"A president who talks openly about going for a third term, who signs executive orders which contradict his country’s constitution, who got a rigged supreme court to grant him immunity, who ignores court orders, who has his underlings hand out massive million dollar cheques to people to induce them to vote, even though it is explicitly against state law. To watch the United States is to watch the law dissolve into authoritarian government."

#Trump #authoritarianism #Constitution #LawandOrder
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"We should all take a good hard look at what’s happening in the US. Not the noise or the clamour, but the bleak constitutional reality of it. This is what happens when you give up on the rule of law."

~ Ian Dunt

#Trump #authoritarianism #Constitution #LawandOrder #ThirdTerm
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Update: they’ve reportedly reinstated the #antifa hashtag. As well as #noAFD, which was, apparently, also blocked.

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Hey FLOSS.social, do you understand that “antifa” stands for “anti fascist?” Do you know what folks who are anti-anti fascist are? That’s right, they’re fascists.

While you’re at it, you might also want to look up what the “F” and the “L” in your name stand for.

If they don’t fix this ASAP, I’d recommend a swift #fediblock by any instance that isn’t fascist.

Important edit:
Meanwhile, the admin responded and clarified the situation. It was a configuration mistake. #antifa was auto blocked because of spam (if I got this correctly?) and #NoAfD basically for the same reason. The latter, however, wasn't resolved that fast because it has never been reported. Which is believable because it's super German specific.
https://floss.social/@admin/114041817627451631

Original:
@admin I'm sorry, what?!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #FLOSS #antifascism

@bhahne @heidilifeldman Portuguese editorial cartoonist #ZezVaz reaches back to #TiananmenSquare to call on American #defiance.

I must once again urge you: please do not record your abortions on the blockchain.

https://mollywhite.net/micro/entry/please-do-not-record-your-abortion-on-the-blockchain

Excruciating! #Trump's Endlessly Long, Wildly #Dishonest #RNC Speech

Donald Trump briefly tried a "new tone" — before pivoting to Hannibal Lecter, "crazy" Pelosi, #insurrection #lies & more of his greatest hits.

#Racism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #Authoritarianism #Tyranny #Autocracy #democracy #BidenHarris2024

"See the Reichstag fire; or Mussolini’s use of street violence; or the American tradition of bloody-shirt politics. This is what authoritarian movements do. They promote violence and chaos—and then use the spread of violence as a justification for their illiberal aims."

#Trump #violence #Republicans #authoritarianism
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"Authoritarian movements thrive on political violence for a number of reasons.

1. It intimidates ordinary people who might otherwise resist.

2. It destabilizes institutions that are supposed to act as guardrails.

3. Because authoritarian movements are not bound by honor or norms, they can exploit any violence for their own ends.

4. Chaos is a ladder."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #violence #Republicans #authoritarianism
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