Re: July 7, 2025 (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2025 07:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-7-2025
 > 
 > "As Harvard sociologist Theda Skocpol pointed out in Talking Points 
 > Memo, it appears that officials in the Trump administration are 
 > using immigration as a way to establish a police state. Indeed, they 
 > are using the concept that presidents have control of foreign 
 > affairs as a way to work around the laws in place to prevent a 
 > dictatorship."

Not sure that this would be an effective or efficient path to
dictatorship.  I think the Republicans are hoping for or engineering a
crisis, either a terrorist attack, war, or financial crisis, which will
allow wide public support for increased presidential power.