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"And he said, we lost control in our own country. Radicalized Shintoism merged with our state in the 1930s. And we invaded China and we bombed Pearl Harbor. We see it happening in your country now, but it’s not Shintoism, it is Christianity."
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism #PeteHegseth #violence #war
/9
"So it’s official. Incontrovertible. Donald Trump is enthusiastically using the powers of the state to target his political enemies.
There are words for that. A few that come to mind are abuse of power, political repression, authoritarianism, tyranny, and fascism."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #JamesComey
/10
https://criticalread.substack.com/p/use-the-words-trumps-abuse-of-power
"Covering yesterday’s events as if they were just another incremental step Trump has taken is a grave mistake. Even covering them as a major reversal of decades of Justice Department tradition is an understatement.
We are forever changed as a nation. The rule of law is dead. The era of one-man rule is upon us. And there are words for that."
To the extent that the United States of America was founded as a nation where the law was more powerful than any individual leader, the sinister indictment of Comey is the ultimate symbol—so far, that is—of Trump’s contempt for the United States of America.
~ Michael Tomasky
"[Trump having Comey indicted] is an abuse of power on the scale of Watergate — and this is just the beginning."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #JamesComey
/13
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-on-how-to-fight-trumps-corrupt
"Folks, this is a show trial.
A public smear.
Which is why they are tossing out the window the traditional DOJ notion that you only bring cases you’re sure to win. (And fired the prosecutor who tried to adhere to that policy). That standard is too high for him to achieve his aim. …
It’s all right out of Putin’s playbook."
~ David Pepper
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