Just so we’re all clear, most homeless people in the US are not violent offenders. Many suffer from mental illness (because we have utterly failed to address these conditions as a society), but most are not violent at all. Drug and alcohol addiction is not rare, but also not universal.
I have worked with the homeless for almost 20 years now. Characterizing homeless people as violent drug addicts is a quick way to reveal ignorance and inhumanity in a person.
#akkoma still has the best comment threading I’ve encountered on the micro-blogging part of the #fediverse
what I see happening is that the Trump Machine will initially waffle on the most violent aspects of their promises; some lower level MAGA fanatics, though, will step into the breach and do some pogrom style violence & murders. There will be a brief moment of bewilderment before leadership decides to own it, and then it will kick off on a much more massive scale.
The pseudo-insurrection in Washington, DC, on 6 January 2021, intended to stop a supposed theft of the presidential election and restore Trump to power, was fantasy putschism minted by online disinfotainment: Caesarism for the QAnon generation.
Hell yes let’s get this elite sex trafficking deep state up and running
RE: https://mstdn.social/@OregonLive/113478287701219183
Hell yes let’s get this elite sex trafficking deep state up and running
RE: https://mstdn.social/@OregonLive/113478287701219183
Former Multnomah County official alleges retaliation after she raised alarm about public records violations https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/11/former-top-official-to-multnomah-county-chair-alleges-she-faced-retaliation-after-raising-alarm-about-public-records-law-violations.html
Donkey on the loose bites Oregon woman, prompting rare lawsuit https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2024/11/donkey-on-the-loose-bites-oregon-woman-prompting-rare-lawsuit.html
Oregon House Republican leader cites ‘endless drama’ as reason for departure https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/11/oregon-house-republican-leader-cites-endless-drama-as-reason-for-departure.html
New: He went to a white supremacist conference, then refused to denounce the white supremacists who organized it.
Now, as “border czar,” he’ll oversee Trump’s mass deportations https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-homan-white-supremacist-event-border-czar-trump_n_67326794e4b07ebab74212ff
We chose to be an admirer of The Spectral Idol. This is our future.
Trump keeps winning because the Democratic party refuses to be the party of the working class. https://theintercept.com/2024/11/12/trump-harris-democrats-working-class-voters/