#despotism — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Twain

A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence

A quotation from Twain

A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence

A quotation from Twain

A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence

A quotation from Twain

A strange thing, when one considers it: to wit, the world applies to Czar and System the same moral axioms that have vogue and acceptance in civilized countries! Because, in civilized countries, it is wrong to remove oppressors otherwise than by process of law, it is held that the same rule applies in Russia, where there is no such thing as law — except for our Family. Laws are merely restraints — they have no other function. In civilized countries they restrain all persons, and restrain them all alike, which is fair and righteous; but in Russia such laws as exist make an exception — our Family. We do as we please; we have done as we pleased for centuries. Our common trade has been crime, our common pastime murder, our common beverage blood — the blood of the nation. Upon our heads lie millions of murders. Yet the pious moralist says it is a crime to assassinate us. We and our uncles are a family of cobras set over a hundred and forty million rabbits, whom we torture and murder and feed upon all our days; yet the moralist urges that to kill us is a crime, not a duty.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/83904/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #absolutepower #abovethelaw #assassination #civilization #despotism #greatergood #killing #lawlessness #morality #ruleoflaw #tyranny #violence

But they touch upon 2 key nerves in the body politic: The tension in a #democracy about how & to whom credit for #public works & programs should be given, & narratives of gratitude particular to #US history, including the gratitude freely offered by #immigrants & #refugees, & the forced gratitude demanded from #enslaved people.

#Trump #narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

…Compared with the giant banners of Trump’s glowering image hanging on federal office buildings, including the once-independent #DOJ, & the renaming for #Trump of public #landmarks & #memorials such as the #KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts, these banners are a relatively small #authoritarian incursion into the public realm.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

A spox for the #Interior Dept didn’t respond to questions about how many banners have been hung, whether they are appearing outside of Washington, or how much the new ad campaign is costing.

They are a bitter topic in a city that gave #Trump’s opponent Kamala Harris >90% of the vote in the 2024 election. “I assume this is what North Korea looks like,” one critic wrote on the Globalist website.

#narcissism #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

#Trump demands gratitude in DC. So he put up banners thanking himself.

Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation & patriotism into an authoritarian knot.

#narcissism #megalomania #vanity #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/07/signs-thanking-trump-in-washington/

Some seriously kerazy — & for once literal — #irony

250 years ago the #UnitedStates declared its #independence from a monarchy.

Today, that very #monarchy, is warning the #US of making a #king of its #illiberal #ExecutiveBranch.

#JustSayin

#NoKings #US #Constitution #democracy #independence #ForThePeopleByThePeople #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/king-charles-us-state-visit-trump-congress-4cd294e6333b4a9ba7ada2af4dd71aa9

OMG this muther effing craze-ballz narcissist…

Image of #Trump to be featured inside new #passports to [supposedly] mark the #US’ 250th


Trump’s likeness — along with the Declaration of Independence text [which teeny-weeny-peeny has never read] — & the flag of the United States of America will be on an inside page of new passports.


Kill me now

#law #megalomania #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/28/us-passports-trump-image/

“As the Court expressly recognized, the #FirstAmendment draws a line, which the government may not cross, at efforts to use government power — including the #PowerOfThePurse — ‘to punish or suppress disfavored expression’ by others,” Boutrous said in a statement. “The Executive Order crossed that line.”

#law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #Congress #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

Last August, #CPB announced it would take steps toward closing itself down after being defunded by #Congress.

Plaintiffs’ attorney Theodore Boutrous said Tuesday’s ruling is “a victory for the #FirstAmendment & for #FreedomOfThePress.”

#law #FreeSpeech #NPR #PBS #Trump #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

Judge blocks #Trump order to end #funding for #NPR & #PBS

A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National #PublicRadio & the #PublicBroadcasting Service.

#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-funding-executive-order-fbd9500e5f7400deab84ead188c35694

As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #MississippiRiver #PikesPeak #Iowa

As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #MississippiRiver #PikesPeak #Iowa

As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #MississippiRiver #PikesPeak #Iowa

As a nation, be began by declaring that 'all men are created equal'.... When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty &mdash to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.
-- Abraham Lincoln

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AbrahamLincoln #Discrimination #Despotism #Hypocrisy #KnowNothings

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #MississippiRiver #PikesPeak #Iowa

A quotation from Montesquieu

When the savages of Louisiana want some fruit, they cut down the tree at the base and gather the fruit. That is how a despotic government works.
 
[Quand les sauvages de la Louisiane veulent avoir du fruit, ils coupent l’arbre au pied, & cueillent le fruit. Voilà le gouvernement despotique.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 5, ch. 13 (5.13) (1748) [tr. Stewart (2018)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/82151/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #spoils #autocracy #despotism #destruction #devastation #exploitation #inefficiency #pillage #taking #thoughtlessness #tyranny #unsustainability

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We think because we have words, not the other way around, and the greater our vocabulary, the greater our ability to think conceptually. The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/818…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #censorship #communication #concepts #despotism #dictatorship #jailing #librarians #suppression #teachers #tyranny #vocabulary #wellspoken #writers

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We think because we have words, not the other way around, and the greater our vocabulary, the greater our ability to think conceptually. The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/818…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #censorship #communication #concepts #despotism #dictatorship #jailing #librarians #suppression #teachers #tyranny #vocabulary #wellspoken #writers

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We think because we have words, not the other way around, and the greater our vocabulary, the greater our ability to think conceptually. The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/818…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #censorship #communication #concepts #despotism #dictatorship #jailing #librarians #suppression #teachers #tyranny #vocabulary #wellspoken #writers

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We think because we have words, not the other way around, and the greater our vocabulary, the greater our ability to think conceptually. The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/818…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #censorship #communication #concepts #despotism #dictatorship #jailing #librarians #suppression #teachers #tyranny #vocabulary #wellspoken #writers

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We think because we have words, not the other way around, and the greater our vocabulary, the greater our ability to think conceptually. The first people a dictator puts in jail are the writers, the teachers, the librarians — because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/818…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lengle #madeleinelengle #censorship #communication #concepts #despotism #dictatorship #jailing #librarians #suppression #teachers #tyranny #vocabulary #wellspoken #writers

…The search & the administration’s flood of lawsuits against states have alarmed #election officials & experts, who worry that the moves are laying the groundwork for the administration to contest the results of this year’s congressional #midterms.

#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #democracy #Trump #coup #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

“I don’t know why the director was there,” #ToddBlanche said of #TulsiGabbard. “She is not part of the grand jury investigation, but she is for sure a key part of our efforts at election integrity & making sure we have free & fair elections. She’s an expert in that space & it’s a big part of what she & her team look at every day.”

#law #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #coup #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

🚨🚨🚨

#Trump Had Unusual Call With #FBI Agents After #Georgia #Election Center Search

The phone conversation was arranged by the director of national intelligence, #TulsiGabbard, who met with the agents a day after the search for reasons that remain unclear, NYT has learned.

#law #WeaponizationOfGovernment #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #democracy #coup #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-fbi-phone-call-georgia-gabbard.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

An interesting read on #despotism within certain animal populations. Certainly with some interesting takeaways for us humans, too.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-what-animals-can-teach-us-about-overcoming-tyranny

#politics

Judge won’t scale back #Trump #immigration surge in #Minnesota for now

Minnesota officials had said the immigration crackdown was endangering public safety in their state.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/31/minnesota-immigration-surge-court/

#Trump admin officials claimed that the officer who shot #ReneeGood had been under attack & was acting in self-defense, & #state investigators have been blocked from accessing #evidence related to the case.

After a 2nd resident was killed — #AlexPretti, a #VeteransAffairs #nurse who was also 37 — #federal officials initially appeared to use the same playbook.

#law #FAFO #federalism #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing

#GiftArticle

City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against #FederalAgents

9 progressive #prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate #state #laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said Tues.

#law #FAFO #federalism #10thAmendment #FederalGovernment #Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/prosecutors-charges-against-federal-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H1A.wZbM.U_sYBDJs6yu9&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Liam & his dad were taken across the country to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas — an #ICE #detention facility [#ConcentrationCamp] for families.

The father has filed a lawsuit against #DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, #USAttorney General #PamBondi & other #federal officials.

#LiamRamos #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #Trump #law #immigration #DueProcess #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

#GiftArticle

#DHS posted on Instagram, "We'll have our home again."

That's the name of a song by #WhiteNationalists allied with the #ProudBoys.

DHS said it was a coincidence.

The NYT informed DHS the song was in the background of the post.

DHS deleted the post.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.XDSf.Kcp_AEfhnoG4&smid=url-share

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#DHS posted on Instagram, "We'll have our home again."

That's the name of a song by #WhiteNationalists allied with the #ProudBoys.

DHS said it was a coincidence.

The NYT informed DHS the song was in the background of the post.

DHS deleted the post.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.XDSf.Kcp_AEfhnoG4&smid=url-share

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#DHS posted on Instagram, "We'll have our home again."

That's the name of a song by #WhiteNationalists allied with the #ProudBoys.

DHS said it was a coincidence.

The NYT informed DHS the song was in the background of the post.

DHS deleted the post.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.XDSf.Kcp_AEfhnoG4&smid=url-share

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#DHS posted on Instagram, "We'll have our home again."

That's the name of a song by #WhiteNationalists allied with the #ProudBoys.

DHS said it was a coincidence.

The NYT informed DHS the song was in the background of the post.

DHS deleted the post.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.XDSf.Kcp_AEfhnoG4&smid=url-share

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#DHS posted on Instagram, "We'll have our home again."

That's the name of a song by #WhiteNationalists allied with the #ProudBoys.

DHS said it was a coincidence.

The NYT informed DHS the song was in the background of the post.

DHS deleted the post.

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #WhiteChristianNationalism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/politics/white-supremacy-trump-administration-social-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HlA.XDSf.Kcp_AEfhnoG4&smid=url-share

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Greg #Bovino Loses His Job

The #BorderPatrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #Minnesota #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxdBatDtDmlQ4RYH_mhKxs9M

allenanalysis at twitter posted:
A veteran who went viral during the Minnesota protests is back, furious after today’s killing:

“I swore an oath in 1969 to defend this country against enemies foreign and domestic… and you just put 5 shots in that man’s body. Look me in the eye and justify it.”

cr: https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2015148229709513114

#government #ice #Minnesota #politics #despotism

Already sαιd ιτ. The Ძespoτ αrmy are ιn for a #roughtime as τhey expand τhe ɠesτapo τacτιcs out from τhe Blαck communιτy and ιnτo τhe resτ of Amerιca...😬 Iτs only gonna geτ worse. These hwyτe folks aιn'τ even reαlly sτarτed τo fιghτ back yeτ.😑
#despotism #Minnesota #government #politics #Minneapolis

So #ice just m∪rd∈rered yet another person in broad daylight because they've been given permission to act with impunity. 🤷🏿‍♀️ This will not end well for the trump regime (or these ppl) once the American public finally have had enough. I can see it already. And not 1 Democrat will be able to run cover for them without getting torn up politically.

#government #politics #despotism #Minnesota

Last post today (maybe, though maybe not)

#Minnesota #NationalGuard deployed by Governor #TimWalz after another human is murdered by federal “agent”

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #Constitution #RightToProtest #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates-1-24-2026

I haven’t mentioned it yet, too focused on the #murder victim, but the good people of #Minneapolis, #Minnesota are protesting against the #Trump #Sturmabteilung #invasion & lawless #UseOfForce.

Obviously that’s not cool with the #authoritarian #federal state, so their #PoliceBrutality is unrestrained.

#law #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #RESIST

The #US #military said it murdered 2 people in the first known boat strike since the #abduction of Nicolás #Maduro.

#geopolitics #OIL!! #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Despotism #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/boat-strike-pacific.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

How #Trump has challenged a constitutional foundation

In his first year back in the White House, Trump has presided over a sweeping expansion of #executive #power while eroding democratic norms.

#law #democracy #Constitution #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary #legislative #Project2025 #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/g-s1-106562/trump-democracy-constitution-executive-power

#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states

Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.

#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/