For #comedians around the world, the laughs often end as #democracy fades

#Trump diminishing space for #FreeSpeech shows Trump’s America is moving towards #authoritarianism. Senator Bernie Sanders, speaking to MSNBC, said the country was on a path towards becoming more like #oppressive #regimes in #Russia and #Saudi Arabia. “This is just another step forward,” he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/19/for-comedians-around-the-world-the-laughs-often-end-as-democracy-fades

#DictatorTrump #USSA #ComradeKrasnov #ThoughtPolice #threats

For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades

Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India

The Guardian

𝗞𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘄𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗶𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗷𝗱𝗲𝗻

Victoria Koblenko heeft dinsdag een emotionele oproep gedaan aan de Haagse politiek om kunst, theaters, media en sport te koesteren. De actrice deed dit tijdens de presentatie van een actieplan van een aantal grote maatschappelijke organisaties aan de Tweede Kamer, om meer aandacht te besteden...

https://www.rtl.nl/boulevard/artikel/5527479/koblenko-waarschuwt-nederland-ik-weet-hoe-regimes-afglijden

#Koblenko #waarschuwt #regimes

Koblenko waarschuwt Nederland: ik weet hoe regimes afglijden

Victoria Koblenko heeft dinsdag een emotionele oproep gedaan aan de Haagse politiek om kunst, theaters, media en sport te koesteren. De actrice deed dit tijdens de presentatie van een actieplan van een aantal grote maatschappelijke organisaties aan de Tweede Kamer, om meer aandacht te besteden aan de zaken die Nederland verbinden in plaats van uit elkaar drijven. Het plan wordt gesteund door onder meer NOC*NSF, de KNVB, boekenkoepel CPNB, de Vereniging van Evenementenmakers, diverse vakbonden en media.

RTL Boulevard
“his assault on #researchers and their #institutions is so deep that historians and other experts see similarities to the playbook employed by #autocratic #regimes to curb science.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s... #Trump #science

Historians See Autocratic Play...
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics.

The New York Times

At The Counteroffensive, we are doing the opposite.

We are building a team in #Ukraine and Europe to put a face on societies that are victims of #authoritarian #regimes worldwide. 

Dictators and Strongmen: Opressive Regimes in Historical Fiction

These 9 historical fiction books about oppressive regimes will remind you of the importance of standing against tyranny, no matter how hard.

BOOK RIOT
“This is comparable to the rise of #totalitarian #regimes in the 1920s and 1930s, when #Mussolini said even a teacher of mathematics must be a #fascistwww.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o... #Trump

Opinion | The Mind-Boggling In...
Opinion | The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump

The president is driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system.

The New York Times

Their families fled #Nazis. With #Trump, US Jews make Germany Plan B

You click ‘Yes, I’m #Jewish’ on the #German form and send it to the German govt

Trump’s demonising, scapegoating segments of society are uncomfortable echoes of 1930s prewar #Germany

His insistence on abject loyalty, taking control of state, independent & cultural institutions to serve his own ends have drawn comparisons to #fascist and #autocratic #regimes

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250802-families-fled-nazis-facing-trump-us-jews-making-germany-plan-b-citizenship-anti-semitism

#DictatorTrump

Their families fled the Nazis. Facing Trump, US Jews are making Germany ‘Plan B’

Germany is making it easier for the descendants of victims of Nazism to obtain German citizenship, and an increasing number of American Jews are applying. While some are seeking citizenship for practical reasons or as a form of reparation, others see it as a way to escape an increasingly anti-Semitic America under US President Donald Trump. 

FRANCE 24
I have found this #picture in my family archives it was made 1992 on a summer #vacation in #meklenburg you can clearly determine where #west is, if you look at the antennas still pointing towards west #germany. #information #media #regimes

NEW! #GOP Senator Cornyn: “Authoritarian #regimes like #Russia and China threaten the universal ideals that bond democracies together, and it is imperative we stand united in our support for the #Ukrainian people”

https://kyivpost.com/post/56715

#RussiaIsATerroristState #UkraineWillWin

@GuidoKuehn Allein die #Anerkennung eines #Terror - #Regimes wie das der #Taliban verbietet sich prinzipiell, @AuswaertigesAmt !

Was soll das, @Bundesregierung ?