AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>When this story broke a few days ago, I decided to skip covering Trump's shocking DoJ speech because I only have so much time to write each day, and applying a power dynamic analysis to the news at the time lead me to believe focusing on Trump's anti-trans policies, attacks on protest rights, and direct violation of judge's orders designed to protect marginalized targets of the Trump regime from state oppression, was more important than raising awareness about Downmarket Mussolini's so-called "airing of grievances" towards government lawyers who prosecuted him for very real crimes he absolutely committed. If nothing else I assumed the media would swiftly jump to the defense of DoJ lawyers, but they'd be less inclined to do so for incarcerated ppl, deported migrants, student protestors, and trans Americans. </p><p>Unfortunately in the time since, corporate media coverage of Trump's threats during his DoJ speech has become extremely squishy, actively working to minimize the gravity of what Trump said, while simultaneously Dowmarket Mussolini has revealed that said speech was simply an early salvo in what is almost certainly going to be an ongoing quest to root out and punish anyone who dared to bring court cases (criminal or civil) against him. Given that this is *not* going away, we're gonna have to back up a few days here and talk about Trump's DoJ speech and why its implications are far more serious than the "airing of grievances" many larger media outlets reported it as.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-trump-justice-department-speech_n_67d4a1ace4b08455bb0719ee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/us-trump-ju</span><span class="invisible">stice-department-speech_n_67d4a1ace4b08455bb0719ee</span></a></p><p>Trump Pledges To 'Expel Rogue Actors' In Political Speech At Justice Department</p><p>"Though other presidents have spoken from the Justice Department’s ceremonial Great Hall, Trump’s address amounted to an extraordinary display of partisan politics and personal grievance inside an institution that is meant to be blind to both. Casting himself as the country’s “chief law enforcement officer,” a title ordinarily reserved for the attorney general, he promised to target his perceived enemies even as he claimed to be ending what he called the weaponization of the department.</p><p>The speech marked the latest manifestation of Trump’s unparalleled takeover of the department and came amid a brazen campaign of retribution already undertaken under his watch, including the firing of prosecutors who investigated him during the Biden administration and the scrutiny of thousands of FBI agents who investigated the president’s supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.</p><p>“Our predecessors turned this Department of Justice into the Department of Injustice. But I stand before you today to declare that those days are over, and they are never going to come back and never coming back,” Trump said to cheers from a crowd that included local law enforcement officials, political allies and FBI Director Kash Patel. “So now, as the chief law enforcement officer in our country, I will insist upon and demand full and complete accountability for the wrongs and abuses that have occurred.”</p><p>There's a lot to unpack here; including Trump's effective termination of the official independence of the Department of Justice, his direct identification of individuals in the DoJ he intends to target for reprisals, and the transformation of the department into his de facto private legal team by way of placing people who acted in his legal defense in positions of power throughout the DoJ. While this article still doesn't seem to grasp the full scope of Trump's fascist intentions here, I recommend reading it in its entirety anyway because it does a good job of not minimizing what he said and demonstrating a pattern of persecution in how Trump uses the law and the DoJ to target his enemies. </p><p>Additionally however, I think it's important to acknowledge how this story now fits into a larger, identifiable pattern in how Trump rules and how he's prosecuting his fascist agenda, in light of recent attempts to declare Biden's pardons invalid based on a longstanding right wing conspiracy about autopens and what "signing" a presidential order actually means. Whether we're talking about annexing Canada, mass deportations, kidnapping student protestors, or illegally handing over the power of the purse to Elon Musk, Trump appears to always preview his fascist activities by bringing them up, often casually, in his rambling public appearances first. This then establishes his personal antipathies as state antipathies, and his personal definition of reality as officially recognized reality. Once that is accomplished, the fascist administration will increasingly operate as if Trump's public utterances have always been known reality, and prosecute the regime's agenda based on that; "Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia" indeed. As such, it's no longer reasonable to question which of Trump's fascist ravings are "serious," but rather we must question when they will become "reality" and what fascist agendas they will ultimately support.</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a></p>
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Farhad<p>US Police records obtained by The Intercept show Dataminr (a social media surveillance firm and “official partner” of X) tracked Gaza-related protests and other constitutionally protected speech.</p><p><a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/Spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spying</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/policeState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policeState</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://freefree.ps/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/17/lapd-surveillance-gaza-palestine-protests-dataminr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/17/la</span><span class="invisible">pd-surveillance-gaza-palestine-protests-dataminr/</span></a></p>
Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<p>➡️ Handing over leadership in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, demolishing the engine that drives US prosperity</p><p>➡️ And, oh yeah, arrogating the powers of a king in a direct assault on our <a href="https://babka.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>, and values</p><p>Stay. Focused.</p><p>(2/2)</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Amerika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amerika</span></a> <br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/RedDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedDon</span></a> <br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a><br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/impeach47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impeach47</span></a><br><a href="https://babka.social/tags/deportElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportElon</span></a></p>
Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<p>Forget <a href="https://babka.social/tags/autopen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autopen</span></a>: even President Fragile Ego Tinyhands knows that's bullshit. It's a distraction. This administration is:</p><p>➡️ Killing children and adults in the 100s of 1000s by terminating <a href="https://babka.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>'s work with <a href="https://babka.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDS</span></a> patients overseas</p><p>➡️ Turning its back on America's allies while cuddling up to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, a throwback <a href="https://babka.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> regime with expansionist ambitions and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/nuclearweapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearweapons</span></a> </p><p>➡️ Abandoning heroes who courageously worked with American troops in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afghanistan</span></a> leaving them to die at the hands of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Taliban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taliban</span></a></p><p>➡️ Stranding <a href="https://babka.social/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> who'd already been promised a place in America after deep <a href="https://babka.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> and#medical vetting, even pulling them off of planes as they headed to the US</p><p>➡️ Treating <a href="https://babka.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> as disposable while destroying the administrative state (about 1/3 of whose employees are vets) that keeps us all safe</p><p>(1/) >>></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Amerika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amerika</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/RedDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedDon</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/SIVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIVs</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/impeach47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impeach47</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/deportElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportElon</span></a></p>
Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!<p>There was just a huge anti-fascist protest in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> outside the Heritage Foundation, authors of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>. Saw this link first in reddit.com/r/50501 </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501movement</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Free_Press</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A69GtWE5OU4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=A69GtWE5OU</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p>I think it's important to keep in mind that what Trump does is sign a paper or give a written or verbal order.</p><p>What makes the horrible shit he's ordering happen is a series of people carrying it out. Any one or all of whom could have refused to do so.</p><p>One person refusing slows things down.</p><p>The more people who refuse, the more hope we have of not going further down this road.</p><p>You fear getting fired? Are they not firing ppl anyway?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>I shared this statement by Lee Bollinger here previously, but want to highlight it again today as David Kurtz makes it his quote of the day:</p><p>"We're in the midst of an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <br>/16</p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trumps-open-defiance-of-federal-courts-is-now-at-hand" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-</span><span class="invisible">memo/trumps-open-defiance-of-federal-courts-is-now-at-hand</span></a></p>
A Sweet Gentleman<p>The powerful and wealthy group of fascists who carried Trump to the presidency are now trying to do the same in Europe.</p><p>Please Europe, fight them better than we did!</p><p><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">desmog.com/2025/03/14/heritage</span><span class="invisible">-foundation-project-2025-allies-mcc-ordo-iuris-discuss-dismantling-the-eu-european-union/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>PS:</p><p>to those who asked me about this pinned post,<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/113484331199042724" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@blogdiva/1134</span><span class="invisible">84331199042724</span></a> </p><p>use this thread as an explanation to the very serious joke. </p><p>when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> happens to BPIOC it’s called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>; but that racism is sometimes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xenophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> ―and when against entire nations, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>.</p><p>so whatever you let the ruling classes with racism will come back to haunt you as fascism.</p><p>get it now?</p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>There is a reason I was not impressed with the re-labelling of highways with "Highway of heroes" etc. by the Harper government.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/@SrRochardBunson/114143778329537781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@SrRochardBun</span><span class="invisible">son/114143778329537781</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Asked whether Trump's implementation of Project 2025, the Christian nationalist gameplan to abolish democracy, has been successful so far, Paul Dans, architect of Project 2025, responds:</p><p>"It’s actually way beyond my wildest dreams."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/16/project-2025-paul-dans-qa-00228890" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/magazine/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/16/project-2025-paul-dans-qa-00228890</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Shivviness" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Shivviness</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> will pull a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reichstagFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reichstagFire</span></a> routine</p><p>any violent expression- real or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/agentProvocateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agentProvocateur</span></a>, will be met with a huge crackdown on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilLiberties</span></a></p><p>this is not an argument to not fight</p><p>this is a recognition of what we are up against, and some people in denial out there need to understand what's coming</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> only understands one thing. and it should have met that a long time ago, because by waiting and "it will all just go away" bs the threat only grows</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsta</span><span class="invisible">g_fire</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The president of the United States is not a king. He’s not a monarch ordained by a god."</p><p>~ Marcie Bianco</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mass-protests-donald-trump-remind-people-hold-power-rcna196622" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/mass-protests-donald-trump-remind-people-hold-power-rcna196622</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Each time we show solidarity with others, or support those who are protecting the rule of law, helping the targeted, or exposing the lies and the corruption, we are standing up for democratic values of justice, accountability, equality, and more. In doing so, we model the behaviors the authoritarian state wants us to abandon."</p><p>~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <br>/15</p><p><a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-li</span><span class="invisible">ving-through-moral-collapse</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"You know who's doing great organizing for us right now? Elon Musk and Donald Trump, that's who. By attacking and alienating more and more swathes of the American public, they're handing us the possibility of a coalition bigger and broader than maybe anything we've ever seen in this country before. A gift, if we take it and do something with it."</p><p>~ Rebecca Solnit</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <br>/14</p><p><a href="https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/stand-your-ground-plant-some-flowers-on-it-too/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">meditationsinanemergency.com/s</span><span class="invisible">tand-your-ground-plant-some-flowers-on-it-too/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The unitary executive theory is really just a way to cloak the morphing of a democratically elected president into a dictator with the appearance of legality. If presidents can do whatever they want, including putting people on a plane and sending them to prisons in a foreign country with no due process whatsoever, then really, who are we?"</p><p>~ Joyce Vance</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <br>/13</p><p><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-a7d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joycevance.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">week-ahead-a7d</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Before we give up the rule of law because Trump wants us to do so, I believe we must continue to fight for it in spite of anything they throw at us. …</p><p>Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them."</p><p>~ Chris Geidner</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <br>/12</p><p><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/what-the-trump-admin-did-after-the-tro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/what-the-trump-a</span><span class="invisible">dmin-did-after-the-tro</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Saturday night, the administration deported 260-something alleged Venezuelan gang members. Alleged, because these people have had no hearings or any kind of public due process that we know of, and so we don’t actually know who they are. They could have been US citizens who’d been on their way to church."</p><p>~ Marcie Jones</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <br>/11</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/anybody-going-to-stop-trump-disappearing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/anybody-going-t</span><span class="invisible">o-stop-trump-disappearing</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> is often described as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> turning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> inward.</p><p>once the ruling capitalist classes run out of scapegoat minorities to colonize, they turn against the “buffer zone”, the so-called hegemonic working classes that separate & protect them from the colonized masses.</p><p>in USA <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> creates that buffer zone by allotting more money & access to designated hegemonic segments of the working classes. </p><p>so let’s speak of this from a neoconfederacy perspective…</p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>20th century historians -- who are being defunded in droves in the US because of their perceived politics -- can tell the Bonehead Administration that institutional discrimination against an ethnic minority in Germany was a major reason for why the US, not Nazi Germany, developed the A Bomb.</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
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