Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>Front Burner podcast on CBC<br>Professors are the enemy<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <br><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/front-burner/id1439621628?i=1000700883372" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/</span><span class="invisible">front-burner/id1439621628?i=1000700883372</span></a></p>
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Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“America is spinning quickly in the direction of Hungarian populism, Hungarian politics, and Hungarian justice. But that means Hungarian stagnation, Hungarian corruption, and Hungarian poverty lie in our future too.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/magazine/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/05/viktor-orban-hungary-maga-corruption/682111/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialServices</span></a> including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAffairs</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a>], which administers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a>, & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Administration, which sends out checks to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retired</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/widowed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>widowed</span></a> Americans [money Americans put into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> out of their own paychecks].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…One of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s first acts…was to create <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, [supposedly] to root out waste, fraud & abuse, slash govt spending & purge the federal workforce of low-performing, *disloyal* & unnecessary workers.</p><p>…In practice,…DOGE has mostly pursued long-time <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> objectives, shuttering agencies such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a>, which provide a lifeline to the world's needy & protect Americans from unscrupulous lenders respectively.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Authorizing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>-controlled agency like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> to hire a driver while slashing essential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> who actually help Americans in need is a good example."</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, Musk & Ezell did not respond to requests for comment. An OPM spox said in a statement that the agency "has ongoing security concerns" requiring a driver, w/o providing further detail.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: "The US Is Certainly Not the Greatest Democracy on Earth"</p><p>Legal expert Elie Mystal on how "US laws are designed to be ‘racist, sexist, and anti-democratic’ and how Trump is weaponizing them.</p><p>"The US Constitution was written nearly 240 years ago, laying the foundations for an independent, successful, democratic country. But, like most of the nation’s laws, it was written by and for wealthy white men."</p><p><a href="https://zeteo.com/p/the-us-is-certainly-not-the-greatest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zeteo.com/p/the-us-is-certainl</span><span class="invisible">y-not-the-greatest</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uslaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uslaws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> .</p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Peace-loving Quakers under state attack”</p><p>by Another Angry Voice on Substack </p><p>“The [London Metropolitan] police raid on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> Quaker Meeting House violated the principle of religious sanctuary and evoked the brutal state persecution of Quakerism in the past”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/peace-loving-quakers-under-state?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/anothera</span><span class="invisible">ngryvoice/p/peace-loving-quakers-under-state?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brutality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MetPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetPolice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quakers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/YouthDemand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouthDemand</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PoliticalPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPolicing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peaceful</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cooper</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ZionistLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZionistLobby</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Complicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Complicity</span></a></p>
WYM Mod<p>Is America on a dangerous path towards autocracy? Joy-Ann Reid critically examines Donald Trump’s aspirations to mimic Putin's authoritarian approach. Expressing indifference to rising car prices and suggesting a third presidential term, Trump’s behavior reveals alarming shifts in governance. Mainstream media's failure to challenge his actions raises concerns about democratic integrity. Click to explore the implications for American democracy. [Source](<a href="https://www.joyannreid.com/p/a-morning-reid-the-madman-who-would" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joyannreid.com/p/a-morning-rei</span><span class="invisible">d-the-madman-who-would</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/MediaCritique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaCritique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/PoliticalSatire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalSatire</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>[The Philadelphia Inquirer]: Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America. By Will Bunch.</p><p>Trump's pardons for big donors, political allies and even swindlers of the Sioux people have shattered any notion of justice.</p><p><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-pardons-archer-watson-milton-20250330.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inquirer.com/opinion/commentar</span><span class="invisible">y/trump-pardons-archer-watson-milton-20250330.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/presidentialPardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presidentialPardons</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/devonArcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devonArcher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ogalaSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ogalaSioux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trevorMilton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trevorMilton</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/maha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maha</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/carlosWatson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carlosWatson</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democract</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"</p><p>The order includes:</p><p>* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;</p><p>* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;</p><p>* preventing millions from registering to vote;</p><p>* severely limiting voting by mail.</p><p>Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/donald-trump-executive-order-voter-suppression-election-assistance-commission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/votersuppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votersuppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> .</p>
Adrian Morales<p>Absolutely! ✊️ <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DirtyPoliticians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyPoliticians</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/MigrantsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MigrantsRights</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Dark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dark</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woke</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>"The strategic ambiguity about whether or not we live in an autocracy is designed to preserve maximum maneuverability for the regime until such time as they have full control and no longer need to maneuver."</p><p>Our Semi-Authoritarian State <br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-semi-authoritarian-state" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/our-semi-auth</span><span class="invisible">oritarian-state</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveAlarmFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FiveAlarmFire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StopTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrumpNow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Over the past nine or so years, I've repeatedly gone on record to describe my frustrating with the way corporate media covers the unhinged fascist shit Trump says as if he's your just drunk uncle who talks about Fox News anti-migrant propaganda over Thanksgiving dinner, and not a guy running for, or serving as, President of the United States. Trump, a man devoid of a sense of humor, will muse about some flatly illegal dictator policies he wants to do in the future, corporate media will report his statements as if they're mere political gaffes, point out that Trump's plan is illegal or otherwise against the rules, and then sit around waiting for him to actually try the horrible nazi crap he is openly saying he wants to do. </p><p>There is little to no analysis connecting Trump's stated plans to the actions the regime is taking, and this style of coverage doesn't change much whether he's out of office, or legally enshrined with the powers of the imperial presidency to make his nazi dreams come true. If and when Trump *does* actually try to do the awful fascist nonsense he's been openly promising to do, a media that has all but memory holed his promises to do so acts shocked that Trump's team of nazi rules lawyers have found a Calvinball way to plausibly accomplish their fascist program.</p><p>I mention this because even before he was elected president a second time, Trump has been musing about staying on as President after his second (and final, as mandated by the constitution) term is up in 2028. Often this is framed as "running for a third term" but there have been enough ominous hints from Trumpworld that Downmarket Mussolini is not married to the idea of having another election at all, that it's pretty clear the plan is to simply have Trump refuse to leave office, one way or another. Is a mainstream corporate media that has watched Trump try to enact almost every authoritarian policy he promised or even hinted at on the campaign trail, taking this seriously enough? No, it is not; and I'm not sure I expect them to start doing so even now that Trump has directly told an NBC monitor on Meet the Press that he's "not joking" about remaining in office beyond his second term. </p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-third-term-constitution-2028/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/trump-third-term-constitution-2028/</span></a></p><p>“I’m Not Joking”: Trump Again Floats Running for Anti-Constitutional Third Term</p><p>"Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, said in a post on X that there may be three ways Trump could attempt to “grab” an illegal 3rd term: 1) Ignore the Constitution and dare anyone to stop him. 2) Have GOP-run states just appoint Trump electors since any state not voting Trump is by definition ‘corrupt’. 3) Military coup and martial law—i.e., a successful January 6.”</p><p>As I've mentioned before, there seems to be a definite process by which Trump, the regime, and the larger political movement surrounding him manufacture consent and transform ideological propaganda, into state enforced (un)reality, under a presumed mandate that their actions would be legitimate if what Trump says is true, and everything Trump says *is* true because he's president. Typically this involves Trump and his propagandists (like Steve Bannon) repeatedly injecting the idea of a fascist plan, like say to ignore the constitution and remain president after 2028, into the discourse as a hypothetical option, slowly transitioning that musing into the outlines of a plan "we're working on," before ultimately transforming that idea into policy, often via executive order. </p><p>Given that Trump has mentioned this in passing multiple times, guys like Bannon have openly talked about the plan to make it a reality going on behind the scenes, and now Trump is telling his base that he's dead serious about doing it, it's probably safe (even for corporate media muppets) to say Trump is actively in the process of trying to make himself president for life, by hook or by crook. And I dunno about you, but to me that sounds like big news it's important to share with the American people in detail, and with an appropriate degree of alarm.</p><p><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/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> #2028 <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TermLimits</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/22ndAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>22ndAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "Trump's War on Education"</p><p>""Trump’s assault on education comes out of the playbook used by all authoritarian regimes."</p><p>Read by Eunice Wong</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/useducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> .</p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>“It is a five-alarm fire for public history, science and education in America,”…“While the Smithsonian has faced crisis moments in the past, it has not been directly attacked in quite this way by the executive branch in its long history.”</p><p>And he is just getting started. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/smithsonian-institution-trump-executive-order?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/30/smithsonian-institution-trump-executive-order?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1</span></a></p>
Of Bookish Things<p>Professor <a href="https://c.im/tags/BarbaraFWalter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BarbaraFWalter</span></a>, a renowned expert on <a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWars</span></a> around the world, warns that the <a href="https://c.im/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> meets key criteria for nations heading toward major <a href="https://c.im/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalViolence</span></a>. We ignore the warning signs at our own peril, according to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/HowCivilWarsStartAndHowToStopThem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowCivilWarsStartAndHowToStopThem</span></a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> shows that the fight to save <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> will have to come from the bottom up, Walter says. “Protest and peaceful resistance works,” she adds. “Don't voluntarily comply with orders that are illegal. Don't help <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> implement his agenda–don’t preemptively comply.”<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Anocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anocracy</span></a> - Anocracy, or semi-democracy, is a form of government that is loosely defined as part democracy and part <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a>, or as a "regime that mixes democratic with autocratic features". Another definition classifies anocracy as "a regime that permits some means of participation through opposition group behaviour, but that has incomplete development of mechanisms to redress grievances."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DemocracyVsAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyVsAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6TLoj6lQC4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=u6TLoj6lQC</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
Adrian Morales<p>How exactly is this a violation? Google straight-up refuses to allow any kinds of reviews that include the word AI. Is this censorship or what?</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/PlayStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlayStore</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BanAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanAI</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monday</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>This is what authoritarians and dictators do. <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-third-term-president-constitutional-1.7497480" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/trump-third-</span><span class="invisible">term-president-constitutional-1.7497480</span></a></p>
Democracy Matters :verified:<p>We are Sleepwalking into Autocracy<br><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-</span><span class="invisible">yorker-radio-hour/senator-chris-murphy-this-is-how-democracy-dies-everybody-just-gets-scared</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChrisMurphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisMurphy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PresidentBystander" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentBystander</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhiskeyLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiskeyLeaks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AgentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgentKrasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦<p>When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed</p><p>“At international academic conferences recently... Some American participants are travelling with “burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else.”<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/when-the-physicists-need-burner-phones-thats-when-you-know-americas-changed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/when-the-physicists-need-burner-phones-thats-when-you-know-americas-changed</span></a></p>
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