#BobIger, #Disney’s chief executive, & #DanaWalden, his head of #TV, were also hearing from skittish #advertisers & #employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed #JimmyKimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #dictatorship #autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism

#Conservatives had accused #JimmyKimmel of mischaracterizing the #politics of the man accused of killing the #FarRight activist #CharlieKirk. #Trump’s chair of the #FCC had just warned #ABC of serious consequences, telling the network that “we can do this the easy or the hard way.” And a #Texas-based owner of many #ABCaffiliates was preparing to pull #Kimmel from its stations indefinitely.

#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #autocracy #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #StochasticTerrorism

The concept of a hero has always been alien to me. In comics, they are portrayed as our saviours from evil. This feeds into real life, with the common fixation on autocrats, cult leaders, sports stars and action movie characters. Nothing in reality has ever supported the idea that one person can do all the things necessary to save us from anything but people fall for it all the time. I'd like to see more stories showing us how we can collectively be our own heroes.

#hero #autocracy #fascism

The concept of a hero has always been alien to me. In comics, they are portrayed as our saviours from evil. This feeds into real life, with the common fixation on autocrats, cult leaders, sports stars and action movie characters. Nothing in reality has ever supported the idea that one person can do all the things necessary to save us from anything but people fall for it all the time. I'd like to see more stories showing us how we can collectively be our own heroes.

#hero #autocracy #fascism

Here come the #stormtroopers

#Pentagon approves use of #Navy base for #Chicago#ICE operations
#Defense officials have said the installation also could be used by #military forces who are called on to assist ICE.

#law#PosseComitatusAct#Trump#MilitaryState#MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/04/chicago-navy-base-great-lakes-pritzker-trump-ice/

Judge Charles Breyer of the US District Court in San Francisco found this week that a similar operation in #LosAngeles earlier this year violated the #PosseComitatusAct, a federal #law that prohibits #US troops from participating in civilian law enforcement. The #Trump admin has appealed the ruling.

#law#Chicago#MilitaryState#MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny#NationalGuard #military #troops

… “Expanded #ICE operations” are expected to begin in #Chicago as soon as this week, with #Trump & his senior advisers leaving it ambiguous whether a #military deployment will follow. Military planning reported last month has raised the possibility of either #NationalGuard or active-duty #troops being used.
Such a mission would almost certainly be contested in court.

#law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny

The approval, which has not previously been reported, comes after #DHS sought permission late last month for agents with #ICE & other law enforcement personnel to use the base. It also comes as Gov #JBPritzker & other top officials in #Illinois decry #Trump’s aggressive tactics, lack of coordination & characterization of #Chicago as a “hellhole” of crime requiring #federal intervention.

#law#PosseComitatusAct#MilitaryState#MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny

Here come the #stormtroopers

#Pentagon approves use of #Navy base for #Chicago#ICE operations
#Defense officials have said the installation also could be used by #military forces who are called on to assist ICE.

#law#PosseComitatusAct#Trump#MilitaryState#MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/04/chicago-navy-base-great-lakes-pritzker-trump-ice/

Deploying these service members “for the purpose of establishing a #military presence there & enforcing federal law,” Breyer wrote, “is a serious violation of the #PosseComitatusAct.” That #law, passed in 1878, bars the use of the military in domestic law enforcement, except as allowed by the #Constitution or by #Congress.

Breyer’s ruling makes plain how the admin worked to circumvent the law, & why.

#Trump#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy#Gestapo#NationalGuard#Marines

In its most distilled form, that’s the conclusion of Charles Breyer, the federal judge overseeing a suit brought by #California Governor Gavin Newsom over the #Trump administration’s deployment of National Guardsmen & #Marines in & around #LosAngeles in June. In a scathing opinion delivered today, Breyer said that the administration had acted illegally.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.176.0_1.pdf

#law#MilitaryState#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy#Gestapo#NationalGuard#USTroops #resist

The mayor of Chicago pushed back Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” #Trump admin’s plan to surge #federal officers into the nation’s third-largest #city, which could take place within days.

#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law #military#NationalGuard#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-federal-officers-immigration-order-506110328aa3b70bdf3a5f033d180268

The federal surge into #Chicago could start as early as Sept. 5 & last about 30 days, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that had not been made public.

#Trump#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law #military#NationalGuard#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2

When asked during a news conference about federal agents who are presumably “taking orders,” Johnson replied: “Yeah, & I don’t take orders from the federal government.”

Johnson also blocked #Chicago #police from wearing face coverings to hide their identities, as most federal #ICE officers have adopted since the #Trump admin took charge this year.

#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law #military#NationalGuard#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2

The mayor of Chicago pushed back Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” #Trump admin’s plan to surge #federal officers into the nation’s third-largest #city, which could take place within days.

#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law #military#NationalGuard#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://apnews.com/article/chicago-federal-officers-immigration-order-506110328aa3b70bdf3a5f033d180268

Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Another example of what happens in the #Trump admin if you dare report #facts

#Pentagon Fires the #Defense#Intelligence Agency Chief

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting Trump’s contention that US strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in #Iran.

#military#MilitaryPreparedness#NationalSecurity #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy#DearLeader
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/

Personnel from #WestVirginia arrived Monday, with troops from #SouthCarolina, #Mississippi & advance teams from #Ohio & #Tennessee expected to arrive Tuesday, a defense official said.….

[The #NationalGuard troops are]…operating under the command of Joint Task Force DC, which will decide where in the city to send troops in coordination w/agencies asking for assistance.

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#Trump#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2

#law#DC#WashingtonDC#CivilRights#MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny#Gestapo #coup#TrumpCoup2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/