The Trump administration claims to be fighting an existential battle against insurrectionary forces in Los Angeles. In truth, it created this cynical spectacle itself, deploying troops and inflaming tensions to distract from its policy failures.

The Trump administration claims to be fighting an existential battle against insurrectionary forces in Los Angeles. In truth, it created this cynical spectacle itself, deploying troops and inflaming tensions to distract from its policy failures.

  • btaf45@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    He doesn’t want you to know that RFK just fired all the people in the FDA who approve vaccines. Pay attention to that shiny object way over there and ignore that your personal chances of dying just significantly increased.

    Before this happened smart intelligent people could just ignore everything RFK says and look to non government or foreign/European governments for guidelines on vaccines and health issues. But this new directive is going to kill intelligent and unintelligent Americans alike because going forward life saving vaccines will no longer be approved for Americans.

    Today it is as if Herman Cain, the infamous idiot who went to a Treason Trump rally without a mask and died from Covid a few days later, is making your critical survival decisions that you are no longer allowed to make. That Traitorapist Trump and the Republican Party places a very cheap value on your life, no matter who you are, is something that you need to remember for the rest of your life.

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      6·
      5 days ago

      The shitty thing is that this isn’t just a fake news story to distract you from the truth. Even if it is a distraction tactic, it is also a very real threat and escalation that needs attention too. It’s fucking whack a mole with the problems and many of the moles are the size city buses.

      • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
        3·
        5 days ago

        People who say “This is just a distraction” are missing the point of Steve Bannon’s flood the zone tactic. The point is to overwhelm you with too much shit at the same time, regardless of what they get away with it’s something that they want. It’s not causing chaos to hide a nefarious plan, the chaos is the plan.

  • demizerone@lemmy.world
    14·
    6 days ago

    A certain someone is trying to control the news cycle to hide from elons Epstein allegations. This is one of things he’s really good at sadly.

    • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      5 days ago

      Honestly, no one actually cares that didn’t already care already. If the last decade of Trump being an obvious sex pest and criminal didn’t change your mind what would this do?

      We could have a video of Trump touching a child and his base would just say it’s AI.

      How many times have people said “oh this is the thing that ends him” and no one fucking cared. It’s a cult. It won’t change anything.

      You don’t hurt fascism by hurting Trump or trying to change peoples moral perspective of him. That time is long gone. You hurt Fascism through seizing back power. Grab a sign and some PPE. We need the streets filled.

  • d00ery@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 days ago

    It really is perfect for trump. He can show how tough he is to his voters and use the National Guard to force his rules.

    As a European (UK) we have some devolution from Westminster that allows Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales to set their own rules on somethings, in a similar way to the federal govt in Washington Vs states rights.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    5·
    6 days ago

    President Felon is the arsonist that is caught on High Definition camera setting the blaze, which he later claims he is the only person who can save us from the inferno. Smoke & mirrors, all Hollywood fakery.