authoritarianism

🚨#CBP agents shoot woman in #Chicago as #protesters confront #immigration personnel

REMINDER THERE IS NO #BORDER IN #ILLINOIS CBP HAS NO BUSINESS THERE

US #BorderPatrol personnel shot a woman in Chicago on Saturday, who #DHS said was armed, as scores of protesters faced off against federal immigration agents on the city's southwest side.

#Trump #shooting #law #PoliceBrutality #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/border-patrol-agents-shoot-woman-chicago-protesters-confront-immigration-2025-10-04/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

About time

#Illinois Sues #Trump Over #NationalGuard Deployments, Expanding Multistate Fight

The lawsuit seeks to block the White House from sending #Texas National Guard #troops to #Chicago. It came hours after a federal judge blocked deployments to #Portland, #Oregon.

#law #RightToProtest #immigration #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/06/us/national-guard-trump-oregon-chicago?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

As Gov #JBPritzker awaited word from the #Trump admin about the deployment of the #NationalGuard in #Illinois, he cleared his calendar on Saturday for an anticipated call from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth.

#DerelictionOfDuty #ToxicMasculinity #law #military #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/07/national-guard-deployment-illinois-pritzker-trump-white-house

#Trump on Wednesday called for jailing #Chicago's #mayor & the #governor of #Illinois, both #Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city.

#StochasticTerrorism #incitement #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-calls-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor-be-jailed-2025-10-08/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Lawyers for #CookCounty, #Illinois, which includes #Chicago, have filed a court brief supporting efforts to block the deployment of #NationalGuard troops, saying Trump’s action would “intrude on #state & local #sovereignty” & increase public fear. A hearing in that case is scheduled for tomorrow.

#Trump #Chicago #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #PoliceBrutality #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/08/us/trump-national-guard-chicago-illinois/5d3048b1-471b-51f7-90f2-97e0e24288c8?smid=url-share

#Illinois Gov #JBPritzker responds to #Trump threat to #jail him & #Chicago mayor over #ICE: 'Come & get me'

Speaking to reporters at a federal workers rally at Federal Plaza later Wednesday, Pritzker responded to Trump’s threat.

“Look, he’s a coward. He says a lot of things. He likes to pretend to be a tough guy. Come & get me,” Pritzker said.

#StochasticTerrorism #incitement #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2025/10/08/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-truth-social-jail-threat

Around 1,000 anti-#Trump protesters marched peacefully in downtown #Chicago last night, as the first #Texas #NationalGuard soldiers prepared to deploy near the city.

#law #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/08/texas-national-guard-broadview-illinois

A federal judge in #Chicago is now hearing arguments over whether to block the #Trump admin’s deployment of #NationalGuard troops into #Illinois. The hearing comes after National Guard troops could be seen on the ground near the Broadview #ICE facility Thursday morning.

#law #immigration #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Gestapo #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/2025/10/09/national-guard-lawsuit-judge-ruling-illinois-trump

"This Bondi performance is designed to send an authoritarian message of total scorn for democracy: Congress as a place where the opposition can grill government officials is an outdated and offensive notion. Doesn't happen in Russia or China, why should they have to tolerate it anymore?"

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #PamBondi #Republicans #Congress #contempt #authoritarianism
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https://substack.com/@lucid/note/c-164331117

#Democrats in #Congress have been relentless about casting the #shutdown clash as a fight over helping Americans pay for #health #insurance.

But there is another, far deeper issue driving the impasse: their outrage about what is happening across the country under a president they regard as #lawless & #unchecked.

#Trump #law #democracy #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #judiciary #legislative #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/politics/democrats-shutdown-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Extortion

#Trump begins #firings of #FederalWorkers to pressure #Democrats in government #shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that #MassFirings of federal workers have started to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers in the ongoing govt #shutdown.

#OMB dir #RussVought, posted on social media that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force firings.

#law #labor #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Breaking+News

"Historians and legal experts warn that Trump and the Maga world have exploited Kirk’s killing to justify unleashing far-reaching attacks on multiple critics.

Trump and his allies are using 'page one of the authoritarian playbook' in their accelerating attacks on political foes', said Harvard government professor Steven Levitsky, who co-authored the book How Democracies Die."

~ Peter Stone

#CharlieKirk #Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/11/charlie-kirk-trump-maga-allies

Latest comic: What does not belong?

#cartoon #comic #politics #democracy #firstamendment #monarchy #authoritarianism #uspol

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#Trump said that he would not seek congressional approval to carry out #military strikes against alleged drug #cartels that allegedly traffic narcotics to the US, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land. The #Senate is expected to vote next week on a bipartisan resolution that would bar the US from engaging in hostilities inside #Venezuela without explicit authorization by #Congress.

#law #Constitution #authoritarianism #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/us/politics/trump-military-authorization-cartel-strikes.html?smid=url-share

#GiftArticle

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#Trump Empowers #ElectionDeniers, Still Fixated on False 2020 Grievances

Trump has placed proponents of his #BigLie into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over #elections ahead of next year’s #midterms.

#law #ElectionLaw #coup #TrumpCoup2 #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #UnitedStates
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-election-deniers-voting-security.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I'm old enough to remember when having your photo and fingerprints taken by the authorities was reserved to convicted criminals.

Now it will eventually be all of us.
All of us constantly tracked by governments and corporations alike, requiring our biometric data for anything they feel like.

Our privacy rights are going down the drain under the pretext of security.

But it will not make us safer, on the contrary.
Don't believe their authoritarian lies.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

Well done.

#Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing #Trump Aides of #PoliticalInterference

The board of the prestigious program told the #State Department it had no right to cancel #scholarships for nearly 200 American #professors & #researchers.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/fulbright-board-resign-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump Says He Is Prepared to Send ‘More Than the #NationalGuard’ Into US #Cities

In a speech to American #troops assembled in Japan on Tuesday, Trump said he would escalate his orders to active duty branches of the #military if he decides it is appropriate.

#law #immigration #Constitution #FreedomOfAssembly #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-japan-national-guard-us-cities.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

As reported in August (see boosted thread)

#Pentagon orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’

Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 #NationalGuard members across the US to carry out #Trump’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*

#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces

Mad with power

#Trump threatens #US #military action in #Nigeria over treatment of #Christians

Trump said on Saturday that he has asked the #Defense Dept to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria if the Nigerian government "continues to allow the killing of Christians."

#law #Constitution #InternationalLaw #WarPowers #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #Congress #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trump-threatens-us-military-action-nigeria-over-treatment-christians-2025-11-01/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Latest comic: When Worlds Collide

#economy #food #authoritarianism #comic #cartoon

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Exclusive: #Trump ousts #watchdog of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say

The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [#FHFA] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.

#law #RevengePolitics #USpol #authoritarianism #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Latest comic: Lowering the temperature

#uspol #cartoon #2024election #authoritarianism #fascism #media #politics

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Add #AlsuKurmasheva to the list of American #journalists jailed in #Russia

The #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty editor was detained in 2023. Her husband & daughters came to Washington to raise awareness & ask for help.

#InternationalLaw #law #Putin #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny #HumanRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/07/29/alsu-kurmasheva-journalist-russia-detained/

Venezuelan #military preparing #guerrilla response in case of #US attack

#Venezuela is deploying #weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, & is planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts & planning documents seen by Reuters.

#Trump #law #WarPowers #Congress #SeparationOfPowers #InternationalLaw #LawOfArmedConflict #authoritarianism #autocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-military-preparing-guerrilla-response-case-us-attack-2025-11-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement