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#fascism

"The new Administration must fill its ranks with political appointees."

"Empowering political appointees across the Administration is crucial to a President’s success.

"Rick Dearborn writes that the White House Counsel 'must
take seriously the duty to protect the powers and privileges of the President from encroachments by Congress, the judiciary, and the administrative components of
departments and agencies."

"Nothing is more important than deconstructing the centralized administrative state."

"The GOP and Americans more generally will need to take a much tougher stance against those threatening its democratic institutions. In January 1933, the largest democratic party in Germany, the SPD, failed to use its most powerful weapon against the Nazis—calling a general strike."

By Robert Gerwarth

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/06/weimars-lessons-for-bidens-america/

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#history
#WWII
#hitler
#nazis
#StateOfDemocracy

Hashtags for above post.

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Anyone can be a"drug trafficker" if you want them dead badly enough. And we all know how fascists are.

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"When it comes to democracy and equality, neutrality is an abdication of our duty."
-Nikole Hannah-Jones

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Introducing you all to my hashtag #StateOfDemocracy, which covers the rise of fascism as it applies to the strength of democracy in the States and around the world.

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"State of the world 2022: defiance in the face of autocratization" Wiebrecht+2023

2022 update on #StateOfDemocracy with #VarietiesOfDemocracy dataset V13

4 main findings
- 3 bad (read for yourself!)
- 1 good: "8 countries not only stopped but also reversed #autocratization in the last 10 years"
-- 5 factors:
* executive constraints
* mass mobilization
* alternation in power
* unified opposition coalescing with civil society
* international democracy support

OA: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2023.2199452

I am trying to send this message to the White House. I say "trying" because I don't seem to have enough internet to tell Recaptcha that I am not a computer.

"Two years after the major terrorist event on January 6, 2021, only a handful of the insurrectionist rioters are behind bars. None of them will serve more than a decade behind bars. The violent white supremacist gangs that aided their self-radicalisation and gave them training are still active and have been terrorising BIPOC and LGBTQ People. The wealthy donors to extremist movements are still active and continue to boost both activities and messaging that endanger our democracy, even as our slide towards fascism turns into a steep, careening water slide.

"Merrick Garland is not the man for this job. He has proven in the past that he is talented at delivering pressers. Otherwise, his incompetence and refusal to take meaningful action against racially motivated terrorists in the States has allowed dangerous violent extremist groups to thrive.

"Please reconsider your choice for Attorney General. We need a person of action, not a presser specialist."

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#MerrickGarland
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We have had discriminatory laws and policies since 1619. We have had for ed la our camps where torture was practised and murder was common. We are once again seeing the rise in laws and hate against LGBTQ People. We areiving through another era of book bans - this time accompanied by library closure. Strictures are being placed on education.

If these incidents don't sound familiar to you as a collective, I suggest looking up and reading Heather Dune Macadam's "999" and Judy Batalion's THE LIGHT OF DAYS.

We have already been at the point where whatever you promised yourself that you would do if the Holocaust were to happen again is calling your name. Right now.

I'm serious. You need to start doing things.

A side note that this didn't start with transgender people. It started with Black People, Native Americans, and People of Colour. One of the biggest wake-up moments was when a wealthy bigot who had access to unimaginable wealth descended a golden staircase and promised to attack Mexican People.

There is a new Now Also This.

"House Bill 20, a measure by state Representative Matt Schaefer, a right-wing Republican from Tyler, that would create a state 'Border Protection Unit' with officers who are empowered to 'arrest, detain, and deter individuals crossing the border illegally including with the use of non-deadly force.'

"Under this bill, officers would be allowed to repel and return migrants back to Mexico or arrest individuals seen crossing the border between ports of entry, which would become a state felony that could carry harsh prison sentences under the bill. Schaefer’s legislation would codify and expand prior orders by Governor Greg Abbott—like granting National Guard soldiers the power to detain migrants—that have blatantly tested the limits of state authority.

"The special unit, to be housed within the Texas Department of Public Safety and run by a gubernatorial appointee, could hire a militia-style cadre of officers empowered to enforce these laws—with immunity from any civil or criminal liability. The bill also states that the unit could employ private citizens 'to participate in unit operations and functions' who could be deputized with arresting authority if 'trained and specifically authorized by the governor.'"

https://www.texasobserver.org/border-militia-bill-reveals-texas-gops-scheme-to-expand-state-enforcement-powers/

This doesn't require explanation. We all know what this is.

Make your plans of action (contact politicians, write letters to the editor, post to social media, donate to affected people and groups, etc), and start taking action.

#fascism
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#ConcentrationCamps
#discrimination
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www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/20/live-updates-of-trump-grand-jury-expected-indictment-in-payoff-to-porn-star-stormy-daniels.html

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State of Democracy:

* At least two threats against Governor Gretchen Whitmer, D-MI, have been acted against by legal authorities so far this year.

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Review this. Quiz Friday, including two essay questions.

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5mZWVkYnVybmVyLmNvbS9Gcm9udGxpbmVBdWRpb2Nhc3RQYnM/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvMTM0MDkzNzk1Mg?ep=14

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The conservatory Ives have one point: China has made inroads in our government and threatens our information gathering capabilities. At least, as far as concerns Matt Gaetz.

www.businessinsider.com/video-matt-gaetz-cites-chinese-communist-newspaper-during-hearing-2023-2

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#China
#MattGaetz
#FakeNews
#MediaLiteracy
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#StateOfDemocracy

Now, I for one detest Imperialism, but I have a great deal of sympathy with Jingoism. And there seemed something so touching about this unbroken and innocent bragging... It is so obvious and so jolly to be optimistic about England, especially when you are an optimist—and an Englishman.
--G K Chesterton

Source: Tremendous Trifles (1909)
#CorruptedInnocence #Jingoism #Imperialism #History #England #StateOfDemocracy #Journalism #Thoughts #Chesterton #Quotes

Accelerationism is part of a broader white supremacist strategy to weaken our democratic government to the extent that they can replace it with an authoritarian one and implement genocidal policies against marginalised people.

"From 2016 to 2022, white supremacist plots targeting energy systems 'dramatically increased in frequency.

"11 of those defendants [who were associated with white supremacist movements] were charged after 2020 in federal courts with planning attacks on the energy sector.

"The study attributed the targeting of the energy sector to the rise of 'accelerationism,' [white supremacists'] desire to hasten the collapse of society."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/us/electrical-substation-attacks-nc-wa.amp.html

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#ElectricalGrid
#militias
#WhiteSupremacy

Hiya. Check out the hashtag #StateOfDemocracy , which I established. It is slightly different than fascism and refers to the decline of democracy as authoritarians and conspiracy theorists attain power.

Hashtags for the above posts.

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#xenophobia
#AntiSemitism

I've unfollowed NYT & NYMag on social media due to their publication of anti-transgender hate screeds. I am also removing them from my bookmarks. They learnt nothing from their mistakes in 1939, and it shows. I will continue to follow journalists of repute.

They are coming for us. They started by coming after Black People in 1619 and haven't stopped since.

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#hate
#StateOfDemocracy
#media

Whatever you might think of the current government (😱 comes to mind), imagine trying to do your job with many of your colleagues plotting against you and seeking to depose you.

That's where we are. Pathetic, isn't it?

Put the COUNTRY first, Goddammit.

#StateOfDemocracy #IncompetentGovernment #PoliticsInAMess #PutTheCountryFirst