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Melissa Gira Grant
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Contrary to a lot of the election media’s confidence that Trump’s incompetence or economic self-interest mean mass deportations aren’t a serious threat, I believe we aren’t taking Trump’s promises seriously if that’s how we judge them. My feature:

The Incomprehensible Scale of Trump’s Deportation Plans
The Incomprehensible Scale of Trump’s Deportation Plans

Trump has vowed to launch a mass operation that could involve a force larger than the U.S. Army—and he promises that it will be a “bloody story.”

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EDkevychristian.bsky.social

Not to mention what the hell kind of defense is saying it won't actually happen? "Well, I hate a lot of his stated policies, but I know he's just lying, so it's okay. He has a long history of lying and not fulfilling election promises. That's why I love him."

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TBbricktosser.bsky.social

It's crazy to me that so many of Trump's bad ideas are dismissed as "never going to happen" when the same thing was said in 2016 about tariffs and the Muslim ban and getting rid of Obamacare and he did (or tried to do) all of them immediately.

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Ggroxley.bsky.social

You'd think "i don't think he'd follow through with his proposals" would be disqualifying for most people, and that would before considering the proposals are literal nazi shit

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WTgpthacker.bsky.social

Also. Do we like food in America? How about construction ? Or, well, any of the hard labor these amazing people do for this country? Cause that’s going away with these horrific deportations. Guess we can always do more of the rights favorite industry, making more cops.

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TSthaosteen.bsky.social

Sounds like the nightmares out of Hannah Arendt's "The Origins of Totalitarianism" www.goodreads.com/author/quote...

Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.
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Ssolidphil.bsky.social

Well, from what little I know, this is how it went down for the Nazis: 1. Attempt to implement a mass deportation program. 2. Choose a scapegoat when it doesn’t work. 3. Begin mass murder. The jejune fantasy and the incompetence themselves are a serious threats.

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staff writer, The New Republic » author, A WOMAN IS AGAINST THE LAW (Little, Brown) TK + PLAYING THE WHORE (Verso) » NewsGuild of NY member » melissa@melissagira.com » melissagiragrant.com » melissagira.ghost.io
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