It's hard to think of an action more damaging to American greatness, or insulting to American freedom, than cutting off cancer research to punish a university for failing to align politically with the current government.
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Last week we had International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Along with the gut wrenching documentaries were newspapers from that time. One that struck me was a front page from 1933 where Hitler was running for election again. It reminded me of Donald Trump. This weekend Trump called for violence against anyone who might indict him. His unhinged rants and lies were meant to stoke hate and violence. We had a taste of this on January 6. In essence Trump has his own stormtroopers who will menace and …
One huge advantage Hitler had were the SA and SS, huge armies that ran riot and often killed opponents. Question is are the Trumpers becoming their equivalent. If so, God help us all!
Maybe in '33, but by then Hitler was chancellor, the SS and SA (until many of them were killed) and the Gestapo were in charge. By '34, Dachau was in place, and the mass arrests of dissidents and opponents had begun. And the SS was definitely armed by then.