Why U.S. Reporters Won’t Call Trump an Authoritarian.
Even as global journalists describe Trump in stark terms, American newsrooms still default to euphemism and restraint.
#authoritarian #maga #propaganda
'A lot of people are saying, 'Maybe we'd like a dictator.'
Twice this week, Trump openly mused about the public's appetite for authoritarian rule.
A new column at Fight the Fire:
https://fightthefire.substack.com/p/a-lot-of-people-are-saying-maybe
Trump is an ‘economic moron’ | Scott Lucas analyses Trump’s ‘authoritari... https://youtu.be/lKa1pzBXUUw?si=7xaRweDaR6qvGrsj
How many times do I have to tell you all this?? The #HeritageFoundation and their little fuckboy Trump WANT you #Americans hungry, weak, sick and DYING!! THIS? Happens with EVERY #Authoritarian overthrow of a nation!
They don't want to represent you anymore.
They want to RULE you and the world!!
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The latest blogpost by veteran UK anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein:
“Stopping Starmer’s Police State – Defending the Right to Protest Webinar - Saturday August 30, 6pm”
“We live in an Orwellian World Where Opposition to Genocide is Terrorism & Support for Genocide is a Mark of Civilisation”
https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2025/08/stopping-starmers-police-state.html
Ideological reproduction instead of critical inquiry: How the #authoritarian regime of #Iran has reshaped academic #research in political sciences over the last 25 years by funding, centralized curricula and surveillance.
By our research fellow Arash Beidollakhani
https://t1p.de/eo15h
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/27/why-trumps-attack-on-the-smithsonian-matters. "Trump’s attack on #American #museums, #education & #memory, along with his weaponization of racialized resentment to package his #authoritarian sympathies as mere patriotism, is a critical dimension of his #fascist aims."
If we're going to adopt a 4-year term for elected governments then we need far more checks and balances on #authoritarian power in #Aotearoa. #nzpol
Reframing #Jan6 After the #Pardons, the #Purge In its campaign of “uprooting the foot soldiers,” the #Trump #DOJ has# fired or #demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 #prosecutors, even as those they sent to #prison walk free. #democracy #corruption #criminal #crimes #convicted #convicts #domesticterrorism #maga #trump #criminals #prosecution #authoritarian no #justice #victims #survivors https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/nyregion/january-6-capitol-riot-prosecutors.html
#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker & #Chicago Mayor #BrandonJohnson, both #Democrats, hit back at #Trump in comments Friday….
“After using #LosAngeles & #WashingtonDC as his testing ground for #authoritarian #overreach, Trump is now openly flirting with the idea of taking over other #states & #cities. Trump’s goal is to incite fear in our communities & destabilize existing public safety efforts—all to create a justification to further abuse his power,” Pritzker said.
Republican Party’s radical shift exposes deep ironies in American politics. Heather Cox Richardson explains how Trump’s claim of govt ownership in Intel underscores GOP’s move from free-market champions to authoritarian power consolidators. From Reagan’s Movement Conservatism to today’s voter suppression and fascist echoes, this is a profound ideological upheaval. Discover more from Richardson’s analysis. #Politics #GOP #Trump #Authoritarian https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-23-2025
@ponderingpolitics.bsky.social discusses #BillMaher, who SOUNDS THE ALARM about Donald Trump's #authoritarian moves ahead of the election in the most recent episode of #RealTimewithBillMaher.
#politics #news
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EMERGENCY: Bill Maher SOUNDS...
#NationalGuard troops on #DC streets for #Trump’s #crackdown will start carrying guns
President Donald Trump on Thursday visited law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington Thursday evening, praising them for their role in his crime crackdown and saying he’ll seek congressional funding for his DC intervention and beautification plans.
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MATT BROWN and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 5:21 PM EDT, August 22, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown, the Pentagon said Friday.
"The Defense Department didn’t offer any other details about the new development or why it was needed. Hegseth referred to it as 'common sense' on social media.
"No troops have been spotted yet with firearms around the city in the hours after the announcement. But the decision is an escalation in the Republican administration’s intervention in the nation’s capital and comes as nearly 2,000 National Guard members have been stationed in the heavily Democratic city.
"Some local officials were harshly critical, with D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen saying Trump’s actions are 'not of a president, but of someone on the march to an #authoritarian #takeover.'
"Trump initially called up 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard to assist federal law enforcement in his bid to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Since then, six Republican-led states have sent troops to the city, growing the military presence."
#EvoMorales had something great with #MAS, but he chose to tear it apart rather than pass the torch when the time came.
This #election disillusioned a lot of people with #electoralism, but the #left is still a strong #movement outside of electoralism.
I expect it to be a long time with a lot of work before the left can consistently win elections again. I also expect strong resistance to the #authoritarian, #AntiIndigenous #privatization #agenda of the #right while it's in #power.
#NationalGuard has been mobilized in 19 states across #America - August through November. #trump #authoritarian #democracy #constitution #civilliberties #congress #military #DHS #homelandsecurity claims it is a #federal #crime sweep and crackdown on #immigration Where is #Congress? Where is #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #police #citizens #liberty #freedom #PosseComitatus Act AL, AZ, FL, GA, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, LA, Nebraska, NM, OH, SC, TN, TX, Utah, VA, Wyoming #constitution #law
https://www.newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/dont-look-away-our-government-is
Don't Look Away: Our #Government Is #Abducting People and Stomping on the Rule of #Law
A well informed #citizenry is the best defense against #tyranny. Throughout history, #Americans have faced corruption, injustice, and #authoritarian overreach. And every time, we fought back.
..."DACA is our nation's promise—a recognition that children should never be punished ...
Virtual Vigil for Dignity Not Detention – We Stand with Dreamers"...
#WhiteHouse calls out 7 #Smithsonian #museums for their #exhibits, #messaging. The White House released an article outlining Smithsonian exhibitions and materials it considers #woke or #antiamerican. Including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Museum of American History, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of the American Latino. https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/president-trump-is-right-about-the-smithsonian/ #censorship #democracy #freespeech #history #education #maga #politics #authoritarian
Trump’s #occupation of #DC: rehearsal for #autocracy
#Trump’s executive order manufactured a crisis out of #FarRight fantasies
6 days before his announcement, 2 teenagers carjacked a 19-year-old former staffer at Department of Government Efficiency, in DC’s.
“We’re going to do something about it. That includes bringing in the National Guard,” Trump said
However, the 2 alleged carjackers were from Hyattsville, Maryland, not DC
@Xeniax Or a sign for #dictatorship or an #authoritarian regime!
People in countries with dictators did this long before algorithms. Every #resistance movement had a special language or code words. And they still do it without electronic devices.
So you can learn from history how to #resist.
Trump's America
If we in the UK get our own mini Trump (Farage) at the next election, this could be us.
Look up people. The cause of our problems isn't small boats or wokeness, it's the super rich and the goons they fund that run most of our mainstream media and leading political parties.
Mehdi Hasan describes the footage in the video linked below.
"Over the weekend, in a posh neighborhood of Northwest Washington, DC, armed, unidentified, balaclava-clad agents of the state tackled, beat, and ostensibly kidnapped a man as onlooking brunch-goers ate avocado toast. Such is now a day in the life of Donald Trump’s America. The harrowing spectacle, caught on camera from multiple angles, feels intrinsically foreign. It reminds one of viral clips straight out of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Aleksander Lukashenko’s Belarus, or (even more alien) Tony Gilroy’s ‘Andor.’"
