#populists — Public Fediverse posts
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"Today, however, #populists often lose #elections narrowly and have every reason to contest the outcome: they see themselves as representing half the population—whom they often frame as “the real people”—in highly #polarized #countries." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/l...
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What a grubby, self-serving, and deliberately divisive propagandist Barnaby Joyce is. His anti-#ClimateAction agenda ultimately serves short-term gain for a select few, at the expense of the most-of-us, future generations, and planetary #ecology.
Barnaby Joyce reminds of me of a used car salesman. He reassures the gullable, but ultimately sells lemons. Like all deceptive #populists he would have you believe that accelerating fossil-fuel use will deliver #EnergySecurity. It won't, #ClimateDenial aside. Joyce is a dangerous fool, cast in the same mould as that other orange-tinged dangerous fool. Seems, orange, means, as in nature - beware - toxic. #AusPol -
What a grubby, self-serving, and deliberately divisive propagandist Barnaby Joyce is. His anti-#ClimateAction agenda ultimately serves short-term gain for a select few, at the expense of the most-of-us, future generations, and planetary #ecology.
Barnaby Joyce reminds of me of a used car salesman. He reassures the gullable, but ultimately sells lemons. Like all deceptive #populists he would have you believe that accelerating fossil-fuel use will deliver #EnergySecurity. It won't, #ClimateDenial aside. Joyce is a dangerous fool, cast in the same mould as that other orange-tinged dangerous fool. Seems, orange, means, as in nature - beware - toxic. #AusPol
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#Labor should contest the #FarrerByElection, and it would be gutless not to do so. It shouldn't only be about winning, and anything that draws away from the #ClimateDenying #populists is a demonstration of stance. The #Greens running in #Farrer gives voters a real choice. Anyone who knows how preferential voting works should have no objection. #ABCNews24
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#Labor should contest the #FarrerByElection, and it would be gutless not to do so. It shouldn't only be about winning, and anything that draws away from the #ClimateDenying #populists is a demonstration of stance. The #Greens running in #Farrer gives voters a real choice. Anyone who knows how preferential voting works should have no objection. #ABCNews24
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#Labor should contest the #FarrerByElection, and it would be gutless not to do so. It shouldn't only be about winning and anything that draws away from the #ClimateDenying #populists is a demonstration of stance. The #Greens running #Farrer gives voters a real choice. Anyone who knows how preferential voting works should have no objection. #ABCNews24
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#Labor should contest the #FarrerByElection, and it would be gutless not to do so. It shouldn't only be about winning and anything that draws away from the #ClimateDenying #populists is a demonstration of stance. The #Greens running #Farrer gives voters a real choice. Anyone who knows how preferential voting works should have no objection. #ABCNews24
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Friday, January 23, 2026
Exclusive: American, European microchips found in Russia's latest missile-like drone -- Fire burns through oil depot in Russian city of Penza following Ukrainian drone strike -- Around 25% of Kyiv's residential buildings remain without heating as freezing weather persists -- Why the West must support the mental health of Ukraine's defenders ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/friday-january-23-2026/
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Friday, January 23, 2026
Exclusive: American, European microchips found in Russia's latest missile-like drone -- Fire burns through oil depot in Russian city of Penza following Ukrainian drone strike -- Around 25% of Kyiv's residential buildings remain without heating as freezing weather persists -- Why the West must support the mental health of Ukraine's defenders ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/friday-january-23-2026/
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"Poland's right-wing populist leader, President Karol Nawrocki, meanwhile, has not yet made his position clear. To date, he has said nothing about the US attack on Venezuela. ()
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski took a sarcastic tone on X: "Another day goes by without our nationalists defending Venezuela’s national sovereignty. Does it only apply to the European Union, which poses no threat?""
#Poland #EU #Populists #Democracy
https://www.dw.com/en/central-europes-populists-left-reeling-by-venezuela-attack/a-75450701 -
"Poland's right-wing populist leader, President Karol Nawrocki, meanwhile, has not yet made his position clear. To date, he has said nothing about the US attack on Venezuela. ()
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski took a sarcastic tone on X: "Another day goes by without our nationalists defending Venezuela’s national sovereignty. Does it only apply to the European Union, which poses no threat?""
#Poland #EU #Populists #Democracy
https://www.dw.com/en/central-europes-populists-left-reeling-by-venezuela-attack/a-75450701 -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/23/trump-culture-war-europe-promoting-rightwing-allies-report-finds; https://ecfr.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Reality-show-Why-Europe-must-not-cave-in-Trumps-culture-war.pdf. "The #Trump administration is waging a #culturewar on #Europe by aggressively promoting the #MAGA movement’s political & ideological allies on the continent & publicly humiliating the EU on the world stage... the US president is actively seeking to interfere in European elections, transform the transatlantic relationship toward conservative values & rally Europe’s right-wing #populists around the theme of #freespeech."
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/23/trump-culture-war-europe-promoting-rightwing-allies-report-finds; https://ecfr.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Reality-show-Why-Europe-must-not-cave-in-Trumps-culture-war.pdf. "The #Trump administration is waging a #culturewar on #Europe by aggressively promoting the #MAGA movement’s political & ideological allies on the continent & publicly humiliating the EU on the world stage... the US president is actively seeking to interfere in European elections, transform the transatlantic relationship toward conservative values & rally Europe’s right-wing #populists around the theme of #freespeech."
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#Populists - piep pipers of #politics
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#Populist*innen - Rattenfänger der #Politik -
#AI vs. #MAGA : #Populists alarmed by Trump’s embrace of AI, #BigTech
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#AI vs. #MAGA : #Populists alarmed by Trump’s embrace of AI, #BigTech
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The #war of aggression against #Ukraine, the trade dispute with #Trump, the deaths in #Gaza, and the #populists at home …
No matter the topic - our own military defense capabilities, negotiating on equal terms, standing up for human dignity, providing humanitarian aid, or simply implementing sanctions by majority decision: #Europe and the #EU are currently demonstrating their inability to act on a daily basis.
This cannot go on! #EuropeUnite #ReformEU 🇪🇺
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»A new generation of #populists is showing #Democrats how to #defeat #Trump.« https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»The #RepublicanMegabill’s Horrible Compromise: The #populists and the #techright competed to supply the GOP’s new policy. The president has picked the least-attractive ideas from each.« https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/06/trump-worst-possible-economic-plan/683284/?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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#RustBelt #Voters Are Sick of Both #Parties
#Polling shows #Americans are ready to support #independent #populists running on #economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the #DemocraticParty’s brand.
https://jacobin.com/2025/06/rust-belt-voters-independent-party
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#RustBelt #Voters Are Sick of Both #Parties
#Polling shows #Americans are ready to support #independent #populists running on #economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the #DemocraticParty’s brand.
https://jacobin.com/2025/06/rust-belt-voters-independent-party
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Russia just accidentally admitted to its staggering troop losses in Ukraine — Unwanted by their homeland: Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian — Trump’s peace push falters in both Ukraine and the Middle East; for similar reasons — Death toll in Russia’s mass strike on Kyiv rises to 30 dead, 172 wounded … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/friday-june-20-2025/
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Russia just accidentally admitted to its staggering troop losses in Ukraine — Unwanted by their homeland: Ukraine confirms Russia returned bodies of its soldiers disguised as Ukrainian — Trump’s peace push falters in both Ukraine and the Middle East; for similar reasons — Death toll in Russia’s mass strike on Kyiv rises to 30 dead, 172 wounded … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/friday-june-20-2025/
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Today is a good day. Our #government has fallen, finally. The coalition of #fascists and #populists couldn't agree on even the colour of shite, and #Wilders has finally thrown in the towel.
They've achieved absolutely nothing in the last year, nothing but infighting, complaining about others and countless Twitter-fitties.
So, new #elections. Let's hope the simpletons who voted for the fascist #PVV party of Geert Wilders have finally seen that he's full of shit, and his promises are less than cheap.
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There hasn't been a left government in The Netherlands for over 20 years. #Populists are framing #left as "left #elite", scaring people who are afraid of #change (adressing #climatechange, fairer distibution of wealth). #Rightextremists are winning because of lies and hatred.
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Research into how #disinformation affects democracy has never been more important. But #autocrats and #populists discredit any findings that challenge their worldview. In my latest article on ECPR's The Loop I describe how #Trump is changing the rules of communication, and manipulating public discourse
https://theloop.ecpr.eu/gulf-of-america-how-the-spread-of-lies-is-reshaping-democracy/
#politicalscience #polsci #democracy #autocracy #politicalcommunication #disinformation @academicchatter @politicalscience
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»The #ruleoflaw is #democracy’s last defence — that’s why #populists attack it: It’s no accident that from #France to #Wisconsin, the #radicalright seek to undermine faith in the judiciary.« https://www.ft.com/content/85c8e2b5-f2dd-4413-b605-7a4509c8024e?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»The #ruleoflaw is #democracy’s last defence — that’s why #populists attack it: It’s no accident that from #France to #Wisconsin, the #radicalright seek to undermine faith in the judiciary.« https://www.ft.com/content/85c8e2b5-f2dd-4413-b605-7a4509c8024e?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»#LePen Verdict Fuels Claims That #Europe’s #Elites Are Colluding Against #Populists.« https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/le-pen-verdict-fuels-claims-that-europes-elites-are-colluding-against-populists-c08493e2?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»#LePen Verdict Fuels Claims That #Europe’s #Elites Are Colluding Against #Populists.« https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/le-pen-verdict-fuels-claims-that-europes-elites-are-colluding-against-populists-c08493e2?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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Far-right #populists much more likely than the left to spread #FakeNews – study | The #FarRight | The Guardian
Who’d have thought this to be so?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/far-right-mps-fake-news-misinformation-left-study
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Far-right #populists much more likely than the left to spread #FakeNews – study | The #FarRight | The Guardian
Who’d have thought this to be so?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/11/far-right-mps-fake-news-misinformation-left-study
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»#DonaldTrump’s #technofuturist inaugural address: The president embraces the #SiliconValley elite, leaving #populists with little to celebrate.« https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2025/01/donald-trump-inauguration-techno-futurist-elites?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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Don't blame the #Nazi's for the #Holocaust, so young people today won't see the parallels with present day #populists and #fascist politicians coming into power. So they don't recognise present day etnic cleansing as similar, so they won't protest #genocides in the future, or hold those responisble accountable.
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»#Populists Are Taking Over — Here’s Why #Democracy Is #Failing.« https://www.socialeurope.eu/populists-are-taking-over-heres-why-democracy-is-failing?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»#Populists Are Taking Over — Here’s Why #Democracy Is #Failing.« https://www.socialeurope.eu/populists-are-taking-over-heres-why-democracy-is-failing?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»#Entropy and #informationcontrol: the key to understanding how to mount the #fightback against #Trump and other #populists.« https://theconversation.com/entropy-and-information-control-the-key-to-understanding-how-to-mount-the-fightback-against-trump-and-other-populists-243740?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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Habeck is a fool for joining former #twitter again. All still using twitter are enabling #EvilElon, his algorithms favoring his and other #rightwing tweets and Russian #botnets.
There is no political discussion on twitter, but disinformation and propaganda and every serious politician is just legitimizing the #populists.
From #Musk there is nothing else to be expected, he is a #bully.
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Here’s proof of how desperate #donaldtrump is
#ElonMusk plans to give away $1m (£766,000) a day to a registered voter in the key swing state of Pennsylvania until the US presidential election in November
That’s #electioninterference
#Populists around the world know their time is up. Unable to accept #reality & #democracy - their #selfishness & lust for #power is dwarfed by their sheer #vanity
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»When #Populists Rise, #Economies Usually Fall: Extensive #research has shown: right- and left-wing populists both lead to lower #stock returns and higher #inflation.« https://hbr.org/2024/10/when-populists-rise-economies-often-fall?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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»When #Populists Rise, #Economies Usually Fall: Extensive #research has shown: right- and left-wing populists both lead to lower #stock returns and higher #inflation.« https://hbr.org/2024/10/when-populists-rise-economies-often-fall?Populist.in #FactsCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
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Right-leaning #populists begin with business-friendly measures such as tax cuts and deregulation,
initially sending growth and markets higher.What changes over time to produce results that end up harming the economy and corporations?
The first challenge is that once sustained for more than a few years, 🔸these growth-pumping policies invariably produce inflation, credit risk, and currency volatility.
The greater danger comes in how leaders react once this market performance unravels.
Instead of returning to budget discipline or ending the flow of easy money, they often resort to measures associated with populists of the left,
such as challenging central bank independence, imposing exchange controls, or restricting free trade.When those backfire, the third difficulty begins:
They attempt to mask their failures by sabotaging the agencies producing independent data so that they can claim their own version of “the facts.”
Some business leaders understand these trends
— a June 2024 analysis found that no Fortune 100 CEO had personally donated to the Trump 2024 campaign, for example.But many fail to anticipate this reversal because they rely on heuristics such as “left” or “right.”
But thinking of populists as left or right is a misunderstanding.
Populists care little about ideology
— what they want is power.To get it, they build their popularity by polarizing populations.
Fanning division between “us” and “them” creates intense loyalty from a base of supporters, who are easily convinced that things that stand in the leaders’ way
— including independent institutions and laws
— are illegitimate obstacles to the will of the majority.With the support of this base, populists centralize and personalize that power.
They gain control over once-independent institutions that could serve as checks, such as central banks and courts.
They undermine others that could contradict their claims, like independent statistical bodies.
These activities take time and are often just getting underway in early years.
But when populists are in power for a while, or return to power at a later date,
this increased polarization and a weakened rule of law provide few institutional constraints on their decision making.As the economies of these countries start exhibiting volatility, stock market shocks, inflation, and heightened credit risk, the normal institutions that would right the ship are unable to do their jobs.
(Witness, for example, Erdogan’s sidelining of the Central Bank in Turkey,
and calls to limit or even eliminate the role of the U.S. Federal Reserve in a Project 2025 policy planning document created by conservative groups to guide a second Trump administration.)Disempowered, once-vital agencies can at best issue warnings.
But nay-sayers are not popular among populist leaders.
Instead of changing course, these leaders tend to alter or simply refuse to report accuratestatistics
— leaving businesses and investors flying in the dark leading economies to fly in the dark
https://hbr.org/2024/10/when-populists-rise-economies-often-fall
