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Coast Guard Lt. Christopher P. Hasson is a case in point. stoehr.substack.com/p/trumps-weakn…
To be dangerous, a president does not need to be cunning; does not need to be smart; does not need to play three-dimensional chess. With the biggest megaphone in the world, all he needs is the willingness to say anything. stoehr.substack.com/p/trumps-weakn…
With that, Trump can trigger lone wolves around the country, from the Charlottesville killer to Coast Guard Lt. Christopher P. Hasson. stoehr.substack.com/p/trumps-weakn…
Hasson was arrested last week for plotting “terror attacks that he hoped would spark a race war,” drawing up “a target list of prominent cable news journalists and Democratic politicians” and wanting “to murder innocent civilians.” stoehr.substack.com/p/trumps-weakn…
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1. @CoreyRobin is a political scientist and author of The Reactionary Mind, a book that has shaped my thinking about conservative ideology in ways I’m probably not even aware of. It is now a classic. Professor Robin is also someone I knocked heads with in 2016.
2. We’re leftists of different stripes (though he might refuse to recognize my leftism). He opposed Hillary Clinton for good lefty reasons. As a pragmatist, I told him, not unrudely, to take his good lefty reasons and jump in a lake. That, however, was then.
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They always plot to spark a "race war." nytimes.com/2019/02/21/us/…
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NYT source: plotters who sought to use poisonous gas, infectious diseases or radioactive material were **generally middle-aged, middle-class and fairly well educated**, and espoused far-right views that were not religious.
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NYT: Troops often report encountering white nationalism in the services, a problem the military has struggled to address. A 2017 survey found that **one in four** troops had seen examples of white nationalism in the ranks
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1. 1. Nancy Pelosi sent a letter late Wednesday to House Democrats encouraging her caucus to support a resolution opposing the president’s national emergency declaration. This is the beginning of a process the Editorial Board noted last week. stoehr.substack.com/p/trump-forces…
2. The House Speaker is using the same set of federal statutes the president is using to get around the Congress to build a border wall no one wants to pay for. These laws give one chamber of the Congress the power to compel another chamber to take a vote.
3. In forcing the Senate to take up the House resolution, the Democrats are forcing the Republicans there to take a position with respect to Donald Trump’s unconstitutional abuse of power. This is something the Republicans want to avoid.
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David Frum
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Yesterday, federal prosecutors charged Coast Guard Lt Christopher Hasson with illegally amassing an arsenal with intent to commit mass murder upon an array of Democratic politicians and liberal media personalities. taskandpurpose.com/white-supremac…
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How many white wannabe terrorists is this now in just the last 12 months, kind of losing count

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You can see the progress of “Coast Guard Nazi” Christopher Paul Hasson’s radicalization clearly in the news reports, and it leads in a bright white line directly back to the eliminationist rhetoric of @realDonaldTrump, his GOP sycophants and his right-wing media enablers.
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😱 >> Domestic terrorism: Coast Guard Lieutenant linked to white supremacist groups arrested amassing guns and drugs. Alarming THREAD ⬇️
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Although third parties appear to be benign, in our system of government they tend to be perverse--mainly being spoilers, hurting the major party closest to them ideologically. That's why tricksters on the right love the Greens. stoehr.substack.com/p/weaponizing-…
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