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So what's with all the indictments of Trump?

Well, lots of things, but let's look at it through my favorite lens: dialectical political warfare, which we know is the operating system of the Enemy.

There are several big reasons, but key among them is Operation Poke the Bear. Image
First, let's deal with the necessary baggage. They're obviously doing a DARVO distraction game. They indict Trump again within a day or two of every fact-bomb drop on the Biden Crime Family operation, so we know they're playing a game to distract and blame. That's simple as. Obvi
Second, they want Trump as messy as possible. They want people who might vote for him in the primary or general to decide he's too messy and complicated a candidate and just someone they can't hold their nose for with all this noise and baggage. That's not a small thing either.
Third, they're obviously trying to just outright disqualify or imprison Trump if they can, though I don't think this is a real goal for them with the repeated indictments, the raids, and so on. Maybe they can get it, and they'd celebrate if they could.
Of course, because they love media and imagery, they're obviously also angling for shots like a mugshot of Trump or whatever, and that primarily plays into the Operation Make Trump Messy part mentioned above.

I don't think these are the real reasons. They're just bonus extra.
Operation Poke the Bear is probably the primary operational measure with all the Trump indictments. Understanding this one requires understanding how the Left (and its mirror on the Right) works through dialectical political warfare. This is the real op, I'd wager.
Rule Number One of understanding Leftist dialectical political warfare advances goes back to Saul Alinsky and Rules for Radicals, updated in Beautiful Trouble. We've talked about this before.

The real action is your target's reaction. Pay attention!
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/t…
You will remember I gave a description of something I called "Drag Floyd" (related: "Trans Floyd"). Media Matters reacted immediately to my saying so, so we can presume I was definitely right. I want to remind you of that to explain the principle and op.
mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/t…
What I called "Operation Drag Floyd" was an active measure of using a series of escalating provocations that put normal people in a decision dilemma: either let them be perverts in front of kids or give them a reaction they can use. It's a key strategy.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/p…
Operation Drag Floyd didn't use a single provocation; it used a series of escalating provocations to try to get someone (probably a Christian conservative) to react badly, maybe violently, to justify all kinds of things: censorship, riots, narratives, etc.
beautifultrouble.org/toolbox/tool/e…
I want you to understand that what I just showed you with links is that these concepts are bread-and-butter techniques of Leftist dialectical political warfare. That means, they're bread-and-butter techniques for how they wage 5th-gen warfare on our people, ON PURPOSE.
This same basic mold is being followed in Operation Poke the Bear. First a raid. Then legal threats. Then, not one indictment but many. Not once, but many times. The latest ones from Georgia are absolutely egregious. This is escalating provocation.
You can see the bait being taken everywhere (mea culpa to some degree!). "This is a banana republic!" "This is no longer a nation of laws!" That kind of rhetoric in the reaction. They're poking the bear. They need the bear (MAGA, American public, etc.) to react.
What's happening with Trump and these indictments is incredibly dangerous on its own. That's true. It indicates nothing short of a Communist revolution in our nation. That's also true. It's unprecedented and egregious. That's all also true. It's more dangerous than that, too.
In addition to every danger just listed above, it is also a strategic dialectical operation designed to poke the bear into reacting. They didn't get a big MAGA / hillbilly / (Christian) conservative reaction from the drag queens, so they'll get it by going after Trump.
If they can provoke the American people, or a contingent of them, into believing this is a truly lost-cause, revolutionary moment, they can provoke a second J6-style reaction (watch who in Trump's camp/orbit calls for this too) that reifies the J6 narrative and demands action.
I'll be accused (watch who does it! LOL) of telling people to stand by and do nothing while our system is destroyed by pointing out this operation too. Just watch. Provocateurs everywhere, on both sides. I'm not calling for inaction but for judicious action, so, still action.
It is incumbent upon us to make it the general consensus of the movement/population (or whatever is relevant) that these dangerous provocations are not acceptable AND understood for what they are as provocations, the bait of which we will not take. That's how they're beaten.
My dialectical political warfare analysis, then, is that the indictments of Trump serve many purposes, but chief among them is an active measure, Operation Poke the Bear, to trigger a useful reaction the Enemy can use to further its agendas. Be discerning and judicious!
NB: They also want to wear Trump down, of course. Making their enemies demoralized, exhausted, frustrated, and humiliated is their favorite pastime, so they will absolutely not tire of it.
NBB: Judicious action always starts with getting people to see the play clearly. You're playing against a watching audience in any mid-level violence provocation (decision dilemma). You win by getting the audience to see the illegitimacy of the provocation THEN acting rightly.

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