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Apr 14, 2021Liked by Steven Beschloss

I believe, not based on any sort of research, the only reason we know about how out of control our law enforcement community is due to the videos. I think the problem has always existed, but know we have the proof. We can’t deny the videos. These videos make it all so real, bringing it into our living rooms, like the Vietnam War. These videos are so horrific that at 1st glance you think you’re watching a movie. But, it’s not a movie. It’s real. We can never make this normal. It must break our hearts every time we see it. We must stand together to fight for police reform, accountability and justice. Until we have a better system in place, we will not realize equality. We have much to do.

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I’m afraid most, if not all local police departments have been infiltrated by white supremacists. Our military has definitely been infiltrated by them and I’m not sure about the Pentagon, National Guard or the FBI.

At any rate, we’ve got a huge problem with

white supremacy and I’m very afraid people

aren’t taking it seriously enough. In my opinion we (our federal government) should be sending multiple no-nonsense signals right now making it absolutely clear that white supremacy won’t be tolerated and it

should be rooted out by the federal gov’t using economic incentives.

We also have an enormous problem with

Russia and other extremist groups on the right. Americans are being assaulted day in and day out with extremist disinformation.

Most of it is aimed at people who either have only a tentative relationship with reality, have extreme religious beliefs and/or people who have criminal tendencies.

All of them are being fed lies on a daily basis not just by Fox News and its clones but also by people on Facebook, on other computer platforms and by hate radio. Then there are professionals, some of whom are operatives from enemy nations, being paid to stoke anger & resentment among individuals in all of these groups.

There are a ton of revisionist articles on the internet twisting American history, twisting

the truth about how our gov’t works, twisting the truth about who’s responsible for what, twisting factual information and it had become so pervasive that even the people who are trying to find truth can’t

recognize it anymore!

Bullying is a new norm. Frightening people

is another new norm. Violence, anger and resentment have become the preferred way

to express dissatisfaction. The scariest thing about all of it is that it’s continuing to

escalate even without Trump having access to the bully pulpit of the presidency.

I hope President Biden and his Cabinet soon come up with a comprehensive plan to fight white supremacy, even though there are other agitators contributing to the pervasive hostility in America today. My guess is that

supremacists are the largest group making the most headway.

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