I can take a break from writing a blog this morning since there's a long quote of mine in Chauncey DeVega's Salon column today, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

 

Instead of writing a blog today I am posting a link to 

Why MAGA won: Anger, resentment and "a sense of betrayal" by Chauncey DeVega

It is well worth reading and I recommend doing this not merely because I am quoted as length.

The article begins:

President-elect Donald Trump and his MAGA regime have promised revenge and retribution against a range of targeted groups such as the Democrats, “the deep state” and “the globalists,” “the Left,” “liberals,” “Woke,” the news media, i.e. “the enemy of the people,” nonwhite “illegal aliens," the LGBTQ community (specifically transgender people) and a range of other groups. Trump’s selections for his Cabinet are distinguished both by their personal loyalty to him as well as ferocity in pursuing his personal and political “enemies.” Trump has repeatedly threatened to remove these “enemies within” from society by using the Alien Enemies Act, the Insurrection Act and other means including prison. All indications suggest that Trump’s dictatorial presidency will begin by targeting those groups and individuals who are “the enemy” on day one.

It includes excerpts from  a must-read article at The New Republic by Nina Burleigh and  a Washington Post article by 

Isaac Stanley - Becker

 and 

Ellen Nakashima. Then there are quotes from 

Randolph Hohle a professor of Sociology at SUNY Fredonia and author of "Racism in the Neoliberal Era" and "American Housing Question: Racism, Urban Citizenship, and the Privilege of Mobility," Jason Van Tatenhove who served as the national media director for the Oath Keepers. He documented his experiences with the Oath Keepers in his book "The Perils of Extremism: How I Left the Oath Keepers and Why We Should be Concerned about a Future Civil War," Peter McLaren who is Emeritus Professor of Education at University of California, Los Angeles. He is one of the architects of critical pedagogy and the recipient of numerous international awards for this work in education. He is the author of over forty books and his writings have been translated into twenty-five languages, and your's truly.

Since you can read the article there's no reason to summarize it.

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