i think the gop absolutely wants to sow chaos to help with the election but i also think the main point of crushing dissent for them and the liberals collaborating on it is to crush dissent
When the GOP starts screaming antisemitism, the left feels the need to crack down on antisemitism. It's an automatic reflex. Only slowly is the left trying to get clarity on the issue.
Yes, that's why we are hearing it from Cotton and Johnson and more right wing agitators. The protest organizers have jumped on it too and inserted it into warnings and demands. Seems they aspire to the legacy of protests from the 60s
Ah, the “cruelty” is the point. I see the case for that. That said, I think this is how you civil disobedience, has it really been so long that we forgot point of arrests etc? bsky.app/profile/jody...
But the protest coalition is made of fiscal liberals and social conservatives, and Garland acts like you’re the idiot if you question how plausible that is
I suppose. Ideally it would be kind of like The Trial of the Chicago Seven. Taking some kind of interest in the politics that led up to this inherently political event.
Trump couldn't get the appropriate response from tanking the immigration bill, so Republican governors (Abbott) are taking their marching orders from Trump and using the current protests to up the chaos. Same subject (get Trump elected), different tactic. Authoritarians do it all the time!
Yup" the right always wants to ride into power on fear. I do think, though, that Johnson is participating in order to rebuild his credibility as a culture warrior with his MAGA buddies.
The students will be back in time for the election. Will Biden have taken any steps to alleviate suffering in Gaza by then or will it be more “aides say that privately Biden is very angry at Netanyahu for his continued use of napalm and mustard gas against civilians”
Yeah that’s true and time will tell (I’m not optimistic on that front). In this case I meant it solely in the way it is being used as a cause for the right to go after when there’s not much else to sink their teeth into (not that they don’t just make shit up if necessary).
A potential power play would be to activate the Guard, then deploy them with very clear orders to *protect* the protesters from local cops and meddling politicians trying to interfere with their First Amendment rights.
June is pride month outrage and crackdowns. July is gas prices outrage (even if they’re rising seasonally). That means we’ll hear about “rising crime” again in August. DNC convention is right before September & maybe more trials so weaponization of government comes back. Then the October surprise ❤️
