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It is so weird to watch how #Trump has more similar views to #Russian president than to #European leaders. #America has left the liberal server and joined the #authoritarian lobby, using a videogame metaphor. All of this happened in less than 100 days of #DonaldTrump ’s ruling. What will the next years bring, then?

#Trumpism #Putin #Ukraine #Future #BuycottUSA #BoycottAmerica #BuyFromEU #BuyFromEurope #totalitarian #liberalism #liberal #West #Freedom #democracy

People tend to see #politics as a #left to #right line, this is quite wrong, when you get enough to the left or to the right, you will see ideas from the opposite side to be mixed into and of course everything start to be more authoritarian, we should instead look at it as a circle, with a line that tells us what is bad like #maga / #trumpism /#unitedrussia / #fascism / #afd

@w7voa about the sad #VOA Situation:

„I ​am speaking here in my personal capacity and not as a representative of any agency or organization, past, present or future…

My colleagues and our broadcasts, devoted to telling America’s story to the world — honestly, fairly and with an unwavering commitment to the truth​, are being silenced this weekend. T​he ​d​e facto destruction of the Voice of America — is nothing less than a betrayal of the ideals that gave birth to t​he institution and​ made it relevant throughout W​orld War II, the Cold War and in the decades after the collapse of the Berlin Wall.“

more here: steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo

The Newsguy -- Steve Herman · Requiem for the voice that carried a nation’s conscienceBy Steve Herman

Pierre Poilievre’s Complete Track Record on 2SLGBTQIA+ Issues
unclosetedmedia.com/p/pierre-p

The conservative candidate for Canada’s next Prime Minister mimics much of President Donald Trump and right-wing American politicians’ rhetoric on transgender rights.

#CanPol #Conservatives #Poilievre #protofascism #antiLGBT #Trumpism
#USpol #Trump #fascism #Christofascism #transgenocide

Uncloseted Media · Pierre Poilievre’s Complete Track Record on LGBTQ IssuesBy Emma Paidra

#FreeMahmoudKhalil
Protesting genocide is not a crime!
Fight back against repression!
#ICE out of our communities!
#mahmoudkhalil⁩ ⁨#politicalPrisioners⁩ ⁨#gazasolidarityencampment⁩ ⁨#deportation⁩ ⁨#freepalestine⁩ ⁨#gazagenocide⁩ ⁨#meltICE⁩ ⁨#protest⁩ ⁨ ⁨#solidarity⁩ ⁨#students⁩ ⁨#repression⁩ ⁨#donaldtrump⁩ ⁨#trumpRegime
#HandsOffOurStudents#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#sds⁩ ⁨#protest⁩ ⁨#mahmoudkhalil⁩ ⁨#deportation⁩ ⁨#DonalTrumpRegime
#Kkk⁩ ⁨#solidarity⁩ ⁨#freeSpeech⁩ ⁨#trumpism

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"unparalleled attack on the rule of law" not seen "since the days of McCarthyism,"

The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries experiencing rapid decline in civic freedoms. The US joins the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia on the first watchlist of 2025.

H/t @adirtyhippie

Happy that I had the opportunity to present my findings from my PhD in English to a #FOSS audience at #fossbackstage25
In a nutshell: The analyis of different GNU/Linux distributions shows how community culture inform technology development, and technology shapes its users.
In times of #Trumpism and #musk it becomes evident, that we need control over our software.
We also need to include users and adress their needs through #governance and #participatorydesign
25.foss-backstage.de/schedule/
#fossback