Paul Krugman hardly needs publicity. Check this out:
Below is what the Daily Beast article about this looks like.
If you’re reading this and don’t know who Paul Krugman is, and admire him for his insights, you must be a Trumper who by some twist of fate stumbled on my Substack.
This is the comment I posted on Krugman’s Substack:
Here’s the image I put on BlueSky:
I’ve written so often about Trump’s psychopathology that I am weary of the voice in my head composing new ways to describe the mental aberrations that make him the most dangerously unhinged nation’s leader in history out crazying crazy leaders like Caligula and Idi Amin.
Like other manic malevolent leaders, think Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts, he relishes his power to order “off with their heads.”
The Queen of Hearts had her loyal court. Trump has his. Some of them showed their loyalty yesterday after they spoke following the unhinged manic and malevolent off-the-rails address by Dictator Donald.
In his serious Substack regarding Trump’s lies about violence in D.C. Krugman managed the following bit of levity:
I’m not in competition with Krugman for click. His Substack today, as I write this, got 925 hearts, 240 comments, and 175 restacks.
But, hey I’m human, and considering the time and effort I put into my writing I like knowing people appreciate little old me. I would welcome joining the Trump Esteemed Enemies list and having him call me a nasty name. I could write a Substack about it and put the name in my profile.
What can I possibly say about how chilling what is reported in this story is?
Excerpt from RawStory:
Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post and reported on Tuesday reveal a secret Pentagon plan by the Trump administration to create a standing force of military personnel that could be rapidly deployed to U.S. cities or communities to quell public protests or any situation President Donald Trump deems "domestic civil unrest."
The proposal to create what it dubs a "Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force"—which evidence shows has been under serious consideration by the administration over recent months—would utilize existing statute, including invocation of Title 32, to authorize the deployment of specialized National Guard units anywhere in the country within hours, according to the documents.
The article summarizes The Washington Post (subscription) article “Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest.”
The photo that they chose to illustrate it is fairly benign as it shows only three soldiers and a few military vehicles.
The soldier in the foreground doesn’t seem to have a firearm, but he does have a long baton under his arm and, oddly, an American flag on his back.
The obvious questions are how long, if this happens, will it be before a peaceful protestor is killed, and if this happens how will the country react to this?
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