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From a local PAC running a slate of 4 candidates for Chico City Council, we get this:

"DONATE TODAY: SUPPORT CHICO CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES WHO SHARE OUR VALUES

From attacks on our environment and groundwater, to the attacks on our reproductive freedom, MAGA conservatives are destroying our future, even here in Chico … especially here in Chico. But we have an opportunity to stop them." So Biden has defined MAGA conservatives as "Semi-fascists" and now that language has found its way into local politics. See how this works??? Attacks? What do you do to people who attack you and destroy your future? Just about anything goes. They must be "stopped." This is dangerous rhetoric.

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Biden's speech had all the nuances of an endangered tyrant. He's toast to those who viewed it.

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And to think, Biden ran as the great uniter, the adult in the room that would reach across the isle. Turns out that nothing could be further from the truth. Thanks for your thoughts Rob.

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Did you read the article, Donna? I showed pictures of several Presidents. I said the body language was universal, but the context is not. Do you see the difference? Look I know I risk offending someone, but as Jordan Peterson reminds us, in order to think, we need to be willing to risk offending people. Nothing personal. These are my thoughts, which I have shared with you. Biden is not the only president to use this body language, as I show. But who he defines as the enemy, and how he defines that is pretty unique and unprecedented in the U.S. I think any other president, with the possible exception of Nixon who was under fire by his own Congress, has directed this kind of rhetoric against such a large swath of Americans. That is new.

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Very interesting. The pictures say a thousand words. The expressions also are a tell tale sign. Thanks.

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Really. Biden isn't the only president to raise his fists to emphasize a point. This scare tactic is untrue and disappointing.

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I haven't seen a more divisive president - not even Obama was so hostile toward anybody who didn't vote for him. Being tagged because of who you vote for? Wow, that's frightening enough.

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Well, remember the IRS scandal. That was the first institution that we learned publicly was weaponized. Now it seems they all are.

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