Democracy in America Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy ‘I believe people when they say that they want to hurt us or kill us. I don’t think they’re idle threats,’ a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice said

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   Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 12:33:20 JST Waldo Jaquith

   It's not until the ninth paragraph that we learn that these violent political threats are coming almost entirely from Trump supporters. In fact (as the article makes clear much later), they're all directed at his declared enemies, and are celebrated by Trump and Republicans in congress. Bomb threats were called into 18 state capitols in just one day last week. This stochastic terrorism is a tactic of the right, used to undermine democracy. https://wapo.st/3TSQSj9