David Pakman

We don't need to worry about whether they are treated humanely in that situation.

We don't need to worry about whether they are afforded due process because they're barely human.

This is a classic authoritarian idea from some of the ugliest, ugliest spots of 20th century authoritarianism.

Uh, the Nazis labeled political opponents, especially communists and social Democrats and labor union people.

They labeled them terrorists and traders.

after the Reichstag fire of 1933.

Franco portrayed Republicans, different doesn't mean like an American, we're not talking about Lindsey Graham here, the Republicans of the Franco era in Spain, they were labeled, the Republicans as well as socialists and anyone on the left was labeled violent and a godless enemy of Spain.

And then with that, you can justify doing horrible things to them.

Stalin's regime,

branded anyone critical of the government as the enemy of the people, which should sound very familiar to you equating descent with terrorism, which is what they're trying to do right now with the no Kings protest.

So we have seen this playbook many times and unfortunately it is an ugly, ugly playbook that we need to be prepared for and we need to know how to rebut.

Once again, serious questions are coming up about Donald Trump's health in a moment that I don't ever recall happening before.

Donald Trump slurring badly during an oval office propaganda event opted to sit down

Now, Trump sitting in the Oval Office during an event isn't that notable.

Sometimes he sits.

To be frank, Trump slurring badly while speaking, also not unusual.

Sadly, it's common.

Trump often slurring his way through public speaking.

But Donald Trump slurring

looking swollen and unwell, right eye almost completely swollen shut, and saying, I think I will sit down looking exhausted, sounding exhausted.