https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/10/world/europe/russian-ukraine-torture.html?unlocked_article_code=J7Aj-Z1ENrVU9hMZo7N1FjOj-arAJ8ul_6E_jqzGoKdLaHPqGApjigzuli97uWJWFRkdab6oThasV3mNemU4aWpUcJUksSjFIsUNXEmcff3o2AuAaaPm_4CpxE41W36q8Gz0qxTHVKMKVJHT6nbXeuEyZXID9hNb3rzo4oOberBULH93HGhGYNWx2IYq1KVJ-5OhM3hQI9_oCJRS8aANvTwUysYyesBYzFuXLkubNno6bTwVHt3BLv1SEZXODRNpSW_7gk4dPXpjVQN_pU4ZJlOnv907NB2-QiXDP4BJ8qGmAIjkQauKz6Kh_6yN_yto7-sUVuLLklVyk2_exjUChIWLn9BbAQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #russia #Torture #autocracy #humanrights #Ukraine
#ukraine #humanrights #autocracy #torture #russia
"No one's coming to rescue us...the work is now ours alone.
This is a crisis of a nation. W/out a positive vision of ourself or compass toward an ever-more-inclusive #democracy , we'll inevitably become a nation of anarchy & #autocracy.
The 3 #GOP Drivers of this Anti-American suspicion & hate:
1 #Billionaires don't want to fund the Moochers/soc security, medicare, public schools, etc.
2] #America as free-vibrant đ beacon is threat to other dictatorships who are funding our media disinfo. đ§”
#america #billionaires #gop #autocracy #Democracy
One of the major, potentially fatal, flaws in #democracy
What could be called 'The Democratic Paradox':
The problem with a #dictatorship is that you can't get rid of the dictator, however bad a job they are doing.
The problem with democracy is that a leader is primarily motivated to do what will keep their job in 4 years' time, rather than plan ahead for the long-term health of the country.
#autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #economics #politics #dictatorship #democracy
đșđž Is the US headed towards another Civil War? #Politics #civilwar #autocracy #Democracy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yilgr2SJ3xQ&si=zKleOtA3LbSg6ICS
#Democracy #autocracy #civilwar #Politics
Take. Him. Deadly. Seriously. Listen: https://www.publicnotice.co/p/aaron-rupar-show-ruth-ben-ghiat?utm_campaign=post
#Americans #Autocracy #Abuse
"American democracy simply cannot function without two equally healthy and equally strong political parties,â J Michael Luttig told CNN on Wednesday. âSo today, in my view, there is no Republican party to counter the Democratic party in the country.
âAnd for that reason, American democracy is in grave peril.â
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/09/anti-trump-judge-conservative-republican-party
Listening to The MeidasTouch Podcast (Jack Smith NOT WASTING TIME as Trump is CORNERED): https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/537745/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/prfx.byspotify.com/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH6455745118.mp3?updated=1692662436
On this episode of the MeidasTouch Podcast, Ben, Brett and Jordy discuss the fast-moving developments that have already kicked off the week.
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/537745/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/prfx.byspotify.com/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH6455745118.mp3?updated=1692662436 #politics #Podcsat #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #voteblue #VoteBlue2024 #savedemocracy #refusefascism #fascism #rightwingextremism #Christofascism #authoritarianism #autocracy #maga #gop
#gop #maga #autocracy #authoritarianism #Christofascism #rightwingextremism #fascism #refusefascism #savedemocracy #VoteBlue2024 #voteblue #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #Podcsat #politics
@Incognitim @davidpmaurer
Since when does the govt control a business's hiring and marketing practices? #Autocracy #Fascists
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#nawalny #rus #putin #autocracy
#Navalny is sentenced to 19 years for âextremismâ as #Kremlin crushes #dissent
#Tyranny #Autocracy #Putin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/04/alexei-navalny-sentenced-russia-opposition/
#navalny #kremlin #dissent #tyranny #autocracy #putin
If Trump lands the nomination, the ballot will undeniably be Democracy v. Autocracy.
Thatâs a war this democracy canât afford to lose. Weâve seen it all before.
#WeveSeenItAllBefore #DejaVu #DonaldTrump #Trump #PreserveDemocracy #Hitler #autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism
#Fascism #authoritarianism #autocracy #hitler #preservedemocracy #Trump #DonaldTrump #dejavu #weveseenitallbefore
The (paperâs) ideas illuminate how #JeffreyClark may operate if named AG â taking an approach that many #lawyers worry could turn the #DOJ into an instrument of the presidentâs personal & political #agenda. At the same time, Clark & others at the CRA have been some of the loudest voices claiming that #Biden is using #law enforcement to target his adversaries as he presides over what the nonprofit organization calls a âwoke & #WeaponizedGovernment.â
#jeffreyclark #lawyers #doj #agenda #biden #law #weaponizedgovernment #trump #criminal #autocracy #democracy
This past May, #JeffreyClark published a position paper on the Center for Renewing Americaâs website that some of TFGâs allies see as a blueprint for bringing the #DOJ to heel, one of a number of policy proposals the organization has produced for a possible second #Trump term. The paper, titled âThe U.S. Justice Department Is Not Independent,â advocates a #UnitaryTheoryOfTheExecutive that would give the #president sweeping #authority over the whole #federal bureaucracy.
#jeffreyclark #doj #trump #unitarytheoryoftheexecutive #president #authority #federal #autocracy
The film #Idiocracy is an influence & inspiration for one of my #games #Slartboz
I believe we do already live in an idiocracy. That film just took it to an extreme. Set in a future #dystopia. That rough strategy is what I am doing too with my #future #sim
I sometimes refer to the "idiocracy" phenomenon, in private, as a "duh-mocracy"
#Democracy sounds nice when in contrast to a brutal #autocracy or #totalitarian #dictatorahip. A reasonable stance
But if majority rules & ~51% #idiots: BAD
#idiocracy #games #slartboz #dystopia #future #sim #democracy #autocracy #totalitarian #dictatorahip #idiots
Theyâll fail just as badly in Judge #Chutkanâs court if not worse than every other #court that already found the cases #meritless & #frivolous.
But they will force us to suffer their foolery anyway.
#Trump #Indictment #TrumpIndictment #Conspiracy #Obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #Jan6 #Law #legal #DOJ #JackSmith
#chutkan #court #meritless #frivolous #trump #indictment #trumpindictment #conspiracy #obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #jan6 #law #legal #doj #jacksmith
Ugh, Tues night, #Trump atty #JohnLauro on #FauxNews w/ #BretBaier vowed to â#relitigate every single issue in the #2020electionâ for the #jury, presumably including the #fraud claims which EVERY COURT REJECTED.
âIt gives (fmr) Pres Trump an opportunity that he has never had before, which is to have #subpoena power since #Jan6 in a way that can be exercised in #FederalCourt.â
#Indictment #Conspiracy #Obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #Jan6 #Law #legal #DOJ #JackSmith
#trump #johnlauro #fauxnews #bretbaier #relitigate #2020election #jury #fraud #subpoena #jan6 #federalcourt #indictment #conspiracy #obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #law #legal #doj #jacksmith
Here are the #Trump #CoConspirators described in the #DOJ #indictment
#CoConspirator1 #Giuliani
#CoConspirator2 #Eastman
#CoConspirator3 #Powell
#CoConspirator4 #Clark
#CoConspirator5 #Chesebro
Iâm wondering if #CoConspirator6 is Rep #ScottPerry of #Pennsylvania who introduced #JeffClark to Trump.
#Indictment #Conspiracy #Obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #Jan6 #Law #legal #DOJ #JackSmith
#trump #coconspirators #doj #indictment #coconspirator1 #giuliani #coconspirator2 #eastman #coconspirator3 #powell #coconspirator4 #clark #coconspirator5 #chesebro #coconspirator6 #scottperry #pennsylvania #jeffclark #conspiracy #obstruction #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #jan6 #law #legal #jacksmith
The #InsurrectionAct allows the president to deploy the US armed forces against American citizens. The alleged plot inside the WH was not merely to invalidate an election; it included the possibility of unleashing the American #military against its own people.
- Tom Nichols
#TrumpIndictment #Conspiracy #Obstruction #TrumpCoup #Jan6 #2020election #BigLie #democracy #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #Law #legal #DOJ #JackSmith
#insurrectionact #military #trumpindictment #conspiracy #obstruction #trumpcoup #jan6 #2020election #biglie #democracy #autocracy #kleptocracy #law #legal #doj #jacksmith
A Theory of #Degenerate #Autocracy -
'A dynamic model of non-democratic
politics, in which repression and bad decision-making are self-reinforcing - Repressions reduce the threat, yet raise the stakes for the dictator; with higher stakes, the dictator puts
more emphasis on loyalty than competence. Our theory sheds light on the mechanism
of disastrous individual decisions in highly institutionalized authoritarian regimes'
an interesting new study https://t.co/SXx1k6CHbq by Sonin / Egorov