Notices tagged with fascism, page 4

real #fascism only happens to white people. otherwise, it's just sparkling #racism

Linda McMahon to be EdSec
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/trump-picks-linda-mcmahon-education-secretary/

* co-chair Trump’s transition team, scant exp. in education
* Trump intends to
elim. Dept. Education
encourage school prayer
advocate for parents’ rights
give vouchers to allow children to attend private schools
* Betsy DeVos, Trump1 EdSec, major school choice advocate
* Trump intends to withhold federal funding f. K-12 schools that teach critical race theory or gender ideology

#Trump2 #Project2025 #Christofascism #transphobia #racism #fascism

"The museum has removed references to Martin Luther King Jr., Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control, because presenting American history honestly would make Republicans upset. "

Do not yield in advance. This is a bow to the far-right as much as the block on the endorsement of Harris in the Washington Post.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/its-going-to-take-a-constant-fight-to-preserve-the-historical-record

#whitewashing #fascism #farright #history

Trump Struggling w. Treasury Pick
https://newrepublic.com/article/188620/trump-treasury-pick-tariffs-wall-street

* all pot. candidates are oligarchs
* init. Howard Lutnick; Scott Bessent
* rather than choose Trump added 2 more: Marc Rowan; Kevin Warsh
* then reduced pool to 3 by naming Lutnick to run Commerce Dept

* tariffs; labor shortage due to mass deportations

* Trump will need to decide how badly he wants to impose a ruinous economic policy
* will almost certainly end up hating whomever he chooses

#Trump2 #fascism #oligarchy #TreasurySec

American Oversight Demands Prompt Release of FBI Records of Matt Gaetz Investigation
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-demands-prompt-release-of-fbi-records-of-matt-gaetz-investigation

* American Oversight filed lawsuit
* seeking FBI summaries of witness interviews f. investigation into allegations of sex trafficking
* 1st requested March 2023 via Freedom of Information Act

#watchdog #AmericanOversight #FOIA #FBI
#USpol #MattGaetz #SexTrafficking #SexCrimes #SexAbuse
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #misogyny #sexism #paternalism

House Republicans support bathroom ban access for 1st transgender member
https://apnews.com/article/sarah-mcbride-speaker-johnson-transgender-bathroom-ed5a6d74963f58dcd92fbd65274264e3

* U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for a GOP effort
* ban re: trans Democrat Sarah McBride
* “We’re not going to have men in women’s bathrooms”

Comment: GOP party in full force at last UFC/MSG event
#Trumpism #UFC #DanaWhite #KidRock #Christofascism #JonJones
#MikeJohnson #TulsiGabbard #ElonMusk #JoeRogan #MichaelChandler

#Trump2 #GOP #NancyMace #fascism #transphobia #SarahMcBride

Sex misconduct allegations: Trump’s picks
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/sexual-misconduct-allegations-trump-cabinet-picks/?itm_source=parsely-api

* Trump: dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct back to 1970s
* surrounded by men who face similar allegations
* 4 of Trump’s top picks accused of sexual assault, harassment, or child sex trafficking

Matt Gaetz: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113477966815684871
Elon Musk: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473035331153428
RFK Jr.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476752158702515
Pete Hegseth: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473222430772097

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #SexAbuse #misogyny #Gaetz #Musk #RFKjr #Hegseth #ChildAbuse

What is being planned:

"[To] ederalize state national guard personnel and deploy them for immigration enforcement, including sending troops from friendly Republican-governed states into neighboring states with governors who decline to participate."

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
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"Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration would declare a national emergency and use the US military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants."

~ Jem Bartholomew

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
/3

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/fi

"Using the military domestically — absent any crisis remotely needed to prompt or justify such a move — would break with centuries of practice in the United States, giving a President who has promised to deploy troops against the 'enemy from within' the most powerful, and potentially unconstrained, tool in the federal arsenal."

~ Josh Kovensky

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
/5

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-reminds-everyone-he-wants-us-soldiers-in-us-streets

"Under Trump's plan, immigrants awaiting resolution of their cases would remain in hastily constructed 'vast holding facilities for years'.”

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
/6

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/we-must-build-our-own-media-ecosystem

Trump chooses TV doctor Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
https://apnews.com/article/trump-commerce-lutnick-elections-transition-cabinet-79cdda378e2affb85722323160306b30

* Trump nom. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

#USpol #MehmetOz #Medicare #Medicaid
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#ConspiracyTheorists
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia

[thread] Mehmet Oz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz

* television personality, physician, author, former political candidate
* identifies as "secular Muslim"
* believes U.S. founded on Judeo-Christian values
* anti-transgender conspiracy theorist
* supports legislation prohibiting transgender people from participating in sports
* May 2022 said trans youth movement based on "false science"

#USpol #MehmetOz
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#ConspiracyTheorists
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia

What to know about Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary
https://apnews.com/article/howard-lutnick-trump-crypto-economy-elon-musk-a03d95e323f7d2d4b722184d83e7b388

Trump taps Howard Lutnick, billionaire & transition team leader, for commerce secretary
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/taps-howard-lutnick-billionaire-and-transition-team-leader-for-commerce-secretary/

* Wall Street executive, Trump donor, cryptocurrency fan
* conflicts of interest

#USpol #billionaires #antivax #HowardLutnick #CommerceSec #SecCom
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism
#ConspiracyTheorists #RFKjr

[thread] Howard Lutnick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lutnick

* American billionaire
* succeeded Bernard Gerald Cantor as head of Cantor Fitzgerald
* Nov 2024 Lutnick exp. to nom. for Sec. Commerce
* fundraiser: Trump 2020, 2024
* vocal proponent: Trump's proposal to implement broad tariffs

#USpol #billionaires #antivax #HowardLutnick #CommerceSec #SecCom
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #corporations #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace Attacks Trans Colleague
https://newrepublic.com/post/188582/nancy-mace-fight-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-sarah-mcbride

Nancy Mace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mace
* Nov 2024 introd. anti-transgender bathroom bill
* preemptive attack on Sarah McBride, 1st trans member of Congress
* descr. McBride as "biological man trying to force himself into women's spaces" & "guy in a skirt"

#USpol #SarahMcBride #NancyMace #antiLGBT #transphobia
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #misogyny #sexism

Gender Wars Are an Early Warning Sign for Authoritarianism
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/gender-wars-are-an-early-warning-sign-for-authoritarianism

* women’s rights are at the forefront of resistance
* across the world, women have/are playing incredible roles as bulwarks against rise of authoritarianism

#authoritarianism #Trumpism #WomensRights #TransRights
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#capitalism #libertarianism
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #theocracy #antiLGBT #transphobia #misogyny #sexism

Russ Vought
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113510337698070311

* founded Center for Renewing America
* anti-critical race theory
* involved w. Heritage Foundation's Project 2025
* Christian nationalist; seeks to infuse U.S. gov./society w. Christianity

#USpol #RussellVought #RussVought #Project2025
#Christofascism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy
#Trump2 #Trumpism #GOP #fascism #racism #CRT #BLM

"Terrifying prospect." Trump will use U.S. military to carry out mass deportations
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/terrifying-prospect-confirms-he-will-use-the-us-military-to-carry-out-mass-deportations

* plans to declare national emergency
* response to 2024-Nov-08 Truth Social post f. Tom Fitton, president of conservative group Judicial Watch
* critics: military round up costly/dangerous
* big price tag: astronomical economic costs
* requires unfeasible infrastructure

#TomFitton #JudicialWatch
#USpol #USmilitary #MassDeportations
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #xenophobia #Project2025 #hatred

Useful idiot? Bad actor? Sycophant? Coward? We don't really have to choose here.

Democracies don't do criminal justice at the ballot box. That's to ensure that rule of law does not succumb to rule of men.

This is insane and dangerous. Gift link.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/opinion/trump-criminal-cases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE4.-m_S.P9YGUejadeFX&smid=url-share

#democracy #law #uspol #fascism