Governor Whitmer and the Far-Right

Fort Sumter, 1861 By F.A. Nowell Co. — Stereoscope view from F.A. Nowell, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92673963

The plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan should surprise none. We are living in the depths of white grievance politics. While President Donald Trump has made this worse with his tweets, he is a direct consequence of it. He also is practicing the same grievance politics. Partly it’s economics, but mostly it’s racism. We live in a rapidly changing society where Whites will no longer be the majority. The power…