William Lindsey :toad:<p>The Contrarian announces it's adding to its team Ann Telnaes, who courageously resigned her position at Washington Post when editors censored her work to please Trump and his epigone Bezos. Telnaes launches her Contrarian work with a brilliant cartoon series about how autocrats — like Trump — always try to control the media.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/ann-telnaes-how-autocracies-take" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/ann-</span><span class="invisible">telnaes-how-autocracies-take</span></a></p>
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Kim Perales<p>Good news from💙PA's <a href="https://toad.social/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>: </p><p>“From a ‘sign of the pol winds,’ the victory last night was significant: turnout was quite high for a random Mar date -this turf has been Republican since the Civil War… -does NOT incl. Lancaster *quite blue -neither candidate in this race broke thru in a particular striking way.</p><p>“To me -an endorsement of your approach of running candidates everywhere<br>+Genuinely a surprise.”<br>-D Pepper</p><p>The most impt factor to thwart <a href="https://toad.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> is public sentiment.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Ben West 🦋<p>Its time to get serious about stopping this NOW.
Secret police in the USA are basically disappearing people in broad daylight because of their political beliefs and/or ethnicity.
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ethics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23authoritarianism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23surveilance" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveilance</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23humanRights" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanRights</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3llccznpbvc2r" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3llccznpbvc2r</a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>How John Roberts Empowered a Lawless Presidency<br /><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-john-roberts-has-empowered-a-lawless-presidency" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/the-lede/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-john-roberts-has-empowered-a-lawless-presidency</span></a><br />non-paywalled: <a href="https://archive.fo/ZTWTS" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.fo/ZTWTS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114116538936742746" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1141</span><span class="invisible">16538936742746</span></a></p><p>SCOTUS Chief Justice’s role in fostering Trump2 fascism</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobertsCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RobertsCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>transgenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>whiteSupremacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
MicronH☮️⚖️😷<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/mike-johnson-congress-courts-trump" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/26/mike-johnson-congress-courts-trump</span></a> Republican House speaker Mike Johnson suggested potentially defunding, restructuring or eliminating US federal courts as a means of pushing back against judicial decisions that have challenged Donald Trump’s policies. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@els76uk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>els76uk</span></a></span> </p><p>“…a lawless <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> does not arise simply by snuffing out the ordinary legal system of rules, procedures, and precedents. To the contrary, that system—which he called the “normative state”—remains in place while dictatorial power spreads across society.”</p><p>1/4</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p>Some good disagreement between libertarians and a principled conservative re <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> and more.</p><p><a href="https://pca.st/episode/c22e5943-394e-4579-975d-a97ec3efae66" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pca.st/episode/c22e5943-394e-4</span><span class="invisible">579-975d-a97ec3efae66</span></a></p>
JKN<p>I have met people, so consumed and deluded by neo-capitalist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> that they would persecute anyone who dares produce anything outside the corporate oligarchy. People who are furious and disgusted at the very ideas of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plurality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> and even <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>It can only be seen as ominous when leading academics who study authoritarianism are fleeing the US. </p><p>Account Ida Bae Wells (from Bluesky), posted: "When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I'm afraid to say it, but I think this is where we are heading... </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZI9vQfr4Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZI9vQfr4</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadMaxBullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadMaxBullshit</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polycrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ModestMouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ModestMouse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeInABox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimeInABox</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadKingTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wasteland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wasteland</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> 14. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FraudulentElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FraudulentElections</span></a><br> Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmearCampaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmearCampaigns</span></a> against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> </p><p> By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, March 25, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.</p><p>"The order says the U.S. has failed 'to enforce basic and necessary election protections' and calls on states to work with federal agencies to share voter lists and prosecute election crimes. It threatens to pull federal funding from states where election officials don’t comply."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/voting-elec</span><span class="invisible">tions-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BullyInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BullyInChief</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionBarriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionBarriers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
CRMunoz<p>In court this week, a lawyer representing Trump’s DOJ made a chilling claim: the president should be allowed to fire all women and everyone over 40 based solely on personal whim.<br />No accountability. No constitutional check.<br />This isn’t just bad law—it’s authoritarian rot taking root.<br />Link: <a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/lawyer-argues-president-has-the-power-to-fire-all-women-people-over-40-if-he-feels-like-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/lawyer</span><span class="invisible">-argues-president-has-the-power-to-fire-all-women-people-over-40-if-he-feels-like-it/</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AgeDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WomensRights</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America?<br /><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/is-turkeys-declining-democracy-a-model-for-trumps-america" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/is-</span><span class="invisible">turkeys-declining-democracy-a-model-for-trumps-america</span></a></p><p>* Erdoğan purged judiciary/censored media/jailed political opponents</p><p>Russia & Hungary are the models; Turkey perhaps 3rd</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dictators</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings</p><p>by Avery Lotz, March 23, 2025</p><p>"Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> rights.</p><p>"The big picture: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> urged cautionary planning for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> travelers seeking to enter the U.S. following an executive order requiring the federal government to recognize only two sexes: male and female.</p><p> - The advisory changes come as citizens from several European countries and beyond have been detained by U.S. immigration authorities over issues with travel visas. </p><p>[...] </p><p>"The Trump administration has made rolling back rights for transgender Americans a key priority of its early days in office, targeting military service, gender-affirming care, sports participation, federal recognition and other aspects of everyday life.</p><p> - References to trans Americans — and other minority groups — have been wiped across federal websites.<br> - However, many of the administration's measures have hit legal barriers in court."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-issue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-is</span><span class="invisible">sue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>] v. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a></p><p>A case challenging the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s policy of ideological deportation.</p><p>"On March 25, 2025, the Knight Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian activism. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AAUP’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYU</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a> campus chapters, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEastStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastStudies</span></a> Association, argues that the policy chills noncitizens from speaking and, by extension, robs these organizations and their U.S. citizen members of noncitizens’ perspectives on a matter of significant public debate.</p><p>"The lawsuit responds to a climate of repression and fear on university campuses. Federal agencies are attempting to deport multiple individuals for their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> advocacy, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a>, a leader of protests at Columbia University. These actions have sent chills through the community of noncitizen students and faculty on campuses around the country, causing some to pull out of academic conferences, stay home from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a>, and withdraw from other forms of public advocacy and engagement.</p><p>"The lawsuit alleges that the administration’s policy of ideological deportation violates the First Amendment right of the plaintiffs to hear from and associate with noncitizen students and faculty, that it is unconstitutionally vague, and that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The suit seeks a court order declaring that the policy is unlawful and enjoining the federal government from enforcing it."</p><p>Status: Complaint filed on March 25, 2025.</p><p>Case Information: American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, No. 1:25-cv-10685 (D.Mass).</p><p><a href="https://knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-v-rubio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-</span><span class="invisible">v-rubio</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YunseoChung</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p>Jennifer Rubin and Tom Malinowski and Jen Rubin on free media and a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> slip</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VoiceofAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceofAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RadioFreeEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioFreeEurope</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheContrarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheContrarian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/tom-malinowski-and-jen-rubin-on-free" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">contrarian.substack.com/p/tom-</span><span class="invisible">malinowski-and-jen-rubin-on-free</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>Yep. We're doomed.</p><p>PODCAST excerpt:<br>The Mad Scramble for Power: Global Superpowers’ Strategies for Energy, Economics, and War.</p><p>Podcast link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-03</span><span class="invisible">-24/the-mad-scramble-for-power-global-superpowers-strategies-for-energy-economics-and-war/</span></a></p><p>PDF Transcript link: <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static1.squarespace.com/static</span><span class="invisible">/61d5bc2bb737636144dc55d0/t/67ddcf598c35381c0dcb96d5/1742589786506/RR+16+Transcript+%28The+Mad+Scramble+for+Power%29.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resources</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeakOil</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PeakEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeakEverything</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/DeIndustrialization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeIndustrialization</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/InfoTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoTech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>, Allies Sue over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faculty</span></a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LawfulSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulSpeech</span></a></p><p>"The national AAUP; chapters at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rutgers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rutgers</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYU</span></a>; and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEastStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastStudies</span></a> Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> and other protected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> activities. </p><p>"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute</span></a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AhilanArulanantham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AhilanArulanantham</span></a>, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.</p><p>"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association. </p><p>"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a> and intense fear on university <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/campuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campuses</span></a>, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'</p><p>"'The Trump administration is going after international <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> and students who speak their minds about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> or who provide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderAffirming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderAffirming</span></a> health care or who research <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson. </p><p>"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JameelJaffer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JameelJaffer</span></a>, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-</span><span class="invisible">over-trump-policy-arresting-and-threatening-deport-students-and-faculty-lawful</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfAssembly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a></p>
melUS - Alien Enemies Act, El Salvador, history
:startrek: Ted<p>Jack boots..can you hear them?</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/congress/</span><span class="invisible">speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986</span></a></p><p>#<a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/mikejohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mikejohnson</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
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