• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    It isn’t about crime and everyone knows it.

    He plans to use this force to keep himself in power when his base and entourage will inevitably turn against him. Between the Epstein files and the impeding collapse of the economy and inflation some, he knows it’s coming. He is terrified.

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      20 hours ago

      This is way too optimistic. More likely, it’s a test case for federal takeover of blue cities elsewhere (in red states especially), and to serve as an example to scare mayors into getting in line.

      This is like… Super fucking bad. We are in deep. We were so primed for fascism, that it literally took less than 8 months to become nearly full authoritarian.

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      9 hours ago

      Epstein its mostly about keeping eyes away from discussing epstein. he also has been avoiding anyone talking about epstein as much as possible.

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      15 hours ago

      It isn’t about crime and everyone knows it.

      But everyone is just going to let it happen.