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📣Courage is contagious.
➡️ María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless fight to restore #democracy in Venezuela 🇻🇪—despite being barred from running for president, facing threats, and living under authoritarian rule.
She’s an inspiration to me—especially as a 🇺🇸🇩🇴 Latino witnessing the rise of #authoritarianism in the U.S.
Her #courage and commitment to peaceful resistance remind me of Maya Angelou’s timeless word👇🏾
#Trump told reporters yesterday he would consider utilizing the #InsurrectionAct, a law enacted >200 ago, to sidestep any #court rulings restricting his orders to send #NationalGuard #troops into cities over the objections of local & state officials.
#law #military #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
During the hearing, a lawyer for the federal government said #Texas #NationalGuard troops were not expected to be deployed in #Illinois until Tuesday or Wednesday. The lawyer said he believed Illinois National Guard troops would begin reporting for duty tomorrow & would undergo training before being sent out on assignment.
#Chicago #Trump #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
During the hearing, a lawyer for the federal government said #Texas #NationalGuard troops were not expected to be deployed in #Illinois until Tuesday or Wednesday. The lawyer said he believed Illinois National Guard troops would begin reporting for duty tomorrow & would undergo training before being sent out on assignment.
#Chicago #Trump #law #RightToProtest #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
🇨🇳 A new theory of China’s rise: rule by engineers / The Economist
｢ China is an “engineering state”, locked in competition with America, which is run by lawyers. China builds things quickly. America debates endlessly about whether they should be built at all. How did China, a country that was once known mostly for intellectual-property theft and child labour, become a technological powerhouse? ｣
🇨🇳 A new theory of China’s rise: rule by engineers / The Economist
｢ China is an “engineering state”, locked in competition with America, which is run by lawyers. China builds things quickly. America debates endlessly about whether they should be built at all. How did China, a country that was once known mostly for intellectual-property theft and child labour, become a technological powerhouse? ｣
Latest comic: Pundit bro doom loop
Latest comic: Pundit bro doom loop
I currently read Alex Vitale's The End Of Policing. I was skeptical at first. After about a third I thought "Yes OK that's true but mostly applies to the US, right?"
But then, where Vitale argues #police has always been a political, never a #crime-fighting tool, I suddenly realised:
Holy shit I myself & everyone in my bubble finds it totally normal that police are present at #protests but would *never* expect them to solve my burglary case or find my stolen bicycle. 😲
I know I'm probably real late to all this compared to Fedi standards but gosh why did I not read this earlier?
I highly recommend #TheEndOfPolicing to everyone.
It should be standard reading in school and I guess someone knowledgeable should write a European version?
"Blackhawk helicopters. Flash bangs. A chainsaw to cut through fencing. Doors blown off hinges. Holes in walls. An entire building’s worth of American citizens treated as enemy combatants in a war zone.
This happened. In Chicago. In America. This week.
And we’ve already moved on to the next story."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-sufferable-evil
#ICE #Chicago #USA #UnitedStates #US #America #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Trump #GOP #SCOTUS #DueProcess #News #Press
"Blackhawk helicopters. Flash bangs. A chainsaw to cut through fencing. Doors blown off hinges. Holes in walls. An entire building’s worth of American citizens treated as enemy combatants in a war zone.
This happened. In Chicago. In America. This week.
And we’ve already moved on to the next story."
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-sufferable-evil
#ICE #Chicago #USA #UnitedStates #US #America #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Trump #GOP #SCOTUS #DueProcess #News #Press
Anyone who thinks the #UnitedStates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #Constitution needs to check their head.
“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:
#Journalist #MarioGuevara Deported After Covering #AntiTrump #Protest
Mario Guevara was deported from the #US early on Oct 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists
#law #FreedomOfThePress #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #FuckSCOTUS #immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/mario_guevara_deportation_freedom_of_press
Anyone who thinks the #UnitedStates is still a #democracy that adheres to the founders’ #Constitution needs to check their head.
“Attack on #FreeSpeech”:
#Journalist #MarioGuevara Deported After Covering #AntiTrump #Protest
Mario Guevara was deported from the #US early on Oct 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists
#law #FreedomOfThePress #Trump #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #FuckSCOTUS #immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/mario_guevara_deportation_freedom_of_press
The headline says it all: “Trump Declares He Can Wage Secret Wars Against Anyone He Calls an Enemy.” #uspol #authoritarianism
https://theintercept.com/2025/10/02/venezuela-boat-strike-justification/
The feds also claimed the South Shore neighborhood was “a location known to be frequented by Tren de Aragua members and their associates,” but #DHS gave NO EVIDENCE to support the assertion, & authorities did not confirm that any of the people arrested were members of the Venezuelan gang.
#Trump #law #US #immigration #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2
#Armed federal agents in #military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, #women & #children from their apartments, some of them #naked, residents & witnesses said. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the 5-story building, & #UScitizens were among those detained for hours.
#Trump #law #US #immigration #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2
Massive #immigration raid on #Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
#DHS said federal agents with #CBP, the #FBI & the #ATF arrested 37 people in the raid.
#Trump #law #US #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
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