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TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON

▶️No #TrumpGestapo without Bush.

▶️No Bush legacy without Obama, Pelosi, and establishment Dems.

(Centrists, ignore this thread if you hate uncomfortable facts.)

#PortlandProtests #SecretPolice #Fascism
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

1. Cheney, Yoo, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bolton... familiar names to those of us who were anti-war activists during the Bush years.

2. Bush and his neocon buddies launched a brutal war based on lies and established a torture regime.
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

3. With the help of specious legal "justifications" from Yale lawyer John Yoo, Bush and his cronies launched an assault on civil liberties and basic human rights.

4. Today, that same Yoo is assisting Trump. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

5. When Obama swept in on a message of hope & change, one thing didn't change: Bush's legacy of indefinite detention, extrajudicial murder, drone killings, etc. If anything, Bush's policies were expanded.

aclu.org/press-releases…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

6. When Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, and establishment Dems were firmly in control, Bush and his war criminal cohorts faced no consequences.

7. Democratic leaders essentially gave Bush a free pass. newrepublic.com/article/120567…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

8. Over the years, Democratic leaders have worked diligently to rehabilitate Bush's public image. Instrumental in that process has been Nancy Pelosi, who insisted Bush's war crimes weren't impeachable.

archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.co…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

9. Which brings us to Trump, Barr, Miller, and their utter disdain for laws and norms. Their authoritarianism, an extension of the civil lib violations of the Bush years, manifests in both border torture and #PortlandKidnappings.
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

10. Notably, the Trump thugs cite their justification for #PortlandKidnappings to an Obama-era law.

thedailybeast.com/its-spooky-rig…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

11. Meanwhile, Pelosi and her colleagues give Trump MORE surveillance power, and she mollifies her fans with crass performative theatrics like sideways claps and tearing speeches. (Which she then monetizes)

store.pelosiforcongress.org/collections/al…
TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE: A HISTORY LESSON (cont.)

12. And just like she did with Bush, Pelosi refuses to use her power to #ImpeachBarr.

SIMPLY PUT: The direct line from Bush to Trump is only possible with Dem establishment complicity.

THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT.
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