Tag Archives: law and order

Trump not only refuses to condemn the actions of Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse, but makes the case for self-defense

By Mark | August 31, 2020

This morning, when asked by the press if President Trump would condemn the actions of Kyle Rittenhouse, the young, right wing vigilante charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany responded, “The president is not going to weigh in on that.” Later in the day, however, Trump did weigh in […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Adam Schiff, Anthony Huber, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Joseph Rosenbaum, Kayleigh McEnany, Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, murder, paintball, Portland, protests, self-defense, violence | 103 Comments

Violence is the strategy

By Mark | August 30, 2020

While being interviewed on FOX News this past Thursday, presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway gave away Donald Trump’s strategy for winning re-election. The more that violence erupts around the United States, she said, “the better it is” for Donald Trump, who, as of right now, doesn’t seem to be making any progress against Joe Biden in […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, anarchy, Annie Dillard, black lives matter, caravans, chaos, Civil War, Donald Trump, fascism, Jacob Blake, Joe Biden, Kellyanne Conway, Kenosha, Kenosha Guard, Kyle Rittenhouse, liberal thugs, militias, misogyny, National Guard, Patriot Prayer, protests, public safety, Qanon, racism, swing states, Tucker Carlson, white supremacy, Wisconsin | 63 Comments

This is fascism, right?

By Mark | July 22, 2020

[above: U.S. Attorney General William Barr winks at Donald Trump moments after the President announces that, as part of his new Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities initiative, federal officers will be deployed to more American cities to put down what he describes as a “radical movement” to “defund, dismantle and dissolve our police departments.”] […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, ATF, caravans, Chad Wolf, chaos, Chicago, Civil War, Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities, COVID-19, DEA, defund the police, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, fascism, FBI, gangs, grievance, Homeland Security, hospital capacity, ICU, law enforcement, Lori Lightfoot, martial law, police, police state, Portland, public health, racism, states rights, threats to Democracy, Tom Ridge, U.S. Marshals Service, violent crime, white grievance, William Barr, wink | 158 Comments

Today in Fascism: With DHS officers having been deployed to Portland, Chicago prepares for the inevitable, and we wonder if Detroit might be next

By Mark | July 20, 2020

The cool, military-looking guy above is former lobbyist Chad Wolf. [Insert Donald Trump “Drain the swamp!” soundbite.] As I understand it, Wolf has never served a day in the military. He did, however, attend Southern Methodist University on a tennis scholarship, and earn an undergraduate degree in history. And, now, because he was in the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged border patrol, call to action, Carrie Cordero, Center for a New American Security, Chad Wolf, Chicago, Cory Booker, Customs and Border Patrol, Dana Nessel, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Detroit, DHS, drain the swamp, family separation, fascism, FBI, Gretchen Whitmer, HEROES Act, Kirstjen Nielsen, lobbyists, martial law, moms against fascism, police state, politicization, Portland, racism, threats to Democracy, unconstitutional, William Barr | 80 Comments

It’s not as catchy of a slogan, but “Let’s Incentivize Communities to Start Creatively Shrinking Police Forces, Collecting Data on What Works and What Doesn’t, and Go from There”

By Mark | June 8, 2020

While I’ve always been against the militarization of U.S. police forces, and in favor of more transparency, accountability and civilian oversight, I have to confess that I’ve never taken calls to “defund the police” very seriously. When, in the past, I’ve heard people say that we should abolish the police, I’ve thought that they were […]