The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 https://tinyurl.com/3w32xujf
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The steps of dismantling the U.S. are taking from Putin's ru$$ia, mafia-terrorist gang, manual.
Checkists did it before in Russia in 1917, in Germany in 1932... in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Georgia, Ukraine.
America is next.
We’ve been taught how fascism looks but not how it behaves. It will always look different across cultures and governments - and this is how American fascism in the 21st century comes.
I'd love to read a piece explaining why has the institutional safety margin shrank for the past half a century so much that this circus is even possible? For the second time. Is it because the policy of increasing wealth inequality has undermined economic foundations of the working classes?
Lots of apocalyptic language here
*without a single mention of*
free and fair US elections which changed the control of power in Washington DC.
Unchecked, non-stop fear-mongering.
Having a " honest journalistic discussion"
with politician's wife about her political party
was good for laughs.
Everyone knows by this point the
ridiculous (!!!and alarming!!!) Hitler analogies.
My favorite new tactic
is the attempt here (and elsewhere)
to pathologize the word "playbook"
So where can we go to find out accurate information about public figures and their policies?
Not mainstream media!
Here's Anne Applebaum recounting the ways she was misrepresented by media.
Pot, meet kettle.
Where the fuck were all these “journalists” last year? Right now they’re just telling us what we can see with our own eyes. Such extraordinary journalism.
Man, Anne Applebaum has written several excellent books on Russia and Putin and has been warning America about Trump for the last ten or so years. I get your frustration but its misplaced to single out Anne Applebaum.
Absolutely fair point. She got my wrath from timing more than deservedness. But my point stands with 99% of journalists who suddenly seem to have discovered P2025.
I may have piled on right along with you if I didn't happen to have 3 or 4 of her books. Shes one of the foremost authorities on Soviet and modern Russian history. She's been on C-SPAN at least once and her opinions on Putin and his motivations are among the most highly regarded. She called this.
I hear ya. I’m disappointed that Fresh Air is posting this. Not because they shouldn’t. Because they should have LAST YEAR. Yes, maybe it will reach someone new, but most of us knew this 8 years ago!
The problem is that about half of America actually wants a regime change, leaving democracy and constitution behind and moving to autocracy, https://news.gallup.com/poll/656891/trump-job-approval-rating-congress-jumps.aspx.
And my feeling is that Trump would win another election if held right now. That's the problem we need to address.
But we will never have a real and true election ever again and now that fucker is NEVER GOING TO LEAVE. He will have to be dragged out in shackles or otherwise.
Yes, that half that voted for the felon and rapist have been hoodwinked to fear the brown and black-skinned community members instead of the old white rapist/felon and his billionaire friends, the actual danger to America.
This was an excellent and informative interview. It showed how a democratic country, who voted democratically for a president in a free and fair election, can easily be swayed into a dictatorship. This happened to Hungary and it is written into the project 2025 playbook.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social It could be the Heritage folk's goal to undermine democracy in favor of a Chief Executive. It's not DT's goal. He has made himself into a disgusting human being and plans to run the United States in his own image. He lacks the skill and intelligence to do anything else.
The real coup is the cyber coup requiring no shots to be fired. Its Musk and Thiel and their hacker kids in Doge from Palantir writing code into the IT systems at all these agencies and departments so they can do machine learning and AI queries on the giant database that is the US government.
Remember that their misdirection war cry has always been that “the enemy within” is the real threat. A fear tactic. They’re saying what’s in plain sight. It’s them. Trump has always been the actual problem that he claims he’s protecting you from at every turn.
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Checkists did it before in Russia in 1917, in Germany in 1932... in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Georgia, Ukraine.
America is next.
*without a single mention of*
free and fair US elections which changed the control of power in Washington DC.
Unchecked, non-stop fear-mongering.
Having a " honest journalistic discussion"
with politician's wife about her political party
was good for laughs.
ridiculous (!!!and alarming!!!) Hitler analogies.
My favorite new tactic
is the attempt here (and elsewhere)
to pathologize the word "playbook"
Can I refer to the Bible as "God's Playbook"?
Congratulations to Anne Applebaum
for being passenger #1
on the 2016 Trump/Russian hoax train.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-russia-could-spark-a-us-electoral-disaster/2016/09/08/303f8502-75e2-11e6-b786-19d0cb1ed06c_story.html
Not mainstream media!
Here's Anne Applebaum recounting the ways she was misrepresented by media.
Pot, meet kettle.
(Personally, I'm a Facts & Science Guy. 🤷‍♂️)
And my feeling is that Trump would win another election if held right now. That's the problem we need to address.
Pete Hegseth isNOT Secretary of State. Defense please.