Notices tagged with authoritarianism

The End of Rule of Law in America

#DestroyingDemocracy #EndOfRuleOfLaw #47thPresident #Authoritarianism #PowerGrab

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/law-america-trump-constitution/682793/

Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to "The Nation"

#MayorOfNewark #PoliticalActivism #DemocracyVsAutocracy #Authoritarianism #GEOGroup

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/baraka-arrest-trump-immigration-detention-ice/#respond

As more Palestinians die, Canadian Zionists turn to fascism

#BorderSecurity #LiberalDemocracy #PalestinianLivesMatter #FinalSolution #Authoritarianism #cdnpoli

https://yvesengler.com/2025/05/11/as-more-palestinians-die-canadian-zionists-turn-to-fascism/

Trump's treason has just one thing blocking its path -- and it's taking a battering

#ConstitutionalCrisis #Authoritarianism #CivicsLesson #FourteenthAmendment #ExecutiveOrders

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-treason/

#GiftArticle

“When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face govt #retribution, they no longer live in a full #democracy.

“By that measure, #America has crossed the line into competitive #authoritarianism. The #Trump administration’s #WeaponizationOfGovernment agencies & flurry of punitive actions against critics has raised the cost of opposition for a wide range of Americans.”

#law #USpol #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.FdrP.pvuxCrXOS6Fj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump's Repressive Measures Show US Imperialism Has Come Home to Roost

#DonaldTrump #ImperialismAtHome #USPolicing #Authoritarianism #GovernmentOverreach

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-repressive-measures-show-us-imperialism-has-come-home-to-roost/

“'Donald Trump lies' is hardly news. But his lies have gotten more brazen. What’s stunning about these lies is that they aren’t denials of some past misdeed or even false or misleading claims about a fact-checkable statistic or data point. They are things the public can see with their own eyes, that Trump is telling them isn’t true."

~ Jill Filipovic

#Trump #lies #disinformation #authoritarianism #Pope
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https://jill.substack.com/p/there-should-be-social-penalties

"The image of Trump as pope — it’s right there on his Truth Social account. The clearly photoshopped MS-13 tattoo — it’s obviously not a tattoo. And yet Trump seems to genuinely believe that anyone he’s speaking with, including the broader American public, will simply go along with what he’s saying. That’s scary, coming as it does from the most powerful man on earth."

#Trump #lies #disinformation #authoritarianism #Pope
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"This is not just a Trump problem. This is a society-functioning problem. If we don’t figure out a way to fix it — a way to impose social costs on people who lie obviously and on purpose — we aren’t going to have a functional society left."

#Trump #lies #disinformation #authoritarianism #Pope
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The Language of Fascism

#SocialJustice #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Resistance #Trump

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/06/the-language-of-fascism/

"On Sunday, the depths of Trump’s dangerous idiocy were further plumbed, proving once again that we have yet to see the bottom.

It began with an interview by NBC News’s Kristen Welker. Trump delivered jaw dropping answers about due process, the Constitution and his march toward authoritarianism, even while lying non-stop about the economy, inflation and the effects of his tariffs."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #Constitution #DueProcess #authoritarianism #tariffs #economy
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/he-said-what-now

"He belittled the plight of small businesses and basically told parents to suck it up while he spends lavishly on a military parade for his birthday. To cap it off, he reiterated threats on our allies.

But he wasn’t done. Later Sunday night, Trump announced he was slapping 100 percent tariffs on foreign-made movies—his first foray into putting import taxes on services—and planning to reopen Alcatraz as an island prison."

#Trump #Constitution #DueProcess #authoritarianism #tariffs #Alcatraz
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"Trump officially entered the psychotic emperor phase. He’s not coming back. The Pope image was it. That was the line. He crossed it and kept walking.

This isn’t trolling anymore. This is clinical delusion. The tariffs on movies. Reopening Alcatraz. These aren’t policies. This is a man deep in a psychotic loop thinking revenge is leadership and trolling is governance."

~ Mario Pawlowski per Feminist News Now

#Trump #authoritarianism #Pope #tariffs #Alcatraz
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DJRp-emMNiL/

"These aren’t policies. This is a man deep in a psychotic loop thinking revenge is leadership and trolling is governance.

He’s in a feedback loop with his cult. Every time he does something more insane, MAGA cheers louder. And every cheer convinces him he’s still the chosen one. So he takes it further. And further."

#Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #Pope #tariffs #Alcatraz
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This week's comic: A "manly" economy

#economy #oligarchy #gender #authoritarianism #labor #jobs #inequality #work

Orders to Investigate #Columbia #Protesters Raised Alarms in #DOJ

Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a #list of #activists & investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.

#law #ethics #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #dissent #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #Gestapo #ThoughtPolice #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/columbia-protests-justice-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1E34655C-2935-4980-93C4-2712A89B06D8

#EmilBove insisted that the #Instagram account in question had been used to make a threat, while line prosecutors said the statement at issue did not meet the #legal definition of a #threat. In late March, the #SocialMedia company suspended the group’s account for failing to meet its “community standards.”

#law #ethics #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #immigration #dissent #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #Gestapo #ThoughtPolice #Trump

You may have heard about this one but you should really hear the local news report on it. 20 armed men busted in, never identified themselves, they stole everything in the home plus all the family's money, and now the family has no idea which agency to appeal to (or to sue). Who's to say this wasn't just a break-in and armed robbery? If this is the standard for Federal agencies, you can bet other criminals will copy it. #fascism #authoritarianism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUMJqz53YW0

One Hundred Days of Republican Complicity

#EnablingAuthoritarianism #DemocracyDocket #Authoritarianism #OneHundredDaysOfComplicity #TrumpDemocracyAttacks

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-hundred-days-of-republican-complicity/

"I just got off the phone with the president about Amazon's announcement — this is a hostile & political act by Amazon," White House propagandist Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

It wasn't the only phone call about the issue on Tues: #Trump called #Amazon founder #JeffBezos after he learned about the news story laying out a plan to show tariff price hikes.

#tariffs #economy #business #appeasement #autocracy #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny