Yesterday morning, at approximately 11:00 AM, Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white male wth a history of racist views, walked into the Walmart next to El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall with an AK-47-style assault rifle, and proceeded to take the lives of 20 human beings. While some on the right, like Texas Governor Greg Abbott, are […]
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Yet another young white male with a gun goes on a killing rampage citing the racist “great replacement” conspiracy theory
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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?
It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, drought, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Japan, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Osaka, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin, western civilization 213 Comments
A brief update on our ever-worsening constitutional crisis
Admitting, “I don’t need to do this,” Donald Trump today declared a national emergency on our southern border. Then, just like any president might do after declaring a national emergency, Donald Trump left Washington for a golfing vacation in Florida. When asked why he’d declare a national emergency instead of accepting the deal that had […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, emotional truth, executive overreach, executive power, facts, lies, power grab, racism, southern border, Ted Lieu, totalitarianism, xenophobia 7 Comments