Copycat Tyranny

Why Trump imports foreign authoritarians

Timothy #Snyder May 12, 2026

If you are American, there is no particular reason you would have heard of Zbigniew #Ziobro. He was one of the authors of the attempt to transform #Poland into an authoritarian regime. When this was halted by the Polish elections of 2023, he fled to #Hungary.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/copycat-tyranny
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#Justice #Democracy

On #Superpower Suicide

And the recovery of justice

Timothy #Snyder May 09, 2026

The United States has just spent billions of dollars to lose a war that enriches its #oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. As justification for the self-destructive mindlessness, the White House gestures towards Jesus and #genocide.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpower-suicide

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Dr. Snyder details his thoughts on Superpower suicide.

To quote the concluding sentence:

"From where we stand now there are two ways forward: one is the self-induced downfall of the American republic; the other is to reconsider American ideals and to restructure American politics so as to bring the people greater power over a more just future."

https://snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpower-suicide

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Her: He's probably thinking about other women…

Him: Who the hell is taking pictures of me and my wife in bed.

#humor #inBed #ThinkingAbout

#Superpower Suicide

The #geopolitics of our moment

Timothy #Snyder Apr 21, 2026

“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the #Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/superpower-suicide

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Sky #Defense

A New Way to Save Lives in #Ukraine

Timothy #Snyder Apr 19, 2026

Since #Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has fired wave after wave of missiles, bombs, and drones at Ukrainian civilians and at the structures that allow them to live: their homes, their businesses, their water supply, their energy infrastructure.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/sky-defense

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"Rebels in our own time"

My 3/28 speech at No Kings 3, #Cincinnati

Timothy #Snyder Apr 11, 202

To honor the origins of of our republic doesn’t mean going back to the eighteenth century. It means being rebels in our own time. It means demanding freedom, aiming for something radically better in the future.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/rebels-in-our-own-time

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#NoKings #50501 #Indivisible
#Prosperity #Constitution #Justice #Peace #Democracy
#oligarchs #MayDay

The Hungarian Candidate

Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?

Timothy #Snyder Apr 10, 2026

On Sunday, the day after tomorrow, Hungary will hold parliamentary elections. Ho-hum, you might think, a routine round of politics in a small central European nation. But these elections loom large the world over.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungarian-candidate

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#Hungary #illiberalism #Vance
#Russia #Europe

The Hungarian Candidate
Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?
#Thinkingabout by #timothySnyder
#VictorOrban #DonaldTrump #JDVance

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungarian-candidate

The president speaks genocide

The words, the law, the future

Timothy #Snyder Apr 07, 2026

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

These are not the words of Hitler, or Stalin, or Mao, or Pol Pot, or Assad, or Putin. These are the words of the president of the United States, today.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-president-speaks-genocide

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