(1/3) Two recommended news updates from this week, focusing especially on the explicit accusations of fascism and fascist overtones in the 2024 US presidential election. One podcast and one Substack newsletter:
My comment: ““Obeying in advance,” another sign of our times on the brink of fascism that seems both surreal, forboding and tragic.”
https://substack.com/@wesfryer/note/c-74287603
Original Substack update from Heather Cox Richardson, 20 October
(2/3) 2024:
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-25-2024
Trump’s embrace of “big daddy” style authoritarianism:
#StraightWhiteAmericanJesus [PODCAST] Weekly Roundup: Trump’s Hitler Admiration and Tucker Carlson's Creepy Speech
https://pca.st/episode/45f21487-cf68-4d9b-ab0c-b21b6f61f8c2
For some of my candid reflections on the precipitous political moment in which we are living, check out Episode 30 of our “Wes and Shelly Share podcast” published last
A bombshell story last night from the Wall Street Journal reported that billionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest men in the world, who is backing the election of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with a daily million-dollar sweepstakes giveaway and gifts of tens of millions to the campaign, has been in regular contact with Russian president Vladimir Putin since late 2022.
(3/3) night:
https://www.shellyfryer.com/2024/10/26/ep-30-pre-election-time-capsule-and-bedtime-book-memories/
AI image by Wes Fryer via Ideogram:
https://ideogram.ai/g/qclcFLtETxSHYufM1cGVsg/0
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