#authoritarian — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@subm3rge/117282007234059830

I wouldn't be surprised if people like this end up on the 'no fly list' after making similar terrorist statements.

They'll blame the 'techbros' but they'll only have themselves to blame.

Yet another example of the #authoritarian left.

#LLM #NoAI #AI

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@subm3rge/117282007234059830

I wouldn't be surprised if people like this end up on the 'no fly list' after making similar terrorist statements.

They'll blame the 'techbros' but they'll only have themselves to blame.

Yet another example of the #authoritarian left.

#LLM #NoAI #AI

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@subm3rge/117282007234059830

I wouldn't be surprised if people like this end up on the 'no fly list' after making similar terrorist statements.

They'll blame the 'techbros' but they'll only have themselves to blame.

Yet another example of the #authoritarian left.

#LLM #NoAI #AI

Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/27/brendan-carr-says-he-wants-public-input-on-his-censorship-campaign-against-abc/

Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/27/brendan-carr-says-he-wants-public-input-on-his-censorship-campaign-against-abc/

Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/27/brendan-carr-says-he-wants-public-input-on-his-censorship-campaign-against-abc/

Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/27/brendan-carr-says-he-wants-public-input-on-his-censorship-campaign-against-abc/

Brendan Carr Says He Wants Public Input On His Censorship Campaign Against ABC

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/27/brendan-carr-says-he-wants-public-input-on-his-censorship-campaign-against-abc/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Thursday, May 7, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/

Why are the US #Democrats so absolutely #useless?

"Oh, we might skip the State of the Union address to show our displeasure with the administration."

Are you #morons? That would be a gift to Dear Leader and his #lickspittle #Congress. The #SOTU would be Mango Mussolini speaking to a friendly crowd, all happy, applauding, not a contrary expression to be seen. He'll be happy, smiling, at his most congenial as he basks in the warm glow. You do not do this.

What you do is attend. Every #Democratic #house member and #senator. Every staffer and guest that they're entitled to bring. Everyone. You put them all in their assigned places.

And then, when Trump gets up to speak, every single one of them simply turns away from the dictator. Turn their back to him, and *stay* that way for the whole speech. The #optics are great; the cameras show half the crowd with their backs to him, in obvious #protest. The #tyrant has to look at it all through his speech. He's angry. He's spiteful. He puts on a display for the ages, goes off-script, airing every #grievance his Swiss-cheese mind can dredge up. His body language is hostile. #Media coverage shows the event for what it actually is: a #vengeful, #lawless #authoritarian trying to verbally browbeat the legislative branch into submission.

#DNC, I'm available for consulting if you'd like.

#USPol #DearLeader #dictator #StateOfTheUnion #MangoMussolini #Trump

Sunday, February 8, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-8-2026/

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover – Francine Prose – The Guardian

America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover

By Francine Prose

This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction — Sun 25 Jan 2026 22.00 EST

When we talk about our inability to pay attention, to concentrate, we often mean and blame our phones. It’s easy, it’s meant to be easy. One flick of our index finger transports us from disaster to disaster, from crisis to crisis, from maddening lie to maddening lie. Each new unauthorized attack and threatened invasion grabs the headlines, until something else takes its place, and meanwhile the government’s attempts to terrorize and silence the people of our country continue.

So let me break it down. There is one story: our country is on the brink of an authoritarian takeover. In Minneapolis an innocent poet and an ER nurse at a VA hospital were both killed in cold blood by federal agents. It is happening now. Toddlers are being sent to detention centers; videos of their gyms for kids recall the youth choruses that the Nazis so proudly showed off at the Terezín concentration camp. Intimidation and violence are being weaponized against the citizens of Minneapolis, some of whom are afraid to leave their houses for fear of being beaten, arrested and shackled, regardless of whether they are US citizens or asylum seekers or people from another country peacefully living and working here for decades.

That is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction. I’m glad to have been informed about the heavy snow outside my window today and the local weather-travel advisory, but frankly, it’s snowed here before – so why is it leading the news?

Donald Trump’s inability to tell Greenland from Iceland during his speech at Davos is embarrassing, awful, sort of funny – but it’s hardly the first time he’s made a mortifying mistake. I too want the Epstein files released, I want to know who is guilty, I want justice and respect for the survivors. But unless those revelations bring down the perpetrators, it’s not – for the moment – the story.

The story is what’s happening in Minneapolis. And even that requires focus. Already the killing of Alex Pretti has partly diverted our attention from the killing of Renee Good.

The story – masked agents, arrests, violence, kidnappings, deportations without due process – is happening all over the country, but in smaller increments, without as much pushback, and so far without the death of two innocent, middle-class, white bystanders. The story is about how decent and unselfish Renee Good and Alex Pretti were and about the falsehoods being told about them.

The story is not letting ourselves be distracted from the real and present threat to our democracy. That threat is the story which our print, electronic and social media should be bannering at the top of every feed and every front page, every day. To consistently run that below the weather report is, quite frankly, to betray the struggles of the people of Minneapolis.

The story is what we do now to support our fellow Americans in the Midwest and to keep the violence and repression from spreading even further into our own streets and backyards. The story is avoiding the future that Stephen Miller and his minions are planning for us.

The story is how we do it: not long after the 2017 inauguration of Donald Trump, I wrote, in these pages, about our need to stage a national strike. I know now that I underestimated the difficulties – the amount of organization required, the need to strategize, the necessity to support and provide for people who will lose their livelihoods if they walk off the job. But many people are already scared to go to work or send their kids to school. 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose | The Guardian

Friday, January 16, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/friday-january-16-2026/

@cwebber That’s the #authoritarian #conservative playbook: They break all the rules, but demand you still play by them.

Just another prime example of #wilhoitslaw: The core value of conservatism is that there is an in-group of people who are protected by the rules, and another one who are bound by them but not protected.

Instead of having rule of law, you have rule by law and immunity from persecution. Instead of starting from what, they begin from who and make up the rest.

#VictoriaAustralia’s draconian new #AntiProtest laws will have a chilling effect on #FreeSpeech — and won’t keep anyone safe

Far-reaching anti-protest measures and giving police more repressive powers only serve to increase the risk of escalating violence.

by Sarah Schwartz, Jul 9, 2025

"In response to the weekend’s attack on the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has announced she will forge ahead with new anti-protest measures and more #police powers.

"In doing so, she is following what has become the new normal for state governments across the country: using acts of racism and violence as a pretext to #ClampDown on unrelated democratic rights.

"Taking to the streets in peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to come together and express our political views when our representatives aren’t listening to us. But this right is not without limits. Every person has a right to worship in safety. The attack on East Melbourne Synagogue was not a protest; it was an act of antisemitism. The suspect has been apprehended and charged with a multitude of criminal offences.

"Two other incidents over the weekend, the targeting of a business with ties to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — a US-backed #Israeli organisation linked to the massacres of unarmed #Palestinians seeking aid — and a weapons company with links to the Israeli military, are also being referred to as justifying new laws. It is important not to conflate these actions against Israel with an attack against a Jewish place of worship. International human rights law, as well as our current laws, already place limits on protests that involve intimidation and violence.

"So what is actually being proposed in response? The Allan government is suggesting the creation of a new criminal offence for wearing a #FaceCovering at peaceful protests, banning 'dangerous attachment devices' (e.g. a #chain, a #BikeLock) — which have long been used in non-violent civil disobedience — and #criminalising peaceful protests around places of religious worship.

"The ban on face coverings would be a first in #Australia. It would mirror measures used in #authoritarian states that force people to submit themselves to various forms of #StateSurveillance.

"#VictoriaPolice has been using facial recognition software for years without any regulatory or legislative framework to prevent breaches of privacy. This technology, combined with a ban on face coverings at protests, would essentially amount to an obligation on behalf of individuals to submit to surveillance by the state, corporations and other groups that surveil protesters.

"Unless you’re a #MiningCompany spending hundreds of millions buying politicians’ favour or can wine and dine decision-makers, peaceful protest is one of the main ways for people to hold governments and corporations to account. Protests for the eight-hour workday, #WomensRights, #FirstNationsRights and the #AntiWar movement have led to significant improvements in all of our lives.
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"Many people attending protests wear face coverings to protect their privacy and anonymity. For temporary migrants, the consequences of identification can include visa cancellation and detention. #FarRight groups, abusers of gender-based violence and other political groups have all been documented as engaging in doxing, surveillance and retaliatory violence against people identified at peaceful protests.

"Even with exemptions, a ban would mean that people who wear facemasks for reasons of health, disability status, or religious or cultural reasons would be at risk of police targeting and made to justify their use of a face mask.

"Adding new repressive police powers against peaceful protesters only serves to increase the risk of escalating violence at already heightened public demonstrations. People will not stop taking to the streets on issues they care about, even if the state tries to stifle their voices. Donald #Trump’s deployment of the #NationalGuard in response to protests in LA shows us how deploying more state force at protests increases rather than decreases the risk of violence.

"A ban on protests outside or within a certain proximity to places of worship would mean police could arrest those engaging in peaceful protests for a genuine, non-discriminatory purpose — for example, protests by survivors of #ClergySexualAbuse or by congregants against the political activities of their own religious institutions.

"It would also have the unintended consequence of rendering large areas of the state no-go zones for peaceful protest, due to the high number of places of worship. Similar laws in #NSW are already being challenged for their #unconstitutionality.

"Taken together, this suite of laws, which would provide police with extraordinary powers against people peacefully raising their voices against #injustice, would have a chilling effect, deterring #MarginalisedGroups from attending protests and exercising their rights to freedom of expression, which the Victorian government has sought to protect.

"Ultimately, banning face coverings at peaceful protests and banning protests outside places of worship would not have done anything to prevent what occurred over the weekend. Premier Allan knows this. Yet she is stuck in the same reactive law-and-order merry-go-round that saw NSW Premier Chris Minns enact fear-based, repressive anti-protest measures in response to what we now know was an opportunistic criminal conspiracy.

"Encouraging people to express their political views peacefully is the antidote to non-peaceful forms of protest and is something that all governments should be encouraging and facilitating. At times like this, we should be able to trust our politicians not to fuel division and panic through misguided and knee-jerk responses, but to take measures to address the root causes of racism and hatred."

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/09/victoria-anti-protest-laws-police-powers-jacinta-allan-miznon-east-melbourne-synagogue/

#AntiProtestLaws #ProtestLawsAustralia #ACAB #SilencingFreeSpeech #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingProtest #Authoritarianism

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

He wants to take all of it: Putin reportedly told Trump he’ll intensify eastern Ukraine offensive over next 2 months — [w/video] Ukraine’s new Liut ground drone ‘destroys’ Russian position with machine gun — Ukraine contracts ‘tens of thousands’ interceptor drones — Denmark to provide European-produced satellite communication services to Ukraine’s military … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/tuesday-july-15-2025/

With each passing day, the #unitedstates sinks deeper in the #cesspool of an egregiously #corrupt #fascist #authoritarian #state. #Rights are mere illusions under #Trump.

According to Vox, Trump has asked #SCOTUS to disregard the Convention Against Torture.

https://www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture

#news #uspol #hellscape #america #thisis2025 #torture #deportation #wtf

This is good, I haven't seen anyone talking about deliberate information overwhelm designed to hijack engagement, media coverage, and organised response and reaction.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF-16qNPN-x/

#usa #democracy #humanrights #civilrights #media #cognitiveoverload #publicdiscourse #fascism #authoritarian

“The #Trump administration is moving this country very aggressively into an #authoritarian #society …” - #BernieSanders #cleptocracy #constitution #RuleOfLaw youtu.be/Go5xuokhnQY?...

Bernie Sanders Delivers Feroci...

I am more convinced than ever that if #Trump wins the #election, it will be the literal end of the #AmericanRepublic, and the start of a vicious, #Christofascist, #authoritarian state defined by #vengeance, #violence, and the opposition of anyone who doesn't display sufficient fealty to #DonaldTrump, and the #Republican #Project2025 agenda he leads.

#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsAFascist #EndOfDemocracy #RepublicansAreTheProblem #RepublicansAreFascists #VoteBlue

https://newrepublic.com/post/187622/trump-vought-military-plan-report

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-use-the-military-on-the-enemy-from-within-the-u-s-if-hes-reelected

#tRump #USA #America #Law #Justice #Election #Vote #Military #Enemy #Domestic #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz #Politics #HumanRights #Threat #Fascism #Hate #Democracy #WeThePeople #NotaDrill #Illegal #Legal #Constitution #Dictator #authoritarian #MangoMussolini #FatNixon #PervertHoover #Nazi #MagaChuds #Weird #Republicans #GOP #Democrats

#Trump Floats the Idea of #Executing #JointChiefs Chairman #Milley. The former #president is inciting #violence against the nation’s top #general. America’s response is #distracted and #numb. By Brian Klaas. This #maniac may dismantle America in 2025. Do not assume he will be sentenced to #jail or #incarcerated. He is a #felon and bought a #glock no #consequences. #gunviolence #Jan6th #insurrection #federalgovernment #despot #democracy #authoritarian #fascist https://archive.ph/X2zjS

☝️ Question to the #EUCommission: If the values enshrined in #UnitedNations (#humanrights) declarations are considered truly important, why are all the democracies financing, industrializing and otherwise empowering hostile #authoritarian regimes?

There are basically zero incentives for governments and elites of developing countries to choose #democracy over #authoritarianism... 👀

💥 Why not establish a global trading system where authoritarians and despots face serious tariffs and embargoes, and military-expansionist or even genocidal regimes actually face at least *some* real world consequences over their crimes? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Meanwhile trade and financial, industrial and technological assistance should be reserved for countries with at least *minimal* adherence to the most basic #UN ideals.

Why is this simple concept so difficult? Reward good, not evil.

Is it really hard to fathom *why* the post-1989 world rewarded greed over democratic values? In 1989, only months after the #TianAnMen massacre, trade delegations were queueing up to kowtow the #CCP #dictatorship... They got the message, as did #putler a decade later.

#WTO #MFN #MostFavoredNation #china #russia #AxisOfDespots #brics #SCO #EuropeanUnion #HandelOhneWandel
@EU_Commission

#tankies #leninists #marxist-leninists #authoritarian-left are not my comrades, tell your fucking #story walking! :antifa_100:

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