Ron DeSantis Wants to “Start Slitting Throats on Day One” – Mother Jones

“We’re going to have all of these deep state people, you know, we are going to start slitting throats on day one,” DeSantis said during a three-day trip to the Granite State. The event comes as the DeSantis campaign attempts a high-profile reset amid disappointing poll numbers and a major staff reduction.

The promise to the slit throats of people who essentially don’t exist—that is, unless you’re a conspiracy-addled Republican—aligns with the strategy the DeSantis campaign recently outlined in a confidential memo, which reportedly includes more attacks on the “deep state,” to convince donors that the Florida governor can still win this game. Now will his latest comments do the trick? Or is this simply more evidence of the governor’s infamous lack of social skills?

Whatever the case, it’s safe to say that these remarks fall in line with DeSantis’ authoritarian approach to governing, using the state to punish his perceived enemies, from Disney to whatever new item he’s declared as “woke.” As Harvard professor Steven Levitsky told my colleague Pema Levy, “That’s authoritarianism at its core. That’s what authoritarians do.”

Source: Ron DeSantis Wants to “Start Slitting Throats on Day One” – Mother Jones

COVID-19 cases rising in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties | News | Almanac Online |

The Stanford Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network (SCAN) tests sewage sludge for segments of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 cases. The data shows that July concentrations were close to May levels, the previous spike in local sewersheds. Source: COVID-19 cases rising in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties | News | Almanac Online |

Did Trump believe his big lie? It’s irrelevant to proving his guilt. – The Washington Post

Regardless of whether he thought the election was stolen, the place to look for the president’s ‘criminal intent’ is in any illegal acts he directed in the aftermath.
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