theluddite, to random
@theluddite@assemblag.es avatar

NYT, just one month apart.

You can tell that we're the good guys because China does it to "forestall any potential unrest," whereas the USA "keeps us safe." with this "rare bipartisan act."

The Chinese government is "always on the lookout for real or perceived threats," but, fortunately for us freedom-lovers in the US, although "the F.B.I. has broken the rules [...] there are ways to prevent abuses [...] without compromising its critical national security value."

Screenshot of NYT: Government Surveillance Keeps Us Safe April 21, 2024

jeaton,
@jeaton@pnw.zone avatar

@theluddite
New York Times, America’s daily newsletter for #fascism. #newyorktimes #allthenewsthatsfittomanipulate

PattyHanson, to random
@PattyHanson@mastodon.social avatar

People should start preparing themselves for #SCOTUS granting #Trump #immunity and thinking about what they are willing to do to protect their families.

#Fascism

dougiec3, to random
@dougiec3@libretooth.gr avatar

"...disempowering the elected branches of government is the point. Republicans have lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections, but in his four years, Trump was able to reshape much of the federal judiciary. Judges can be a route to minority rule, and ending deference to agencies would allow the conservative movement to wipe out the policies of administrations it doesn’t agree with."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/this-supreme-court-term-was-all-about-undoing-democracy/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-05-24-2024
#Fascism #SCOTUS #Corruption

skykiss, (edited ) to random
@skykiss@sfba.social avatar

For the Women Who Accused the Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment. Report by Marilyn W. Thompson

Trump is well known for publicly bullying his political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.

A federal magistrate judge has ordered the campaign to produce by May 31 a list of all discrimination and harassment complaints made during Trump's 2016 and 2020 presidential runs, allegations that the campaign initially tried to keep confidential through rigorously enforced NDAs. Last year, a federal judge freed 422 employees of the 2016 campaign from confidentiality agreements in a class-action lawsuit brought by Denson, a major crack in the campaign's strategy.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-harassment-bullying-lawsuits


Susan_Larson_TN, to UFC
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online avatar
sarahc, to random
@sarahc@mas.to avatar

' “Historically, people always, always don’t take it [authoritarian rhetoric] seriously.... " Perhaps they don’t realize that Trump is deploying the exact same tropes — against migrants, judges, gender nonconforming people, universities, the media, “Marxists” — now being used by autocrats in Russia, India and Hungary. “If you look at what Trump is saying … everywhere in the world the authoritarians are saying that.” '

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/trump-fascist-rhetoric-reich-policy/

dgoldsmith, to random
@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social avatar

From @ErinInTheMorn:

Imagine if legislatures were passing laws making discrimination based on race or religion legal. If this trend isn't challenged, those are next.

New Hampshire Legislature Repeals Several Protections Barring Trans Discrimination https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-hampshire-repeals-several-protections

juergen_hubert, to Germany
@juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe avatar
juergen_hubert, to random
@juergen_hubert@thefolklore.cafe avatar

This is why I keep reiterating that while voting for Biden is necessary to slow down the fall of the USA to fascism, it's nowhere near enough.

There basically need to be people out in the streets protesting nonstop, and organizing even outside of the elections for political reform - on every level.

Republicans understood that if they wanted to change the country their way, they'd need to put their stooges on every level of the government - and it is now paying off handsomely with the court system.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/jamie-raskin-on-how-america-fix-supreme-court.html

GregDance, to random
@GregDance@mastodon.green avatar

The End of all humans alive has several pathways to it, but which gets us there the fastest seems unclear!

Would a sat-nav that runs on regen AI created by Muskrat or Microsoft be able to guide?

Collapse is certainly is in our quite near future somewhere, it is only a matter of how & when?
Or will it happen all at once?

halcionandon, to Palestine
@halcionandon@aus.social avatar

If you’re still confused and don’t understand what’s happening with the Hamas-Israel war (the genocide in Palestine) watch Starship Troopers.
It’s around to watch free…

Or for less effort:

Watch this video essay:
https://youtu.be/jkccH_Ct_IQ?si=3PRwmRgC5Vvvh0ax @DenimsTV on Twitter.

Just look at IDF propaganda videos vs the satire propaganda ones in Starship Troopers. They’re almost the same. That’s very scary! It’s scarier that most people aren’t picking up on it or think it’s normal advertising.

@palestine

dougiec3, to politics
@dougiec3@libretooth.gr avatar

Mitch McConnell leads Republicans in blocking border security bill so it can be an issue for November. Then he calls Democrats cynical.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-hold-another-election-showdown-090951293.html
#Politics #MAGA #Fascism

GryphonSK, to random

Not at all, eh? You sure?

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CindyWeinstein, to random
@CindyWeinstein@zirk.us avatar
faab64, to Bulgaria

We are finding out who the real fascists are in the world today. The christian Taliban leadership of Poland standing firm behind the genocidal regime of Israel.

EU should have punished and even kicked Poland out of EU when they became the torture center for CIA and US state department during Bush presidency.

But sadly, crimes against EUs so called fundamental foundation of human rights, don't cover crimes against Muslims or people of color. Not to forget their outrageous Taliban style abortion laws or continues torture, mistreatment and even murder of immigrants.

JimmyB, to Germany
@JimmyB@mas.to avatar

Tragic to see #Germany descend into #fascism again, from their robust defence of the #Genocide to their totalitarian criminalisation of peaceful environmental protestors.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/23/alarm-as-german-climate-activists-charged-with-forming-a-criminal-organisation

#Germans need to stand up and say: not again.

ManyRoads, to Bulgaria
@ManyRoads@mstdn.social avatar

"Trump 'Reich' Repost Falls Right in Rhetorical Line

Mistake or not, the questionable text shared on the former president’s social media account this week fits into larger patterns."

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-05-22/trump-reich-repost-falls-right-in-rhetorical-line

JoshuaHolland, to random
@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social avatar
cowardlylionel, to random
@cowardlylionel@mastodon.social avatar

The “unified reich” comment from a presidential candidate is worrisome. But the upside down flag AND the “Appeal to Heaven” flag from a member in the highest US court means Americans don’t have to worry about fascism. It’s already here, just not quite center stage.

What to do? Wait until the abusers admit they’re abusing? For the liars to be truthful about lying? Cooler heads prevailing?

There’s no one to save us but us.

radiofreearabia, to ilaughed
@radiofreearabia@mastodon.social avatar
JoshuaHolland, to random
@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social avatar

There is no longer a fringe right in the US. The most bonkers extremism has become totally mainstream in today's

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/colorado-gop-kids-pulled-from-public-schools/73-e121fe9e-9a2b-498d-8a80-1efe2a179758

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
ManyRoads, to Bulgaria
@ManyRoads@mstdn.social avatar

FASCISM

"Ernst Jünger’s Narratives of Complicity
A morally compromised writer can project a strange kind of honesty—especially when his society is compromised to the same degree."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/on-the-marble-cliffs-ernst-junger-book-review

ManyRoads, to Bulgaria
@ManyRoads@mstdn.social avatar

A bit late perhaps...

"If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One

Interview with Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them," conducted by Scott Harris"

https://btlonline.org/if-re-elected-trump-vows-full-fascist-regime-from-day-one/

ninavizz, to random
@ninavizz@mastodon.social avatar

I really just read a local Sheriff candidate's website statement, outlining his vision for a "Sheriff's Posse (that) will be a highly trained, voluntary force to be activated in the general service of the public or in any case of natural disaster, public emergency, or any situation that exceeds that sheriff’s office ability to deploy adequate services to conserve the peace." #fascism

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