Hdunagan4h ago
Trump wants to put his picture on a $250 bill. Ya know who else put their likeness on currency while they were still alive? Joseph Stalin (Russia), Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Idi Amin (Uganda), and the list goes on. #autocracy #fascism
Show threadNonilex11h ago

Hennepin County attorney’s office charged him with 4 counts of second-degree #assault earlier this month.

“Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro,” Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, said in a statement.

#law #Trump #immigration #Minnesota #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

WIST Quotations14h ago

A quotation from Martha Gellhorn

The Founding Fathers cannot have intended a President and his small group of appointed advisors to perform like a monarch surrounded by his court. As if the people’s representatives and the people themselves were a general nuisance, and the job is to keep the whole tiresome bunch quiet: manipulate them.

Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998) American novelist, journalist war correspontent
Letter (1971) to Daniel Ellsberg

More about this quote: wist.info/gellhorn-martha/8394…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marthagellhorn #America #autocracy #congress #founders #manipulation #monarchy #presidency #president #presidentialpower #representationalgovernment #secrecy #thepeople #wethepeople

Gellhorn, Martha - Letter (1971) to Daniel Ellsberg | WIST Quotations

The Founding Fathers cannot have intended a President and his small group of appointed advisors to perform like a monarch surrounded by his court. As if the people’s representatives and the people themselves were a general nuisance, and the job is to keep the whole tiresome bunch quiet: manipulate them.…

WIST Quotations
Anagārika Alāra, PhD1d ago

For the past week, I haven't been able to login to X via either Tor or a VPN. I get a cryptic 'Something went wrong' error. Since I'm not willing to login to X without those things, I guess this is the end of my blogging on X.

Democracy dies from despotism.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/28/still-on-x-ask-yourself-why-platform-twitter-malign-actors-misinformation

#x #twitter #tor #vpn #access #censorship #freespeech #freedom #humanrights #democracy #autocracy #oligarchy #despotism

If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why?

Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

The Guardian
Show threadKat O’Brien1d ago
I found especially interesting a finding Dr. Dunbar shared that seems very relevant for the U.S. and recent survey outcomes. The diff between subjective & objective wellbeing found pessimism highest for full democracy states w/declining levels of civil liberties. Also politicization of judiciary is a strong predictor of authoritarian drift.
#authoritarianism #autocracy #democracy
Adrian Morales2d ago

《cage fighting to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence》

Its independence? Or its demise? I'm glad the Founding Fathers aren't here to see this.

#US #America #Nazi #Fascism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Dictatorship #NoKings #Autocracy #Tyranny #DirtyPoliticians

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/construction-cage-fighting-arena-transforms-white-house-grounds-2026-05-27/

Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦2d ago
“For a populace already demoralized by political gridlock, economic precarity, and an impenetrable morass of disinformation, resistance can feel like too much work. The only people left with any ambition are those bent on abusing it”
#USA #Autocracy #Kleptocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/27/trump-corruption-autocracy?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
Why Trump isn’t bothering to hide his corruption

Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy

The Guardian
The Levant Files3d ago

International Media is Alarmed, It Has a Reason: #Turkey’s #CHP #Crisis Escalates Into a Democratic Shockwave

#democracy #autocracy

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/05/international-media-is-alarmed-it-has.html

International Media is Alarmed, It Has a Reason: Turkey’s CHP Crisis Escalates Into a Democratic Shockwave

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been thrust into its most severe crisis in years after a court annu...

Pedro J. Hdez4d ago

Reading "AUTOCRACY, INC.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" is making me feel almost more uneasy than when I have read about the consequences of climate change :(

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/books/review/autocracy-inc-anne-applebaum.html

#Autocracy

Book Review: ‘Autocracy, Inc.,’ by Anne Applebaum

In “Autocracy, Inc.,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes account of the financial institutions and trade deals that have helped spread tyranny across the world.

The New York Times
The Levant Files4d ago

‘Butlan #Coup’ Deepens #Turkey’s Political Fault Lines

#democracy #CHP #autocracy

https://www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/05/butlan-coup-deepens-turkeys-political.html

‘Butlan Coup’ Deepens Turkey’s Political Fault Lines

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been thrust into one of the most turbulent episodes in its history after a “nul...