Political violence in the USA

[petee]

"In at least three separate instances detailed by prosecutors in the indictment, users of the group have allegedly moved forward in carrying out violent attacks inspired by the group chat"

i won't post the details but they're in the article

DOJ indicts 2 alleged leaders of white supremacist 'Terrorgram' chat group

The indictment alleges that the group "solicited terrorist attacks."

abcnews.go.com

 

[petee]

this guy is a particularly odious specimen

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) threatened that there would be another Jan. 6 riot if Democrats did not pass a Republican-backed bill that would make it harder to vote.

MSN

 

[petee]

Wittenberg Campus Alert | Wittenberg University

In the case of an emergency or weather-related issues at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, this site serves as the primary source for information and updates.

www.wittenberg.edu

Wittenberg University is currently taking precautions following an email sent Saturday, Sept. 14, that threatened a potential shooting on-campus today, Sunday, September 15, 2024. The message targeted Haitian members of our community. Wittenberg Police are cooperating with the Springfield Police Division and the FBI as they continue to investigate the threat to campus and monitor the situation.

 

[two sheds]

There's been a few threats:

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/12/nx-s1-5110109/springfield-ohio-evacuated-city-hall-school-and-other-locations-due-to-bomb-threat

Today, the city of Springfield, Ohio, evacuated its City Hall, a school and other locations after officials there received a bomb threat.

 

[petee]

"targets"

Project 2025 partner org publishes hit list of 10 gov’t employees referred to as 'targets'​

MSN

 

[petee]

 

[CNT36]

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That's pretty standard rhetoric for them no? Talking about it like a sports game. The context he's talking about them needing a landslide not just winning. It's not great but hardly on its own proof of fascism and probably counterproductive to claim it is.

 

[krtek a houby]

Have we had this yet?

Election officials across the country are ramping up their security measures at polling places with voting underway in the presidential race, from beefing up law enforcement presence to donning bulletproof vests to deploying drones for surveillance amid an increasingly hostile environment.

The once-routine business of running elections in America has become much more fraught with risk in the wake of the 2020 campaign, with poll workers facing harassment, violent threats and chaotic protests. It's a dynamic that has forced many election officials out of the industry, while those who remain have taken in some cases dramatic steps to protect poll workers and voters ahead of Election Day. Some poll workers are also receiving pay bumps as incentives to stay on through a stressful voting period.

(From NBC)

 

[petee]

That's pretty standard rhetoric for them no? Talking about it like a sports game. The context he's talking about them needing a landslide not just winning. It's not great but hardly on its own proof of fascism and probably counterproductive to claim it is.

no it isn't fascism, but that author's focus is fascism and she tends (i've read other stuff by her) to view everything through that lens. however, there's no doubt in my mind that they're playing with language in a winking way, going back to when someone (i can;t remember who) put out a map with "targets" on districts where they wanted democrats to lose, using, not stars or dots, but gun targets. they know what they're doing.

you can also buy this. it's just a image.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277523344/custom-range-target-democratic-party

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

That's pretty standard rhetoric for them no? Talking about it like a sports game. The context he's talking about them needing a landslide not just winning. It's not great but hardly on its own proof of fascism and probably counterproductive to claim it is.

I watched part of the rally live. Go look at the footage on Youtube. It goes beyond "sports game rhetoric" to outright racist tropes and threats. I'll leave whether its Fascism or not to the academics, but it was some pretty heinous stuff.

 

[CNT36]

I watched part of the rally live. Go look at the footage on Youtube. It goes beyond "sports game rhetoric" to outright racist tropes and threats. I'll leave whether its Fascism or not to the academics, but it was some pretty heinous stuff.

I only watched the 30 second clip from petee screenshot that contained the slaughter clip.

no it isn't fascism, but that author's focus is fascism and she tends (i've read other stuff by her) to view everything through that lens. however, there's no doubt in my mind that they're playing with language in a winking way, going back to when someone (i can;t remember who) put out a map with "targets" on districts where they wanted democrats to lose, using, not stars or dots, but gun targets. they know what they're doing.

you can also buy this. it's just a image.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277523344/custom-range-target-democratic-party

Yeah, that's been going on for years.

I was just annoyed as several times in the last week I have clicked links expecting more than what I have got.

 

[breadandcircuse]

That's pretty standard rhetoric for them no? Talking about it like a sports game. The context he's talking about them needing a landslide not just winning. It's not great but hardly on its own proof of fascism and probably counterproductive to claim it is.

The fucker and his acolytes are out and out fascists. No nuance, no equivocation. They are fascists.

Another powerful reminder today from the LP. His every fucking action screams fascist.

 

[petee]

your twice-daily reminder

“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda

Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

www.propublica.org

"A key ally to former President Donald Trump detailed plans to deploy the military in response to domestic unrest, defund the Environmental Protection Agency and put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term."

 

[krtek a houby]

Burn the ballot boxes, reckon this comes under the political violence banner

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/us/ballot-box-fires-oregon-washington/index.html

2 so far, but that's 2 too many.

 

[ID47]

I only watched the 30 second clip from petee screenshot that contained the slaughter clip.

Yeah, that's been going on for years.

I was just annoyed as several times in the last week I have clicked links expecting more than what I have got.

Probably being pessimistic but I suspect this time round Trump's coup will succeed. Even if the military are not on board everything else is, primarily all the elements required of a false democracy. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103

 

[Pickman's model]

I only watched the 30 second clip from petee screenshot that contained the slaughter clip.

Yeah, that's been going on for years.

I was just annoyed as several times in the last week I have clicked links expecting more than what I have got.

Viewers' vexation

 

[gentlegreen]

Florida teen arrested after brandishing machete outside early voting location, police say​

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/30/us/florida-teen-machete-arrest-early-voting/index.html

 

[petee]

first item here.

Rooster in Review: Your brain on right-wing media

The penalty for wishing death upon half the country is a written reprimand, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

www.rooster.info

 

[spring-peeper]

first item here.

Rooster in Review: Your brain on right-wing media

The penalty for wishing death upon half the country is a written reprimand, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

www.rooster.info

How would someone prove who they voted for?

 

[krtek a houby]

first item here.

Rooster in Review: Your brain on right-wing media

The penalty for wishing death upon half the country is a written reprimand, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

www.rooster.info

"Rodgers said that he sometimes takes a prescribed sleep aid that can cause him to make “out of character” texts, phone calls or other forms of communication as a side effect"

Of course he does.

 

[krtek a houby]

Not actually violent but very disturbing

Black people across US receive racist text messages after Trump’s win

FBI investigating after people report texts saying they were selected to pick cotton and go to nearest plantation

www.theguardian.com