"The two cities Trump targeted already with federal troops—Los Angeles and Washington D.C.—both have Black female mayors. That is no coincidence. And the other three he mentioned by name during his presser—New York, Baltimore and Oakland—also have Black mayors. Trump’s fake claims of high crime rates simply cannot be separated from his naked racism."
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #racism #misogyny
/18
"This is about projecting power. Trump has long disparaged cities with large Black populations and Black leadership. New York, D.C., Baltimore, Oakland, and Los Angeles are all cities with large Black populations who are run by Black Democrats. The front-runner to be the new mayor of New York is a Muslim Democratic socialist."
~ Radley Balko
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #racism #misogyny
/18
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/trumps-trial-run-at-a-police-state
"For Trump, the performance is what matters most. For us, it’s important to recognize that it is performative and that provoking our outrage is part of the point. That doesn’t mean the performance doesn’t have substantive implications or isn’t outrageous."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofDistraction #fascism #Epstein #economy
/19
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-trump-presidency-reboot-suffers
@wdlindsy@toad.social
Trump is just cosplaying Bull Connor for his MAGA minions, he's also auditioning for his John Birch Society bigoted billionaires.
Elon Musk - who wants to bring South African apartheid to the USA
Tim Mellon - who wants a border wall & climate inaction
Charles Koch - who wants segregation & Jim Crow back again
Tim Dunn - who wants a theocracy where black women "know their place"
Jeff Yass - who wants to destroy public education for future black & brown voters
"This crackdown/power grab is exceedingly authoritarian and also a creative way to try to distract people from the Epstein files and Trump's long and close ties to the child trafficker. Don't let that topic fade out even though all this other stuff needs to be addressed too."
~ Rebecca Solnit
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofDistraction #fascism #Epstein #economy
/20
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/resis/?ref=meditations-in-an-emergency-newsletter
"The deep irony is that the single biggest day of violent crime in the capital's history was January 6, 2021, and the instigator sits in the White House."
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofDistraction #fascism #Epstein #economy
/21
"The deep irony is that the single biggest day of violent crime in the capital's history was January 6, 2021, and the instigator sits in the White House."
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofDistraction #fascism #Epstein #economy
/21
"Many things have made my heart grieve in recent months. But few more than the militarization of DC for this fascist-sounding 'safety and beautification' campaign. …
Jesus was born, lived, and died as an unhoused person."
~ Diana Butler Bass
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #homeless #fascism #beautification
/22
https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/jesus-was-homeless-would-trump-evict
"Many things have made my heart grieve in recent months. But few more than the militarization of DC for this fascist-sounding 'safety and beautification' campaign. …
Jesus was born, lived, and died as an unhoused person."
~ Diana Butler Bass
#Trump #WashingtonDC #military #homeless #fascism #beautification
/22
https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/jesus-was-homeless-would-trump-evict
William Lindsey :toad: