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#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
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Hello. 👋
I’m developing a personal site to house and share some of my work, including both the academic stuff and the more public-facing writing I’ve been doing in recent years.
If any of the below are your bag, perhaps you’ll take a look or subscribe to the blog?
#history #memory #justice #rights #museums #uspol #democracy #authoritarianism
Hello. 👋
I’m developing a personal site to house and share some of my work, including both the academic stuff and the more public-facing writing I’ve been doing in recent years.
If any of the below are your bag, perhaps you’ll take a look or subscribe to the blog?
#history #memory #justice #rights #museums #uspol #democracy #authoritarianism
ICE Can Now Target You Based on Race. I Refuse to Stay Silent
#scotus #racialprofiling #racism #civilrights #history #fascism #authoritarianism #america #latinos #hispanic#eliewiesel #stophate #ice #freedom #democracy #hope #courage
Fascism is once again rising across the world, creeping in through surveillance capitalism, mass data harvesting, chat control laws, UK-style age verification, and endless new tools of digital censorship presented as safety.
Freedoms vanish piece by piece through biometric borders, predictive policing, restrictions on protest, voter suppression, book bans, and the relentless spread of authoritarian policies disguised as order. What seemed impossible a decade ago is now routine.
This is the face of modern authoritarianism. Fascism has adapted, hiding in legislation, bureaucracy, and technology. Its advance is quiet, normalized, and devastating, and every year it becomes harder to imagine turning back.
#Fascism#Authoritarianism#UK#ChatControl#Activism#Protest#US#EU
Fascism is once again rising across the world, creeping in through surveillance capitalism, mass data harvesting, chat control laws, UK-style age verification, and endless new tools of digital censorship presented as safety.
Freedoms vanish piece by piece through biometric borders, predictive policing, restrictions on protest, voter suppression, book bans, and the relentless spread of authoritarian policies disguised as order. What seemed impossible a decade ago is now routine.
This is the face of modern authoritarianism. Fascism has adapted, hiding in legislation, bureaucracy, and technology. Its advance is quiet, normalized, and devastating, and every year it becomes harder to imagine turning back.
#Fascism#Authoritarianism#UK#ChatControl#Activism#Protest#US#EU
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/
… “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
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
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
… “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 #Pentagon has approved the use of a #Navy base on the outskirts of #Chicago as a staging ground from which the #Trump admin can [purportedly] launch operations against undocumented immigrants….
#NavalStationGreatLakes will serve as a hub in upcoming operations overseen by #DHS….
It could also potentially be used as a place to house #NationalGuard or active-duty #military#ServiceMembers, if #Trump orders a surge of #US #troops to the city, as he did in #LosAngeles & #WashingtonDC.
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/
"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."
#TrumpAdministration#USPolitics#Politics#USNews#Fascism#Authoritarianism#History#News
A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of #troops to #California was more than just an overreach.
The #Trump administration broke the #law. Its officials knew they were breaking the law. And they’ll likely try to do so again.
#MilitaryState#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny#AmericanAutocracy#LosAngeles#Gestapo#NationalGuard#Marines#USTroops #resist
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxZRivk8VNFDTyCxMzZBFw8k
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.
#law#MilitaryState#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy#Gestapo#NationalGuard#USTroops #resist
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.
#law#MilitaryState#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy#Gestapo#NationalGuard#USTroops #resist
A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of #troops to #California was more than just an overreach.
The #Trump administration broke the #law. Its officials knew they were breaking the law. And they’ll likely try to do so again.
#MilitaryState#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism #tyranny#AmericanAutocracy#LosAngeles#Gestapo#NationalGuard#Marines#USTroops #resist
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-national-guard-law-california/684084/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxZRivk8VNFDTyCxMzZBFw8k
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
On Saturday, #Trump commented about #Chicago crime & #Illinois Gov. #JBPritzker on his Truth Social site: “Six people were killed, & 24 people were shot, in Chicago last weekend, & JB Pritzker, the weak & pathetic Governor of Illinois, just said that he doesn’t need help in preventing CRIME. He is CRAZY!!! He better straighten it out, FAST, or we’re coming! MAGA. President DJT”
#MilitaryState#WhiteSupremacy #law #military#NationalGuard#PosseComitatusAct #authoritarianism#TrumpCoup2
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