haters, since they ARE the haters.
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I had trouble independently verifying this one I means of internet search for the quote.
”They were just sitting there, not bothering anyone.”
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More kicking the can down the road. The terrorist events are happening now. There will have to be an armed confrontation sooner or later, or we just keep backing down and rolling over. We’re avoiding the obvious, but it’s staring us right in the face.
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I apologize if it turns out to be fake. It is realistic take on the views of the Orange Traitor™️
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I will grant you that. But I like keeping this forum clean of the disinformation that we so often see on the right.
I don’t want persuadible people to throw out the baby (true information) with the (disinformation) bathwater. So I check things out.
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I will be more careful going forward. Much appreciated!
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