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I expect protests around the country in the coming months for several reasons, but the likeliest event to provoke severe civil disruption is a rise in food prices and the rise of everything else in price, as well as a collapsing economy courtesy of the president's tariffs.

There were already numerous signs of this, both in terms of the volume of shipping coming into the United States and early signs of collapsing crop yields in the United States. And this is where a study of history helps one out, because nothing but nothing brings down regimes like rising bread prices.

There were already numerous signs of this, both in terms of the volume of shipping coming into the United States and early signs of collapsing crop yields in the United States. And this is where a study of history helps one out, because nothing but nothing brings down regimes like rising bread prices.

There were already numerous signs of this, both in terms of the volume of shipping coming into the United States and early signs of collapsing crop yields in the United States. And this is where a study of history helps one out, because nothing but nothing brings down regimes like rising bread prices.

And any attempt to crack down will be stymied by the fact that a decent chunk of the elites who backed Trump before will be suffering, too. Obviously, the people closest to him are making bank off the economic upswings and downswings over the whole tariff issue.

And any attempt to crack down will be stymied by the fact that a decent chunk of the elites who backed Trump before will be suffering, too. Obviously, the people closest to him are making bank off the economic upswings and downswings over the whole tariff issue.

And any attempt to crack down will be stymied by the fact that a decent chunk of the elites who backed Trump before will be suffering, too. Obviously, the people closest to him are making bank off the economic upswings and downswings over the whole tariff issue.

But there's a lot of other people, people who supported him, people who thought he had their back, who aren't quite close enough to power. And they're watching Trump shoot their own fortunes in the kneecap because they built their money on free trade.

But there's a lot of other people, people who supported him, people who thought he had their back, who aren't quite close enough to power. And they're watching Trump shoot their own fortunes in the kneecap because they built their money on free trade.

But there's a lot of other people, people who supported him, people who thought he had their back, who aren't quite close enough to power. And they're watching Trump shoot their own fortunes in the kneecap because they built their money on free trade.

I won't pretend to know where things are going to pop off or will be the hottest, but the evidence shows the regime at least expects Washington, D.C. to play a central role in what comes next. Republican Congress members recently reintroduced a bill to repeal D.C.

I won't pretend to know where things are going to pop off or will be the hottest, but the evidence shows the regime at least expects Washington, D.C. to play a central role in what comes next. Republican Congress members recently reintroduced a bill to repeal D.C.

I won't pretend to know where things are going to pop off or will be the hottest, but the evidence shows the regime at least expects Washington, D.C. to play a central role in what comes next. Republican Congress members recently reintroduced a bill to repeal D.C.

's self-rule, and Trump appointed Ed Martin to be the city attorney, a man who, in the words of USA Today columnist Chris Brennan, quote, lacks experience but loves revenge.

's self-rule, and Trump appointed Ed Martin to be the city attorney, a man who, in the words of USA Today columnist Chris Brennan, quote, lacks experience but loves revenge.

's self-rule, and Trump appointed Ed Martin to be the city attorney, a man who, in the words of USA Today columnist Chris Brennan, quote, lacks experience but loves revenge.

Now, the fact that Elon Musk and his Doge cronies left so many in the city and the surrounding area unemployed after their purge of the administrative state means that there's an even higher number of motivated, angry people with free time and experiencing organizing large, complex systems who have nothing to do right now. A similar set of circumstances brought us to the 2020 uprisings.

Now, the fact that Elon Musk and his Doge cronies left so many in the city and the surrounding area unemployed after their purge of the administrative state means that there's an even higher number of motivated, angry people with free time and experiencing organizing large, complex systems who have nothing to do right now. A similar set of circumstances brought us to the 2020 uprisings.

Now, the fact that Elon Musk and his Doge cronies left so many in the city and the surrounding area unemployed after their purge of the administrative state means that there's an even higher number of motivated, angry people with free time and experiencing organizing large, complex systems who have nothing to do right now. A similar set of circumstances brought us to the 2020 uprisings.

This was not just a product of the months of isolation or of the brutality of George Floyd's murder, but of the sheer number of people who were out of work and who were finally given a chance to take out their anxiety at an authoritarian president tightening his grip. And today, that grip is even tighter and the danger more real.