The obvious motivating factors: 1) pictures of ICE dressed as proud boy thugs (i.e., kerchief masks) and 2) the prospect of a Kim style military parade as q coronation event.
Maintaining oppositional intensity will be hard as Trump is selectively “pausing” some of the provocative acts, possibly to avoid spoiling the passage of his Billionaires Bullshit Bill. His motto is Grift Uber Alles!
Yep, Trump is making exceptions for farmers (because MAGA sees them the 'Real Americans') and hospitality industry (because of Trump's resorts/hotels). But he's doubling down on raids in the cities. This is standard authoritarian playbook stuff: Demonize the cities and romanticize the people of the land. Rural:Urban polarization. Disgusting.
The obvious motivating factors: 1) pictures of ICE dressed as proud boy thugs (i.e., kerchief masks) and 2) the prospect of a Kim style military parade as q coronation event.
Maintaining oppositional intensity will be hard as Trump is selectively “pausing” some of the provocative acts, possibly to avoid spoiling the passage of his Billionaires Bullshit Bill. His motto is Grift Uber Alles!
Yep, Trump is making exceptions for farmers (because MAGA sees them the 'Real Americans') and hospitality industry (because of Trump's resorts/hotels). But he's doubling down on raids in the cities. This is standard authoritarian playbook stuff: Demonize the cities and romanticize the people of the land. Rural:Urban polarization. Disgusting.