silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHouse Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions | “It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”www.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down15
arrow-up1656arrow-down1external-linkHouse Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions | “It’s a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”www.motherjones.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 days agoThe Catch-22 to that is it gives Trump and the GOP the excuse to declare martial law, as they’re already itching to do, hugely extending the power of their autocracy.
minus-squaresugarfoot00@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI believe that they’re deliberately provoking dissenters into the slightest bit of violent action so that they can do exactly that.
minus-squareGrindl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 days agoYou’re mistaken if you believe they need a non-fabricated reason. The Reichstag will burn on schedule.
The Catch-22 to that is it gives Trump and the GOP the excuse to declare martial law, as they’re already itching to do, hugely extending the power of their autocracy.
I believe that they’re deliberately provoking dissenters into the slightest bit of violent action so that they can do exactly that.
You’re mistaken if you believe they need a non-fabricated reason. The Reichstag will burn on schedule.