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Kim Perales

Trump's vile rants about the remind us that the MAGA project degrades public life & denies our common humanity at every opp.

He metastasize disasters -constantly seeking ways to be in the HLs, favors this outrage & negative emotion +RW media ecosystem takes that revved up let’s-make-everybody-angry dynamic & applies it directly to electoral politics -makes everyone feel worse than they already felt. Musk is fanning the flames of hate around the CA.
newrepublic.com/article/190034

The New Republic · Transcript: Trump’s Ugly Eruptions Over Wildfires Hint at Darker StoryAn interview with Nicole Hemmer, a historian of the right wing, about how Trump’s vile, hateful tirades about the Los Angeles fires reveal the MAGA right’s broader project of degrading public life.

@KimPerales Note: Trump and his oligarchs are *Fascists*; divide and conquer, seed chaos, attack credibility of public institutions, use constant threats of violence and intimidation as a political strategy, degrade and restrict any civil rights.

@KimPerales 🤔 Ole man Trump needs to be in geriatric custody to get appropriate treatment for dementia- & psychopathy-induced aggression.

@ArenaCops Unfortunately, much of his rhetoric is real, & is a prelude of the hellscape that we'll soon endure.

@KimPerales Entrusting irresponsible, faithless & traitorous madmen with power without most thorough prior security vetting, including checks for mental disorders is never a good idea.

Trump is the most convincing proof of that assessment.

A saying I've heard somewhere goes like: "Only the dumbest calves choose their own butcher!"

MAGA like: ...