Important point from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on the arrest Turkey's opposition leader: Autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/... - ThreadSky

joycewhitevance.bsky.social • 73 days ago

Important point from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on the arrest Turkey's opposition leader: Autocrats everywhere are becoming more emboldened because they know that they will encounter no real consequences from the Trump-Musk administration for their aggressions. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/erdogan-arrests-top-opposition-politician?r=5n3e&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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mleyva.bsky.social•73 days ago

Did the insider podcast not drop today?!

careynesmithmd.bsky.social•73 days ago

That’s unbelievably frightening.

senorafacha.bsky.social•73 days ago

Watched that video today during my lunch break... Really good

coltsfan62.bsky.social•72 days ago

😡

mraryeh.bsky.social•72 days ago

@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social no captions for the deaf and hard of hearing.

melomys.bsky.social•72 days ago

Very good video.

Turkey is gambling that the rest of NATO needs its bases and won’t do anything. Meanwhile Putin is cheering.

realjohnhenry11.bsky.social•73 days ago

Will President Musk and jester tRump try this with whomever runs for Dems?

beverlymann19.bsky.social•72 days ago

They know they'll receive encouragement. And imitation.

aeinstein.bsky.social•72 days ago

The question that she asked however is one that was answered on November 7th 2024!

tb1952.bsky.social•72 days ago

I would love it if America had an opposition leader.

randybuxton.bsky.social•72 days ago

Or maybe it's the other way around. Trump.....er, I mean Putin's bitch, will take a hint from Turkey.

alexcharles.bsky.social•72 days ago

Don’t forget Eric Adam’s alleged offenses related to Turkey favors. So yeah. Somebody loves and protects Turkey.

skiridr.bsky.social•72 days ago

A couple years ago I would say this couldn’t happen in America, today I can see this happening here.

driver9.bsky.social•73 days ago

MAGA Republicans absolutely do want to replace democracy with dictatorship. They know that's the only way they can fulfill their sick dreams of recreating Jim Crow, resubjugating women and recriminalizing homosexuality.

bobinct.bsky.social•73 days ago

Trump is working his way up to doing that, we’re all just sitting here waiting for it to happen

mike4mus6.bsky.social•73 days ago

Important yes! Will anyone listen???
Probably not …. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

the-dude-abides.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yes, of lot of them do want to live in a dictatorship.

sxkttnunderdog.bsky.social•73 days ago

Our MSM isn't going to help us. trump and his media killed truth, honor, American leadership and our quest for a democratic world order. The American MSM goes right along with pretending that he knows what he is talking about.

jugwell.bsky.social•72 days ago

Simple message even the masses should understand.: Trampling American principles, like the bill of rights and separation of powers, is not American.

patclatter.bsky.social•72 days ago

Dr Oz’s friend?

dianeology.bsky.social•73 days ago

And....we will watch Tr*mp try to do the in the near-future. Erdogan is a fave dictator of his.

juliemacb.bsky.social•72 days ago

Such dictorial leadership from the US

douglasmontgomery.bsky.social•73 days ago

They are of the same cloth.

dean-alan.bsky.social•73 days ago

Autocracy Inc in action.

spencerdow.bsky.social•73 days ago

It's a good question seeing Brazil arrested their insurrectionist and S. Korea arrested their quai-dictator...

And what has America done about their but reinstall him with full fanfare.

spencerdow.bsky.social•73 days ago

correction: quasi-dictator

durufle68.bsky.social•72 days ago

Sounds like a Putin-like play

hailey57.bsky.social•73 days ago

Isn't there someone in the states that Turkey wants - a political opposition figure. I think in Pennsylvania or New Jersey he resides? I wonder if *rump will extradite him now.

giveitback.bsky.social•72 days ago

Erdoğan is the hero of Project 2025 zealots. Ugh.

rajtham.bsky.social•73 days ago

"Pragmatists" and "centrists" - you know, all the folk who say "don't be alarmist" - ignore this shit at their peril too.

https://bsky.app/profile/efinkel.bsky.social/post/3lknfibfpqs2g

supereukarya.bsky.social•72 days ago

It’s so easily normalized — to call a cry for justice alarmist and the scoffing of oligarchs a series of sound economic decisions.

janinethecanadian.bsky.social•73 days ago

I watched this yesterday, it was fantastic.

charlene411.bsky.social•73 days ago

bluerider99.bsky.social•72 days ago

Good stuff - thanks

rajtham.bsky.social•72 days ago

In case others want to know who D L Mayfield is

https://www.dlmayfield.com/menu

lpeterp.bsky.social•73 days ago

Turkey should not be a NATO member; its anti-democratic actions constantly reinforce their ineligibility among world democracies.

mop-fautneddy.bsky.social•72 days ago

Exactly as predicted.

susanamar95.bsky.social•72 days ago

I agree, and the idea that they feel so emboldened is terrifying.

infinitelyloopy.bsky.social•73 days ago

Great watch. What’s horrifying is just how much Trump overlaps with the various descriptions. I knew we were in trouble but after watching this I now have a much better sense of just how much trouble that is and it ain’t comforting in the least.

racingbikes.bsky.social•73 days ago

A Master Class.

vrouwketheelepel.bsky.social•72 days ago

I just saw thousands protesting in Turkey, even though they are not allowed. So the people are not staying quiet despite the risks. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/kijk/2025/03/19/protest-istanboel-mimir-40159e68-afda-4727-8411-6c56de6ab6ee/

dktr.bsky.social•73 days ago

Turkey's opposition leader arrested. Putin offers access to windows several stories above the ground.

jhmblvd.bsky.social•72 days ago

The Trump-Musk administration is probably financing them. Hell, these dictators will probably be speakers at the next CPAC.

boidle.bsky.social•71 days ago

Very well done.

My question, given that Trump's checking off so many of authoritarian boxes is...

Is he doing these things instinctively because he's a textbook narcissist, or is he following a playbook, whether Project 2025 or Putin's Guide for Aspiring Dictators™?

demsrising.bsky.social•73 days ago

I bet we'll start hearing from The Felon how he is great friends with Erdogan

yasararslan.bsky.social•73 days ago

It is not joke that, Turkey's opposition leader and mayor of Istanbul Imamoglu arrested and his university diploma was revoked after 30 years

leemeade.bsky.social•72 days ago

Consequences? They're taking tips.

drddd.bsky.social•72 days ago

We have to stop this insanity.

resistor189.bsky.social•72 days ago

gaymcmillen.bsky.social•73 days ago

Crap always rolls down hill.

mcgrawfan.bsky.social•72 days ago

It’s happening here

beeswingcottage.bsky.social•73 days ago

Sadly, we - as a country- don't stand for anything anymore. With Trump as "president," we can be bought by the highest bidder to pay Trump off or Trump is easily coerced because people like Putin either flatter him or have compromising information on Trump that makes him open to blackmail.

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