"I have always believed that at some point Trump would come for DC itself for it is the world’s most powerful monument to democracy, for freedom, for e pluribus unum and overcoming racism and slavery. For Trump’s rancid remaking of America into something other than a democracy to succeed he was going to eventually have to do something about this living, inspirational monument."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #military#WashingtonDC
/19

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/an-encouraging-win-in-iowa-national

“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

"The deployment of a Marine infantry division that served in Iraq and Afghanistan in Los Angeles, the sight of military vehicles and armed National Guard troops in Washington D.C., and Trump’s threats to give the same treatment to Chicago and other Democrat-led cities, have borne out my June forecast that Trump is gearing up to pursue a 'forever war' on Americans."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military
/18

https://lucid.substack.com/p/trumps-war-on-america

Sounds like the old Stalin meeting, where the delegate dare not be the first to stop clapping and sit down.

“'It bore similarities … to meetings of ministers in other countries where leaders have sought to exert strong, personal control over large stretches of national life,' the WaPo reported.

For his part, Trump basked in the preposterous praise and further embraced the Roberts Court’s view of the unitary executive."

Re: WaPo's report, read: "other countries" with dictators at their helms….

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt
/17

"In an orgy of 'flattery inflation,' President Trump’s Cabinet members tried to outdo themselves with over-the-top cultist praise for their leader while he preened, strutted, and projected for TV cameras for more than three excruciating hours Tuesday."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator
/16

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/dc-grand-jury-declines-to-indict

Paul Krugman looks at Trump's decimation of renewable energy enterprises, electricity generated by wind and solar power"

“'The Crazy' is my personal term for the escalating barrage of destructive actions and statements coming from the madman-in-chief and his minions."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #ClimateChange #electricity#WindPower#SolarPower#RenewableEnergy
/15

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-crazy-comes-for-clean-energy

@wdlindsy@toad.social "I am a dictator but i stop crime" - Hitler said that. And Mussolini. And Franco. And Stalin. And Lenin. And Mao. And Xi. And Boisonaro. And Kim. Actually there was never a dictator who said "i promote crime".

"Perhaps the most important thing to understand about Trump’s mobster state capitalism is that it isn’t about economic efficiency or stimulating growth, let alone a vision of how the economy works and what it should create. It’s about power, pure and simple. Trump is expanding his own personal power in every direction he can — over Congress, over universities, over civil society, and over American business."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #economy
/14

Paul Waldman discusses Trump's "mobster state capitalism":

"What distinguishes Trump’s version of state capitalism from what you might find in other places is its random character, with every decision driven by the whims of one erratic man."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #economy
/13

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-intel-mobster-state-capitalism-china

"The administration’s solution is not to fund violence prevention programs and local law enforcement—two methods proven to work—but instead to use the power of the government to terrorize communities.

There is a frantic feel to that effort, as if they feel they must convince Americans to fear crime more than they fear rising grocery prices or having to take their children past police checkpoints on their way to school."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/12

Let that sink in...

"John Roberts is now officially the worst Chief Justice in our nation’s history."

At the moment in history when we need the Supreme Court the most.

“The line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of people say, ‘You know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator.'

With Trump underwater on all his key issues and his job approval rating dismal, the administration appears to be trying to create support for Trump by insisting that the U.S. is mired in crime and he alone can solve the problem."

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military #WashingtonDC
/11

"Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J. Trump suggested that Americans want a dictator. In a meeting in the Cabinet Room that lasted more than three hours, during which he listened to the fulsome praise of his cabinet officers and kept his hands below the table, seemingly to hide the bad bruising on his right hand, Trump said:"

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #military#WashingtonDC
/10

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-26-2025