Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.
Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.
Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.
Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
#Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.
Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego #CivilLiberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
#Fraudulent#Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."
"Astonishingly, only 52% of Republican voters surveyed [by Brightline Watch] indicated that they believed that Trump ever brought classified documents to Mar-a-Lago, even though Trump himself admits doing so. There have even been countless widely publicized photos of those documents in various places around his private club."
"In poll after poll, we have clear evidence that the overwhelming majority of Republican voters do not inhabit a fact-based reality on key questions about modern American politics, from 'Who legitimately won the 2020 election?' to 'Do you believe that Trump actually did the thing that he has directly admitted to doing?'"
"And yet, how many times have you read such a clear-eyed statement in the mainstream press as this: 'Polls show the majority of Republican voters hold delusional ideas that are at odds with objective facts'? That’s what this poll shows. No need to mince words. But too often, mince they do."
This list does not include stuff coming within weeks from Fani Willis in Georgia AND
Jack Smith on January 6 (who already sent a target letter to trump) with charges of CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .
It's time for justice to catch up with Criminal Trump.
Obama's Russia Doctrine Prepared the Ground for #Putin's War:
The Long, Destructive Shadow of Obama’s #Russia Doctrine
A series of bad decisions during the #Obama years prepared the ground for Vladimir Putin’s war
@nf3xn
Dr. Hill did an interview on Silicon Curtain where she basically admits that she & the bulk of the #American#NationalSecurity establishment & intelligentsia fundamentally misunderstood #Putin & his view of #Russia's place in the world until the full scale invasion of #Ukraine in 2022. #Europe's security was seen as literally a punch-line for debates & even #alqaeda was supposed to be a minor concern that era was all about the pivot to #Asiahttps://youtu.be/maBUKuJmQ4M @harry@CitizenWald
"The blockbuster feature of the season showcases, on one side, a serious president focused on democracy, national security, and building up American manufacturing and competitiveness, and on the other side, a circus ringmaster dodging indictments and eleven primary opponents. There will never be a starker, more compelling contrast than what’s before our eyes right now."
One month after the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league announced a merger with the PGA Tour, they've moved their championship tournament to Trump's Doral resort.
The Mar-a-Lago documents included information on ‘Special Access Programs,’ the release of which could endanger American military and intelligence personnel. …
Of the 31 documents former President Trump is being charged with inappropriately storing at his resort hotel, eight may have contained information about or derived from our government’s most sensitive activities."
"and made it clear he knew he should not be showing the document to the people in the room, telling them it was 'off the record' and 'highly confidential.'
Journalist Garrett Graff, who wrote a history of President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, the one that led Nixon to resign under threat of impeachment and conviction, listened to the tape and tweeted:"
“Speaking as a Watergate historian, there’s nowhere on thousands of hours of Nixon tapes where Nixon makes any comment as clear, as clearly illegal, and as clearly self-aware as this Trump tape.”
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has a serious problem when it comes to sexual violence.
According to a recent report, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), an elite branch of the CAF, has exposed a troubling culture of reticence and double standards when it comes to addressing misconduct.
Daniel Dale highlights seven cases from the last six years of ordinary citizens who mishandled classified information, were judged to have compromised national security — and went to jail under provisions of the Espionage Act.
"You can protect national security. Or you can protect Trump. You can’t do both. …
Trump is unfit for office, and more prominent Republicans should be saying that flat out without burying it in baseless assaults on the pillars of U.S. democracy."
One of #Trump’s new attys proposed an idea…fall of 2022…. atty, Christopher Kise, wanted to quietly approach #Justice to…negotiate a #settlement that would preclude charges, hoping AG #MerrickGarland & the #DOJ would want…to avoid prosecuting a fmr president. Kise would hopefully “take the temperature down,” he told others, by promising a professional approach & the return of all documents.
But Trump was not interested
Several other #Trump advisers blamed #TomFitton for convincing Trump that he could keep the #ClassifiedDocuments & repeatedly mentioning the “Clinton socks case” — a reference to tapes Bill Clinton stored in his sock drawer of his secret interviews w/historian Taylor Branch that served as the basis of Branch’s 2009 book documenting the Clinton presidency.