Notices tagged with authoritarianism

The New York Times reviewed over a dozen hours of cabinet meeting footage to analyze how Trump’s administration spoke to him. On average, at least one of every six sentences either flattered #Trump, gave him credit or criticized his political opponents.

#POTUS #vanity #narcissism #gaslighting #propaganda #MentalHealth #dysfunctional #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #despotism #idolatry #tyranny #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/trump-cabinet-meetings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/opinion/project-2025-2029-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA.zzD3.NZovSLmj68AD

For Trump-aligned conservatives, the Constitution is an unlimited grant of executive authority, where sovereignty lies with a president who is more Bonapartist tribune than Madisonian chief magistrate. Their American republic is not one led by and for self-governing individuals but one directed from above by an executive who claims to stand as the living embodiment of the national spirit. The entire country, in the words of the White House, must meet “the president’s priorities.”

#maga #fascism #authoritarianism #USpol #gop

#Authoritarianism #Trump #DictatorTrump #Truth #Lies

It seems that in the modern world, armies which move at the behest of a single, belligerent individual are doomed to failure....

#GeoPolitics #IranWar #Trump #Putin #Authoritarianism #Military #War

#StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic.

“The legacy of this show needs to be that we remember it as the show that was canceled because a presidential administration wanted it off the air,” says Heather Hendershot, a professor of #communication studies & #journalism at Northwestern University.

#law #democracy #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/colbert-final-show-late-night-cbs-13d6bbf9fe8ed40d72aed0c02d158377

“We haven’t connected every single dot on that, but it’s very clear that this was a political decision,” Hendershot continued. “And I think 20, 30, 40 years later, that is going to be strongly remembered about this show — that this was a moment of #authoritarian triumph.”

#StephenColbert #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

…Through Democratic & Republican admins, #StephenColbert & other late-night comedians have offered their take on the day’s events that offered something different from traditional #news #media.

“In given moments, like when something big happened, you really do want that perspective that says, ‘Here’s another way to look at it,’” says Dustin Kidd, a professor of #sociology at Temple University.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny

Kidd continued, “Or when it feels really overwhelming, you want that reminder that there’s still some way to laugh at it. And so the more you lose those ways to laugh at it, the more we all decline.”

#StephenColbert #law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #Trump #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

So freaking bleak

My News Notifications

Reuters
#Trump purges another #Republican #critic with #Massie defeat in #Kentucky primary

NYT
Vocal #TrumpCritic Ousted
Rep #ThomasMassie of Kentucky, a prominent #GOP critic of Trump, lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

WaPo
Rep Massie loses GOP primary in Kentucky, latest casualty of Trump's #wrath

#law #Congress #elections #RevengePolitics #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #USpol

#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment

The network’s argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.

#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#Trump demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.

Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/

The Jan 28 seizure by the #FBI targeted the elections hub in #Georgia’s most populous county, which is heavily #Democratic & includes most of the city of #Atlanta. #FultonCounty has been at the center of unfounded claims by #Trump & his allies that widespread election fraud cost him the #2020election.

#law #ElectionLaw #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #propaganda #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #democracy #Constitution

The #DOJ has claimed it is investigating “irregularities that occurred during the 2020 presidential election in the County” & identified 2 laws that were supposedly violated. One requires #election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #propaganda #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #democracy #Constitution

#Georgia’s votes in the 2020 presidential race were counted THREE TIMES, including once by hand, & each count affirmed #Democrat Joe #Biden’s win.

#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #propaganda #authoritarianism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #democracy #Constitution

It's ironic to see those same global elites who love partying with the likes of known & convicted child sex-trafficker Jeffrey #Epstein now urging worldwide restrictions on E2E / #VPN & promoting age, biometric, and identity verification online - all in the name of protecting children

It’s also highly suspicious that so many of the world’s biggest countries
are trying to implement this wider #internet control at the same time.

Feels like a major push toward #authoritarianism to me.

#Privacy

#GiftArticle

#SCOTUS kills #VotingRights

The Supreme Court’s decision to upend a key provision of the #VotingRightsAct [#VRA] has plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever #redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in #Congress & further #polarize #US politics.

#law #ElectionLaw #CivilRights #democracy #RepresentationMatters #authoritarianism #illiberalism #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/politics/supreme-courts-voting-rights-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.NAaT.LyRxcoyihmGB&smid=nytcore-ios-share

No philosophy, ideology nor belief. Just tribalism and blind loyalty.

#USpol #Kimmel #MichaelKnowles #maga #authoritarianism #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #LeopardsEatingFaces

Some seriously kerazy — & for once literal — #irony

250 years ago the #UnitedStates declared its #independence from a monarchy.

Today, that very #monarchy, is warning the #US of making a #king of its #illiberal #ExecutiveBranch.

#JustSayin

#NoKings #US #Constitution #democracy #independence #ForThePeopleByThePeople #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-us-state-visit-trump-congress-4cd294e6333b4a9ba7ada2af4dd71aa9

OMG this muther effing craze-ballz narcissist…

Image of #Trump to be featured inside new #passports to [supposedly] mark the #US’ 250th


Trump’s likeness — along with the Declaration of Independence text [which teeny-weeny-peeny has never read] — & the flag of the United States of America will be on an inside page of new passports.


Kill me now

#law #megalomania #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/28/us-passports-trump-image/