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Alex Raufoglu<p>FACT!! <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> Can't Ensure Safety of Xi Jinping, Other <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a> in Moscow </p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zelenskyy</span></a> warns that the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> state <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> “may take various steps on its part, such as arson, explosions, and so on and then blame us.”</p><p><a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/51975" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">kyivpost.com/post/51975</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/May9thParade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May9thParade</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>Furthering the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> state is the go-to move of GOP, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a>.</p><p>No new moves.</p><p>We know how to stop this IF you read history.</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaerlich.bsky.social/post/3lnvyz3qjn223" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/joshuaerlich.</span><span class="invisible">bsky.social/post/3lnvyz3qjn223</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</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/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a></p>
Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines<p><strong>Wednesday, April 30, 2025</strong></p> <p>Journalist Roshchyna’s body missing organs after Russian captivity; brain, eyes, &amp; part of the trachea had been removed — [vlog/video] Expert on US’ declining disinformation defense; Who’s countering Russian propaganda now? — France calls UN Security Council meeting over Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine — Russian drone attack injures at least 38 civilians in Kharkiv’s high-rise apartment blocks, homes … and more</p> <p><a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/wednesday-april-30-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/wednesday-april-30-2025/</span></a></p>
Yora<p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mussolini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/tyrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyrants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a></p>
Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines<p><strong>Tuesday, April 29, 2025</strong></p> <p>Zelensky slams Putin’s 3-day truce proposal as ‘manipulation,’ reiterates calls for 30-day unconditional ceasefire — Russia’s military building up at Finland’s border — Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars — Over 95% of drones used at front line made in Ukraine … and more</p> <p><a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-29-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/tuesday-april-29-2025/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Only one thing is going to stand in Trump's way — and he knows it | Opinion</p><p>by Thom Hartmann, April 28, 2025</p><p>"It didn’t happen in some shadowy back alley or under the cover of night.</p><p>"It happened in broad daylight — in the heart of an American courthouse.</p><p>"Federal agents, acting without even the decency of a signed warrant, stormed into Judge <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HannahDugan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HannahDugan</span></a>’s courtroom on Friday morning and dragged her away like a common criminal. No warning. No legal process. No respect for the law she had spent a lifetime upholding.</p><p>"But they made sure the cameras were there, so America could see what they were doing. Because this was not about justice. This was about terror.</p><p>"This was a warning shot aimed directly at the beating heart of America’s judiciary: 'Fall in line — or you’re next.'</p><p>"In that moment, the world’s oldest democracy lurched closer to the edge of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianRule</span></a>. In that moment, America became a little less free — and a lot more like the nightmare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> always hoped we’d become.</p><p>"The FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan last Friday without even having a legal arrest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/warrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warrant</span></a>; this is as outrageous and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> illegal as an administration can get.</p><p>"And <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a>’s performance Friday — after her federal agents swarm-raided this county judge — wasn’t staged for the general public.</p><p>"The real audience was a very small, select group: America’s judges.</p><p>"Their message is very simple: 'P--- us off, judges, and you could end up in prison, too.'</p><p>"Trump has already pacified the Article I branch of government — Congress — and now he’s in the process of pacifying the Article III branch, the Judiciary.</p><p>"There are only 3 branches to our government: cowing both Congress and the nation’s Judiciary will leave only the president in charge of the entire country under all circumstances in all ways.</p><p>"Nothing and nobody else will be able to stop him, short of a military coup (and he’s already decapitated the senior leadership of the military) or unending demonstrations in the streets (demonstrators who may soon face live ammunition).</p><p>"That is called dictatorship. Real dictatorship. Vladimir Putin-style dictatorship where you are punished for the smallest deviation from orthodoxy and can find yourself in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> or sued into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> if you dare speak out in public.</p><p>"It appears more and more every day that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> is Trump’s mentor, if not his handler. Trump is doing everything he can, with help from a South African billionaire, to destroy the historic American infrastructure (which has been an example for the world for 250 years) and turn us into the newest member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> club, joining Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Hungary, North Korea, and the rest of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> world.</p><p>"To get there, now that they’ve pacified every single Republican member of Congress (most recently, Don Bacon criticized Trump’s schizophrenic tariffs; a day later he started talking about retiring), they only have to seize control of the Judiciary, and then nothing except We The People will stand in their way.</p><p>"Nothing. Will. Stand. In. Trump’s. Way. Except We The People. And he knows it.</p><p>"Look at the striking parallels between Putin’s strategies and Trump’s actions:</p><p>"From installing Trump’s loyalists in the military and the federal police agencies of the Department of Justice and FBI, to his open threats against freedom of the press, to the GOP’s efforts to rig elections and purge voters, Trump’s subversion of US democracy looks eerily familiar.</p><p>"He’s taking pages directly from the autocrat’s handbook.</p><p>"Trump has openly quoted and praised autocrats like Putin and Hungarian strongman <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrbán</span></a>, who has presented his leadership in speeches to the GOP and CPAC as a model of an '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/illiberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberal</span></a>' state.</p><p>"Trump’s not hiding his admiration for dictators; he’s flaunting it. And now he’s putting the final stages of their script into action.</p><p>"Trump’s movement toward authoritarianism follows 'a known playbook. It’s unfolded in many other countries,' as journalist Anne Applebaum notes. 'These are democratically elected leaders who characterize themselves or describe themselves as deserving of no opposition. So I am the true Hungarian, or I am the only real American.'</p><p>"In a mere matter of weeks into his presidency, Applebaum says, Trump and his allies “have managed to push America into that space somewhere between (no longer) democracy and full-scale autocracy.”</p><p>"The speed is shocking, but it shouldn’t be surprising. It only took <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/53Days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>53Days</span></a> to completely end democracy in Germany. Others, like Lukashenko, Orbán, Putin, Mussolini, Duterte, El-Sisi, and Erdoğan took longer (none longer than two years), but you could argue that Trump has been working at this project for 9 years now."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/only-one-thing-is-going-to-stand-in-trump-s-way-and-he-knows-it-opinion/ar-AA1DMg7z?ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&amp;cvid=49790001a22c4193dcd61f5b6b4b4c74&amp;ei=22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/world/only-</span><span class="invisible">one-thing-is-going-to-stand-in-trump-s-way-and-he-knows-it-opinion/ar-AA1DMg7z?ocid=winp2fptaskbarent&amp;cvid=49790001a22c4193dcd61f5b6b4b4c74&amp;ei=22</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p><a href="https://youtu.be/15k3paCFDYg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/15k3paCFDYg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>⛔️🇺🇸Failing to learn from History - How America Falls Into A Fascist Dictatorship: Trump Breaks America, Voters Yawn? (w/ Anne Applebaum) | Focus Group (The Bulwark VIDEO) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PACE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesOrNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesOrNATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionOfUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionOfUkraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mussolini</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <br>Remembering Mussolini’s Fall : The Power of Resistance and the Toll of Autocratic Incompetence by Ruth Ben-Ghiat <br>For Italians, joining the Resistance reactivated codes of honor and humanitarianism that Fascism had scorned. partisan Ada Gobetti, whose husband had died in 1926 .., saw the Resistance as the recovery of a bond of solidarity, founded “on a simple human relationship, the feeling of being at one with many.”<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/remembering-mussolinis-fall-the-power?selection=fe155263-9add-437a-8652-d53c83224438&amp;r=ymxmu&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/</span><span class="invisible">remembering-mussolinis-fall-the-power?selection=fe155263-9add-437a-8652-d53c83224438&amp;r=ymxmu&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
Kat O’Brien<p>I gave a speech at today’s Barcelona protest of Trump and authoritarianism.<br>I talked about the dire need for due process for everyone, and to stop snatching immigrants off the streets and trafficking them to a hard labor prison in El Salvador.<br>They may be coming for immigrants and trans people first, but they will come for you and you and you and me. We must defend all peoples’ rights.<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Varro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Varro</span></a> doesn’t hide his admiration for other <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> either. He’s praised Assad, denied the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Syrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syrian</span></a> chemical attacks, and even edited an interview with <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> himself. He’s also quoted biased Russian outlets like the New East Outlook.</p><p>17/20</p>
Silkester<p>The US is stuck in the past. Their language is disconnected with today's role of royals in society.</p><p>Kings and queens these days are ceremonial in their role.</p><p>What the US voted into Office is not a king in the modern sense. What Trump is aspiring to is a cross of Pinochet, Hitler and Putin — a cruel, murderous, moron, racist dictator.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Royals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Royals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</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/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zeitgeist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zeitgeist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PropertySupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PropertySupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationals</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain</p><p>A small but stubborn relic of Spain’s turbulent past hides in plain sight.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=lamppost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lamppost</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=warhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warhistory</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=spanishcivilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spanishcivilwar</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/republican-lamppost-at-the-royal-palace" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Republican Lamppost at the Royal Palace</a></p>
Malcolm Nance<p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeFrancis</span></a> has died. </p><p>As a lifelong Catholic I ask:</p><p>Where are the brave <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> leaders with moral courage to stand up to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a>?</p><p>We just lost one. </p><p>Will the next genuflect to Fascists &amp; Nazis or stand and fight using the words of Jesus Christ himself?</p>
🍄🇪🇺ashtime🇪🇺🍄<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> oh yeah, now they figured that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> will never cave to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> threatening to nuke <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> cities - go figure</p>
Gif's Artidote<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elsalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elsalvador</span></a> is being used by tRump like pUtin is using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a>; two <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NarcissisticPsychopath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NarcissisticPsychopath</span></a>-ic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> driving global citizens to follow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> ideology through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoerciveControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoerciveControl</span></a>, which will end in global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollectiveGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CollectiveGenocide</span></a> if we don't fight back.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Educate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Educate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a><br><a href="https://youtu.be/axBPZh0FQlQ?si=h-kLrqCvQQiNbwWx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/axBPZh0FQlQ?si=h-kLrq</span><span class="invisible">CvQQiNbwWx</span></a></p>
Robert Rowley<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Dictators" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dictators</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Insurrectionist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insurrectionist</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ConvictedFelon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConvictedFelon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CorruptRegime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorruptRegime</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SupremeCourt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AbuseOfAuthority" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbuseOfAuthority</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AboveTheLaw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AboveTheLaw</a><br><br><a href="https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2ViX72TzxL4z2CRyqa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">President Trump and President ...</a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@clintruin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>clintruin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel.bsky.social</span></a></span> Since you asked, it is not yet curtains. Really really close, but not yet. It is true that the rule of <a href="https://c.im/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> is hanging on by a slender thread. It is true that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> is fully subverted. It is true that the institutions of federal government that provide essential services to us are being systematically erased. Very hard times are ahead.</p><p>But… I keep returning to the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Patriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patriots</span></a> sacrificed, fought, died, and ultimately prevailed to achieve what it says. Please read the brief document (link below) because this is why I believe our situation not yet checkmate: the power of the people to consent or not.</p><p>“[…] when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute <a href="https://c.im/tags/Despotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Despotism</span></a>, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”</p><p>I have no idea how this will be done, or when, or how long it will take. Nevertheless, I place my ultimate <a href="https://c.im/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a>, my <a href="https://c.im/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a>, in the power, right and duty of people to choose. </p><p><a href="https://www.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/inline-pdfs/Preamble%20to%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gilderlehrman.org/sites/defaul</span><span class="invisible">t/files/inline-pdfs/Preamble%20to%20The%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Resistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistence</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“One thing that characterizes all <a href="https://toad.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dictators</span></a>: lack of fundamental humanity. Putin poison or defenestrates dissidents, throws Russians as cannon fodder in waves to die in UA. Xi sends Ms of Uighurs to conc camps. Kim tortures, executes his own with glee.</p><p>Trump sends an innocent &amp; decent man to forced labor &amp; torture in a Salvadoran prison &amp; fights every effort to bring him back. That’s only one ex of the lack of humanity &amp; decency. Behaving just like his role models.”<br />-N Ornstein</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sadism</span></a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p>The cult of personality. Just like Lenin and Stalin, and Mao, and all the other petty and not so petty dictators. </p><p>It might be time to start wearing my cult of Jerry Garcia lapel pin now, or maybe Alfred E. Neumann.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</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/Dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictators</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/@dinogami/114319808690392058" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sauropods.win/@dinogami/114319</span><span class="invisible">808690392058</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>Anyone else notice that <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, despite all his admin's activity and despite his party controlling <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, has not been trying to achieve anything whatsoever through <a href="https://h4.io/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> means? Like, the <a href="https://h4.io/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a> has been completely sidelined as less than an afterthought. He's acting as if Congress doesn't exist and doesn't need to exist, ya know, like <a href="https://h4.io/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictators</span></a> do.</p><p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>