”The plan, as Vice President J.D. Vance explained in a 2021 interview, is to destroy the current government, business, educational, cultural, and scientific pillars of the United States in order to replace them with a new system… …it will be an authoritarian government in which power and money concentrate in a very few hands.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, April 3, 2025
#trump #vance #usa #authoritarianism
#CdnPol #CANpol #USpol
#CETA #InfoSec #Democracy #NationalSecurity
(5/n)
... conventional weapons.
As in the 1930's, a #fascist movement has been siwing division where there should be unity.
We must never forget, as in any war, the war that's being fought against #Authoritarianism is a #hybrid one.
The #FourthEstate...
The U.S. often supports authoritarian regimes through arms sales to secure strategic interests, raising ethical concerns.
Common Dreams
For a comprehensive analysis, read the full article here: https://mohameddosou.blogspot.com/2025/04/why-us-benefits-from-tyrants-around.html
"History shows us, over and over again, that ordinary people have immense power. Regimes that look invicible can end up being houses of cards. The appearance of power doesn’t always translate to actual power. …
Tomorrow, April 5, everyone has an opportunity to show up in person, protesting what organizers “the most brazen power grab in modern history.” It’s for all of us."
~ Kristin Du Mez
#Republicans #authoritarianism #solidarity #resistance #April5
/7
Trump regime says Harvard must "commit to full cooperation with DHS (Homeland Security) and other federal regulators”. You don't have to imagine too hard what that means.
These racists then try to make themselves out to be the good guys. "DEI programs teach students, faculty, staff, and leadership to make snap judgments about each other based on crude race and identity stereotypes, which fuels division and hatred based on race, color, national origin, and other protected identity characteristics. All efforts should be made to shutter such programs."
That's not their concern. They just want mediocre white men to be at the front of the line again.
They're the baddies.
The land of the free: "A vocal critic of President Trump, Mr. Arias appears to be the most high profile in a string of individuals who have had their visas canceled or been denied entry as the Trump administration bars people who it says have “hostile attitudes” toward the United States."
#fascism #authoritarianism #USpolitics #Trumpism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/oscar-arias-sanchez-visa-trump.html
Commentary by J. J. Sedelmaier about what happened to Musk in Wisconsin, which has now gone viral
#Republicans #authoritarianism #destruction #chaos #CoryBooker #Wisconsin #ElonMusk #solidarity #resistance
/6
https://www.threads.net/@meidas_societyschild/post/DH8xFS4Os6D/meme-of-the-day-winner
"‘Liberation Day’ may have belonged to Trump, but Wisconsin voters offered their own declaration of independence on Wednesday – is it a sign of what’s to come?"
#Republicans #authoritarianism #destruction #chaos #CoryBooker #Wisconsin #ElonMusk #solidarity #resistance
/5
"The momentum is shifting. Wisconsin was a decisive win. Gaps in Florida’s US House districts are narrowing. And Democratic Senator Cory Booker just shattered segregationist Strom Thurmond’s record in congress with a 25-hour protest speech – a symbolic moment, but one that suggests renewed energy on the left."
~ Matt Gallagher
#Republicans #authoritarianism #destruction #chaos #CoryBooker #Wisconsin #ElonMusk #solidarity #resistance
/4
https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/sorry-elon-wisconsins-justice-system
"Authoritarians want us to feel hopeless and helpless. It’s up to us to show them that we will not submit quietly and that we believe in struggle and collective action. Like Sen. Booker, each one of us can do something, using the spaces and means we have, to meet this moment with the same resilient and resolute spirit he showed on the Senate floor."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Republicans #authoritarianism #democracy #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #CoryBooker
/3
https://lucid.substack.com/p/what-sen-bookers-speech-teaches-us
"Republicans are backing DOGE because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to incapacitate the federal government once and for all and forever alter the public’s ability to demand more from their leaders."
#Republicans #authoritarianism #democracy #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #DOGE
/2
"The GOP has long given up on winning over voters by demonstrating that it knows best how to make the government work for people; as I’ve noted previously, the notion that there are even 'Republican lawmakers' anymore is a quaint myth."
~ Jason Linkins
#Republicans #authoritarianism #democracy #destruction #chaos #FederalGovernment #DOGE
/1
Politicians won't save us. We have to save us. Join the 50 state protest this Saturday. Find yours here: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/ #50501 #DOGE #authoritarianism #50501movement #HandsOff
So, some Georgetown #Law School students made a google sheet about which law firms are capitulating to #fascism in #America.
It's great information, but a bit unwieldy. So, I turned it into a website: https://www.maga-collaborators.net
Please use this site, boost, and share it. The more folks who do, the more incentive I have to improve on it!
#KristiBurke (a.k.a. Jezebel Vibes) on how to encourage more #women to speak about #atheism on #YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOucyUDetNI
As the #political climate in the #US. has intensified, her work has expanded to confront the rise of #Christiannationalism and #authoritarianism. Through a thoughtful, balanced lens rooted in #criticalthinking, #empathy, and a commitment to productive action, she aims to empower others to resist and engage meaningfully with the world around them.
Germany deporting EU citizens for their political activism is another chilling step towards a new era of authoritarianism - orchestrated not by the AfD, but by the so-called political centre...
And worse again, most of the German media seem to ignore this latest incident!
#Deutschland #Abschiebungen #EU #Ireland #Palestine #Gaza #protest #FarRight #AfD #authoritarianism #Staatsräson #NoOtherLand #MashaGessen #NancyFraser #OmriBoehm #AdaniaShibli
"It made me wonder how Miller plans to prove that someone “illegally” entered our country — it’s not an invasion no matter how many times he says it, that’s a whole different thing — if he doesn’t believe in due process. What if a bizarro future Democratic president claimed he’s illegal? He does spend an awful lot of time yelling on television in a way that reminds me of this Austrian guy. Are we sure he’s American by birth?
Wait, stop, he’s not allowed to dispute it or prove otherwise. That would be due process and application of the rule of law. Miller seems to want the government to be judge, jury, and executioner without the need for the public process that has defined our country for the past 250 years.
When I say 250 years, I’m not exaggerating. Due process — the principle that allows people to defend themselves against accusations by the government and have their day in court — has to some extent defined America’s values since before the Founding.
While we haven’t always perfectly lived up to the ideal of guaranteeing that everybody is innocent until proven guilty — think slavery, Jim Crow, Japanese interment, or the Red Scare — it’s always been one of the lodestars of the American ethos."
https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-founders-believed-in-due-process
“America’s democratic decline caused the tariffs,” with a weak Congress allowing Trump to use “broadly-worded” emergency powers to bypass the legislative branch.”
A “formalized,” transparent policy-making process & checks & balances in gov’t are crucial for democracy.
#USA #USGov #trump #tariffs #democracy #authoritarianism
https://www.vox.com/politics/407053/trump-tariff-expensive-democracy-authoritarianism-breakdown
