US Politics

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Three ‘Boogaloos’ Conspired to Hijack George Floyd Protest and Spark Bloodshed: Feds

Anti-government extremists allegedly plotted to incinerate a power station and cause flaming mayhem at Las Vegas protests.

 

Nevada District Court: Three Nevada men with prior U.S. military experience and links to a right-wing extremist group conspired to set off explosives at a recent protest against police brutality to “create civil unrest and rioting” and spark violence between police and protesters, federal prosecutors say.

Stephen Parshall, alias “Kiwi,” Andrew Lynam, and William Loomis are each being held on a $1 million bond for terrorism-related charges.

According to a complaint filed by the Nevada U.S. Attorney’s Office, the group was “potentially planning terroristic activity” when they brought Molotov cocktail materials to a Las Vegas protest over the death of George Floyd.

All three have identified themselves as members of the “Boogaloo” movement, an extremist group that dreams of sowing discord to spark a violent uprising and government overthrow, according to prosecutors. The group also boasts military training: Lynam is described as a member of the Army Reserves, Parshall was a Navy sailor, and Loomis was an enlisted member of the Air Force.

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Over at Salon.com, political columnist Chaucey DeVega has posted a frighteningly ominous interview with Aleksandar Hemon who has been sounding warnings about Trump and his supporters for several years and has predicted the current crisis in American Politics. Not a comfortable but an enlightening read.

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/03/novelist-and-screenwriter-aleksandar-hemon-on-the-magnitude-of-catastrophe-facing-america/

[do or die]

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

He looks so bad when he does this.  What a small small man 

Before:

"We are going to appoint 'Mad Dog' Mattis as our secretary of defense. But we're not announcing it until Monday so don't tell anybody," Trump said at his rally, adding later, ""He's our best. They say he's the closest thing to Gen. George Patton that we have and it's about time." General Mattis is a strong, highly dignified man.

 

[bustamente]

What Trump is doing using stormtroopers of death to keep people away from him and the WH at the direction of the AG cold be a dry run for when he loses the election and refuses to leave

 

[bustamente]

4 hours ago, do or die said:

WARNING: The content below, is not satire or a misprint.

White House compares Trump's church visit to Churchill

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/500977-white-house-compares-trumps-church-visit-to-churchill

Wrote a couple of papers on Churchill, many moons ago.   Still trying to keep my eyes from rolling.

Funny, back when Trump was looking for yet another WH Press Secretary ........was wondering just what kind of person would take on that job
Well, watching Kayleigh McEnany, for a while.....now I know. 

 

McEnemy is a McDummy, ..............................only the best

[Mr Dee]

6 hours ago, bustamente said:

White House compares Trump's church visit to Churchill

And I didn’t even know he went to Churchill..

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Trump’s ‘American Führer’ fantasy: Yale psychiatrist says the president’s ‘displays of false strength’ foreshadow plan to question election results

A Yale psychiatrist who has repeatedly sounded the alarm on President Donald Trump’s mental health warned that his “displays of false strength” foreshadow his reaction to the November election if he loses.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/trumps-american-fuhrer-fantasy-yale-psychiatrist-says-the-presidents-displays-of-false-strength-foreshadow-plan-to-question-election-results/

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Department of Justice’ deploys rogue force of unidentified armed militia to patrol DCPhoto via Sen. Chris Murphy / Twitter.

On the heels of law enforcement gassing peaceful protesters at the White House Monday, a rogue force of armed unmarked militia has been patrolling Washington, D.C. for days.

The militia members, likely numbering in the hundreds if not thousands, have been photographed guarding the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and on Wednesday were seen forming a perimeter outside the White House, as if it were under siege. Apparently, Donald Trump’s bunker “inspection” didn’t bring him the requisite level of safety he desired.

https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/department-of-justice-deploys-rogue-force-of-unidentified-armed-militia-to-patrol-dc/

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Armed Counterprotesters Are Menacing BLM Rallies Across America

Anti-racism protests in smaller towns—particularly on the West Coast—have attracted armed counterprotesters who monitor, harass, and sometimes even attack marchers.

Protests and violence in large cities over the death of George Floyd have dominated national news networks. But in smaller towns across America, counter-protesters are showing up to monitor or harass—and in some cases assault—peaceful demonstrators. 

And in places like Snohomish, Washington, and Missoula, Montana, some of these agitators have been heavily armed as they stake out protests against police brutality.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/blm-rallies-across-america-are-being-menaced-by-armed-counterprotesters

(And if you think America is not teetering on the edge of civil war, you are wrong)

[bustamente]

Always a tweet edition 1917

 

[bustamente]

The reason Trump is really pissed, it's because everyone of these protests crowds are bigger than the inauguration crowd he had

[The Unknown Poster]

1 hour ago, bustamente said:

Always a tweet edition 1917

 

One thing is becoming clear.  The rest of the world is viewing the US like the US views those dictatorial countries.  Imagine that.   

[Wideleft]

This is gold!

How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country

By 

Karen Attiah 

Global Opinions editor

May 29, 2020 at 3:57 p.m. CDT

If we talked about what is happening in Minneapolis the same way we talk about events in a foreign country, here’s how the Western media would cover it. The quotes and those “quoted” in the piece below are fictional.

In recent years, the international community has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the United States under the regime of Donald Trump. Now, as the country marks 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, the former British colony finds itself in a downward spiral of ethnic violence. The fatigue and paralysis of the international community are evident in its silence, America experts say.

The country has been rocked by several viral videos depicting extrajudicial executions of black ethnic minorities by state security forces. Uprisings erupted in the northern city of Minneapolis after a video circulated online of the killing of a black man, George Floyd, after being attacked by a security force agent. Trump took to Twitter, calling black protesters “THUGS”’ and threatening to send in military force. “When the looting starts, the shooting starts!” he declared.

“Sure, we get it that black people are angry about decades of abuse and impunity,” said G. Scott Fitz, a Minnesotan and member of the white ethnic majority. “But going after a Target crosses the line. Can’t they find a more peaceful way, like kneeling in silence?”

Ethnic violence has plagued the country for generations, and decades ago it captured the attention of the world, but recently the news coverage and concern are waning as there seems to be no end in sight to the oppression. “These are ancient, inexplicable hatreds fueling these ethnic conflicts and inequality," said Andreja Dulic, a foreign correspondent whose knowledge of American English consists of a semester course in college and the occasional session on the Duolingo app. When told the United States is only several hundred years old, he shrugged and said, “In my country, we have structures still from the Roman empire. In their culture, Americans think that a 150-year-old building is ancient history.”

Britain usually takes an acute interest in the affairs of its former colony, but it has also been affected by the novel coronavirus. “We’ve seen some setbacks with the virus, but some Brits see the rising disease, staggering unemployment and violence in the States and feel as if America was never ready to govern itself properly, that it would resort to tribal politics,” said Andrew Darcy Morthington, a London-based America expert. During the interview, a news alert informed that out of the nearly 40,000 coronavirus deaths in the United Kingdom, 61 percent of the health-care workers who have died were black and or have Middle Eastern backgrounds. Morthington didn’t seem to notice. “Like I was saying, we don’t have those American racism issues here.”

Trump, a former reality-TV host, beauty pageant organizer and businessman, once called African nations “shithole countries." But he is now taking a page from African dictators who spread bogus health remedies, like Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, who claimed he could cure AIDS with bananas and herbal potions and pushed his treatments onto the population, resulting in deaths. Trump appeared to suggest injecting bleach and using sunlight to kill the coronavirus. He has also said he has taken hydroxycholoroquine, a drug derived from quinine, a long-known jungle remedy for malaria. Doctors have advised against using the treatment to prevent or treat the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, Americans desperate to flee will face steep challenges to cross borders, as mismanagement of the coronavirus and ethnic tensions in the country have made them undesirable visitors. But some struggling American retailers, like Neiman Marcus, are hoping to lure shoppers with traditional 19th-century colonial travel fantasies through neutral khakis and cargo shorts as part of a “Modern Safari” collection. “Utilitarian details & muted tones meet classic femininity,” reads a caption under the photograph of a white woman. Pith helmets were not included in the accessory lineup.

Some nations are considering offering black Americans special asylum. “Members of the white ethnic majority are forming armed militia groups, demanding their freedom to go back to work for the wealthy class who refer to workers as ‘human capital stock,’ despite the huge risk to workers,” said Mustapha Okango, a Nairobi-based anthropologist. “This is a throwback to the days when slavery was the backbone of the American economy. Black slaves were the original essential workers, and they were treated as non-human stock.”

 

Africa could be an ideal asylum destination, as several African countries have managed to contain the coronavirus outbreak through aggressive early measures and innovations in testing kits. Senegal, a nation of 16 million, has only seen 41 deaths. “Everyone predicted Africa would fall into chaos,” Okango said. “It is proof that being a black person in this world doesn’t kill you, but being a black person in America clearly can.” The African Union did not respond to requests for comment, but it released a statement that said “we believe in American solutions for American problems.”

Around the world, grass-roots organizations, celebrities, human rights activists and even students are doing what they can to raise money and awareness about the dire situation in America.

“It’s sad that the Americans don’t have a government that can get them coronavirus tests or even monthly checks to be able to feed their families,” said Charlotte Johnson, a 18-year-old Liberian student activist, who survived the Ebola pandemic. “100,000 people are dead, cities are burning, and the country hasn’t had a day of mourning? Lives don’t matter, especially not black lives. It’s like they’re living in a failing state.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/29/how-western-media-would-cover-minneapolis-if-it-happened-another-country/#comments-wrapper

 

[HardCoreBlue]

I wish people reporting on these events would stop using the term Trump falsely claimed . . .. 

Just write Trump lied about . . . .

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

Yeah... No one saw this coming...

 

[The Unknown Poster]

 

[The Unknown Poster]

 

[do or die]

5 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

GOP Sen. Murkowski 'struggling' with whether to vote for Trump

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/501139-murkowski-praises-mattis-statement-as-true-and-honest-says-shes-struggling

With the number of GOP seats, up for grabs in November.....more than a few incumbent Senators, will have to struggle with staying stuck to the Trump tar baby....

[bustamente]

8 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

It's always the same with these Republicans, they are horrified, ashamed , troubled and worried but in the end they stick with him, Romney is the only one

[The Unknown Poster]

Just now, do or die said:

GOP Sen. Murkowski 'struggling' with whether to vote for Trump

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/501139-murkowski-praises-mattis-statement-as-true-and-honest-says-shes-struggling

With the number of GOP seats, up for grabs in November.....more than a few incumbent Senators, will have to struggle with staying stuck to the Trump tar baby....

The problem is, if Trump becomes a drag on them, what options do they have?  Being an anti-trump Republican is not likely to get them enough votes to beat a Dem.  It will come down to individual areas.  If a GOP person is largely popular but Trumps is a drag, then sure, they can torch Trump and try to win.  Those would be Democrat longshots either way.  But the GOP allowed this to happen.  And I think they're beginning to see the future of a party that has to either get pulled all the way to fascism or re-invent itself as the moderate conservative movement.

Wasnt it Graham who said before the last election "If we nominate Trump, it will destroy us and we'll deserve it."  Yup.

[JCon]

4 minutes ago, bustamente said:

It's always the same with these Republicans, they are horrified, ashamed , troubled and worried but in the end they stick with him, Romney is the only one

Collins is really concerned too. Really, really concerned. So much so, she keeps protecting him. Mukowski has done the same. 

 

It's all fake consternation, worried about their own re-election hoping to dupe the supporters again.

[do or die]

7 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

The problem is, if Trump becomes a drag on them, what options do they have?  Being an anti-trump Republican is not likely to get them enough votes to beat a Dem.  It will come down to individual areas.  If a GOP person is largely popular but Trumps is a drag, then sure, they can torch Trump and try to win.  Those would be Democrat longshots either way.  But the GOP allowed this to happen.  And I think they're beginning to see the future of a party that has to either get pulled all the way to fascism or re-invent itself as the moderate conservative movement.

Wasnt it Graham who said before the last election "If we nominate Trump, it will destroy us and we'll deserve it."  Yup.

Sure, it is a quandary for some of them.  Well, Boo hoo.  
This is what you get when you actively sell out to chase votes from the alt-right and religious right.  Aiding and abetting Trump has pretty well stripped the GOP of any dignity, decency or honesty, that existed there, in the past. 

It's not just Trump that has to be taken down, at this point.

Edited June 4, 2020 by do or die

[HardCoreBlue]

There should be one list that is shown constantly on social media to remind the world who, in all the different sectors, enabled, ridiculed others for this deranged idiot the last 3+ years.

They should not receive a free pass no matter the words they use of contrite and/or rationalization once it becomes obvious they need to untie the can they tied firmly up his a@@.

Nope. Nope. Nope.  

 

    

[bustamente]

29 minutes ago, JCon said:

Collins is really concerned too. Really, really concerned. So much so, she keeps protecting him. Mukowski has done the same. 

 

It's all fake consternation, worried about their own re-election hoping to dupe the supporters again.

 

[Tracker]

55 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

That she is still struggling to support Trump says volumes about the GOP/right-wing mindset. It looks good for public consumption but when push comes to shove, that is another matter altogether.