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“Attacking trans women, and representing the feared other as a threat to the manhood of the nation, are ways of placing the very idea of manhood at the center of political attention, gradually introducing fascist ideals of hierarchy and domination by physical power to the public sphere.”

~ Jason Stanley, How Fascism Works (2018), p. 137

#Trump #fascism #gender #misogyny #women #FemaleSubordination #patriarchy #masculinity #MaleDominance
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"Make America Great Again always meant returning America to a time when rich white men had power to subjugate others with impunity."

~ Noah Berlatsky

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https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-gaetz-hegseth-rfk-jr-toxic-men-cabinet

“The leader’s displays of machismo and his kinship with other male leaders are not just bluster, but a way of exercising power at home and conducting foreign policy. Virility enables his corruption, projecting the idea that he is above laws that weaker individuals must follow."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen (2020), pp. 7-8

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"It’s a great country for criminal, old, white men."

~ Wajahat Ali

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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/its-good-to-be-a-rich-white-criminal

“Nostalgia for better times is also part of the equation, since the ruler’s vow is to make the country great again. This involves the fantasy of returning to an age when male authority was secure and women, people of color, and workers knew their places” (p. 67).

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen (2020), p. 67

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"I had no innocence left to lose. I have very little hope left to abandon. This is the America my fellow citizens want, and the one in which I will live out my days."

~ Charles Pierce

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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63013248/jack-smith-jan-6-case-trump-dismissed/

"German Protestant leaders were united in their praise of the Nazi regime. 'Christ has come to us through Adolf Hitler,' one minister gushed. 'Through his power, his honesty, his faith and his idealism ... the Redeemer has found us, [and] we know the Savior today has come!'"

~ Charles Marsh, Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2014), p. 133

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"Passion and vigor, a brash and cocksure manliness, a Führer whose countenance fairly radiated these virtues —a nation was smitten. It felt good to be a German, again."

~ Ibid.

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“It is hard to escape the grim conclusion: No president out of office has done more to grow the power of the presidency than Donald Trump. And the fact that this strengthening of the office is the result of his misdeeds, and empowers the president to undertake further misdeeds with impunity, is profoundly disturbing.”

~ Kim Wehle

#Trump #fascism #crime
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/special-counsel-jack-smith-drops-all-charges-against-donald-trump

"Headline Of The Day

Public Notice: 'A government by toxic men, for toxic men.'”

~ David Kurtz

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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-hard-truth-is-that-donald-trump