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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.

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.

We have a president openly discussing his desire to put American citizens in a foreign concentration camp. Trump and his inner circle are hoping for protests that stay isolated to D.C. and perhaps a few major blue cities, Portland and the like.

We have a president openly discussing his desire to put American citizens in a foreign concentration camp. Trump and his inner circle are hoping for protests that stay isolated to D.C. and perhaps a few major blue cities, Portland and the like.

We have a president openly discussing his desire to put American citizens in a foreign concentration camp. Trump and his inner circle are hoping for protests that stay isolated to D.C. and perhaps a few major blue cities, Portland and the like.

This would provide an opportunity to send in the troops to utilize the Insurrection Act, to shoot people in the street, and to send some ringleaders off to El Salvador. This would be the riskiest option for Trump in some ways. Pete Hegseth has not been a competent or popular Secretary of Defense, and asking U.S.

This would provide an opportunity to send in the troops to utilize the Insurrection Act, to shoot people in the street, and to send some ringleaders off to El Salvador. This would be the riskiest option for Trump in some ways. Pete Hegseth has not been a competent or popular Secretary of Defense, and asking U.S.

This would provide an opportunity to send in the troops to utilize the Insurrection Act, to shoot people in the street, and to send some ringleaders off to El Salvador. This would be the riskiest option for Trump in some ways. Pete Hegseth has not been a competent or popular Secretary of Defense, and asking U.S.

troops to fire on protesters opens up the risk that some junior officer might balk at that order, which could create a cascading chain of disobedience. Such things have sparked rapid collapse in other dictatorships throughout history. There's also the chance that spectacular and comprehensive violence by the military might succeed and thus strangle any protest movement in the cradle.

troops to fire on protesters opens up the risk that some junior officer might balk at that order, which could create a cascading chain of disobedience. Such things have sparked rapid collapse in other dictatorships throughout history. There's also the chance that spectacular and comprehensive violence by the military might succeed and thus strangle any protest movement in the cradle.

troops to fire on protesters opens up the risk that some junior officer might balk at that order, which could create a cascading chain of disobedience. Such things have sparked rapid collapse in other dictatorships throughout history. There's also the chance that spectacular and comprehensive violence by the military might succeed and thus strangle any protest movement in the cradle.

So we might call this the high-risk, high-reward option. And I should note that Donald Trump has, more than a few times in the past, chosen the high-risk, high-reward option. So I don't consider this unlikely. But it won't be lost on Trump or his cronies that the violence which met the first protest in 2020 provoked the largest domestic uprising in living memory.

So we might call this the high-risk, high-reward option. And I should note that Donald Trump has, more than a few times in the past, chosen the high-risk, high-reward option. So I don't consider this unlikely. But it won't be lost on Trump or his cronies that the violence which met the first protest in 2020 provoked the largest domestic uprising in living memory.

So we might call this the high-risk, high-reward option. And I should note that Donald Trump has, more than a few times in the past, chosen the high-risk, high-reward option. So I don't consider this unlikely. But it won't be lost on Trump or his cronies that the violence which met the first protest in 2020 provoked the largest domestic uprising in living memory.

People have not forgotten this, and some blue state Democrats have even made, let's say, confusing noises to that effect. Case in point, Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington just signed a bill barring other state National Guard units from entering Washington without his approval, unless they were mobilized by the president.

People have not forgotten this, and some blue state Democrats have even made, let's say, confusing noises to that effect. Case in point, Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington just signed a bill barring other state National Guard units from entering Washington without his approval, unless they were mobilized by the president.

People have not forgotten this, and some blue state Democrats have even made, let's say, confusing noises to that effect. Case in point, Governor Bob Ferguson of Washington just signed a bill barring other state National Guard units from entering Washington without his approval, unless they were mobilized by the president.

Now, as that last part might key you in on, this bill doesn't have a lot of legal force, or any really at all, but it's a sign that even fairly milquetoast elected Democrats are starting to consider the real possibility of a federal invasion of their states.

Now, as that last part might key you in on, this bill doesn't have a lot of legal force, or any really at all, but it's a sign that even fairly milquetoast elected Democrats are starting to consider the real possibility of a federal invasion of their states.

Now, as that last part might key you in on, this bill doesn't have a lot of legal force, or any really at all, but it's a sign that even fairly milquetoast elected Democrats are starting to consider the real possibility of a federal invasion of their states.