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   Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 13:37:06 JST Thomas Zimmer

   The biggest challenge in 2024 is to get enough people to actually listen to what Trump and those around him are openly, consistently, and explicitly promising to do once they get back to power.

   It is utterly deranged, and discounting it as just rhetoric would be a disaster.

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     JuneSim63 💚 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:31 JST JuneSim63 💚

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     @tzimmer_history Unfortunately, describing his plans as 'deranged' also doesn't serve your purpose. These plans are calculated, follow a template used by previous fascist leaders and are well thought through by his far right backers. None of us should be complacent, as you say, but we are up against a well oiled machine that is far from deranged.

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     Will (wannabemystiker@expressional.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:35 JST Will

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     I don’t know what the hell is happening to National Public Radio (NPR) but according to one of their commentaries, today, “… it's possible that the comment [by Trump about encouraging Russia to go after “delinquent” NATO allies] was just a throwaway line at one of many rallies he will hold before the election."

     What the hell is wrong with you NPR?!😡

     https://www.npr.org/2024/02/12/1230950457/trump-nato-haley-south-carolina-primary-rubio-gop-lawmakers

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     PJ_Evans (pj_evans@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:38 JST PJ_Evans

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     Things people respond with are "but he wasn't serious" or "he didn't really say that".

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     Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:41 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️

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     The #NYTimes once published an article saying that #Hitler wasn’t really that bad. He was just using #antisemitism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his #political campaign.

     The NYTimes more recently published an article saying that #Trump isn’t really that bad. He is just using threats of #violence & #authoritarianism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his political campaign.

     #Politics #Journalism #Media #Press #News

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     Thomas Zimmer (tzimmer_history@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:45 JST Thomas Zimmer

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     If there are people around you who believe “it won’t be *that* bad,” people who are annoyed by what they perceive as liberal “alarmism,” just read this out loud to them a few times and force them to actually reflect on what Miller is outlining here. It’s utterly terrifying.

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     Nomdeb (nomdeb@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:45 JST Nomdeb

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     @tzimmer_history They said we were being alarmist about abortion. Now women are dying. It's real. Take these extremist authoritarians seriously.

     https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/06/21/most-obgyns-say-pregnancy-related-mortality-worsened-after-roe-v-wade-was-reversed-poll-finds/?sh=a6a2f5b55d5c

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     Tor Iver Wilhelmsen (toriver@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Feb-2024 20:45:49 JST Tor Iver Wilhelmsen

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     @tzimmer_history When the party of «states’ rights» approve of a candidate that wants the federal government to wage war against states you know it was never about states’ rights but just about the party.

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