Howard Fineman Tweet on Trump Troopers

[bronxiteforever]

Link to tweet

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For non twitter folks:
To @nytimes: #TrumpTroopers aren’t a “ploy.” They’re part of how he’ll rule if weak people let him. Other methods include: “official” press outlets, strict presidential control of govt. data, eliminate critics in the military, disrupt election machinery. It’s the #Putin playbook.

[Srkdqltr]

1. This scares me more than anything going on now. Just terrifying.

[saidsimplesimon]

11. It's only terrifying if

we sit down, shut up and retreat. Not in my DNA

[zentrum]

28. Has Biden spoken up yet?

We need to hurry up.

[empedocles]

2. Succinct, fine summary. Thank you

[Thekaspervote]

3. We have to push back! If you have checked in on the Portland situation do, you'll feel better

[RussellCattle]

5. You must mean a mayor who's upfront calling bullshit, a few hundred Moms locking arms and....

....singing "lullabies" to the storm troopers, a naked lady scaring the bejeezus out these same cosplay cops and "rioters" who are using hockey sticks and leaf blowers to combat the tear gas. Yes, absolutely, this does make me feel better. Throw in a little bit of Nancy Pelosi taking whacks at Homeland Security and I feel really good about how this plays into our current need for greater dialogue about policing in America.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. tRump has forced out just about every decent human in top echelons of government. . . . nt

[NewJeffCT]

7. and even most of the indecent, but competent ones

like Kelly, Sessions, etc

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Fineman has been the most centrist of pundits for decades

so for him to utter a warning is remarkable.

Just keep using the word Gestapo. That's what they are.

[jayschool2013]

13. Or the Statue Squad

Which conveniently shortens to S.S.

[Augiedog]

8. It's a version of Brown shirts and Kristallnacht. Expect a "Reichstag" fire sooner than later.

Then martial law.

[RVN VET71]

14. Yep. Sounds like Trump

Reichstag's burning ashes are in the air. Doubt if Trumpski will blow up the Capitol Building. But the monuments! Think of Washington's monument, the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, WWII Memorial, Thomas Jefferson -- and then there is always Mt. Rushmore.

If Barr has recruited sufficient special ops talent from the many disgruntled Navy Seals, something(s) gonna blow. And it will all be blamed on BLM and antifa. Barr-Trump may even get a stooge to "confess" to the atrocities claiming he worked for antifa and/or BLM in the pay of George Soros.

I'm very concerned.

[Quixote1818]

9. The military leaders need to be speaking up now. Where did they go? During the protests

they were all over Trump's recklessness.

[OhNo-Really]

12. Why do we assume these are military?

The police have been training “volunteers” for years!

https://nationalpolice.org/volunteer/

Here are some of the duties volunteers are often asked to do by local police:

Fingerprinting
Neighborhood radar speed checking
Check on abandoned vehicles
Phone crime victims to answer questions
Doing home safety checks for vacationing homeowners
Assisting with special events
Doing bike patrols in community parks
Compile crime statistics in the community
Writing citations for handicapped parking violations
Helping with neighborhood watch
Assisting with search and rescue
Verifying vehicle window tints
Logging evidence
Tour guides
Take police reports
Working on cold case files
Assist with missing persons searches
Locate and recover surveillance video
Here are the professional backgrounds of volunteers that police departments especially need:

Religious leaders who can assist with Chaplain programs
Security specialists who can conduct security reviews at schools and other institutions
Individuals proficient in another language to help with translation
Mental Health Professionals who can counsel victims of crime
Veterinarians to provide care for police canine units
Banking and financial experts to assist with financial fraud and identity theft cases
Illustrators to do composite drawings of suspects
Dog trainers to assist with police canine units
Computer programmers

[RussellCattle]

15. This is exactly what we should be talking about when we say "defund the police". We give them....

.....way too much money and ask them to do way too much. They brought this on themselves because their culture has evolved into this quasi-military, swat team, riot gear wearing, body-builder, macho version of cops. There is a downside, though, if we take away the community aspect of policing we will end up encouraging such bullying behavior. At least there will be fewer of them to deal with.

[RussellCattle]

17. "Verifying window tints" is a good one. Here in Washington State a few years ago....

....the State Patrol (actually the good guys here) wanted the legislature to pass a limit on legal window tints. This was for safety, both of the drivers at night and the patrolman approaching a stopped vehicle. The republican, pro-small business, free market assholes in the legislature defeated the measure because "freedom".

[jaxexpat]

23. It could well be they've been checkmated.

What is their best next move? The unthinkable?

[irisblue]

10. What exactly did the NYT say about "Trump troops" today

[Wounded Bear]

16. It's the authoritarian playbook...

as practiced by Mussolini, Hitler, Franco, Allende, etc etc etc...

Only works if free people let them.

[Duppers]

18. Extremely dangerous times..."strict presidential control...

"Strict presidential control of govt. data" includes control of CoVid data now.

Michael Caputo, tRump's new HHS Director, is now in control of all CoVid data! His other jobs: (from Wikipedia):

Reagan Administration adviser
George H.W. Bush campaign adviser
Carl Paladino campaign manager
Boris Yeltsin adviser
Vladimir Putin media consultant
Donald Trump campaign adviser

Link to tweet

Fat Donny is getting pointers directly from Vlad.

[zentrum]

27. Could I hate and fear

…..all Republicans any worse? Your post is horrifying.

[Poiuyt]

19. Howard Fineman is not a hair-on-fire type pundit

For him to use those words shows what regular people are thinking.

[Cha]

20. Fuck yeah.. Rt!

Link to tweet

[muntrv]

21. We need to frame the issue and call them kidnappers

impersonating officers.

[warmfeet]

22. Time to take a stand.

Time to act, not just post on the internet.

Time for your butt to go on the line, if you plan to save it.

This is it.

[duforsure]

24. It's telling now

Trump at a moments notice is threatening and willing to send his storm troopers to attack Americans in Democrat area's promoting violence, yet refuses to lift a finger trying to stop this virus from spreading, or spent any time stopping Putin from putting. Bounties on American service members for targeting and assassination.

[ouija]

25. NYC

It will be on here, I may be arrested but that will be well worth it.

[zentrum]

26. Full on Fascism.