Mother Bones (_l1vy_@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Jun-2025 12:56:31 JST

#Via jamelle
@jbouie
June 7, 2025, 8:52 PM

"the white house thinks brute force is, no pun intended, a trump card. they don’t anticipate pushback and they don’t know how to handle it with anything other than escalation. the issue is that each escalation is itself a gamble. if protesters refuse to back down, you’ve lost face. if your putative allies — local cops — decide that the unrest just isn’t worth it, you’ve lost face. if your goons are impotent in the face of the crowds, you’ve lost face."