Trump has promised reprisals and even threatened executions, all supported by military force applied to the civilian population. Undermining the nonpartisanship of the military, using the military for domestic purposes to repress civil liberties and liberal opposition to the erosion of American democracy. Passing libel legislation to harass and undercut the liberal media and journalists, with the objective to drive them economically out of business, while consolidating conservative media empires and social websites. It didn’t matter who was behind the political paralysis, either, whether the intransigence came from the right or the left. www.washingtonpost.com/...

Source: Washington Post December 09, 2023 19:56 UTC