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      Razor wire and a fence around the Capitol building at sunrise.

      Trump’s True Believers Bring the War on Terror Home


      War is all about inflicting sufficient violence to achieve goals; that was the basic method of the pro-Trump mob that attacked the Capitol in a desperate attempt to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.

      Norman Solomon
      Aug 29, 2023

      Ever since Donald Trump became a former president, news outlets and commentators have cited polls showing that many Republicans believe violence might be needed to save the country. As Trump’s legal woes increase, so do mainstream media alarms about the specter of violent responses. But we’ve heard virtually nothing about connections between two decades of nonstop U.S. warfare overseas and attitudes favoring political violence at home.

      For more than 20 years, a bipartisan approach in Congress and the Oval Office has made sure that the United States uses enormous and lethal violence abroad. Stripped of the usual noble rhetoric, that approach amounts to might-makes-right, an easy conceit when the U.S. military is by far the most powerful in the world. Reinforced in the name of a “war on terror,” the righteous posturing has made perpetual war seem normal.

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      Signs that says "Stop the Steal" at a pro-Trump rally.

      Journalists Need to Cover the 2024 Election Like it Might Be the Nation’s Last

      America is entering its most important, pivotal year since 1860, and the U.S. media is doing a terrible job explaining what is actually happening.

      Will Bunch
      Aug 28, 2023

      They stood on an arena stage in Milwaukee under a massive sign that read “Democracy”—the metaphorical 800-pound gorilla that loomed over this strange political event but was never really discussed. When the dust finally settled after two hours of the first televised debate of the 2024 GOP primaries, nothing—from the rude kids-table outbursts from the impertinent Vivek Ramaswamy to the doomed efforts by Nikki Haley or Mike Pence to be the grown-ups in the room—actually mattered inside the airy Fiserv Forum except for one thing.

      All those not-so-wonderful people out there in the dark. A mob that raged, and which ultimately ruled.

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      Rep. Kevin Hern and then-Rep. Markwayne Mullin were pictured in the Capitol Visitor Center.

      Critics Rip 'MAGA Extremists' Over Plan to Hike Social Security Retirement Age to 70

      "Medicare and Social Security are non-negotiable," responded Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. "Risking default or robbing seniors of hard-earned benefits are not options."

      Jake Johnson
      Jan 24, 2023

      Not even a month after assuming the majority in the House, Republicans have begun seriously considering a range of proposals to cut Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs that millions of people across the U.S. rely on to meet basic needs.

      The Washington Postreported Tuesday that "in recent days, a group of GOP lawmakers has called for the creation of special panels that might recommend changes to Social Security and Medicare" while other Republicans "have resurfaced more detailed plans to cut costs, including by raising the Social Security retirement age to 70"—a change that would impose across-the-board benefit cuts.

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