Notices tagged with fascism, page 5

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

Honestly, with a good-faith reading of this #MSNBC headline alone, saying #Trump wants to turn the #USA into an #oligarchy makes way more sense than saying he wants to bring #Fascism, #Nazism, #racism, etc. to the country. Of course presuming that we're not already an #oligarchy of sorts.

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-musk-billionaires-influence-power-supreme-court-rcna180656

[thread] Russ Vought
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought

* Dir. Office of Management & Budget 2020-2021
* founded Center for Renewing America
* anti-critical race theory
* involved w. Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, seeking to reshape fed. gov.
* Christian nationalist; seeks to infuse U.S. gov./society w. Christianity

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

"Trump’s demand for recess appointments is a way of breaking the Senate early on. Once they’ve bypassed the Constitutional dictate that they confirm the president’s appointees, there is no standing on principle to insist on strict adherence to the Constitution."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/what-letting-trump-use-recess-appointments

"Let’s not make the mistake of thinking the only reason Trump wants to use recess appointments is to get his team of deplorables confirmed. He’s not even back in office, but he’s already at work manipulating elected officials into a position where the Constitution can be tossed aside at will."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future
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"Kennedy has devoted his life to destroying public health. He’s obsessed with a confused, quasi-fascist idea of purity, which leads him to attack medical interventions like fluoride, pasteurization, and vaccines, as well as perceived outsiders like Asians and Jewish people. That makes him a good fit for Trump and Trumpism. It also makes him a massive danger to the US and to the world."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #future #RFKJr
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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/rfk-jr-public-health-threat-vaccines

"Today Trump confirmed that he intends to bypass normal legal constraints on his actions by declaring a national emergency on his first day in office in order to launch his mass deportation of undocumented migrants."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-18-2024

"While the Congressional Budget Office estimates this mass deportation will cost at least $88 billion a year, another cost that is rarely mentioned is that according to Bloomberg, undocumented immigrants currently pay about $100 billion a year in taxes. Losing that income, too, will likely have to be made up with cuts from elsewhere."

#Trump #fascism #immigrants #deportation #MassDeportation #cruelty #violence
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The Democratic Party needs a backbone

#Resist #SpeakOut #Fascism #BlackWomen #Democrats

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/democrats-backbone/

Christian Nationalist Tries to Push Trump Prayer on Oklahoma Schools
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2

* Oklahoma state superintendent of schools Ryan Walters
* wants every teacher in OK to show video message f. him to classes showing him praying for Trump
* already under fire for his plan to buy Trump-branded Bibles

#RyanWalters #Trump2 #Trumpism #GOP #Project2025
#fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #disinformation
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#capitalism #billionaires #libertarianism

Trump treasury pick could give indication of plans for tariffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2

* indicator of how Trump will wield tariffs: protectionist trade policies

Leading candidates:
* billionaire investor Scott Bessent
* Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition
* Lutnick recomm. candidates for key roles incl. Treasury Dept

#TreasurySec #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism #misogyny #antiLGBT

Trump taps Sean Duffy, Fox host and former Congressman, for Transportation Secretary
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/18/nx-s1-5188388/dot-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-trump

* 2nd time in 2 weeks that Trump chose Fox host to serve in Trump2 cabinet
* Pete Hegseth of Fox & Friends to lead Department of Defense
* DoT incl. FAA (airspace), railroads, vehicle safety
* intersects w. Musk's business interests

#SeanDuffy #FoxNews #TransportationSec #DoT #FAA #PeteHegseth #DoD #DefenseDept
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT

[thread] Sean Duffy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Duffy

* politician, prosecutor, former sports commentator, reality television personality
* co-host on Fox Business; contributor on Fox News
* Nov 2024 Trump named Duffy as nominee for Sec. of Transportation in Trump2 presidency
* practicing Roman Catholic

#SeanDuffy #FoxNews #TransportationSec
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #disinformation #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia #Catholicism

FBI : Racist texts to Latino/2SLGBTQIA+ Americans mention deportation/re-education camps
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fbi-offensive-texts-1.7386735

* follow prev. msg sent to Black Americans

Black Americans receiv. texts telling them to pick cotton
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113443825863043406

Japan: Far-Right ‘Jokes’ About Forced Hysterectomies as Trump’s Authoritarianism Goes Global
https://msmagazine.com/2024/11/18/japan-conservative-birthrate-women-fiction-hysterectomy

#FBI #racism #Trump2 #MAGA #GOP #Project2025 #fascism #extremism #Japan

What is resistance? From a second Trump presidency to the carnage in Gaza, it takes various forms
https://theconversation.com/what-is-resistance-from-a-second-trump-presidency-to-the-carnage-in-gaza-it-takes-various-forms-243511

#DonaldTrump #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #xenophobia #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#Gaza #Palestine #HumanRights #freedom #Israel #Netanyahu #genocide #WarCrimes #ICC #ICJ
#resistance #protest #solidarity #organizing #unions

Mike's Blog Round-Up

#OldData #Fascism #CrooksAndLiars #MusicHistory #RoundUp

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/11/mike-s-blog-round-7

Timothy Snyder zeroes in on the Russian-generated psyops the Republican party used in this campaign to suppress Harris votes:

"'The entire goal of the campaign was to push her numbers down,' as a top Trump advisor said. This was achieved by the familiar phantom combination: oligarchical money + psychographic information about individuals + social media delivery system + demotivational message."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty #ElonMusk #Putin
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-phantom-campaign

John Stoehr on why Trump is appointing monstrosities to his cabinet:

"Among liberals, the discussion seems to be limited to the absurdities each of these people brings to governance as well as the dangers they pose. 'Yes, shake your head at the seeming absurdity of these picks,' wrote MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. 'But don’t stop there.'"

#Trump #fascism #cruelty
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https://www.editorialboard.com/trumps-cabinet-nominees-are-a-sign-of-totalitarian-drift/

"'These choices aren’t just controversial; they require us to stay vigilant about how each potential new Cabinet member could negatively affect our lives.'

But I think we’re missing the bigger picture. These nominations signal the totalitarian drift that’s coming to Washington and the country. Yes, that’s right. No, I’m not exaggerating. It’s time to start using that word."

Stoehr says totalitarian.

I say fascist.

#Trump #fascism #cruelty
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For those of us foreseeing that "things are going to get very bad," Sherrilynn Ifill offers some valuable pragmatic tips about surviving:

"• Save some cash. And keep enough in the house for gas and food for a week.

• Let yourself imagine what you would do if you lost your job in terms of finding new employment, paying rent/mortgage for several months, and start building what you need to be able to meet that moment if it comes."

#Trump #fascism #cruelty
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https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/the-truth