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#autocracy

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DrALJONES

Report: "Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding"

The lawsuit signals a major escalation of the ongoing fight between higher education & President Trump, who has vowed to “reclaim” elite universities.

"The administration has cast its campaign as a fight against antisemitism, but has also targeted programs and teaching related to racial diversity and gender issues."

nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/harv

#trump #harvard #highered #uspol #autocracy #trumpfundingcuts .

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
The New York Times · Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut FundingBy Stephanie Saul
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DrALJONES

Report: "Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding"

The lawsuit signals a major escalation of the ongoing fight between higher education & President Trump, who has vowed to “reclaim” elite universities.

"The administration has cast its campaign as a fight against antisemitism, but has also targeted programs and teaching related to racial diversity and gender issues."

nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/harv

#trump #harvard #highered #uspol #autocracy #trumpfundingcuts .

The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
The New York Times · Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut FundingBy Stephanie Saul
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William Lindsey :toad:

"There is also almost no parallel in a highly developed democracy for a leader to try and overthrow the government in a 'self-coup' and, rather than end up banned from politics, or stand trial, is elected to a second term, with a major political party as his personal tool, and legal, business, media, and other elites capitulating to him as though that coup attempt and insurrection had never happened."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #autocracy #authoritarianism
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lucid.substack.com/p/is-americ

lucid.substack.comIs America an Autocracy Now?The stakes of naming, and the reality of process
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The autocrats have a simple plan: tear everything down and give them control. Let them use technology and artificial intelligence to optimize our lives, realizing efficiencies through the consolidation of power. They decide who's a terrorist and who goes to globally centralized prisons and concentration camps. Indeed, are we not already here?"

~ Dave Troy

#Trump #immigrants #DueProcess #dictatorship #autocracy #authoritarianism
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america2.news/convergence-is-h

America 2.0 · 'Convergence' Is Here – And We're Not PreparedAmerican politics is converging towards a vague concept of authoritarian "unity," influenced by a small network of backers.
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William Lindsey :toad:

"Whatever you want to call what emerges here as the vision that animates the MAGA Right, 'democracy' it sure ain’t. It’s not a republic either. Despotism is on the rise. ...

Whatever label or concept we think best describes this reality, a 'democracy' it certainly is not.

Where does this end? Who is at risk? Anyone who stands in the way of the MAGA vision of purging the nation."

~ Thomas Zimmer

#Trump #dictatorship #autocracy #authoritarianism
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thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/ho

Democracy Americana · How the Republic FallsBy Thomas Zimmer
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William Lindsey :toad:

"When the Supreme Court convenes 'literally in the middle of the night' to stop the government from spiriting away Venezuelans in apparent contradiction of their instruction to give every individual a meaningful opportunity to oppose their deportation, the 'constitutional crisis' has arrived."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #immigrants #SupremeCourt #DueProcess #dictatorship #autocracy #authoritarianism
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contrarian.substack.com/p/stop

The Contrarian · Stop Waiting for a Formal Declaration of “Crisis”By Jennifer Rubin
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Kim Perales

Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office. The country is losing data on drug use, maternal mortality, climate change…

Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.

#Fascsim #Autocracy #Kleptocracy #Data #PublicSafety #Resist #USPol

propublica.org/article/trump-d

ProPublicaTrump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

🤗🤗🤗 Wow 🤗🤗🤗

What to know about the Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act order

“In a rare overnight order handed down by the #SupremeCourt early Saturday morning, a majority of justices blocked the #Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in #Texas.”

Not surprisingly, two scumbag justices, — Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — dissented from the decision.

#immigration #deportation #autocracy
cnn.com/2025/04/19/politics/su

CNN · What to know about the Supreme Court’s midnight Alien Enemies Act orderBy John Fritze
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Geriatric Gardener

@CindyWeinstein

Or as Nemik (played by Alex Lawther) says in “Andor” (Disney+):

“It’s so confusing isn’t it, so much going wrong, so much to say, and all of it happening so quickly. The pace of oppression outstrips our ability to understand it – that is the real trick of the Imperial thought machine. It’s easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident.”

#US#Trump#Project2025
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Nonilex

Earlier this month, #Trump issued 2 #ExecutiveOrders revoking the #security clearances of #ChrisKrebs, who led #CISA under during Trump’s first term & rebutted his claims that the 2020 election had been rigged & stolen, & #MilesTaylor, who once served as chief of staff at the #DHS. Taylor anonymously wrote a NYT opinion essay in 2018 accusing Trump of rampant “amorality” & telling of an internal government “resistance.”

#RevengePolitics#AbuseOfPower#Autocracy
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Nonilex

“It brings to mind the abuses of power that characterize #authoritarian nations, not the #UnitedStates. No matter one’s party or #politics, every American should reject the notion that the awesome #power of the presidency can be used to pursue individual vendettas. Behavior of this kind is more to be expected from a royal despot than the elected leader of a constitutional republic. This is the path of #autocracy, not #democracy.”

#RevengePolitics#AbuseOfPower#ChrisKrebs
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