#ElonMusk Acknowledges Withholding #SatelliteService to Thwart Ukrainian Attack

A top adviser to #Ukraine’s president accused #ElonMusk of enabling Russian aggression, after the billionaire entrepreneur acknowledged denying satellite internet service in order to prevent a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian naval fleet last year.

#Russia #Autocrats #Fascists
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/world/europe/elon-musk-starlink-ukraine.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Editorial It’s an obvious pairing, but there’s danger in Starmer’s bromance with Blair | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/it%E2%80%99s-obvious-pairing-there%E2%80%99s-danger-starmer%E2%80%99s-bromance-blair

#Blair
#Starmer
#GreenIssues
#Autocrats
#InstituteForGlobalChange

What Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán Understand About Your Brain

By Marcel Danesi, 07/30/2023

"My research analyzes real speeches made by politicians past and present, including those of #Trump, #Orbán and #Putin, using cognitive linguistics — a branch of linguistics that examines the relationship between language and the mind. What I have found is that throughout history, speeches by #dictators and #autocrats have one thing in common: they use #dehumanizing metaphors to instill and propagate hatred of others.

"It is well-documented that for example words like 'reptiles' and 'parasites' were used by the Nazi regime to compare outsiders and minorities to animals. Strongmen throughout history have referred to targeted social groups as 'rats' or 'pests' or 'a plague.'"

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/30/the-connection-between-political-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-00108378

#LittleManWithin #DivideAndConquer #Propaganda #Dictators #Fascism

Remember how TFG wanted tanks to roll through the streets on July 4th to celebrate freedom?

Thinking about that today.

#Russia
#July4th
#Autocrats

RT @CREDOatSU@twitter.com

"Are today’s #autocrats different from the likes of Hitler, Mao and Stalin, who terrorised the world less than a century ago?" asks @PetraAlderman@twitter.com in their review of Spin Dictators

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@CEDAR_Bham@twitter.com @sguriev@twitter.com @dstreisman@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CREDOatSU/status/1671762950158155776

#Erdogan and the Rise of the #Autocrats https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/erdogan-and-the-rise-of-the-autocrats

Trump lauds autocrats
Though his own party spreads doubt
What will come of this?

#donaldtrump #northkorea #gop #autocrats #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/north-korea-trump-forgets-not-congratulate-rule-rcna87691

Wow! The #Chinese must really like Elon Musk.

#ElonMusk #sex #blowjob #handjob #China #RightwingExtremists #Autocrats

Americans are being subjected to the BIGGEST ROLL BACK of our HUMAN RIGHTS in American HISTORY because Republicans are lying, cheating and stealing our voices.

Whether it’s lying about what they will do if elected to the Supreme Court (Remember “Roe is Settled Law?”) or pretending to be Democrats prior to becoming elected, r stealing votes, or kicking out elected representatives who support human rights, Republicans will obey no laws. 1/x #republicans #autocrats #fascism

@JoshuaHolland #Autocrats must be fought everywhere. From Tallahassee to Moscow to Beijing.

#autocrats are stifling opposition. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/world/asia/india-gandhi-modi-defamation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@scenario
She gets lots of money and MSNBC gets higher ratings at that slot that carry over later in the week when she isn't there.
But world is moving fast. If you take time off to do research projects you risk not being able to cover the apocalypse in real time, which btw is already underway. This ship of #autocrats, #oligarchs, #nihilists and #christofascists aren't turning around.

RT @Mica4711@twitter.com

Who is the real enemy of the people? http://www.ecoti.in/oV2PGa #Autocrats #Dictators

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Mica4711/status/1527522639098568707

@StevenBeschloss #republicans agree with their oligarchs who want autocracies throughout the world ? Putin wants to destroy America & so do plutocrats? Fox tells them not to trust any news but theirs, 24/7 x 30 yrs & it’s run by oligarchs? My guesses.

#putin #murdoch #gop #RepublicansRTraitors #autocrats #oligarchs #greed #warprofiteers

“America, Europe, a coalition of nations… were too unified. #Democracy was too strong. Pres #Putin is confronted w/something today that he didn't think was possible a yr ago," he cont’d. "The democraciesof the world have grown stronger, not weaker, but the #autocrats of the world have grown weaker, & not stronger - because in moments of great upheaval & uncertainty, knowing what you stand for is most important, & knowing who stands w/you makes all of the difference."

3/
#POTUS #Biden #Ukraine

U.S. fines firm $1.5 million for hiring kids to clean meatpacking plants

Packers Sanitation Services allegedly employed minors as young as 13

The company, Packers Sanitation Services, allegedly employed minors as young as 13 to use caustic chemicals to clean “razor-sharp saws,” head splitters and other dangerous equipment at meatpacking facilities in eight states, mostly in the Midwest and the South

#childrensrights #HumanRights #Criminals #ChildAbuse #Autocrats

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/17/child-labor-meatpacking-department-of-labor/

FASCISTS DON'T NEED TRUTH... I GUESS.

"Fox News Worried That Fact-Checking Trump’s “Big Lie” Would Hurt Ratings"

https://truthout.org/articles/fox-news-worried-that-fact-checking-trumps-big-lie-would-hurt-ratings/

#Fascism #Autocrats #Oligarchs #GOP #Republicans #MAGA #Fox #Murdoch #Hannity

SLOW DEATH?

"“I worry that McCarthy will try to split the baby and support funding for hard military infrastructure but not support economic and humanitarian aid,” the Democratic senator said. “If that’s the direction that US funding goes, it’s a recipe for the slow death of Ukraine.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/how-big-a-threat-does-the-hard-right-pose-to-us-support-for-ukraine

#GOP #Democrats #Republicans #Fascists #Autocrats #US #Ukraine #Putin

@tripperhead

☝️ #HongKong — now reduced to being mere #CCP's banking colony — is to become a key #clearinghouse cum #moneylaundry for world's #despots and #autocrats; but only if the world's democracies allow it by keeping their #financial institutions in the same cesspool.

What's it gonna be? Are we still in the business of building up autocracies at the expense of #democracy and #humanrights?

#CCP #PRC #china #xianggang #corruption #dictatorship

It would be unconscionable to think anyone would attempt to assassinate the president and vice president, but these same people built a gallows in front of the US Capitol, and were literally hunting Nancy Pelosi and Mike Pence, on the command of Donald Trump, with every intention of hanging them!

“Hang Mike Pence!” They chanted.
“Where’s Pelosi?” The enraged mob screamed!

Trump planned on marching with them, and walking straight into the Capitol to take power from the people.

#Autocrats