"The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed," writes Garrett Graff for his Doomsday Scenario newsletter. He chronicles why he feels that today, August 25, 2025, is a date to remember. "Everything else from here on out is just a matter of degree and wondering how bad it will get and how far it will go," he writes. "Do we end up 'merely' like Hungary or do we go all the way toward an 'American Reich'? So far, after years of studying World War II, I fear that America’s trajectory feels more like Berlin circa 1933 than it does Budapest circa 2015."

https://flip.it/h-2n7N

#TrumpAdministration#USPolitics#Politics#USNews#Fascism#Authoritarianism#History#News

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Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.

https://www.hcn.org/articles/firefighters-question-leaders-role-in-ice-raid-near-bear-gulch-fire/

#firefighting #wildfires #ice #fascism#BearGulchFire

"...Since the incident became public, the wildfire world has been abuzz with anger at that team — California Interagency Incident Management Team 7. Made up of federal, state and local fire professionals, the team was assigned to oversee the response to the Bear Gulch Fire, which has burned 9,000 acres in and around Olympic National Park in Washington state. .."

#fascism #ice #wildfires

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Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.

https://www.hcn.org/articles/firefighters-question-leaders-role-in-ice-raid-near-bear-gulch-fire/

#firefighting #wildfires #ice #fascism#BearGulchFire

It blows my mind that some #Apple users who are, ostensibly, opposed to the fascist takeover of the US by Trump/Maga continue to openly discuss and use Apple products after Cook's disgusting display on August 6th.

What level of support of #fascism would Apple have to engage in before these users stop supporting or otherwise normalize support of fascism?

They seem to shrug and go on discussing the upcoming products or new OS features. Guessing they'll just keep on buying too. Truly disgusting.

Immigrants protesting against immigration attack the only people in the country who are not immigrants.

Immigration is a furphy. This is about Australia for the White Man.

#AusPol #fascism #racism #colonialism

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/02/how-neo-nazis-used-the-shield-of-ordinary-mums-and-dads-at-australia-anti-immigration-rallies-to-sell-white-supremacy-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Immigrants protesting against immigration attack the only people in the country who are not immigrants.

Immigration is a furphy. This is about Australia for the White Man.

#AusPol #fascism #racism #colonialism

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/02/how-neo-nazis-used-the-shield-of-ordinary-mums-and-dads-at-australia-anti-immigration-rallies-to-sell-white-supremacy-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

"Trump and MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among us and directed the force of the state against firefighters, aid workers, civil servants, and children. ...

Today we are also witnessing a takeover by the meanest of us, and it’s not simply that we are beset by those of middling and low talent. Their baseness of character is the most important quality they possess."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
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"The scene is galling—firefighters sitting on logs as federal agents prevent them from doing the crucial and courageous work of fighting Washington’s largest active wildfire. The treatment reported by the crew is enraging. ...

There is a fascist logic at play here. It’s not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
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"This past Wednesday, the Seattle Times reported that Customs and Border Patrol agents interrupted two crews of firefighters working to control the Bear Gulch wildfire. They lined them up, checked IDs, and ultimately arrested multiple men."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
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~ Alan Elrod

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-what-an-immigration-raid-on-washington-firefighters-can-teach-us-about-maga-fascism/

"Trump’s strategy is always to overwhelm and even horrify people, in hopes that it will be too much. That they’ll decide to unplug because they just can’t deal with the constant deluge. Saturday, he 'retruthed' this image, which, as many commenters noted, appears to have him holding a 'Q+' sign in the palm of his hand. 'Nothing can stop what is coming.'”

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #chaos #destruction #fascism#Epstein #economy
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-wrap-up-cff

The image Trump posted showing him holding a cross in the palm of his hand points to a trope Christian rulers adopted from the Roman empire, an image called "globus cruciger" which "represents Christ's dominion over the world, literally held in the hand of a worthy earthly ruler."

Trump is deliberately pointing to himself as divinely appointed ruler of the world.

#Trump #chaos #destruction #fascism#Epstein #economy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger

"It’s just the kind of scam Mr. Trump likes to run, reigniting the Q conspiracy theory that I’m sure we all fervently hoped we’d seen the last of after the 2020 election. Why would Trump do something like this? It’s to ignite controversy, of course. Anything that deflects from his failure to release the Epstein files after he promised he would, anything that allows him to take more and more power without the majority of the country becoming alarmed."

#Trump #chaos #fascism#Epstein
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"Trump’s strategy is always to overwhelm and even horrify people, in hopes that it will be too much. That they’ll decide to unplug because they just can’t deal with the constant deluge. Saturday, he 'retruthed' this image, which, as many commenters noted, appears to have him holding a 'Q+' sign in the palm of his hand. 'Nothing can stop what is coming.'”

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #chaos #destruction #fascism#Epstein #economy
/1

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-wrap-up-cff

"Trump and MAGA have turned the country over to the cruelest, most rapacious, and least honorable among us and directed the force of the state against firefighters, aid workers, civil servants, and children. ...

Today we are also witnessing a takeover by the meanest of us, and it’s not simply that we are beset by those of middling and low talent. Their baseness of character is the most important quality they possess."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
/3

"The scene is galling—firefighters sitting on logs as federal agents prevent them from doing the crucial and courageous work of fighting Washington’s largest active wildfire. The treatment reported by the crew is enraging. ...

There is a fascist logic at play here. It’s not merely rule by the worst but an active assault on virtue wherever it exists."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
/2

"This past Wednesday, the Seattle Times reported that Customs and Border Patrol agents interrupted two crews of firefighters working to control the Bear Gulch wildfire. They lined them up, checked IDs, and ultimately arrested multiple men."

#Trump#StephenMiller #immigrants#CBP#ICE #chaos #destruction #fascism
/1

~ Alan Elrod

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/let-it-burn-what-an-immigration-raid-on-washington-firefighters-can-teach-us-about-maga-fascism/

The public data torrent server has been running reliably for days now, distributing data worldwide that was deleted by the orange clown regime.

Learn more: https://lydie.cc/data.html

RESIST!!!!

#resist #fascism #datahoarder #digitalpreservation #archive