#unified Reich

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

Fucking orange Nazi.

[originalleftist]

The thing about Biden is that Donald Trump has promised America will be a "unified Reich" (his words) if he's elected, and that really outweighs everything else, assuming you have basic knowledge of history, a conscience, and a sense of self-preservation.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Today on Truth Social (and Instagram, but that has since been deleted there), Nazi Germany fetishist Donald Trump posted an ad featuring a clarion call to create a North American version of the Third Reich with the words “Unified Reich” if he is elected again. 

Donald Trump can't quit his Nazi Germany obsession, as he posts an ad on Truth Social with the words "Unified Reich" featured in the video.

Let this ad be a reminder that electing Joe Biden is paramount to stop the Trumpian fascist takeover come the fall.

[UPDATE (12:26PM CDT, 05.21.2024): Donald Trump has since deleted the video from Truth Social.]

Read the full story at Daily Kos.

[not-safe-for-democracy]

[tomorrowusa]

How many Nazi and Hitler references do Trump and his supporters have to make before some people start to see a pattern? These are neither isolated nor rare occurrences.

This goes back to before Trump even took office.

And there were those "very fine people" in Charlottesville the following year.

And since he lost in 2020, he hasn't gotten any better.

Trump Apparently Has a List of Things He Loves About Adolf Hitler

And who could possibly forget Trump's dinner with a Nazi?

‘Huge Victory’: Trump’s Neo-Nazi Dinner Guest Praises Charlie Kirk For Becoming a ‘White Supremacist’

At the very least, Trump is a Nazi sympathizer. Most Republicans know this but still hitch their wagons to his brand in the hope of furthering their personal advancement.

[trump666traitor]

[kp777]

Excerpt: We’ve been here before. Donald Trump says or does something outrageous, and then walks it back slightly. But his message as a would-be authoritarian – or far worse – gets through. The latest iteration was a video shared this week on his Truth Social account that (by featuring would-be headlines) promised a “unified reich” if Trump wins a second term as president.

Read more.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Mike Luckovich

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Taking Trump and Alito at their word

May 22, 2024

ROBERT B. HUBBELL

In the last week, we learned that Justice Samuel Alito flew the flag of insurrection, and Trump called for a “unified Reich” in his next administration. Both men offered risible excuses for using symbols and language that are entirely consistent with everything we know about their worldview and autocratic aspirations. “My wife did it,” says Alito. “A staffer did it,” says Trump. Both excuses are lies. But even if true, they do not excuse an insurrectionist display by a Supreme Court justice or the nostalgic call for a “once-and-future” Nazi regime by a presidential contender.

Trump's call for a unified Nazi Reich was no mistake. Trump has repeatedly mimicked Nazi language and ideas in his campaign rallies. He called his opponents “vermin,” condemned immigrants for “poisoning the blood” of our nation (which is a nation of immigrants), and threatened to round up and deport “10 to 15 million” immigrants using the US military.

President Biden and Vice President Harris issued a statement in response to Trump's call for a unified Reich if he is re-elected. The President and VP wrote,

“Donald Trump thinks Adolf Hitler did ‘some good things,’ that neo-Nazis who chant ‘Jews will not replace us’ are ‘very fine people,’ and now dreams of a ‘unified Reich’ if he wins. “He has called the heroes who died in the war against tyranny ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ he echoes the words of fascists, and promises a ‘bloodbath’ and possible violence when he loses in November. “Donald Trump posting a ‘unified Reich’ video is part of a pattern of his praise for dictators and echoing antisemitic tropes. He’s a threat to our democracy and Americans must reject him and stand up for our democracy this November.”

As noted by commentator Lindy Li on Twitter, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman has written 265 stories about “Hillary’s emails” and 141 articles about Joe Biden’s age. Certainly, Trump's Nazi leanings deserve as least as much coverage as the non-story about Hillary’s emails. To date, the Times has published one story on Trump's use of Hitler’s language. See NYTimes, Trump Posts, Then Takes Down, Video Online With Headlines About a ‘Unified Reich’.

In the above article, the Times goes to great lengths to explain that the Nazi language was part of a “template” that is not controlled by the person who created the post. Apparently, the Times believes using a template with a Nazi motif excuses Trump posting Nazi language on his vanity social media platform. To date, the Editorial Board of the Times has failed to rouse itself to condemn Trump's Nazi language. We will wait with bated breath.

We cannot be distracted by Trump's excuses and deflection. We must take Trump at his word. And so should every self-respecting media outlet in the US. Imagine if Joe Biden had issued an ad quoting or alluding to Hitler in an admiring way. Would any media outlet accept his claim that it was a “mistake”? Would they write of anything else until they hounded Biden out of office? Why, then, are they so accepting of Trump's Nazi allusions?

The same is true of Justice Alito’s display of the insurrectionist flag. His silly excuse provided to the Times blaming his wife does not deserve a moment of consideration. Alito is responsible for complying with the Supreme Court Code of Ethics—which extends to the display of political symbols at his home. But it was not just any political symbol; it was a symbol of insurrection that called for the overthrow of the Constitution that he had sworn to protect and defend.

Alito does not belong on the Court. Sadly, Congress seems unmoved by the spectacle of a sitting Supreme Court justice calling for insurrection. See Talking Points Memo, The Alitos Let Their Freak Flag Fly And No One’s Gonna Do A Thing About It and Low Energy.

Congress may not be concerned about Justice Alito, but we should be. Alito was a corrupt and compromised justice before the Stop the Steal flag incident. See Ian Millhiser in Vox, Justice Samuel Alito: The Republican Party's man inside the Supreme Court.

Per Millhiser,

But this flag is hardly an isolated incident. On the bench, Alito is the Supreme Court’s most unrelenting Republican partisan — a reliable vote for whatever outcome is preferred by the GOP’s right wing, regardless of whether there is any legal support for that position. Alito isn’t simply a bad judge; he is the negation of law, frequently embracing claims that even intellectual leaders within the conservative movement find risible.

Millhiser reviews Alito’s record (and hypocrisy) at length. If anyone is interested in how Alito has done violence to the Constitution, judicial norms, and the legitimacy of the Court, read the entirety of Millhiser’s article. But Millhiser’s closing paragraphs are particularly powerful and damning:

Samuel Alito is one of the worst judges of his generation. He rejects the very basic idea that courts must decide cases based on the law, and not based on their partisan views. He routinely embarrasses himself in oral arguments, and in his published opinions, with legal reasoning that no sensible lawyer can take seriously. And he even tries to distort public debate and silence critics. But most of all, Alito is one of the most uninteresting thinkers in the country. Here he is, in one of the most powerful and intellectually rigorous jobs on the planet — a philosopher king, presiding over the mightiest nation that has ever existed — and his only big idea is “Republicans should win.”

Trump and Alito have told us who they are. We should believe them. And so should major media outlets in the US. If “Hillary’s emails” warranted 265 articles from Maggie Haberman, surely Trump's Nazi sympathies and Alito’s support for insurrection deserves constant vigilance from the media. Indeed, unless I am missing something, none of the major media outlets have called for an investigation, recusal, or resignation from Alito. The silence is stunning.

Trump indicates that Republicans are considering banning contraception

Republicans are coming for contraception next. Trump said so. Believe him. Don’t believe his subsequent denial following a public backlash.

During an interview this week, an interviewer asked Trump “if he supports any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception.” Trump replied

We’re looking at that and I'm going to have a policy on that very shortly and I think it’s something you’ll find interesting. I think it’s a smart decision. We’ll be releasing it very soon.

The interviewer pressed Trump, asking if he would support restrictions on contraception. Trump replied,

You know also, things really do have a lot to do with the states and some states are going to have different policy than others.

See NBC News, Trump says he is 'looking at' policies that would restrict birth control access.

Several hours later, Trump claimed the whole thing was a misunderstanding and that he opposed restrictions on contraception—in contradiction to his statement that “some states are going to have different policies.” See Talking Points Memo, Really Dumb Even For Trump.

As with Trump's Nazi sympathies, we have no reason to believe Trump's transparent attempt to walk back his statements on restricting contraception. Project 2025 has an explicit restriction on contraception. See Reproductive health under a second Trump term | On Point (wbur.org)

It is beyond comprehension that Republicans intend to restrict access to contraception if Trump wins in 2025. And they will attempt to do so at the state level when Trump loses. All Americans should be outraged, alarmed, and energized in their resistance to Trump.

And if I hear one more male political consultant explain that Americans don’t really care about reproductive liberty, I am going to lose my mind. They have apparently not spoken to the women in their lives. If they did, they would have a dramatically different view of Democratic prospects in November.

[Robert B. Hubbell]

[ostrich-riding-cowboy]

"Unified Reich"? Is this just a rebrand of "paleoconservative"?

[trancemoment]

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

[originalleftist]

A reminder now that Trump is officially the nominee again:

Stop Trump.

Literally nothing matters more.

Trump has promised to be "dictator on day one"- and thanks to SCOTUS's presidential immunity ruling, he legally would be.

He has promised a "unified reich".

He has retweeted "the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat".

He has given Putin a green light to invade Europe.

He has pledged to accelerate the climate crisis.

It won't be like last time, as horrible as that was. They're more prepared now. Trump will have legal immunity from a loyal Supreme Court. If Trump wins, the world burns. Millions will die. Maybe billions. Do you understand? There will not BE an America. Or a Ukraine. Or a Europe. Or a Palestine, either.

There is LITERALLY NOTHING more important than preventing this.

It's easy to give up, and say it's hopeless. It's easy to say both sides are bad, or my vote doesn't matter. But all that only helps the fascists. The future is not written in stone. Everyone thought the fascists would win in France too. They didn't. Everyone thought that they'd win in Ukraine. They haven't.

Its only over if we, the people, decide it's over. And I am not ready to lie down and die.

Vote Blue. Give it your all. Campaign. Volunteer. Donate. Even if you hate the candidate. Even if you think it's not fair. Every ballot, every race.

And get ready to strike when they try to overturn our votes.

And the Convicted Felon will NEVER be President again.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Kayla Gogarty at MMFA:

After former President Donald Trump posted a video mentioning a “unified Reich,” his campaign blamed a “random account” but left out that the account is seemingly part of a pro-Trump “meme team” that has ties to the campaign and is apparently led by Brenden Dilley, a podcaster who regularly spews extreme and hateful rhetoric on his online show. On May 20, Trump posted on Truth Social a short video that shows hypothetical newspaper articles from after a Trump victory, including three mentions of a “unified Reich.” As The Associated Press explained, “The word 'Reich' is often largely associated with Nazi Germany’s Third Reich, though the references in the video Trump shared appear to be a reference to the formation of the modern pan-German nation, unifying smaller states into a single Reich, or empire, in 1871.”

The post was deleted after Trump’s campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the video “was created by a random account online and reposted by a staffer who clearly did not see the word.” Despite Leavitt’s claims that the video came from a “random” online account, the AP revealed it “appears to have been created” by a meme creator who goes by the username Ramble_Rants and is part of a “group of meme makers” that has ties to Trump’s campaign. The account repeatedly defended and posted the video in response to criticism, saying it didn’t invoke “anything except peace and prosperity for Americans,” and the account positively responded to other users that offered praise after Trump shared the video.

[...] Trump and his campaign have repeatedly shared the meme team’s material, and the campaign reportedly “privately communicated with members of the meme team, giving them access and making specific requests for content,” and “in at least one instance … shared behind-the-scenes footage to be used in videos, according to members of the team.” Trump has been photographed with Dilley and reportedly “sent personalized notes to several of the group’s members, thanking them for their work.” Additionally, Dilley disclosed that the campaign gave him and another member of the meme team a “special” and “exclusive” press credential for the campaign’s Iowa caucuses night, where “you hang out with all these wonderful people, and Don Jr. comes through, and Eric Trump comes through, and pretty much the entire Team Trump comes through.” (Reporting has indicated that several journalists from mainstream publications, including The Washington Post, NBC News, Axios, and Vanity Fair, have been denied press access to Trump’s campaign events.)

The Dilley Meme Team led by MAGA cultist podcaster Brenden Dilley may very well be the ones behind the infamous "Unified Reich" video that Nazi Germany fetishist Donald Trump posted to Truth Social that he later deleted.

[dandunn]

this is probably redundant at this point but what is wrong with him

[loscerritoscommunitynews]

Trump shares video suggesting his victory will bring 'unified Reich'

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May 21, 2024 (NBC)~Former President Donald Trump‘s account shared a video on social media Monday that referred to a “unified Reich” among possible developments if he were to win re-election in November, drawing criticism from the Biden campaign. Trump’s account posted a 30-second video (since been pulled down) to his Truth Social platform on Monday afternoon that asked, “what happens after…