German Reichstag, Parliament Bldg. Fire, Feb. 27, 1933 Used By Nazis To Take Power

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3. Keen observers, and would know well

given Germany's history.. All these measures make us wonder about the state of law here, and what's coming up esp. with the election. Serious times. Some interesting views this new article.
..Fox News and right wing sources are already selling their audience on a vision of America in which blue states and cities are in “anarchy” and where violence “demands” a federal presence.. Trump means to send federal forces to Chicago, and Seattle, and anywhere else he can think of, explicitly to insert the chaos and violence that justifies taking even more federal control. And it would not be too much to believe that action is headed toward something very like a declaration of martial law, or a federalization of police forces.
However, there is one thing that can slow Trump’s action: Visibility. The right wing has been getting a stream of “antifa violence” fed to them 24/7 since the George Floyd killing..https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/18/1961747/-Things-in-Portland-were-getting-better-until-Trump-made-them-worse-deliberately