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America, Out of Control

June 14, 2020 Leave a comment

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Republicans in Chaos

With just 141 days until the 2020 presidential election, the cracks are starting to show at Republicans party establishment. Over just the past few weeks, we have seen the spate of condemnations of President Trump from the most distinguished Republicans, who formerly hold offices within the administration, Secretary of Defense, chief of staff, director of national intelligence.  Reports also indicate many of the party’s notable names, including former President George W Bush and Colin Powell the 65th US Secretary of State won’t be voting for Trump in November. There is also bad polling news for Trump everywhere, in particular in swing states, indicating he is trailing his Democratic rival by two-digit points. Trump as president has seemed to welcome chaos, perhaps he believes that he blooms in chaos. The chaos theory has taken a turn in recent weeks, however.

Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

Seattle, the capital of Washington state, like most cities in the US, witnessed major protests in the days following George Floyd’s death in the custody of Minneapolis police. The Seattle police abandoned a precinct in the Capitol Hill neighborhood and handed the area over to the protesters they had clashed with for days. The protesters then occupied the area and established the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. They call to defund the police force, some other cities have gone further, seeking dismantling the law enforcement. President Trump has branded the protest society a group of “ugly anarchists” and “domestic terrorists,” and in his tweet threatened the governor and the mayor to take their city back, otherwise he will do it himself. But the city’s mayor says Trump doesn’t get it, it is a group of people gathering lawfully and exercising their first Amendment of right of free speech. The Governor of Washington state tweeted back “a man (Trump) who is totally incapable of governing should stay out of Washington state’s business, stop tweeting.”

Anti-Confederacy, a Renewed Culture War

Amid weeks of protests over systemic racism, the US is facing a renewed culture war over symbols of the Confederacy. The most famous American confederacy consisted of the southern states who fought the Northern states in the American Civil War, while preserving slavery that almost tore the country apart more than 150 years ago. Many statues of Confederacy’s leaders along with dozens of other confederate monuments in different states have been removed and some vandalized. Read more…