@randahl Great video! Thanks a lot. I sincerely hope that #Trump will end as a wannabe #dictator in 2026. #nofascism
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
https://www.advocate.com/news/kazakhstan-bans-lgbtq-propaganda
The definition of propaganda includes anything promoting LGBTQ+ rights.
Kazakhstan hops aboard anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate train ... 🚂
... joins neighbor Russia in banning so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
#authoritarianism #ICJ #ICC #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Orban #Tokayev #Taliban
🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 #Christofascism #antiLGBTQ
🇨🇦 #Trumpism
Wedge issue/distraction: #transgenocide
🏳️⚧️ #TransLivesMatter #TLM #BTLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan bans so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
https://www.advocate.com/news/kazakhstan-bans-lgbtq-propaganda
The definition of propaganda includes anything promoting LGBTQ+ rights.
Kazakhstan hops aboard anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate train ... 🚂
... joins neighbor Russia in banning so-called LGBTQ+ propaganda
#authoritarianism #ICJ #ICC #Trump #Putin #Netanyahu #Orban #Tokayev #Taliban
🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇰🇿 🇷🇺 #Christofascism #antiLGBTQ
🇨🇦 #Trumpism
Wedge issue/distraction: #transgenocide
🏳️⚧️ #TransLivesMatter #TLM #BTLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
Yes! 🙌🏼
I am very pleased to announce the release of my new video "Wannabe dictator — why Trump's regime will fall".
Every move Trump made to consolidate power in 2025 reminded me of something I have seen before. So I decided to investigate the historic parallels, and what I found will shock you. In this video I explain how meticulously Trump has copied the fascist playbook, and why Trump will ultimately fail.
Watch in 4K on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwHQIiL6gU
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@randahl Great video! Thanks a lot. I sincerely hope that #Trump will end as a wannabe #dictator in 2026. #nofascism
Do you remember the Iraq War in 2003? Remember all the mass demonstrations against this imperialist war, orchestrated by George W. Bush and Tony Blair? Remember the 100% proven fake evidence by Colin Powell in the UN Security Council? Well, now the US doesn't even bother to ask the Security Council for permission. So where are those mass demonstrations!? Come on! Before those bloody tankies hijack it! Yes, Maduro is a dictator, but nothing compared to Saddam Hussein.
"After all the years I spent working with some of the greatest heroes of the anti-racism fight like Max Roach and Randy Weston and Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Stanley Cowell, I know they would be turning in their graves to see me stand on a stage under such circumstances and betray all we fought for, and sacrificed for.”
Fritz Hahn and Kelly Kasulis Cho report on the groups cancelling concerts at the Kennedy Center after Trump's takeover: jazz supergroup the Cookers, Doug Varone and Dancers, musician Chuck Redd, and folk singer Kristy Lee. Previouly, a production of the musical “Hamilton,” a concert by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning folk musician Rhiannon Giddens, and a show by comedian and television producer Issa Rae cancelled.
Saxophonist Billy Harper of the Cookers says:
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture.“
Saxophonist Billy Harper of the Cookers says:
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture.“
"After all the years I spent working with some of the greatest heroes of the anti-racism fight like Max Roach and Randy Weston and Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Stanley Cowell, I know they would be turning in their graves to see me stand on a stage under such circumstances and betray all we fought for, and sacrificed for.”
Saxophonist Billy Harper of the Cookers says:
“I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name (and being controlled by the kind of board) that represents overt racism and deliberate destruction of African American music and culture.“
WTF??
Homeland “Security” seeks “emergency” demolition of #historic buildings in #DC.
#DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, in a memo obtained by WaPo, said the buildings “constitute a present risk to life & property.” Preservationists contend no evidence of an emergency exists.
Who wants to bet there are buildings bearing the name #Trump being planned for those sites?
This is an obvious work around to #landmark #preservation #law.
#law #history #architecture #NHPA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/30/homeland-security-plan-demolish-buildings-st-elizabeths/
Fritz Hahn and Kelly Kasulis Cho report on the groups cancelling concerts at the Kennedy Center after Trump's takeover: jazz supergroup the Cookers, Doug Varone and Dancers, musician Chuck Redd, and folk singer Kristy Lee. Previouly, a production of the musical “Hamilton,” a concert by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning folk musician Rhiannon Giddens, and a show by comedian and television producer Issa Rae cancelled.
Our reporters published investigations this year on the Trump administration, health care, education and more.
These are the stories readers spent the most time with in 2025.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-most-read-stories-2025?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #Longreads #Reporting #Investigation #Trump #Health #Education
WTF??
Homeland “Security” seeks “emergency” demolition of #historic buildings in #DC.
#DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, in a memo obtained by WaPo, said the buildings “constitute a present risk to life & property.” Preservationists contend no evidence of an emergency exists.
Who wants to bet there are buildings bearing the name #Trump being planned for those sites?
This is an obvious work around to #landmark #preservation #law.
#law #history #architecture #NHPA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/12/30/homeland-security-plan-demolish-buildings-st-elizabeths/
Ain't that the truth, though?
I don't want to wish homelessness, hunger, poverty, or sickness onto anyone, but it might be more expedient that way.
#MAGA #Trump #homelessness #hunger #SNAP #ChildCare #MaternityLeave #healthcare #UBI
Listening to this sweeping talk by @pluralistic I can't help but see parallels to the #HackerManifesto
There's a glimpse at a different #DigitalWorld in addition to a thorough criticism of current trends.
"A post-American Internet"? The talk shows that the #Internet and #Cyberspace are far from elusive, untouchable realms but instead are very real in terms of #Power. The digital world is very much shaped by the US which for years has unsettled other states and puts further strain on the #Multistakeholder approach, which in the words of Milton Mueller was enacted specifically to make sure, no one government would dictate the rules of the Internet.
Really interesting is the observation, that we might be at a tipping point for #DigitalGovernance. A new coalition emerges thanks to #Trump, bringing together such different groups as Digital activists and national security hawks for #DigitalSovereignty
The talk is a great illustration of the importance of #TechGeopolitics and picking up many themes I've also addressed in my newsletter like #TechDebt. Subscribe here: https://explore.ghost.org/p/nicolas-zahn
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Listening to this sweeping talk by @pluralistic I can't help but see parallels to the #HackerManifesto
There's a glimpse at a different #DigitalWorld in addition to a thorough criticism of current trends.
"A post-American Internet"? The talk shows that the #Internet and #Cyberspace are far from elusive, untouchable realms but instead are very real in terms of #Power. The digital world is very much shaped by the US which for years has unsettled other states and puts further strain on the #Multistakeholder approach, which in the words of Milton Mueller was enacted specifically to make sure, no one government would dictate the rules of the Internet.
Really interesting is the observation, that we might be at a tipping point for #DigitalGovernance. A new coalition emerges thanks to #Trump, bringing together such different groups as Digital activists and national security hawks for #DigitalSovereignty
The talk is a great illustration of the importance of #TechGeopolitics and picking up many themes I've also addressed in my newsletter like #TechDebt. Subscribe here: https://explore.ghost.org/p/nicolas-zahn
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet
Ain't that the truth, though?
I don't want to wish homelessness, hunger, poverty, or sickness onto anyone, but it might be more expedient that way.
#MAGA #Trump #homelessness #hunger #SNAP #ChildCare #MaternityLeave #healthcare #UBI
