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#Trump Renews Embrace of #Putin Amid Ongoing Break With #Allies
[Despicably,] Trump opened his remarks at the #G7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel #Russia from the bloc after Moscow’s 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.
#geopolitics #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny #USpol
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The Tyrant Test
A leader who uses #military force to #suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern.
By Adam Serwer
“For as long as I’ve been alive, American presidents have defined tyrants by their willingness to use military force against their own people in reprisal for political opposition. This was a staple of Cold War presidential rhetoric, & it survived long into the War on Terror era.”
#authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
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The Tyrant Test
A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern.Adam Serwer (The Atlantic)
#dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy
Looks like nuGoebbels is setting the stage for the US President to not just ignore, but declare the US Constitution invalid and no longer in force.
#Autocracy #Authoritarian #Fascism #NeoNazi #Nationalism
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inquiline (@inquiline@assemblag.es)
Attached: 1 image This is very fucking dangerous and the people of California and LA deserve better leadership than Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass rn #California #uspol #ICE #LosAngelesAssemblag.es
#AUTOCRACY NOW!
#CurtisYarvin’s calls for an American king once seemed like a joke. Today, the right is ready to bend the knee.
#USpol #law #democracy #Constitution #authoritarianism #tyranny #FarRight #Trump #AmericanAutocracy
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Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
A Profile of Curtis Yarvin, the right-wing thinker behind the Substack “Gray Mirror,” who has been embraced by J. D. Vance, Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, and other supporters of Donald Trump. Ava Kofman reports.Ava Kofman (The New Yorker)
"The decision is purportedly based on concerns about operational security. But the #Pentagon Press Corps has had access to non-secured, unclassified spaces in the Pentagon for decades, under Republican & Democratic administrations, including in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, without any concern about #OpSec from #DoD leadership," the stmnt said.
#law #democracy #FreePress #transparency #accountability #SomethingToHide #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump
#Hegseth called the protection of #classified national #intelligence information & operational security "an unwavering imperative for the Department” [not in this admin].
The #Pentagon Press Association, a membership organization representing the interests of the #press corps covering the US #military, said the new rules appeared to be a "direct attack on the freedom of the press."
#law #democracy #FreePress #transparency #accountability #SomethingToHide #authoritarianism #autocracy #Trump
The giant #Trump banner at the #USDA is another sign the US is sliding into #autocracy
It may be small & petty, but these changes are part of the erosion of democratic norms, softening people up for potentially more #authoritarian behavior.
#AmericanAutocracy #fascism #tyranny
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The giant Trump banner at the USDA is another sign the U.S. is sliding into autocracy
Ali Velshi reacts to a new portrait of Trump at USDA and explains how the president is following in the footsteps of other authoritarians around the globe.Ali Velshi (MSNBC)
#Trump’s Newest Crackdown on #Dissent
[BS] Assault charges against a #Democratic member of #Congress look more like #intimidation than #law enforcement.
#Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #law #democracy #UnitedStates #Constitution #SlouchingTowardsBethlehem
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Trump’s newest crackdown on dissent
Assault charges against a Democratic member of Congress look more like intimidation than law enforcement.David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
