kriykat<p>Chris Hedges: The Road to Dictatorship<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/chris-hedges-the-road-to-dictatorship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/</span><span class="invisible">chris-hedges-the-road-to-dictatorship/</span></a><br>Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Deep State presages the formation of something far worse. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The Trump administration’s war with the deep state is not a purgative. 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Nonilex<p>Vought also revealed the extent of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a>’s role in whipping up <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/panic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panic</span></a> ahead of the 2022 midterms over an increase in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a>-seekers crossing at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a>.</p><p>In Feb 2022, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> AG Mark Brnovich released a legal opinion claiming the state was under “invasion” by violent cartels & could invoke <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> powers to deploy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> troops to its southern border. The legally dubious “invasion” theory became a potent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> talking point.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Since leaving govt, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> has reportedly remained a close ally of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. Speaking in July to undercover <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> posing as relatives of a potential donor, Vought said Trump had “blessed” the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a> & was “very supportive of what we do,” CNN reported.…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>He said the plans are a response to a “Marxist takeover” of the country; likened the moment to 1776 & 1860, when the country was at war or on the brink of it; & said the timing of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s candidacy was a “gift of God.”</p><p>ProPublica & Documented obtained videos of the 2 speeches <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a> delivered during events for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a>, a pro-Trump think tank led by Vought.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, a key architect of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, is shaping policy proposals for a potential second <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. As head of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a>, Vought advocates for dismantling the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/administrativestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>administrativestate</span></a>, aiming to empower the presidency while shrinking federal bureaucracy, aligning with the far-right vision for reshaping US governance.</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/russ-vought-profile-project-2025-trump-architect/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2024/</span><span class="invisible">09/russ-vought-profile-project-2025-trump-architect/</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Video: Project 2025 Author Russell Vought Bragging About Ties to Trump<br>Love for Christian nationalism; how close he is to Trump<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/184908/donald-trump-project-2025-video" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/184908/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-project-2025-video</span></a></p><p>* Russell Vought in line for chief of staff in 2ndT rump admin<br>* his group Center for Renewing America drafting executive orders, policy memos to help Trump immed. take action entering Oval Office</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnablingFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnablingFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussellVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellVought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Another offspring, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CenterForRenewingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForRenewingAmerica</span></a>, targets what it calls a leftist “cultural revolution” + a “taxpayer-funded woke federal bureaucracy.”</p><p>Critics say that by incubating these & other grps, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPI</span></a> is running afoul of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a> prohibiting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxExempt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> orgs from engaging in partisan activity. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watchdog</span></a> org, Campaign for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accountability</span></a>, & a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a> nonprof <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> grp, Accountable.US, have filed a complaint…w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>, arguing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPI</span></a>’s …funds & svcs are for 1 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> party.</p>
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