Sad and accurate piece explaining that we have already lost our democracy. Institutions cannot speak freely against the ruling party anymore without fear of retribution. Universities, law firms, news orgs, politicians, companies have all been cowed by the ruling party in America and will not speak or act freely against Trump anymore.
That's it, boys. It's gone. You absolute idiots killed it.
We can theoretically build it back, but it's going to take the utter defeat of trumpism at the ballot box. And I don't see that happening, with the right wing mediasphere so powerful.
America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration’s weaponization of government agencies and flurry of punitive actions against critics has raised the cost of opposition for a wide range of Americans. The Trump administration has taken (or credibly threatened) punitive action against a strikingly large number of individuals and organizations that it considers its opponents. It has, for example, selectively deployed law enforcement agencies against critics. President Trump directed the Department of Justice to open investigations into Christopher Krebs (who as the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly contradicted Mr. Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020) and Miles Taylor (who, when he was a Department of Homeland Security official, anonymously wrote an opinion piece criticizing the president in 2018). The administration has also opened a criminal investigation into Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, who filed a lawsuit against Mr. Trump in 2022.
The administration has targeted major law firms for retribution. It effectively prohibited the federal government from hiring Perkins Coie; Paul, Weiss; and other leading law firms it perceived as friendly to the Democratic Party. It also threatened to cancel their clients’ government contracts and suspended their employees’ security clearances, preventing them from working on many cases related to the government.
Donors to the Democratic Party and other progressive causes also face political retribution. In April, Mr. Trump directed the attorney general to investigate the fund-raising practices of ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main donor platform, in an apparent effort to weaken his rivals’ fund-raising infrastructure. Major Democratic donors now fear retribution in the form of tax and other investigations. Some have hired additional legal counsel to prepare for tax audits, congressional investigations or lawsuits. Others have moved assets abroad.
Like many autocratic governments, the Trump administration has targeted the media. Mr. Trump has sued ABC News, CBS News, Meta, Simon & Schuster and The Des Moines Register. The lawsuits appear to have weak legal bases, but because media outlets like ABC and CBS are owned by conglomerates with other interests affected by federal government decisions, a prolonged legal battle against a sitting president could be costly.
Biden and Obama weaponized the government, especially the IRS, against conservative groups. But now that the shoe is on the other food they're whining.
Biden and Obama weaponized the government, especially the IRS, against conservative groups. But now that the shoe is on the other food they're whining.
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
And we should believe NPR instead? Especially on the woke crap like “pregnant men”?
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
And we should believe NPR instead? Especially on the woke crap like “pregnant men”?
the lowest IQ test possible and you idiots are failing it.
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released its final 17,000-page staff report detailing the Select Subcommittee's findings about the Biden-Harris Administra...
The agreement with the United Kingdom is a full and comprehensive one that will cement the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom for many years to come. Because of our long time history and allegiance together, it is a great honor to have the United Kingdom as our FIRST announcement. Many other deals, which are in serious stages of negotiation, to follow!
David Frum @davidfrum The essence of the Trump communications philosophy is that anybody dumb enough to believe anything Trump says is a fool who deserves to be lied to.
Trump owns you sir. THIS is your life, 24/7. Think about it.
Hours everyday spewing on and on about things that you know zero about. You are just an angry old liberal guy who didn't get his way.
Harris got kicked to the curb. Trump trounced her. It's so bad here...move.
What a sad example of what the meaning of life is----it was lost upon you and your fake links, biased links and liberal opinion which is anti-American and racist. I bet your parents were proud of you, eh? Sad.
Yeah this is disgusting. Pure unamerican authoritarian trumpism. Getting rid of Voice of America programming and replacing it with right wing propaganda.
You absolute idiots. You could not be stupider. Shooting the golden goose in the head. Installing a tyrant.
Voice of America to Receive Feeds From Pro-Trump Network, Administration Says Kari Lake, whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said the broadcaster would be fed with content from One America News Network.
Trump Suffers Legal Blow: ‘Worst in Integrity and Class’ 58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump's meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows Tuberville Admits "It's Just Embarrassing" That Trump Can't Get His People Through This Auto Parts C.E.O. Gave Trump’s Tariffs a Chance. Now He’s Not So Sure. Hegseth’s Use of Passwords Raises New Security Concerns Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact Trump likely to pull surgeon general pick following Laura Loomer complaints A Most Sensitive Subject in the White House: Where Is Melania? E.U. Unveils a Plan to Hit Back at the U.S. if Trade Negotiations Fail A Salacious Saga Engulfs the Virginia G.O.P. and Weakens Youngkin Federal Judge Casts Doubt on Trump Arguments in Venezuelan Migrants Case The Bubble Blasters and Other Chinese Goods That Are Paralyzed by Trade Chaos EU Targets American Aircraft, Car Parts for Possible Tariffs
Yeah this is disgusting. Pure unamerican authoritarian trumpism. Getting rid of Voice of America programming and replacing it with right wing propaganda.
You absolute idiots. You could not be stupider. Shooting the golden goose in the head. Installing a tyrant.
Voice of America to Receive Feeds From Pro-Trump Network, Administration Says Kari Lake, whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said the broadcaster would be fed with content from One America News Network.
Don't care. I don't think we should have any publicly funded media. But if we have it, have it be MAGA / MAHA instead of woke.
Yeah this is disgusting. Pure unamerican authoritarian trumpism. Getting rid of Voice of America programming and replacing it with right wing propaganda.
You absolute idiots. You could not be stupider. Shooting the golden goose in the head. Installing a tyrant.
Voice of America to Receive Feeds From Pro-Trump Network, Administration Says Kari Lake, whom President Trump put in charge of overhauling Voice of America, said the broadcaster would be fed with content from One America News Network.
Don't care. I don't think we should have any publicly funded media. But if we have it, have it be MAGA / MAHA instead of woke.
I'd bet $20 you never listened to more than 5 minutes of VOA in your life and are just being a lap dog by parotting anything Trump says to you. You have no idea what VOA programming was, but you say what trump tells you to say. You are a good little Maoist.
Absolute idiots.
This post was edited 30 seconds after it was posted.
I'd bet $20 you never listened to more than 5 minutes of VOA in your life and are just being a lap dog by parotting anything Trump says to you. You have no idea what VOA programming was, but you say what trump tells you to say. You are a good little Maoist.
Absolute idiots.
NPR is unbearable. Too woke. Should not receive any taxpayer funding at all
