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Luca da Firenze<p>I read : <br>"<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>"s actions in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> are a demonstration of weakness."<br>... no 🤣<br>on the contrary<br>is just a 'normal required step in a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> takeover.<br>a warning to the WHOLE <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nation</span></a><br>A show of 'force'<br>to demonstrate who is in 'power' and that neither laws or Institutions<br>can prevent the "duce" (dictator)<br>from doing whatever he wants<br>because he has 'power' and 'HE' is untouchable<br>and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parliament</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> State <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Governors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governors</span></a><br>and the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a><br>have NO value.</p>
Impish4249<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@IveyJanette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>IveyJanette</span></a></span> </p><p>Full on assault on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilrights</span></a>. The lower the educational level of the populace, especially the segments targeted for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a>, the more successful a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> is. It's been in the play book for centuries back to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> pre-Protestant Europe, and through the millennia, which at the time was a shadow government.</p><p>As to the new and NOT-improved version of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evangelical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protestantism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protestantism</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, yep... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SSDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSDD</span></a>.</p>
Douglas Edwards 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺<p>Restoring access to <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is a gateway drug to get us used to government by <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> fiat, and the laws of the USA be damned. It's a popular Diktat in opposition to a very unjust and unpopular law. </p><p>Please don't let your love of TikTok or your distaste for the law prevent you from seeing the pattern here. I'm not exactly a fan of USA law myself. But if it's to be abrogated, let that be done to institute a better legal system (or, if you prefer, anarchy) — NOT to erect a fascist <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a>.</p>
mistnipobocka<p>“We did it in Romania, we'll have to do it if necessary in Germany": Thierry Breton talks about cancelling elections... <br> - I like the fact that the EU estabilishmant is already putting off the mask of playing democracy and becoming frankly dictatorial, after having already become totalitarian by gradual steps.<br> The best way for a dictatorship to reveal itself is for it to be as open as possible and without propaganda excuses in the form of stale wannabe pro-democracy and pro-freedom PR.<br> Well done and keep going as hard as you can so that this can be clear to all those who don't want to be fooled by fairy tales about democracy in the EU :-)))<br> ...it is necessary for the West not only to catch up with totalitarian countries such as Russia or China, but also to surpass them in all their aspects... 🙂 <br> ...so you are free to vote for B1 or B2, or B3, but not for AfD...<br> <br>«On l’a fait en Roumanie, il faudra le faire si c’est nécessaire en Allemagne»<br><a href="https://www.cnews.fr/monde/2025-01-09/la-fait-en-roumanie-il-faudra-le-faire-si-cest-necessaire-en-allemagne-thierry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnews.fr/monde/2025-01-09/la-f</span><span class="invisible">ait-en-roumanie-il-faudra-le-faire-si-cest-necessaire-en-allemagne-thierry</span></a></p><p><a href="https://f.cz/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/totalitarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarism</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romania</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/anarchist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchist</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>’s Harsh Takedown of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> over “<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>” <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bombshell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bombshell</span></a> Hits the Mark. </p><p>As <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s former <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chiefofstaff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chiefofstaff</span></a> reveals <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/details" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>details</span></a> about his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intentions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intentions</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chair</span></a> explains how this could give Harris a way to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/win" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>win</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/187473/harris-harsh-takedown-trump-hitler-bombshell-hits-mark" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/187473</span><span class="invisible">/harris-harsh-takedown-trump-hitler-bombshell-hits-mark</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>As Election Nears, Kelly Warns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Would Rule Like a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictator</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnKelly</span></a>, the Trump White House’s longest-serving chief of staff, said that he believed that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> met the definition of a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a>.</p><p>By Michael S. Schmidt<br>Oct. 22, 2024</p><p>"In response to a question about whether he thought Mr. Trump was a fascist, Mr. Kelly first read aloud a definition of fascism that he had found online.</p><p>"'Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarFight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarFight</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ultranationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultranationalist</span></a> political ideology and movement characterized by a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> leader, centralized <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/militarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarism</span></a>, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy,' he said."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.html</span></a></p><p>Archived version<br><a href="https://archive.ph/fSCbl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/fSCbl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeDontNeedThatFascistGrooveThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeDontNeedThatFascistGrooveThing</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/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DictatorOnDayOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorOnDayOne</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FullOnFash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FullOnFash</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>There's so much more to it than this. I <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worked</span></a> in a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> where they told you to get up &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>walk</span></a> around <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hourly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hourly</span></a>, provided <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> &amp; had <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/talk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>talk</span></a> to if you were <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bullied" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullied</span></a> &amp; more. All of it <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/boxticking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boxticking</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/workloads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workloads</span></a> were too heavy to take 5 mins each hour, the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/team" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>team</span></a> shared <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> on us &amp; the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reports</span></a> were never written. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Employers</span></a> provide things but counter it with their <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/behaviours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behaviours</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> was ignored. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/16/employers-should-be-fined-for-unhealthy-workplaces-says-thinktank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/16/employers-should-be-fined-for-unhealthy-workplaces-says-thinktank</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sickness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sickness</span></a></p>
Luca da Firenze<p>It's very interesting<br>especially for a non-American<br>to follow these <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a><br>in which<br>NOT only the 'Presidency' is at stake but rather the future of a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nation</span></a><br>(for the next decades)<br>poised between <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> 'Enlightenment'<br>and <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/illiberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anti</span></a>-democratic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pseudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudo</span></a>-religious obscurantism</p><p>and see which <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/States" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>States</span></a> according to their political preferences are the most<br>backward and which are the most advanced.<br>(it helps to know what kind of people you're dealing with).</p>
EURACTIV Politics<p>EU’s Borrell calls Maduro’s regime ‘dictatorial’ <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eus-borrell-calls-maduros-regime-dictatorial/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/politics/</span><span class="invisible">news/eus-borrell-calls-maduros-regime-dictatorial/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/JosepBorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosepBorrell</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Madrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Madrid</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>What the First <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Debate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debate</span></a> Question for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Must Be</p><p>The moderators ought to start with the fact that he rejects the foundations of the American system of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>.</p><p>by Tom Nichols</p><p>“I find it exhausting to have to point out that Donald Trump has—yet again—threatened to engage in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> behavior, &amp; that—yet again—the collective reaction by some in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> seems to be a numb acceptance that this is just who Trump is.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/what-the-first-debate-question-for-trump-must-be/679763/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar</span><span class="invisible">chive/2024/09/what-the-first-debate-question-for-trump-must-be/679763/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Governor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Governor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RonDeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RonDeSantis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/demands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oppose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amendment</span></a> to add <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/abortionrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionrights</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. </p><p>DeSantis laid down his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mandate</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> on Saturday night in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrowardCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrowardCounty</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/09/09/desantis-demands-republicans-publicly-oppose-amendment-to-add-abortion-rights-to-florida-constitution/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sun-sentinel.com/2024/09/09/de</span><span class="invisible">santis-demands-republicans-publicly-oppose-amendment-to-add-abortion-rights-to-florida-constitution/</span></a></p>
Father Enoch<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PeterStrzok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterStrzok</span></a>, fyi, was a part of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RobertMueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMueller</span></a>'s investigation team, until he got caught texting an FBI lawyer about how incompetently evil <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> was (shocker). <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheEpochTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheEpochTimes</span></a> was doing a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hitpiece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hitpiece</span></a> on Strzok and it I think it took up almost the entire issue. </p><p>I was confused as heck. I knew it was a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politicalrag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalrag</span></a>, I just didn't get why a rag that lamented about "oppressive Chinese dictators" was carrying water for TRUMP, the most <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> of the US (so FAR).</p>
Mark<p>2016 Republican convention let extremists in. 2024 they took over</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremists</span></a> actually dominated the main stage</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rightwing</span></a> extremist rhetoric moved from sidelines to main stage; obscure activists to top party figures</p><p>Joe Lowndes, a political science professor at Hunter College said: In 2016 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maga</span></a> was an effective movement which was insurgent &amp; combative. Now they have space to work out new forms of far-right politics</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/21/rnc-extremists-jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/jul/21/rnc-extremists-jd-vance-marjorie-taylor-greene</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/violent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unprepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unprepared</span></a> for life next to a dictator because geographic isolation long protected us from invasion and war. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> simply assumed that the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> would shield us from foreign threats. But if the U.S. becomes <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a>, where would that leave Canada?</p><p>Canada needs to become more economically <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SelfReliant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfReliant</span></a> and deepen <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> ties with other <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ally</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> opponents of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/canada-needs-to-brace-itself-for-a-trump-dictatorship/article_06179de4-13ca-11ef-a989-278884cf44fb.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/canada-nee</span><span class="invisible">ds-to-brace-itself-for-a-trump-dictatorship/article_06179de4-13ca-11ef-a989-278884cf44fb.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanadaUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaUSA</span></a></p>
My Head’s Exploding 🤯 💥<p>This is how a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/facist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> countries treat its citizens. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NeverTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NeverRepublican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverRepublican</span></a></p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@janetate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>janetate</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/@janetate/112275829361770469" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@janetate/11227</span><span class="invisible">5829361770469</span></a></p>
My Head’s Exploding 🤯 💥<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@abreaction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abreaction</span></a></span> I left when <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> took over and fired the help. He has TOO many <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> tendencies for my comfort level. </p><p><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/202303/is-elon-musk-a-leadership-nightmare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cu</span><span class="invisible">tting-edge-leadership/202303/is-elon-musk-a-leadership-nightmare</span></a></p>
Delphi<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> is becoming <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Masks</span></a> are a protection against <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a>. They're one of our tools to help reduce <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> Not everyone could have a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid19</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/booster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booster</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> doesn't work for all strains of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SARS_COV_2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARS_COV_2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a>. Its efficacy declines over time. Unlike <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPs</span></a> in#parliament most os us don't have <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/airfiltration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airfiltration</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a>.<br>Thus the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> is forcing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> to increase chance of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sickness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sickness</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/COVIDisAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDisAirborne</span></a> What happened to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/protesters-face-jail-for-wearing-face-masks-or-carrying-flares-under-new-crackdown/ar-BB1hWXbf?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=80cd899c90764d5de33d33c39b8a2371&amp;ei=8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/prot</span><span class="invisible">esters-face-jail-for-wearing-face-masks-or-carrying-flares-under-new-crackdown/ar-BB1hWXbf?rc=1&amp;ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=80cd899c90764d5de33d33c39b8a2371&amp;ei=8</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is trying to establish a justification for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a> actions he's already intending to take if he wins the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/2024election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024election</span></a>. These <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/passiveAggressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passiveAggressive</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> are as transparent as they are <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pathetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathetic</span></a>. Trump is terrified of the potential <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> of the 91 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> counts he's facing, and is desperately trying to weasel his way out of legal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jeopardy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jeopardy</span></a>. Why would anyone vote for this evil sack of shit?</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictments-biden-threats-2666679492" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/trump-indictments</span><span class="invisible">-biden-threats-2666679492</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, December 9</p><p>Putin plays it safe by delaying new mobilization ahead of election in Russia -- Putin plays it safe by delaying new mobilization ahead of election in Russia? -- Russia holds 500 Ukrainian medical workers captive -- Tusk says Orban government 'openly' supports Russian positions -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20December%209/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20December%209/</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>“Like Donald, I am “above the law” (TM pending) so I get to choose which I shall acknowledge”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Deviant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deviant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DictatorDani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorDani</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FuckTheRuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTheRuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AnarchyAlberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnarchyAlberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LetErRip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetErRip</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/PetrostateAlberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetrostateAlberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Deplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deplorable</span></a></p>