Judge blocks #Trump order to end #funding for #NPR & #PBS

A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National #PublicRadio & the #PublicBroadcasting Service.

#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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This is what a #WitchHunt actually looks like

Exclusive: US “counterterror” officials plan #antifa summit, sources say

The #Trump admin is organizing an international summit focused on countering the #LeftWing movement antifa & other groups, 3 sources familiar with the matter said, an effort that highlights the shift in the US government's counterterrorism priorities ​over the past year.

#AntiFascism #resist #law #security #fascism #FarRight #authoritarianism #tyranny
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"If any one day could define the hazy transition from slow to rapid decay — 24 hours that truly defined the decline of the American empire from its pedestal as a global superpower — it would have to be March 23."

~ Will Bunch

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism
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inquirer.com/opinion/laguardia…

One crazy day that defined the decline and fall of the American empire

Over 24 hours, a deadly jet crash, militarized airports, insider trading, and a killer heat wave define a nation in rapid decline.

^{Will Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)}

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#US #Treasury working to put Trump's signature on new paper #currency in first for sitting president

It’s the latest instance of #Trump putting his name & likeness on US cultural institutions, following his renaming of the US Institute of Peace #USIP, the #KennedyCenter performing arts venue & a new class of battleships, among other tributes.

The plans come in tandem with an ongoing effort to get Trump’s face on a #coin.

#NoKings #authoritarianism #law
apnews.com/article/trump-curre…

"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey."

~ Martin Gelin

#Trump #Republicans #democracy #dictatorship #authoritarianism
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theguardian.com/world/commenti…

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

^{Martin Gelin (The Guardian)}