Pro-tip: As public safety sets up command posts, National Guard deploys, cities board up, Walmart hides ammunition (!), language like this from Trump is what intel folks will be looking at and hoping more for. 1/
https://twitter.com/BillMoyers/status/1322300496686841856
It's all madness, yes. But Trump is a master of language, of inciting without saying so. So, it will be interesting to see if this new language -- a man musing that he is better off leaving -- is repeated throughout weekend. It lowers the temperature 2/
and creates a narrative he can live with (and that's all that matters to him, right?). He still is using language of incitement, but it is tempered by the "drive away" stuff. His cabinet with access to means -- Barr, Wolf, Esper -- seem absent. So that's what to look for. 3/
I give him no credit. A reminder of what to expect (or has happened). A 17(!) tweet thread on the state of our homeland. Still at Defcon 4ish; 1 being worst. Pundits who speak of civil war are dangerously bolstering Trump's narrative. 4/
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https://twitter.com/juliettekayyem/status/1320439885422100483
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Right wing militias are noting the public safety planning as reasons to stand back. A few hecklers do not make a dictatorship. Intimidation unlawful, so call police. I have no idea what happens Tuesday, but I'm listening to sounds of a president who favors the "drive away." 5/5
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