π§΅"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trumpβs first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
Iβve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trumpβs first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
Iβve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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I've also grouped the actions in a table to illustrate this.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-christians-they-wont-have-vote-after-this-election-2024-07-27/
Undermine independent institutions
Weaken the opposition
Dismantle social protections
Retreat from international alliances
Weaponise nationalism
Undermine science
Undermine free elections (inc misinfo)
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Applebaum in her 2020 book "Twilight of Democracy" warns that democracies become incredibly fragile once their elites abandon democratic norms... 4/9
Any Republicans who resisted are long gone. The rest have either embraced the chaos or chosen complicity.
Many Democrats seem frozen. 5/9
*But the US is now a threat to the global economy, to global health and to global stability. The sooner this is acknowledged the better.* 6/9
#Pete3ScotchHegseth
Tells lies to the World! Blatant lies! No russia aggression 2016-2020! Bullshit!
Before you can act on a crisis you have to recognise you are in one - it is time for our leaders, and our media, to wake up. 7/9
They all need to be stopped. Yesterday.
Amendment to Constitution - each State - 3 US Senators - 2 chosen by the people and 1 by State Legislature
https://hartmannreport.com/p/bowing-to-the-butcher-trump-grovels-ff7?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=302288&post_id=157035559&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=f879&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
The more people who die from pandemics, starve to death, freeze to death the happier they are. They do not care if they die as well.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/scary-trump-superpower-schedule-f-civil-service
The U.K.'s brand 'Boris' was a prior unknown challenge to this, devised and executed by a truly ruthless opportunist Conman matched to state of the art corruption and disregard for any link between Public Authority and Public Responsibility
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It's woven into mump's every utterance... especially the justifications.
https://youtu.be/5v4NTtS2f5k?si=JRwmbwx4WKAyx59m
And now it's time for active counteractions!
what do ordinary citizens do to #RESIST ?
*Systematic dismantling of democratic institutions.
*Consolidation of power outside constitutional authority.
*Overriding legal frameworks and institutional checks.
*Unlawful seizure of government power by Trump & Musk. π‘
Will go through it
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People in the US of Putinideoligy had known, could have avoided it but chose racist democracydestroying ruleoflawshreddering fascism.
It took by far longer after Hitler got absolute power than Putin's men Trump+Musk do now
That's what all the goobers and suckers voted for
Wonder when they figure out that their orange Jesus is fucking them over
Most did it because they wanted all the things he's done since taking office. Some have been shy about admitting it.
The fact so many Americans fully approve of Trump/Musk actions is as much of a concern as the actions themselves.
Where have you been Christina?
He hasn't prevailed. He's a lost horrible hollow freak
The judiciary had the opportunity to stop this after J6 and chose to abrogate it's responsibility to uphold the constitution.
It took decades for the Roman Empire to collapse, America has taken weeks.
Trump has executed a complete coup in plain sight.
Hey hey HO HO, LYING PAM BONDI HAS GOT TO GO.
Brilliant work here.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/26/colombia-gustavo-petro-trump-deportation-flights
It's a deliberate plot.
I'm reading this book and it is proving very insightful. Unfortunately we are seeing much of it unravel in real time.
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@schiff.senate.gov
@padilla.senate.gov
Copying my senators. Please share with your colleagues in the senate and House of Representatives.
@chelliepingree.bsky.social
Amidst a tornado of Executive Orders & verbal slurry from Trump, it is essential to monitor the systemic dismantling of key structures of state (and checks & balances).
Deserves to be widely published.
https://www.project2025.observer/?sort=agency-asc&fbclid=IwY2xjawIa_glleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHapMNIA1arl8IzlbCJwJ2A6wuRqONCGhEkYydj6shUsF3rjseJHjFYa6Dw_aem_G4Ik2ApcZgyQ0gqw5ZVlZQ
I assume itβs Heritage ideologue types and corporate donors, and itβs to enrich themselves by siphoning our tax dollars
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5289331/epa-environmental-justice-office
Will our politicians be up to the task?
Feels like heads are still in the sand in political and media spheres.
https://paragraph.xyz/@compossible/project-2025-the-takeover
Not asking for a friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QLgLfqh6s
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It's unfortunate that it's unlikely to reach those who need it most - MAGA voters!
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Kill the nazis. #burythetoad
βThere are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happenβ
It feels very much like we're currently experiencing the latter.
read this (worth a translation, I guess)
https://verfassungsblog.de/trump-und-der-neue-faschismus/
Some of these things are just policy changes which we might object to - but donβt have anything to do with authoritarianism or the death of liberty.
One suggestion, we need to also talk about impacts of these on individuals self interest. How do each of these goals actually harm them. What does that look like?