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Disturbing Rumor – PBS NewsHour (Brooks / Capehart)

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Not sure why my link directly to the YouTube video was flagged, since this is valid news from a legitimate (centrist) news source PBS NewsHour.

The rumor is apparently becoming more widespread among politicians and people who work in government. That the Trump administration is probing for ways to create the conditions for invoking the Insurrection Act. Both the left of center and right of center commentators are both in agreement that the Trump administration is trying to do everything that it can to be as unproductive as possible in the loudest most obnoxious ways.

Please look this up for yourself if curious, and search for the video titled: "Capehart and Ponnuru on the politics of Israel's attack and Iran's response"

Agree with the sentiment that we need to have compassion and be willing to compromise, but I also think that given this President's track record he needs to be on a short leash. I personally found it stunning that people at high levels in government positions are worried about this. They are obviously seeing things we're not seeing that give them the indication that Trump is obviously not making decisions based on whether he thinks what he's doing will incite riots or not.

...And from the other side of doomsaying, we're being bombarded with reports that NGOs, the CIA, the CCP and/or supranational orgs are funneling money into an ongoing protest movement.

Everyone seems to have an interest in presenting things in the most alarmist terms. Even if either side's claims were sober reporting sans spin, I would personally appreciate less alarmism. People are already on edge. Partisans everywhere are at each other's throats.

We need more compassion and less insinuation of malice.

Except there is provable malice on both sides. The power edifice is now too strong to be responsibly wielded by who we seem capable of mustering to wield it. In short, it is no longer the case that Lincoln's admonishment of "no man can do much damage in 4 years" is the case. Arguably it wasn't even back then... but now...here we are.

You are absolutely right more compassion and willingness to compromise is needed though.

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