"What it looks like is an attempt to create confrontations that can be used to impose something that, for practical purposes, amounts to martial law.
And if that’s what it’s really about, what’s happening in Los Angeles is just the beginning. … this is all about finding excuses to use force against Trump’s critics and opponents and justify an anti-democratic power grab."
~ Paul Krugman
#LosAngeles #Trump #immigrants #ICE #military
/16
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-finally-know-what-american-carnage
William Lindsey :toad:
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