In his first term, the analogues of Hermann Göring, Josef Goebbels, and Reinhard Heydrich did not show up for Donald Trump. Now, in Trump's second term, JD Vance is auditioning for the slot(s): JD Vance’s invented stories about Haitians in Springfield (“overwhelmed” city, pet-eating, crime, disease) were amplified by right‑wing media, then laundered back into “facts” by Vance and Trump, culminating in Trump’s debate lie about Haitians eating pets and his promise of “large deportations” from Springfield, which DHS i operationalizing, removing Haitians’ TPS on pretextual grounds. Fantasy, Nazi mobilization, online memes, bomb threats, then bureaucratized ethnic cleansing—this is what Vance is about to try to test in Springfield, Ohio. America's soul really is at stake here…

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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?

In the schools and churches of Springfield, Ohio, people are making hasty preparations for a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, and according to local sources, the city is two or three days away from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis. The destined v…

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