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Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence and the GOP’s Plan to End American Democracy 1/x
Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence and the GOP’s Plan to End American Democracy 1/x
At CPAC 2017, former White House Chief Strategist, executive chairman of Breitbart News, and board member of Cambridge Analytica, Stephen K. Bannon said Trump’s agenda was the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” 2/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-wh-strategist-vows-a-daily-fight-for-deconstruction-of-the-administrative-state/2017/02/23/03f6b8da-f9ea-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html
“If you think they’re going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken,” Bannon said in reference to the media and opposition forces. “Every day, it is going to be a fight.” 3/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-wh-strategist-vows-a-daily-fight-for-deconstruction-of-the-administrative-state/2017/02/23/03f6b8da-f9ea-11e6-bf01-d47f8cf9b643_story.html
The tactic was twofold.
Assimilate and amplify Russian asymmetric warfare domestically and produce targeted disinformation to divide the country and sow chaos. 4/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/russian-interference-race.html?referringSource=articleShare
Assimilate and amplify Russian asymmetric warfare domestically and produce targeted disinformation to divide the country and sow chaos. 4/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/politics/russian-interference-race.html?referringSource=articleShare
Utilize the information warfare technique called the “Firehose of falsehoods,” to confuse and disorient the American people, or as Bannon put it “Flood the zone with shit.” 5/x https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/963076380505370624?s=21
Trump & Co continued their relationship with Zuckerberg/ Facebook to further capitalize on the massive psychographic data Cambridge Analytica collected on >87M Americans (in 2014) used for targeted disinformation before the 2016 Presidential Election 6/x https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/book-excerpt-mindf-ck-by-christopher-wylie.html
In April 2019, Facebook redesigned their platform to focus on groups, creating an endless number of polarizing echo chambers where users felt safe to say and share hateful things they wouldn’t otherwise say publicly. 7/x https://www.pcmag.com/news/facebook-redesign-shifts-focus-to-groups
Many groups led by the Alt-Right (neo-Nazis and white supremacists) were fed targeted disinformation and propaganda to radicalize them. Trump had called them very fine people.
Now the tinderbox had been assembled all we needed was a match. 8/x https://time.com/5855307/facebook-removes-white-supremacist-accounts/
Now the tinderbox had been assembled all we needed was a match. 8/x https://time.com/5855307/facebook-removes-white-supremacist-accounts/
Well, we got 2 matches.
(1) The #COVID19 pandemic
As part of the “dismantling of the administrative state,” in 2018, Trump fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command. @Laurie_Garrett 9/x https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
(1) The #COVID19 pandemic
As part of the “dismantling of the administrative state,” in 2018, Trump fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command. @Laurie_Garrett 9/x https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-china-trump-united-states-public-health-emergency-response/
When SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease we call #COVID19 emerged, not only was Trump disinterested in the threat and potential for a humanitarian crisis, he actively made it worse by treating it as a mere political matter. 10/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/19-times-trump-said-the-coronavirus-would-go-away/2020/04/30/d2593312-9593-4ec2-aff7-72c1438fca0e_video.html
Fox News called #COVID19 a hoax. 11/x https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1240640020714848257?s=21
And while Americans struggled (still do) to get tested for #COVID19, not only did Trump continue to downplay the threat and refuse to wear a mask, he protected himself and his friends with frequent coronavirus tests. 12/x https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/04/03/president-trump-offers-to-test-oil-executives-for-coronavirus.html
Simultaneously, under the Trump Administration, FEMA confiscated PPE needed by frontline healthcare workers and a top GOP fundraiser started a medical supply company in 14 days. How’d he get the supplies? “I have relationships with a lot of people.” 13/x https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184
The head of the company, Blue Flame Medical said, “I don’t want to overstate, but we probably represent the largest global supply chain for Covid-19 supplies right now,” he said. “We are getting ready to fill 100 million-unit mask orders.” 14/x https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184
Trump and the GOP then pushed the premature opening of the economy with no national testing strategy, no coordinated contact tracing infrastructure, no effective treatment and no #COVID19 vaccine. 15/x https://www.npr.org/2020/05/06/851631806/president-trump-wants-to-reopen-economy-despite-cdc-warnings
Now, with over 130,000 Americans dead due to #COVID19, multiple cities are seeing outbreaks. In Houston, Tx the percentage of tests for the virus coming back positive has risen to nearly 25%. 16/x https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/05/coronavirus-on-track-to-overwhelm-houston-hospitals-in-two-weeks-mayor-says.html
In Arizona, an aide to the mayor said that FEMA had responded to the city’s most recent request [for #coronavirus testing] by saying the agency was “getting out of the testing business.” 17/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/05/world/coronavirus-updates.html?referringSource=articleShare
Trump has repeatedly stated that he is opposed to testing because “When you do more testing, you find more cases. And then they report our cases are through the roof.” 18/x https://www.propublica.org/article/state-coronavirus-data-doesnt-support-trumps-misleading-testing-claims
At his Oklahoma rally on June 20th Trump said “When you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. So I said to my people, slow the testing down, please." 19/x https://www.businessinsider.com/tulsa-rally-trump-said-ordered-to-slow-down-coronavirus-testing-2020-6
This spike in #coronavirus cases will soon overrun healthcare personnel and hospital infrastructure creating nationwide suffering, desperation and even more chaos. 20/x https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/05/coronavirus-on-track-to-overwhelm-houston-hospitals-in-two-weeks-mayor-says.html
The other match.
(2) The brutal murder of George Floyd
The public extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, in such a disgustingly casual manner, by a white police office rightfully set off a renewed civil rights movement. 21/x
(2) The brutal murder of George Floyd
The public extrajudicial killing of George Floyd, in such a disgustingly casual manner, by a white police office rightfully set off a renewed civil rights movement. 21/x
This led to marches and demands for justice. The majority of Americans now support of #BlackLivesMatter 
and seek meaningful police reform. Further, most no longer support the flying of the Confederate Flag or statues idolizing Confederate soldiers. 22/x https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/06/12/amid-protests-majorities-across-racial-and-ethnic-groups-express-support-for-the-black-lives-matter-movement/
and seek meaningful police reform. Further, most no longer support the flying of the Confederate Flag or statues idolizing Confederate soldiers. 22/x https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/06/12/amid-protests-majorities-across-racial-and-ethnic-groups-express-support-for-the-black-lives-matter-movement/
Instead of seeking to heal the divided nation, Trump has further inflamed the situation. On July 3rd, Trump cast his struggle to win a second term as a battle against a “new far-left fascism.” 23/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html?referringSource=articleShare
“Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.” -Trump, July 23rd, 2020 24/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html?referringSource=articleShare
“Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.”
-Trump July 3rd, 2020 25/x
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html?
-Trump July 3rd, 2020 25/x
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html?
Meanwhile, while the #BlackLivesMatter protestors have been mostly peaceful, heavily armed far-right anti-government extremists in the Bogaloo movement have been working towards their goal of starting a second civil war. 26/x https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/american-boogaloo-meme-or-terrorist-movement/613843/
protestors have been mostly peaceful, heavily armed far-right anti-government extremists in the Bogaloo movement have been working towards their goal of starting a second civil war. 26/x https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/07/american-boogaloo-meme-or-terrorist-movement/613843/
The Boogaloo movement has been instigating violence at #BlackLivesMater protests against the death of George Floyd. Three were arrested in Las Vegas. 27/x https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/boogaloo-boys-george-floyd-protests-black-lives-matter-1010117/
On May 29th during an Oakland #BlackLivesMatter protest, a member of the Bogaloo movement murdered a federal officer. On June 6th, he shot 2 sheriff’s deputies. One died. 28/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/
protest, a member of the Bogaloo movement murdered a federal officer. On June 6th, he shot 2 sheriff’s deputies. One died. 28/x https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/boogaloo-steven-carrillo/
The End of American Democracy.
Donald J. Trump, his administration, his family, the House and Senate GOP, the RNC and the NRCC have all been complicit by their acts of omission and/or commission. 29/x https://twitter.com/thedemcoalition/status/1267900019325243403?s=21
Donald J. Trump, his administration, his family, the House and Senate GOP, the RNC and the NRCC have all been complicit by their acts of omission and/or commission. 29/x https://twitter.com/thedemcoalition/status/1267900019325243403?s=21
"You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube."
On July 6th, Dr. Fauci said that >50K new #COVID19 cases/day were “a serious situation that we have to address immediately.” But there is no coordinated plan by the federal government to do so. 30/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/coronavirus-updates.html?referringSource=articleShare
On July 6th, Dr. Fauci said that >50K new #COVID19 cases/day were “a serious situation that we have to address immediately.” But there is no coordinated plan by the federal government to do so. 30/x https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/coronavirus-updates.html?referringSource=articleShare
In fact, after several months of mixed messages on the coronavirus pandemic, the White House is settling on a new one: Learn to live with it. 31/x https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/we-need-live-it-white-house-readies-new-message-nation-n1232884
So, now we have a real fire. Emboldened by Trump, violent far right extremists are agitating for a second civil war and Trump calls members of the #BlackLivesMatters movement the “enemy of the state.” This diverts attention from the raging #coronavirus pandemic. 32/x
It is only July and we are already seeing hospitals overwhelmed by the #coronavirus. I volunteered at Elmhurst Hospital in late April and have seen what #COVID19 does to the human body. It is vicious. My heart goes out to all those who have lost someone to #COVID19. 33/x
Flu season begins in October, and when the weather begins to cool off people will head indoors, will be in close proximity touching the same doorknobs and sneezing in confined spaces. This will create a two fold viral blow to the population. 34/x https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coronavirus-and-the-flu-a-looming-double-threat/
This will come just in time for the November 3rd Presidential Election. Based on everything I know about Donald J. Trump and his “win at all cost/burn it all down” administration - is that by that point the country will be in utter disarray. COVID19 + massive civil unrest. 35/x
No state will have the capacity to manage this level of carnage. Hospitals will be inundated, people will be dying in their homes and no state will have the capacity to hold an election; and I think that’s the plan. 36/x
It’s harsh, I know. But if it doesn’t make sense intuitively then take a look at this graph. During the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, most deaths - including 675,000 Americans - occurred during the second wave over the Winter months into 1919. 37/x
The pandemic will rage on. Trump will consolidate power and no coalition will have the capacity to take him and his henchman down.
Sounds pretty bad right? But not out of the realm of possibility, no? So what do we do? 38/x
Sounds pretty bad right? But not out of the realm of possibility, no? So what do we do? 38/x
I don’t pretend to have the solution to this problem. It is far beyond me as a mere observer. What I will say is that if we want to preserve our Democracy we need to do the following: 39/x
1) Educate ourselves then educate others.
Remember when that Republican voter said she was unaware that there was anything negative about Trump in the Mueller Report? 40/x
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-surprised-learn-about-key-mueller-report-revelations
Remember when that Republican voter said she was unaware that there was anything negative about Trump in the Mueller Report? 40/x
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-voter-surprised-learn-about-key-mueller-report-revelations
1) Speak up and oppose any and all who support Trumps failed, corrupt and murderous presidency. This is no longer a matter of opinion. 41/x
2) Demand the Democratic Party fight with the same vigor and intensity as the Republicans, only more. Call your representative and ask them what they’re doing to hold Trump accountable and why they’re not doing more. Volunteer. Organize. Right now, we’re losing. 42/x
3) WEAR A MASK. Social distance. Stay at home if possible. Wash your hands. Use hand sanitizer. Don’t taouch your face. Listen to doctors and scientists. 43/x
4) Be kind to each other and remember that the goal of information warfare is to divide and conquer.
"United we stand, divided we fall"
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"United we stand, divided we fall"
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