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BongolianMiles Taylor: The secret White House plan to censor the free press. The President will have a personal watchdog monitor "bias" at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CBS</a> News.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Paramount" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Paramount</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#capitulation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://www.treason.io/p/news-the-secret-white-house-plan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.treason.io/p/news-the-secret-white-house-plan</a>

Toni Aittoniemi<a href="https://mas.to/@FantasticalEconomics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FantasticalEconomics</a> Reconstruction of reality is actually not a side-effect or companion of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>, it is part & parcel, central to having any working system under authoritarian rule.

DWeb✨Meet the guests of the next DWeb Meetup — Decentralized Tech to Resist Authoritarianism ❤️‍🔥- <a href="https://mastodon.ml/@Xeniax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Xeniax</a>, Lead Researcher at <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/equalitie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@equalitie</a> - Brendan “b5” O’Brien, CEO of <a href="https://mastodon.social/@n0iroh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@n0iroh</a> - Johan Michalove, creator of <a href="https://mutua.nyc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mutua.nyc/</a> - Ana Jamborcic of <a href="https://socialroots.io" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialroots.io</a>🗓️ Join us on Wed, Jul 30 at 17 UTC to hear their stories!ℹ️ More information and 🆓 subscription here: <a href="https://dweb-meetup-july-2025.eventbrite.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dweb-meetup-july-2025.eventbrite.com</a><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWeb</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWebMeetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWebMeetup</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DWebCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DWebCalendar</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decentralization</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/meetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meetup</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AntiFascism</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

ASTROCOHORS Mission EndeavorThe ruling class hands fascists power to assure profits <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/fascism/" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/authoritarianism/" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/socialism/" target="_blank">#socialism</a>Produced by Our Changing ClimateThis episode features: The ruling class hands fascists power […]<a href="https://astrocohors.me/2025/07/28/the-ruling-class-hands-fascists-power-to-assure-profits-fascism-authoritarianism-socialism/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://astrocohors.me/2025/07/28/the-ruling-class-hands-fascists-power-to-assure-profits-fascism-authoritarianism-socialism/</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/authoritarianism/" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/fascism/" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/our-changing-climate/" target="_blank">#OurChangingClimate</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://astrocohors.me/tag/socialism/" target="_blank">#socialism</a>

William Lindsey :toad:South Park creator Matt Stone says network executives wanted to blur out the tiny penis in South Park's recent comedic commentary on Trump, but Stone and his co-creator Trey Parker fought against it: "Stone said they made sure that Trump’s tiny penis wasn’t edited out by the suits: 'We put eyes on the penis.'”<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthPark</a> /3<a href="https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-f61" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-f61</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump has shown us again and again that he will use every lever of power to silence his critics and punish his enemies.Now he has the FCC and a major news network doing his bidding."~ Thom Hartmann<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colbert</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthPark</a> /2<a href="https://hartmannreport.com/p/bribes-bias-and-south-park-trumps-616" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hartmannreport.com/p/bribes-bias-and-south-park-trumps-616</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Trump wants Americans to know that he has the power to determine what’s on our TV screens and what’s discussed."~ Melissa Ryan<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colbert</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthPark</a> /1<a href="https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/swapping-satire-for-substack" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/swapping-satire-for-substack</a>

LoriWitzelA thoughtful, serious look at the fragility of democratic resilience under authoritarian pressure. <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/964563" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/964563</a>

Kyle Memoir 🍉World's largest parliament complex, Bucharest. Photo by friend. When autocratic governments become all powerful, when the press has been castrated, this is how it goes...The Uranus-Izvor neighborhood was destroyed so the building could be erected. The area had also been home to the National Archives, Mihai Vodă Monastery and other monasteries, Brâncovenesc Hospital [...]1/2<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alttext</a>

Toni Aittoniemi<a href="https://mastodon.world/@pamelat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pamelat</a> Authoritarian obedience. Nothing new under the sun there. Clearly you can be both american and bow blindly to the big man on top at the same time. The big problem with <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/AmericanExceptionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanExceptionalism</a> is that they see <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> as something that only happens to other people.But of course the object of <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ultranationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ultranationalist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/obedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#obedience</a> having a certain configuration of stars & stripes, doesn’t really change basic human psychology..

News BeepTexas may rig election maps. Should California too?In a brazen move, Republicans in Texas have set out to redraw the state’s congressional map — an… <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsBeep</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Headlines</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/anitachabria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anitachabria</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democrats</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#house</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/move" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#move</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/newsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsom</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/politician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politician</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redistricting</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Us</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#voter</a> <a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/23020/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsbeep.com/23020/</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> Lets <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Enact His <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> Agenda on Its ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShadowDocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShadowDocket</a>’The right-wing-dominated Supreme Court keeps greenlighting Trump’s most authoritarian actions without even bothering to give us an explanationBy Mike Sacks, July 27, 2025<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-supreme-court-shadow-docket-emergency-agenda-1235394694/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-supreme-court-shadow-docket-emergency-agenda-1235394694/</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/xAZk2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/xAZk2</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NaziRegime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistTheRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ResistTheRegime</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUSIsCompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUSIsCompromised</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImpeachClarenceThomas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachBrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ImpeachBrettKavanaugh</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ErikPrince</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OligarchCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OligarchCamp</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAFascistDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpIsAFascistDictator</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a>

OUR COMMON GROUND"Two tools in the authoritarian playbook are interactive here: 1) undermining institutions (the military) in order to bend them to an unlawful and dangerous demands; 2) and using scapegoats, people who are easily made villains or maligned with claims they are dangerous or “undeserving.”<a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-157783888" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://substack.com/home/post/p-157783888</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PeteHegseth</a>

cyklistaIs there a magic number for the resistance?..A decade ago, academic research found that authoritarian governments around the world have almost always been forced to yield when mass-resistance campaigns manage to mobilize 3.5 percent of a country’s population during a “peak” event. In the activist community, one organizer told me, it’s become “kind of a golden rule.”The person behind that finding is Erica Chenoweth, the Stanton professor of the First Amendment at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), who studies nonviolent civil resistance against authoritarianism—where it has worked, where it hasn’t, and why. " ... <a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/erica-chenoweth-democracy-data-harvard" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/erica-chenoweth-democracy-data-harvard</a> via <a href="https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/07/erica-chenoweths-data-shows-how-and-when-authoritarians-fall.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/07/erica-chenoweths-data-shows-how-and-when-authoritarians-fall.html</a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resistance</a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://mountains.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a>

HuisOpDeGaard 🇾🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/1984-cia-book-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.rkNd.RHqejWBMLLgv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opinion/1984-cia-book-ban.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk8.rkNd.RHqejWBMLLgv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a> #1984 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1984GeorgeOrwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#1984GeorgeOrwell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/georgeorwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#georgeorwell</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>

Robin Forlonge PattersonFrom the Editor of "<a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Guardian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Guardian</a> US": I hope you appreciated this article. ...I wanted to ask if you could support the Guardian at this crucial time for journalism.When the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#military</a> is deployed to quell overwhelmingly peaceful <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a>, when elected officials of the opposing party are <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arrested</a> or handcuffed, when student <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#activists</a> are jailed and deported, and when a wide range of civic institutions – non-profits, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> firms, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#universities</a>, news outlets, the arts, the civil service, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scientists</a> – are targeted and penalised by the United States federal <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a>, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that our core freedoms are disappearing before our eyes – and <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> itself is slipping away.In any country on the cusp of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>, the role of the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#press</a> as an engine of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/scrutiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scrutiny</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#truth</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#accountability</a> becomes increasingly critical. At the Guardian, we see it as our job not only to report on the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suppression</a> of dissenting voices, but to make sure those voices are heard.Not every news organisation sees its mission this way.....Our only financial obligation is to fund <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#independent</a> journalism in perpetuity: we have no ultrarich owner, no shareholders, no corporate bosses with the power to overrule or influence our editorial decisions. Reader support is what guarantees our survival and safeguards our independence – and every penny we receive is reinvested in our work.The Guardian’s global perspective helps contextualise and illuminate what we are experiencing in this country. That doesn’t mean we have a single viewpoint, but we do have a shared set of values. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humanity</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#curiosity</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/honesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#honesty</a> guide us, and our work is rooted in solidarity with ordinary people and hope for our shared future.It has never been more <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/urgent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#urgent</a>, or more <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/perilous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perilous</a>, to pursue <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/reporting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reporting</a> that holds <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power</a> to account and counters the spread of <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> – and at the Guardian we make our <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#journalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#free</a> and accessible to all.

joe•iuculano :mastodon:Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MotherJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MotherJones</a> - July 26, 2025If you’ve been obsessed with Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s not-going-away <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JeffreyEpstein</a> scandal, you might have missed a more disturbing development on the road to American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>. Trump’s top intelligence officer fabricated evidence to support a sham <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> criminal investigation that could lead to a show trial of former President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BarackObama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarackObama</a> and his aides. This is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> in action.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Epstein</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopFascism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StopTrump</a><a href="https://link.motherjones.com/public/40858625" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.motherjones.com/public/40858625</a>

mokomokai<a href="https://dju.social/tags/TennesseeBrando" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TennesseeBrando</a> "... we have heard Republicans talk about how they are the party of protecting the children and they are the party of pro - life.""And so now I'm going to be reading you this story here that just shows you now they are the party that is protecting the predators."<a href="https://dju.social/tags/Humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humanrights</a><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Violence</a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/ChildAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChildAbuse</a><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a>"They're saying that they're going to stop people from reporting child abuse. You don't have to report it anymore."<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZ6XtBAw8OY&si=OVSOhu4_TYRvAztK" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=bZ6XtBAw8OY&si=OVSOhu4_TYRvAztK</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Skydance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skydance</a> deal allows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FCC</a> to “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensorSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CensorSpeech</a>” and “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilenceDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilenceDissent</a>” on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CBS</a>FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsroom</a>, commissioner warns. by Ashley Belanger – Jul 25, 2025Excerpt: "Like many protesting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Colbert</a>'s firing, Gomez suggested that the FCC's requirements to approve the Skydance acquisition 'may only be' the 'beginning' of the Trump administration's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> and ongoing 'assault on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>.'"Notably, the White House issued a rare statement in response to a recent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthPark</a> episode Paramount aired, which mockingly depicted Trump seducing Satan. The White House fumed that 'no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.' But Trump (whose current term's ratings are at an all-time low) taking the time to acknowledge the episode drew jokes on social media that South Park may have riled Trump enough to scramble the Paramount acquisition approval. At the very least, the statement shows that Trump still cares what people say about him on TV. Trump has long been considered the US president most obsessed with TV, and critics now fear that he has seized new powers to more effectively block negative coverage."Read more: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/skydance-deal-allows-trumps-fcc-to-censor-speech-and-silence-dissent-on-cbs/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpSucks</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingCritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilencingCritics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendanCarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BrendanCarr</a>

mokomokai><a href="https://dju.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> unterzeichnet <a href="https://dju.social/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#executiveorder</a> die die <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Masseninhaftierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Masseninhaftierung</a> amerikanischer Buerger autorisiert<<a href="https://dju.social/tags/Kriminalisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kriminalisierung</a> & drohende Verhaftungen v. <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Menschen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Menschen</a> in offener <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Wohnungslosigkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wohnungslosigkeit</a>---------<a href="https://dju.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Criminalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Criminalization</a> of people in <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> & <a href="https://dju.social/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homelessness</a><a href="https://dju.social/tags/Facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facism</a>"So please reject this attempt to otherize those in poverty. Our solidarity does not rest with the billionaires walking our halls of power dehumanizing the vulnerable."<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hwn2EPKee5Q&si=-2FiHlCRYHiob0OW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hwn2EPKee5Q&si=-2FiHlCRYHiob0OW</a>

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