Bomb scares and the politics of the apocalypse

[ffr]

America is a country on edge.

Days ahead of crucial midterm elections, the talk is not of better days or a brighter future. Instead, the climate is one of fear, of threat and of division...
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This is a time of the politics of the apocalypse — an all-or-nothing view of the difference between winning and losing an election and of holding power or not holding it. There is no middle ground on what winning or losing means.
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Forces that not that long ago had been suppressed, though not eliminated, have been emboldened and unleashed.
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Trump brands opponents as evil, a word from which many officials in his party recoil. But that characterization finds support among many of his followers... - WaPo

Donald J. tRump and his co-conspirators in the GOP wreak with guilt in their hate filled rhetoric. Until they are held to account for their disgraceful actions, they will only be emboldened by their lust for more.

[Garrett78]

1. And then there's all the anti-Trump Republicans who made Trump possible.

Trump resulted from 50 years of toxic rhetoric and policy.

[Cha]

2. Thank You, ffr..