If illiberal leaders tell you they are going to “purge” the government, they mean it. I have been sharing this historical truth for a while now, and always some smug, semisophisticated pundit just waves it away telling not to overreact (in the Netherlands we have a lot of those)…
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Kara Swisher
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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En deze opmerking mochten we dus ook wat serieuzer nemen
Het hele overheidsorgaan is afgelopen dagen overgenomen, dat gaan ze nooit meer vrijwillig (via verkiezingen) uit handen geven, ben ik bang.
Vóór de verkiezingen konden we de Amerikanen waarschuwen niet op Trump te stemmen, wat we gedaan hebben, maar nu?
En organiseer je.
He’s entertaining, though.
Every day #Trump causes a new outrage (annexing the #PanamaCanal, #Canada or #Greenland), which the media then goes crazy about & meanwhile #Musk with his #DOGE mercenaries destroy the #FederalGovt, facilitated by the (illegal) dismissal of the inspectors general.
https://thewashingtonobserver.com/pentagon-rotate-new-york-times-nbc-npr-politico-out-building/
He started a cycle of revenge in all branches. The response maga told earlier it would be Biden. Nope. It is Trump doing so. Sad but true
It is a plain bloody attack of the silver back apes on all of society with as only goal more profit for themselves and their likes.
Has nothing to do with revenge, that is their framing which we should avoid using.
Please tell me another word for that behaviour
What I meant: extreme right often motivate their aggression with lies like selfdefence or revenge.
But that is bullshit. These actions are pure fascist agression.
I think rhink we should not support their version of the story by repeating it.
Het gebeurt enorm snel, maar de meeste mensen zien de werkelijke impact nog niet. Aan de ene kant door ‘flooding the zone’. Aan de andere kant een steady ritme van dagelijkse maatregelen. Die combi stompt af en/of maakt de coup nog onzichtbaar voor ‘de massa’.
- Dr. Maya Angelou
Coup in de VS, dat mag wel op het nieuws!
https://www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b0944754/
A voluntary 'Gleichschaltung', so to speak.