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Today's my birthday, my 75th—impossibly old!—and I'm receiving this wonderful video of John Lithgow reading Timothy Snyder's twenty lessons in tyranny as a birthday gift. Which I now offer to readers here….
#tyranny #authoritarianism #dictatorship #Trump #Musk #Republicans #TimothySnyder
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharingTimothy Snyder (Thinking about...)
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the United States. Tuesday's order demands documentary proof of citizenship be added as a requirement for federal voter registration.Ali Swenson (AP News)
Nobody home this morning at the United States Institute of Peace web site.
Sabotage masquerading as patriotism.
Exhibit #12,273,493
#uspol #usip #democracy #authoritarianism
"If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #LawandOrder #fascism #authoritarianism
This is beyond…
#LeMonde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to #US after a #search of his #phone & #computer revealed messages critical of #Trump's #science cuts, "which [says #CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated.
#law #geopolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #dictatorship #FreeSpeech #ThoughtPolice #Nazis #ViewpointDiscrimination
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Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines.Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)
WHOA! Bernie BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN at PACKED RALLY
Go Bernie! " We will not accept #oligarch ... #authoritarianism #Kleptocracy "
#MuskVirus #plutocracy #billionaires #BernieSanders #truth #TrumpVirus #GQP #Project2025 #democracy
WHOA! Bernie BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN at PACKED RALLY
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the massive rally that Senator Bernie Sanders led in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more!Meida...YouTube
"Here’s what’s really happening: U.S. markets are plummeting while global markets are rising. The first time since 1988 that U.S. stocks fell 3% while non-U.S. stocks rose 2.5%. Why? Because the U.S. under Trump has become a toxic cesspool of economic chaos."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Musk #Trump #recession #inflation #authoritarianism #destruction #economy #StockMarket #Dow
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Trump Crashes the Markets and Panics Monday AM
While your 401(k) burns, Trump’s pitching meme coins and Apprentice reruns.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
"Bottom line: if you were trying to create an economic meltdown, you could not be trying any harder than Trump is.
And Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert of totalitarian regimes, makes clear that this comes right out of the authoritarian playbook—because of the opportunities that a meltdown creates both politically and economically…for some."
~ David Pepper
#Musk #Trump #recession #inflation #authoritarianism #destruction #economy
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#Ukraine & the #UnitedStates have agreed to a framework for an expansive #minerals deal, acc/to a Ukrainian ofcl & another person familiar w/the matter. The White House has not confirmed the agreement has not commented.
The #Trump admin has pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky to repay US #war #aid with such an agreement, amid broader pressure to come to a *peace* deal w/ #Russia.
#extortion #WarProfiteering #authoritarianism #geopolitics #USpol #StandWithUkraine
This is like bringing a casserole to a friend who lost a loved one when an arson torched their house, & then a month or so later telling them they owe you $50 for it.
#UnitedStates #Trump #Ukraine #Zelensky #Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #extortion #WarProfiteer #democracy #allies #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
Still, the #Trump White House says #Zelensky *has no choice* but to sign the pact to *pay back* US taxpayers for Kyiv’s lifeline — even though it contains no assurances that Washington will keep the #aid coming in the future.
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #extortion #WarProfiteer #democracy #allies #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
…#Trump’s transactional approach represents a shattering of #ForeignPolicy values pursued by the #UnitedStates for decades, including the principle that mighty nations should not invade smaller ones, which Washington enshrined in the #UnitedNations charter.
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #extortion #WarProfiteer #democracy #allies #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
The Ukrainian president has made clear that exploiting his country’s precious geographical & #energy resources will be one way to rebuild its economy & cities after the eventual end of the war. But the offer tendered by #Trump’s Treasury Secy #ScottBessent, while being lauded by US officials as a generous ladder to prosperity for #Ukraine, is not really a “deal” at all.
#Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #democracy #allies #extortion #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
The #Ukraine minerals deal is a perfect metaphor for #Trump’s #ForeignPolicy
Trump isn’t the only president who knows a bad deal when he sees one.
Volodymyr #Zelensky’s refusal to sign away nearly half of his country’s rare earth #minerals for very few future guarantees is one of many reasons why Trump has been driven into a rage at his counterpart in Kyiv.
#Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #democracy #allies #extortion #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
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Per Richard Engel on likelihood of #Ukraine signing the rare earth minerals deal with the #UnitedStates: Ukraine was essentially asked to sign the deal under #duress, they were told they had to sign within 1 hour or #Trump would be very angry. The deal was apparently very thin on details such as what Ukraine would be getting in return for giving up ~$500B in their #minerals.
#Russia #Putin #authoritarianism #democracy #allies #extortion #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine
Top Historian Timothy Snyder Warns Elon Musk Is Performing a Coup
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#coup #USPol #Musk #disinformation #authoritarianism
Top Historian Warns Elon Musk Is Performing a Coup
Elon Musk's activity as part of Donald Trump's new administration has been described as a "coup" by a leading political historian.Theo Burman (Newsweek)
#Zeteo:
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This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control
Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
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8.2.2025
#ACLU #authoritarianism #CIA #ConstitutionalEmergency #DEI #Democracy #DOGE #DOJ #EPA #FBI #FCC #Menschenfeindlichkeit #Musk #NARA #NCMEC #NOAA #Staatskrise #TheKennedyCenter #UNRWA #USA #USAID
