Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.)
To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!
FLASHBACK
Isadore Greenbaum, a 26-year-old Jewish plumber from Brooklyn charged to the stage to disrupt a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden
(February 1939)
Donald Trump now claims without evidence that a Venezuelan gang in Aurora, CO has has "massive machine gun-type equipment that are beyond even military scope." Aurora Police and a gun seller tell us the rifle seen in a viral video is a fairly standard weapon. #copolitics
@SarahAnnEgan Before you leave on ride, peel a banana, wrap in soft tortilla with a little peanut or almond butter, dribble of honey, maybe some granola for crunch, wrap with aluminum foil that you take home when done. Cheap power food. 😃