• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    The Catch-22 to that is it gives Trump and the GOP the excuse to declare martial law, as they’re already itching to do, hugely extending the power of their autocracy.

    • Grindl@lemm.ee
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      You’re mistaken if you believe they need a non-fabricated reason. The Reichstag will burn on schedule.

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      3 days ago

      I believe that they’re deliberately provoking dissenters into the slightest bit of violent action so that they can do exactly that.