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"Far from being a hyperbolic exaggeration, the systematic steps taken—from the militarization of domestic law enforcement to the explicit targeting of political dissent—mirror the alarming blueprints used by 20th-century dictators to consolidate absolute power."
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/22
"The strategy to crush opposition and unify power relies on a chillingly familiar playbook, one that historically leverages manufactured crises and the dehumanization of enemies. …
The evidence—from the open talk of mass detention centers for dissenters to the aggressive targeting of states and cities that oppose federal policy—compels the use of the term fascism."
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/23
"The fact is, of course, that Trump is completely, ludicrously wrong about what’s going on in Portland. He has been for nearly a month, ever since he watched a deceptively edited Fox News segment that depicted the city as a war zone. And his advisers have apparently been complicit in his hoodwinking."
~ Dan Froomkin
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/24
https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trump-am-i-watching-things-on-television
"The word is fascism. Use it to describe Trump’s regime. If it behaves like a fascist, talks like a fascist, & relies on the strategies and talking points of fascists, then it probably is the Trump Administration increasingly going fascist to stay in power."
~ Wajahat Ali
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/25
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-word-is-fascism-use-it-to-describe
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