[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #796 Deathcult

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DWUhlfelderLaw twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 23:32:18 If you’re in good shape you have low likelihood of getting virus so keep gyms open says Ron DeathSantis https://t.co/xLHErLdhIQ reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 juli 2020 21:34 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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nytimes twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 19:13:53 Breaking News: The Pentagon in effect banned the Confederate flag from military sites without mentioning “Confederate,” in a policy meant to sidestep President Trump. https://t.co/hBCvlUxg0m reageer retweet

Vraag is of trump dit accepteert:

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JesseDamiani twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 19:09:50 Need more context for what's going on in Portland right now? Here's what we know so far.

THREAD https://t.co/pdKLtvC5L6 reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 00:34 schreef Bluesdude het volgende:
CNN meldt 60 % van Amerika heeft geen vertrouwen in coronabeleid van Trump
Nog schandalig dat 30% wel Trump trouw bliijft.
Trump en de hielenlikkers make America weak again.. Ondermijnen gezondheid, economie, democratie en het realistisch denken. oja.... en de gezonde moraal

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apjvalk twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 17:11:13 Opmerkelijk: een snelle verandering in partijvoorkeur van Amerikaanse kiezers. (via https://t.co/sckhwOKtdi) https://t.co/iECatxJyjy reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 juli 2020 22:26 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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SamanthaJPower twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 21:55:43 Chris Wallace on what happened when he corrected Trump’s claim that #JoeBiden had pledged to defund police: defiant Trump went thru 100-page-Biden-Sanders agt highlights & “couldn’t find any indication-because there isn’t any-that Biden has sought to defund & abolish the police.” https://t.co/stWx3jW8gf reageer retweet

Eindelijk! Tegengas. Kort filmpje in tweet.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 02:24:50 Corrupt Joe Biden wants to defund our police. He may use different words, but when you look at his pact with Crazy Bernie, and other things, that’s what he wants to do. It would destroy America! reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 00:13 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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JesseDamiani twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 19:09:50 Need more context for what's going on in Portland right now? Here's what we know so far.

THREAD https://t.co/pdKLtvC5L6 reageer retweet

En hier een chronologisch verhaal over Portland en anonieme politie/leger mannen in de straten.

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The Oregon governor wants federal officers out of Portland. Trump officials won’t listen. Why?

For almost two months, protests — often peaceful, sometimes less so — have been going on in Portland, Ore. But recently they caught the attention of the president of the United States, who spied an opportunity to create a dramatic confrontation that would advance his reelection message of “law and order.”

So this week, federal officers came to Portland and began arresting people.

But guess what? Local officials don’t want them to do this. And for very good reason: It’s apparently making the situation worse.

In an interview, Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon told us that her contacts with Trump administration officials about the situation had convinced her that “they are not interested in problem solving,” and this has “nothing to do with public safety.”

More troubling still, Brown tells us that the situation had actually been improving in recent days, and that the arrival of federal law enforcement has caused it to deteriorate.

“We know that things were calming down,” Brown, a Democrat, told us. “We know that the presence of federal officers has inflamed the streets.” Over the weekend, a young man protesting was shot in the face and severely wounded by less-than-lethal ammo from federal marshals.

“If they were really interested in helping us, they would have had conversations first, and taken actions later,” Brown said. “Instead it’s Ready, Fire, Aim.”

Brown said that on Tuesday, she bluntly told the acting secretary of homeland security, Chad Wolf, that the presence of federal officers in the streets was exacerbating matters.

“I told him that the federal government should remove federal officers from our streets,” Brown told us. “I said it’s like adding gasoline to a fire.”

“I said, ‘We do not want you here, you are exacerbating the situation,’ ” Brown continued, adding that the mayor of Portland had the same conversation with Wolf. “It provokes confrontation to have federal troops on the streets. This is purely for political purposes."

Wolf refused the request. “It was really clear that they were not interested in conversation,” Brown told us. “If they were interested in a solution, they would have been willing to deescalate and dialogue.”

Wolf has since painted a lurid picture of the protests to justify the use of federal law enforcement, claiming Portland “has been under siege for 47 straight days by a violent mob," and that “each night, lawless anarchists destroy and desecrate property" and "attack the brave law enforcement officers protecting it.”

Brown flatly rejected this as an exaggeration. “It’s an overstatement and a deliberate effort to provoke,” Brown said. “Their presence here escalates the situation, and it is a blatant abuse of power by the federal government.”

It’s not entirely clear which federal law enforcement divisions are in Portland. But we got a clue when Wolf traveled to Portland, whereupon he found some graffiti and then helpfully tweeted photos of himself with a variety of officers, some looking as if they were about to invade Fallujah.

In one photo, an officer’s uniform reads “Homeland Security Rapid Protection Force,” which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service. It’s supposed to protect federal property. Another photo appeared to show Customs and Border Protection officers.

On Friday, both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and CBP confirmed that they have officers on the ground in Portland.

These are not military troops; they are federal law enforcement. Margo Schlanger, a senior Homeland Security official under Barack Obama, told us this means not only that they can arrest people (subject to their particular jurisdiction, though it’s still not clear how this is applying in Portland), but also that state and local authorities can’t tell them to leave.

And Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, notes that there are numerous statutory authorities that “allow the federal government to use a wide array of federal law enforcement officers” in situations like these.

Separately, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that federal law enforcement have been “using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters since at least July 14."

Whatever the truth turns out to be about unmarked vehicles, the bigger picture is that it’s plainly obvious that the government is trying to inflame the situation, and that this is exactly what Trump wants.

We know Trump wants these scenes to be playing out on people’s televisions in faraway states, such as — to select a few at random — Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Florida.

And given that his homeland security chief is actively ignoring local officials’ demands that he pull out federal law enforcement — in a manner that those officials say is inflaming the situation — it’s reasonable to surmise that escalation is the whole point of these exercises in the first place.

What’s more, many in federal law enforcement are being told by their superiors and the president that the people they’ll encounter at a protest are murderous thugs (or in Wolf’s words, “violent extremists” and “violent anarchists”) who need to be dominated lest the social order break down completely.

“Dominate” is the word that Trump himself used, on a call with governors last month, including Brown. “You have to dominate," Trump told them.

It’s hard to overstate how irresponsible and reckless it is for the president and his homeland security chief to use such language. It could very well fuel a situation that combines fear, adrenaline, warrior-cop ideology, and the simple human psychology that says when you put someone in riot gear and tell them they’re headed into a volatile situation to confront violent extremists who are trying to destroy civil society, they’ll be on a hair trigger.

Is that what Trump wants? It sure looks like it.

‘Terrifying For Citizens’: Oregon Gov. Reacts To Trump’s ‘Invasion’ Of Portland | All In | MSNBC

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Gov. Brown: "This is absolutely unacceptable. This was purely a photo opportunity for political theater for the Trump administration. He is trying to distract. ... They only want to escalate. They want to dominate the streets."

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ryanjhaas twitterde op vrijdag 17-07-2020 om 22:15:11 The U.S. Attorney for Oregon is now calling for an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security's actions in having officers nab people off Portland streets.

Says there are TWO arrests that need to be looked into. https://t.co/4fTq5DeZMH reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 02:30:02 Inbox: The ACLU has sued DHS and the U.S. Marshals Service, which have deployed federal agents to Portland.

The lawsuit seeks to block federal law enforcement from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, or using physical force against journalists or legal observers. reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:31:38 Breaking on @MSNBC: Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, has died. He was 80. #goodtrouble reageer retweet

John Lewis reflects on Selma: 'I thought I saw death'

Selma 50 years later: Remembering Bloody Sunday

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:40:26 Rep. John Lewis in 2019: "When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation ... to do something. Our children and their children will ask us, 'what did you do?' .... We have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history." https://t.co/MatBiBjsyu reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:45:18 Rep. John Lewis in July 2019: "I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it. And at the highest level of government, there's no room for racism ... The world is watching. They are shocked and dismayed because it seems we have lost our way as a nation." reageer retweet

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RamirezReports twitterde op zondag 07-06-2020 om 13:46:12 Congressman John Lewis visited now Black Lives Matter Plz this AM. Told me on protests:
'It's very moving. Very moving. Impressive. I think the people in DC and around nation are sending a mightily powerful and strong message to the rest of the world that we will get there.' https://t.co/6MhdcGsaQ0 reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 05:35 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:31:38 Breaking on @:MSNBC: Rep. John Lewis, civil rights icon, has died. He was 80. #goodtrouble reageer retweet

John Lewis reflects on Selma: 'I thought I saw death'

Selma 50 years later: Remembering Bloody Sunday

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:40:26 Rep. John Lewis in 2019: "When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation ... to do something. Our children and their children will ask us, 'what did you do?' .... We have a mission and a mandate to be on the right side of history." https://t.co/MatBiBjsyu reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 18-07-2020 om 05:45:18 Rep. John Lewis in July 2019: "I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it. And at the highest level of government, there's no room for racism ... The world is watching. They are shocked and dismayed because it seems we have lost our way as a nation." reageer retweet

Vorige maand was hij nog bij een BLM-demonstratie:

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RamirezReports twitterde op zondag 07-06-2020 om 13:46:12 Congressman John Lewis visited now Black Lives Matter Plz this AM. Told me on protests:
'It's very moving. Very moving. Impressive. I think the people in DC and around nation are sending a mightily powerful and strong message to the rest of the world that we will get there.' https://t.co/6MhdcGsaQ0 reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 07:32 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 07:37 schreef pullup het volgende:
Dat is zeker treurig nieuws. Een wel heel markant figuur

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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump campaign is investigating campaign spending, Parscale contracts

President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is conducting an internal review of spending irregularities overseen by Brad Parscale, its recently demoted 2020 campaign manager, Insider has learned.

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"He brought in DeWit because Trump was so sick of hearing how much money Parscale was making," one Republican familiar with the arrangement said.

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 18:54 schreef Ulx het volgende:
[tweet="1284337917981274115","21268897","joshtpm","http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1254176704949600257/jHmK6Jk8_normal.jpg","Sat Jul 18 04:03:16 +0000 2020"]Deputy Secretary of DHS Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics they're going to take them nationwide. https://t.co/TJgZzN6two via @:TPM[/tweet]


Gelukkig heb je daar 2A voor.

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 19:14 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Die echte 2A Constitutionalist milities zijn wel erg stil de laatste tijd, moet ik zeggen. Kennelijk ze toch niet zo stoer en principieel als ze denken dat ze zijn.

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 18:54 schreef Ulx het volgende:
[tweet="1284337917981274115","21268897","joshtpm","http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1254176704949600257/jHmK6Jk8_normal.jpg","Sat Jul 18 04:03:16 +0000 2020"]Deputy Secretary of DHS Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics they're going to take them nationwide. https://t.co/TJgZzN6two via @:TPM[/tweet]

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 19:16 schreef Detoeschouwer het volgende:

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De meesten zullen strafbladen hebben waardoor vuurwapenbezit voor hen onmogelijk is. Dan zijn ze beperkt tot de rol van internetschreeuwer.

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Op zaterdag 18 juli 2020 19:21 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Ik doelde natuurlijk op die types die laatst zwaar bewapend stonden te protesteren tegen thuisblijven en mondkapjes omdat ze bang waren dat hun vrijheden zouden worden afgenomen. Waar zijn die types nu? Waarom hoorde je niks van die types nadat trump een vreedzame demonstratie uit elkaar liet slaan zodat ie met een bijbel op de foto kon?