William Lindsey :toad:
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"Capital cities—often characterized by dynamic multiculturalism and a liberal political culture—tend to be unfriendly terrain for populist demagogues like Trump or Viktor Orbán, whose constituencies are typically concentrated in rural areas. But capital cities are also where state power is most concentrated, making them convenient stages for shows of force against liberal institutions and movements."

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military#Orban
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William Lindsey :toad:
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"On the road to authoritarianism, [what Texas Republicans are doing] is a whole factory of red flags.

It lays bare the political power grab driving the Trump administration’s expansion of the police power. Although administration officials claim to be combating crime, they are setting up a one-state political system that will answer only to MAGA."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military#Texas #redistricting #gerrymandering
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-19-2025
William Lindsey :toad:
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"The D.C. occupation is a totalitarian threat indicative of Trump’s wider ambition to militarize American cities and a distraction from Trump’s colossal failures (e.g., inflation, Ukraine, cutting healthcare to pay for billionaires’ tax cuts, the Jeffrey Epstein files coverup)."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military#Epstein #Putin #economy#BigBeautifulBill#Medicare#Medicaid
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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-crime-canard
William Lindsey :toad:
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Joe Heim, Scott Clement, and Emily Guskin report on results of a Washington Post poll released today:

"About 8 in 10 D.C. residents oppose Trump’s executive order to federalize law enforcement in the city, with about 7 in 10 opposing it 'strongly.' ...

On Monday, Trump said Washington had been 'the most unsafe place anywhere,' but 78 percent of residents say they feel very or somewhat safe in their neighborhoods."

#Trump#WashingtonDC #fascism #military
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/20/dc-poll-trump-crime-police/