The normalization of death threats as standard right wing political behavior has already hollowed out local election workers, now it’s risking educators and our public health corps.
Remind me again why journalists still don’t treat this as an acute, national emergency?
A USPHS officer told me, "if they equipped and trained us like the Navy - gave us a sidearm, body armor, took care of our families, then maybe. But they don't"
They are dismantling the administrative state one low-level worker at a time. This strategy depends on those above them not actually caring enough to provide protection for front-line workers.
This is the strategy the unions used to wear down 19th century capital and win major concessions.
