"Terrifying prospect." Trump will use U.S. military to carry out mass deportations
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/19/terrifying-prospect-confirms-he-will-use-the-us-military-to-carry-out-mass-deportations

* plans to declare national emergency
* response to 2024-Nov-08 Truth Social post f. Tom Fitton, president of conservative group Judicial Watch
* critics: military round up costly/dangerous
* big price tag: astronomical economic costs
* requires unfeasible infrastructure

#TomFitton #JudicialWatch
#USpol #USmilitary #MassDeportations
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #xenophobia #Project2025 #hatred

Gender Wars Are an Early Warning Sign for Authoritarianism
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/19/gender-wars-are-an-early-warning-sign-for-authoritarianism

* women’s rights are at the forefront of resistance
* across the world, women have/are playing incredible roles as bulwarks against rise of authoritarianism

#authoritarianism #Trumpism #WomensRights #TransRights
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#capitalism #libertarianism
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #theocracy #antiLGBT #transphobia #misogyny #sexism

Sex misconduct allegations: Trump’s picks
https://19thnews.org/2024/11/sexual-misconduct-allegations-trump-cabinet-picks/?itm_source=parsely-api

* Trump: dozens of accusations of sexual misconduct back to 1970s
* surrounded by men who face similar allegations
* 4 of Trump’s top picks accused of sexual assault, harassment, or child sex trafficking

Matt Gaetz: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113477966815684871
Elon Musk: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473035331153428
RFK Jr.: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113476752158702515
Pete Hegseth: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113473222430772097

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #SexAbuse #misogyny #Gaetz #Musk #RFKjr #Hegseth #ChildAbuse

JD Vance confirms Trump's regime change at FBI
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/20/jd-vance-accidentally-confirmed-that-wants-regime-change-at-the-fbi

* fire Trump1 appointee Christopher Wray
* replacement incl.
Mike Rogers (R-MI)
Kash Patel: Trump1/hardline loyalist

Fmr FBI agent Daniel Brunner: “someone like Kash Patel in the position of director of the FBI is, I believe, extremely, extremely dangerous”

#USpol #FBI #Trump2 #GOP #fascism#JDVance #KashPatel #MikeRogers
#Project2025 #MassDeportations #xenophobia
#libertarianism #privatization #PrisonIndustrialComplex

Veteran news editor expects Trump 'to go after the press in every conceivable way'
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/20/nx-s1-5192627/trump-press-marty-baron-david-remnick

* New Yorker editor David Remnick: Trump's anger "has been never so intense as it's been against the press"
* Trump: news media the "Enemy of the American people"
* threatened retribution
* suggested NBC, CBS, ABC have licenses revoked

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025 #disinformation
#IndependentPress #NewsMedia #FreePress #censorship

Trump orders GOP to snuff out press freedom bill
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/20/republicans-must-this-bill-orders-to-snuff-out-press-freedom-act

* act under attack would shield journalists f. being compelled to turn over their reporting & sources

H.R.4250 - PRESS Act (2024)
Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4250/text
* would make curr. DoJ rule barring prosecutors f. compelling release of journalists' sources into federal law

#journalism #NewsMedia #FreePress
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #extremism #censorship #PressAct #HR4250

Hegemonic masculinity: Trump's cabinet of sex predators
https://theconversation.com/a-trump-cabinet-full-of-alleged-sexual-predators-heres-why-it-makes-perfect-sense-244374

* men accused of sex. abusing women/girls
* Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
* + Linda McMahon: woman alleged to have enabled such abuse

Hegemonic masculinity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_masculinity
* practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society
* dom. over women/other gender identities perceived as "feminine"

https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113193182356581153

#Trump2 #misogyny #sexism #paternalism #transgenocide

Biden weighs preemptive pardons for those on Trump's enemies list
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/05/biden-weighs-preemptive-pardons-for-those-on-enemies-list

* concern: Trump2 officials e.g. Kash Patel serious about threats on political opponents

Biden White House Discussing Preemptive Pardons for Those in Trump’s Crosshairs
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/04/biden-white-house-pardons-00192610

Update:
Biden commutes 1.5k sentences/pardons 39 people
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113640692993246671

#Biden #pardons
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#KashPatel #FBI #revenge #PoliticalCorruption

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
https://apnews.com/article/biden-pardons-clemency-4432002d67334e6716c2776fd73f3cc8

* commutes: 1,500 people released f. prison/home confinement during COVID-19 pandemic
* pardons: 39 Am. convicted of nonviolent crimes

Biden weighs preemptive pardons for those on Trump's enemies list
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113601489149666665

#Biden #pardons
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#KashPatel #FBI #revenge #PoliticalCorruption

How to Protect Your Reproductive Health During Trump’s Second Presidency
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2024/12/16/how-to-protect-your-reproductive-health-during-trumps-second-presidency

* comprehensive guide for protecting access to birth control, abortion medication, emergency contraception before Trump takes office

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #misogyny #sexism #paternalism
#Christofascism #OpusDei #Catholicism #antiabortion #transgenocide
#WomensRights #abortion
#SelfDetermination #ReproductiveRights

Trump2 Blueprint: Use Helms Amendment to Enforce Total Global Abortion Bans
https://msmagazine.com/2024/12/16/trump-project-2025-helms-amendment-abortion-bans-usa-foreign-assistance-aid

* Project 2025 looks to Helms Amendment as a tool
* decades-old policy; keeps women abroad f. accessing safe abortion

Helms Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helms_Amendment_to_the_Foreign_Assistance_Act
* N.C. segregationist Jesse Helms

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#GlobalConservatism #conservatism #GlobalConservatism #antiabortion #HelmsAmendment
#Christofascism #transgenocide

How We Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Plans
https://progressive.org/op-eds/how-we-can-resist-trumps-deportation-plans-montange-20241216

As we approach a second Trump Administration, we need to build solidarity within our communities and expand local-level efforts to defend immigrants

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#xenophobia #WhiteNationalism #immigrants #MassDeportation #ICE
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Terrifying Line of Shock Troops Likely in Trump2 DoJ
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/donald-trump-doj-pam-bondi-shock-troops.html

* state attorneys
Drew Wrigley, ND Attorney Gen.
Scott Stewart, MS Solicitor Gen.

* nonprofit influencers
Gene Hamilton, America First Legal
Jeffrey Clark, Center for Renewing America
Katharine Sullivan, Texas Public Policy Found.
Patricia Nation, America First Policy instit.

* other
Ryan Newman, FL Gov.’s Off. (Gen. Counsel)
Lawrence Keefe, FL Gov.’s Off. (Public Safety Czar)
Curtis Gannon, U.S. Dep. Sol. Gen.

Interview: U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy’s Ominous Warning About Trump2
https://newrepublic.com/article/189552/transcript-chris-murphys-ominous-new-warning-trump-nails

Democrats sound alarm
* Trump attacks on democracy accelerating
* media folding

Chris Murphy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Murphy
* Am. lawyer/author/politician
* U.S. Sen. (D-CT) 2013+
* supporter 2SLGBTQIA+ rights 2002+

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#capitalism #billionaires #ElonMusk #libertarianism
#ChristianRight #antiLGBT #misogyny
#Christofascism #OpusDei #transgenocide

Let “President Musk” Run Government
https://newrepublic.com/post/189553/donald-trump-elon-musk-spending-bill

* Musk singlehandedly driving U.S. gov't into shutdown
* Trump: no opinion on proposed continuing resolution
* m/w Musk ranted for hrs
* threatening to unseat Republicans who supported it

Further Continuing Appropriations & Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2025
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10445/all-info
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #Musk #fascism #authoritarianism
#capitalism #billionaires
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Rand Paul Suggests Elon Musk Be Next U.S. House Speaker
https://newrepublic.com/post/189554/rand-paul-elon-musk-house-speaker

Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10445/all-info
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

* Rand Paul thinks Elon Musk should take over after his amazing work driving the government toward shutdown

Elon Musk Bullying Mike Johnson to Drive U.S. Government Into Shutdown
https://newrepublic.com/post/189539/elon-musk-bullying-mike-johnson-government-shutdown
* cyberbullying speaker of U.S. House

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Musk

Trump's Demand as U.S. Gov't Hurtles Toward Shutdown: Completely abolish debt ceiling
https://newrepublic.com/post/189565/trump-debt-ceiling-government-shutdown

* opposes bipartisan spending bill
* U.S. gov't closer to shutdown
* goes against the rest of GOP

Further Continuing Appropriations & Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act 2025
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/10445/all-info
https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20241216/CR.pdf

Debt limit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_limit

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #Musk #fascism #authoritarianism
#capitalism #billionaires
#Christofascism #transgenocide