Mastodawn

Excellent column re Trump’s acceleration of his effort to complete a dictatorial coup. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/trump-authoritarianism-los-angeles-citizens-immigrants

Trump is waging war against citizens in LA. This is a dangerous new era

In its first months in office, the Trump administration enacted what could be called soft authoritarianism. Now we are in a second phase

The Guardian

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 11

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#USpol #TheBrownSpiderWeb
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👉After a bit more than 100 days in office, #Fascism takes hold of the #USA 👈

In Fulton, #Missouri, on March 5, 1946, WWII #British PM #WinstonChurchill said in his famous speech, "...an "#IronCurtain" has descended across the continent."
Even though I had long expected it, it now shocks more that likewise, it might be said today, "A brown, all encompassing Brown Spiderweb is descending on a Nation that once was the Leader of the #FreeWorld...

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@heidilifeldman

#USpol #TheBrownSpiderWeb

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👉2025 is set to become #1933 and"#1984" at the same time.👈
With the real #KingMaker's (#PeterThiel) #spyware and #surveillance products (#Palantir,) 2026 is set to add a new generation ingredient to #Fascism: #PredictivePolicing, a brand new way in RL to persecute #ThoughtCrime.

@heidilifeldman

That said, I agree 100% with the excellent @guardian article:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/trump-authoritarianism-los-angeles-citizens-immigrants

At #DOGE "...#AI is...

Trump is waging war against citizens in LA. This is a dangerous new era

In its first months in office, the Trump administration enacted what could be called soft authoritarianism. Now we are in a second phase

The Guardian

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 11

@heidilifeldman @guardian

#USpol #TheBrownSpiderWeb

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...connecting every dataset with every other dataset,... coordinating the #SurveillanceState. #HomelandSecurity is already #spidering through #IRS data to locate undocumented #immigrants through their tax filings..."
"While the shock troops do the dirty work and the marching bands inspire the masses, #Doge may expand from enforcing fealty in the federal workforce to exacting it from everyone....