The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say

Donald Trump and Maga allies have capitalized on the killing of rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk to expand attacks on liberal groups, donors, Democrats, and others by tarring many critics as the “enemy within” and “radical left” in a move that legal scholars and historians call authoritarian and anti-democratic.

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “that’s page one in the playbook” is pretty common and means the same as “that’s [thing] 101”. I think it’s really clear they’re saying that this is clearly recognizable as something, not “this is the very first sign of something”.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        I’m pretty sure the common phrasing is “a page out of the playbook” not “page one”

        It’s not clear that they understand we’ve been reading from the playbook for decades.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Sorry it was clear just like it’s clear you’re blaming the media. You know, the media who kept a database of Trump’s lies and who eventually stopped doing it because no one gave a fuck? Probably because they used an expression differently than you expected.

          Guys the expression is he told 10,000 lies not he told his 10,000th lie! That implies he didn’t tell more!!