The Gun Controllers: Freedom, Firearms, and Fear of Black Power

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, History, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.0 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:43.2	Surge in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Twin Cities area, has proven a lot of things about
0:49.1	those currently in power. It shows Trump is willing to go as far as imaginable to appeal to his core
0:56.1	constituents' nativism and racism and distract them from the harmful press of the Epstein files.
1:03.3	It shows how much he favors political theater and spectacle, and it demonstrates that
1:08.5	political retribution stands behind much of what he does, revenge against
1:14.6	blue states and specific figures who have opposed him, like Minnesota Governor Tim Wals,
1:21.3	as he actually posted on social media directly after the murder of René Good by federal agents.
1:28.5	Warning of further, quote, reckoning and retribution, end quote.
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1:46.7	from declaring even legal immigrants, quote, alien enemies, end quote, to now calling artists
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