#politicsofdistraction — Public Fediverse posts

"The word is fascism. Use it to describe Trump’s regime. If it behaves like a fascist, talks like a fascist, & relies on the strategies and talking points of fascists, then it probably is the Trump Administration increasingly going fascist to stay in power."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/25

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-word-is-fascism-use-it-to-describe

"The fact is, of course, that Trump is completely, ludicrously wrong about what’s going on in Portland. He has been for nearly a month, ever since he watched a deceptively edited Fox News segment that depicted the city as a war zone. And his advisers have apparently been complicit in his hoodwinking."

~ Dan Froomkin

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/24

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trump-am-i-watching-things-on-television

"The strategy to crush opposition and unify power relies on a chillingly familiar playbook, one that historically leverages manufactured crises and the dehumanization of enemies. …

The evidence—from the open talk of mass detention centers for dissenters to the aggressive targeting of states and cities that oppose federal policy—compels the use of the term fascism."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/23

"Far from being a hyperbolic exaggeration, the systematic steps taken—from the militarization of domestic law enforcement to the explicit targeting of political dissent—mirror the alarming blueprints used by 20th-century dictators to consolidate absolute power."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/22

"The actions and rhetoric of the administration have prompted a dire comparison to the mechanisms of historical fascist regimes, leading many to sound the alarm on a precipitous slide toward authoritarianism."

~ Danielle Moodie

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/21

https://daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/escalating-authoritarianism

"Trump is lying about antifa to justify his authoritarian crackdown. Too easily dismissed as hyperbole, the Antifa myth is being used as a weapon to destroy domestic opposition."

~ Jeet Heer

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/20

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-antifa-portland-lies/

"In recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup, Quinnipiac, Reuters, and The Economist all show Trump’s approval rating in terrible shape. The polling averages show the same. He’s in the toilet on specific issues too: On the economy and trade he’s polling in the thirties, and he’s deeply underwater on immigration, his 'best' issue.

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #polls
/18

https://newrepublic.com/article/201031/trump-weak-failing-president-brutal-new-polls-confirm-it

(continued from /16)

" — a befuddled President Trump, feebly trying to square the difference between the real world reports from Orgeon’s governor on a peaceful Portland and the propaganda he’d been fed before announcing a plan to send troops to the city he described as 'War ravaged'”

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/17

“'I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, "Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different." They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place … it looks like terrible.'"

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/16

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/new-purges-continue-to-hollow-out

"either because he can’t tell the difference between what’s real and what’s fake anymore, or because he simply doesn’t care. And this happened while he’s actively working to gut actual healthcare protections that millions of Americans rely on."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/15

"He's either too confused to recognize AI-generated videos of himself, or he just doesn't care. Neither option is reassuring. ...

We’ve reached a point where the President of the United States is posting AI-generated videos promoting conspiracy theories about miracle cures —"

~ Parker Molloy

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/14

https://www.readtpa.com/p/trump-shared-some-ai-slop-about-miracle

"Trump is desperate, as he grows more unpopular, his government fails and his powers ebb, to find ways to make him feel STRONG and POWERFUL and MANLY. It is almost impossible to imagine something more authoritarian, more illiberal, more mad - & more dangerous - than the use of the military on our streets to fight a fictional enemy in an imaginary war."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/13

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-must-keep-the-military-off-our

"For the sake of our own mental health, it’s better to predict and understand the likely outcome of any background investigation of a killer: If he’s white and conservative, it will be forgotten among the thousands of examples we have of such shooters; if he’s Muslim/minority/trans, we won’t hear the end of it for a long time, if ever."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/12

"While most normal people try to avoid chaos and uncertainty, a narcissistic chaos agent like Trump thrives on it. When everyone else is thrown off their game, then Trump can be exactly where he wants to be: at the center of the storm, grabbing all the attention."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/11

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/holding-our-collective-breath

"Now that Trump has, or thinks he has, a military command structure loyal to him, he’s been deploying soldiers to Democratic Party-controlled cities, including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., to 'fight crime' and 'protect ICE agents.'”

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/10

"The first thing he did this time around was to appoint a puppet Pentagon chief, the execrable mock-Nazi tattooed Pete Hegseth, who almost immediately started firing military commanders he alleged were 'woke.'"

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #Hegseth
/9

"Donald Trump, whose desire to deploy the military was stymied by senior Pentagon leaders after demonstrations around the country against the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, has no such constraints on him now."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/8

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/will-portland-be-trumps-first-step

"[Liza] Goitein told me that 'presidents have deployed troops domestically to quell civil unrest or enforce the law only 30 times in our nation’s 250-year history, yet if Trump follows through in Portland, he will have done it three times in nine months. This is wildly out of step with our nation’s principles and traditions.'"

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/7

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-47a

"Are his acts those of a sane person? Or of an aging paranoid megalomaniac?

Even if it’s unclear to which category Trump belongs, shouldn’t this question be central to the coverage of his presidency? At the very least, shouldn’t the media be actively investigating?"

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #healthcare #dementia
/6

"Trump also announced Saturday that he intends to send the U.S. military to Portland, Oregon, authorizing 'Full Force, if necessary' to 'protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.' …

What’s been the media’s response to Trump’s bonkers postings and announcements this weekend? Nada."

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #healthcare #dementia
/5

"Trump also posted (again, without any basis in fact) that the FBI 'secretly placed … 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during' the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, during which they were 'probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists.'"

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #healthcare #dementia
/4

"Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News — it wasn’t — in which an AI-generated, deepfaked version of himself sat in the White House and promised that 'every American will soon receive their own MedBed card' that will grant them access to new 'MedBed hospitals.'”

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #healthcare #dementia
/3

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e

"We are no longer at a 'tipping point' or 'an inflection point.' We are no longer 'sliding' toward autocracy. Donald Trump no longer 'aspires' to be an autocrat. Last week, in case you had any doubt, the Trump regime went full-bore authoritarian. We cannot accurately describe the current United States government as a functional democracy."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #ApprovalRating
/2

"Monday marks the start of a week of planned chaos. Trump is panicking, running from the Epstein files and his cratering approval ratings. His answer is to incite chaos, sow confusion, and offer distraction to the easily distracted press."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #Epstein #military #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #ApprovalRating
/1

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/be-the-anchor-in-the-storm

"Hundreds of people who were formerly at the Florida concentration camp are now unaccounted for.

More people have been killed in international waters.

On the day of this event, the United States logged two more mass shootings that barely made a blip, while Congress allocated another $58 million taxpayer dollars to provide added security for the executive and judicial branches."

#Trump #Epstein #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/3

"Whenever leaders demand that everyone pay attention to something, it is vital to look at the things they’re trying to divert attention from.

Because this spectacle was designed to pull our attention and energy from important and disturbing things like:

The Epstein information.

Sustained boycotts of corporations that kiss the ring."

~ Andra Watkins

#Trump #Epstein #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/2

https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/dont-let-them-divert-your-gaze-from

"Trump is in full distraction mode. Remember the Epstein files?"

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #Epstein #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater
/1

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/ignore-the-distractions

"Trump's approval ratings are tanking.

He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him.

He's a tyrant with his back against the wall, so he's lashing out with troops in DC and rigging elections in Texas.

These are signs of weakness, not strength."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #rage #facts #lies #bullying #WashingtonDC #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #fascism #trans #Putin #Epstein
/3

https://www.threads.com/@rbreich/post/DNoJAKzqnay

"He picks on marginalized kids, attacks transgender communities, and threatens to weaponize the military against blue states, all while bowing down to Putin. He’s modeling himself after the same fascists—Hitler, Lukashenko, Kim Jong Un—who use fear and lies to cling to power."

#Trump #rage #facts #lies #bullying #WashingtonDC #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofTheater #fascism #trans #Putin #Epstein
/2

"Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins in the legs have difficulty drawing attention from the fact that the Epstein Files still haven't been released."

~AudreyinParis

#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #polls #Bondi #CoverUp #VenousInsufficiency #PoliticsofDistraction
/14

"Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins in the legs have difficulty drawing attention from the fact that the Epstein Files still haven't been released."

~AudreyinParis

#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #polls #Bondi #CoverUp #VenousInsufficiency #PoliticsofDistraction
/14

"Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins in the legs have difficulty drawing attention from the fact that the Epstein Files still haven't been released."

~AudreyinParis

#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #polls #Bondi #CoverUp #VenousInsufficiency #PoliticsofDistraction
/14

"Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins in the legs have difficulty drawing attention from the fact that the Epstein Files still haven't been released."

~AudreyinParis

#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #polls #Bondi #CoverUp #VenousInsufficiency #PoliticsofDistraction
/14

"Chronic venous insufficiency is a condition where the veins in the legs have difficulty drawing attention from the fact that the Epstein Files still haven't been released."

~AudreyinParis

#Trump #Epstein #pedophiles #polls #Bondi #CoverUp #VenousInsufficiency #PoliticsofDistraction
/14

"What we’re seeing is a clumsy, transparent psychological warfare campaign being executed by the federal government against American citizens. It is, of course, totally illegal and unconstitutional, but regardless, Los Angeles is being used as an example and as psychological conditioning for a national rollout of this strategy."

~ Jim Stewartson

#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military #PoliticsofDistraction #RealityShow #PsychologicalWarfare
/2

https://www.mind-war.com/p/waymo-false-flag-militarizing-america

"Governing is complicated, messy, and (sometimes) difficult to explain. Spreading falsehoods is simple and lazy.

Still, the media can no longer ignore the GOP trainwreck in Congress and Trump's struggles in the courtroom and on the campaign trail. Nor can the media ignore that President Biden will once again achieve his legislative agenda after months of effort."

#Biden #Republicans #MAGA #extremism #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofDestruction
/2

"There is a growing sense of two competing political universes in America. President Biden and the Democrats are doing the hard work of governing the country while Trump and MAGA extremists are play-acting in the pretend world of performative politics.

Governing is hard. Stoking outrage with lies is easy."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Biden #Republicans #MAGA #extremism #PoliticsofTheater #PoliticsofChaos #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticsofDestruction
/1

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/sanity-prevails-in-the-senate

"Republicans have openly admitted that their efforts to impeach President Joe Biden — which will begin in earnest this week as House members return to DC from summer break — are in bad faith. They don’t just want to tarnish Biden. They want to tarnish the impeachment process itself."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Republicans #impeachment #democracy #PoliticsofDistraction #PoliticalTheater #ClownShow
/1

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/house-republicans-biden-impeachment-23-explained

"Trump not only needs the impeachment as a weapon of mass distraction, but also as an instrument of moral flattening. If everyone is a crook, no one is a crook. If everyone is impeached, then impeachment is no longer a badge of shame.

His own legal nightmare? Four indictments? Ninety-one felony charges? Whatabout Hunter’s laptop?"

~ Charlie Sykes

#Trump #impeachment #Republicans #PoliticalTheater #PoliticsofDistraction #ClownShow

https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/flooding-the-zone