it would be funny, what's going on, were it not so tragic . . . buffoons pretending they are Great Men

#USPolitics #Morons #Fascists

it would be funny, what's going on, were it not so tragic . . . buffoons pretending they are Great Men

#USPolitics #Morons #Fascists

#fascists #ICE #Texas

"But a February investigative report uncovered that among the agency's ranks is a Dallas-area prosecutor alleged to operate a racist social media account. Months later, a lack of information about the prosecutor's standing has pushed federal lawmakers to press the agency for a definitive response.

(. . .)

In February, a Texas Observer investigation found that an ICE prosecutor working in the state's immigration courts has likely been operating X account GlomarResponder, which has made a number of openly racist, xenophobic and pro-fascist posts on the platform since the account went live in 2012.

'America is a White nation, founded by Whites. We are the historical and majority population, and it was founded for our benefit. Our country should favor us,' GlomarResponder said in one January 2025 post. Other posts include one from last September stating, 'All blacks are foreign to my people, dumb f***,' and another from May where the account owner professed to be a 'fascist'.

GlomarResponder also authored a number of anti-immigrant posts, including one from August last year that said, ‘Migrants are all criminals.' Two months later, the Observer reported, the account posted an image that read, 'It is our holy duty to guard against the foreign hordes.' In January, he made a separate post evoking violence against immigrants.

After cross-referencing biographical details shared on the profile with other social media accounts, public records, interviews and court hearing attendance, the Observer linked the account to James Joseph Rodden, a Dallas-area assistant chief counsel for ICE who represents the agency in removal cases. The account, now private, had nearly 17,000 followers as of Tuesday."

https://www.salon.com/2025/04/17/were-going-to-get-answers-texas-democrat-presses-ice-over-an-avowed-fascist-in-its-ranks/

#fascists #universities

"Stanley underscored that the Trump administration’s war on universities is straight out of an authoritarian playbook. Throughout history, the rise of authoritarian regimes has coincided with attacks on intellectuals—and efforts to discredit the institutions they’re associated with—in concert with the scapegoating of marginalized groups.

Authoritarians view universities—vital centers of critical thought and free expression—as an innate threat to their desire for complete subservience, Stanley explained. In 1931, for example, Italy’s Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, forced university professors to take loyalty oaths. In a more recent example, Central European University in 2018 was forced out of Budapest by the increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ultimately relocating to Vienna.

'Looking worldwide, authoritarians attacked the universities first,' said Stanley, who discusses this trend at length in his book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Authoritarians look to erase 'critical history' and 'replace it with patriotic education,' Stanley said.

Stanley said authoritarian regimes often malign and deliberately misrepresent student protest movements while moving to delegitimize universities—and major media outlets have a habit of aiding in the process."

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/trump-authoritarians-universities-fascism-jason-stanley/

I fear that Meloni's chomping of the gilded mushroom might come to naught. The thing about the EU is it's a Union. There are more than 20 other countries whose leaders probably aren't so keen to nosh the nazi's nob.

#meloni #tarriffs #boycottusa #fascists

“Musk’s SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield”

…Now there’s a surprise

#usa #us #uspol #USPolitics #trump #donaldtrump #gop #maga #musk #elonmusk #doge #tesla #economy #tariff #tariffs #trade #eu #europe #europa #uk #canada #farright #recession #depression #greenland #denmark #democracy #humanrights #civilrights #brexit #rejoineu #china #fascist #fascism #fascists #nazi #spacex

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/spacex-golden-dome-musk-trump