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Ruth Ben-Ghiat

@ruthbenghiat

Authoritarians, fascism, propaganda, democracy/ruthbenghiat.com/Prof. History, NYU/Consultant 🎥/Book: Strongmen/ @caaspeakers /Substack on democracy threats ⬇️

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linkhttps://tinyurl.com/RBG-Lucid calendar_today03-12-2012 02:05:59

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What does this mean, they will have thugs to physically take the ballots to make sure they are marked for Republican candidates? Sounds like a perfect authoritarian election plan to me.

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The man who openly advocates the deployment of force against the American public. Someone has to root out those vermin on Leader Trump's orders!

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'personal hit job' brings to mind the Lucid essay 'Always the Victim': A Century of Strongmen Scams': lucid.substack.com/p/always-the-v…

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Molly secours(@molly_secours) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With approx 60,000 teachers in TN, the NRA scores a big win in TN with legislation aimed at arming teachers with weapons.

Needless to say the majority of TN’s are against so Between the voucher scam and the gunz a palooza legislation the super majority will be no more.

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Two huge wins by Biden today that the corporate media will bury, while reporting every one of Donald's in-court gestures and out-of-court lies:

1. Biden just secured BILLIONS of dollars for workers. He's guaranteeing they get time-and-a-half for overtime worked – anyone who

Two huge wins by Biden today that the corporate media will bury, while reporting every one of Donald's in-court gestures and out-of-court lies: 1. Biden just secured BILLIONS of dollars for workers. He's guaranteeing they get time-and-a-half for overtime worked – anyone who
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'Pardon Me: How Authoritarians Use Pardons' my essay on how Trump is in the tradition of Mussolini, Pinochet, and more: lucid.substack.com/p/pardon-me-fr…

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When they do the processesion of cars and track his movements live, it's not journalism, not news. 'He's arrived at the court house' plays no part in informing the public . youtube.com/watch?v=zqkf2U… This is ritual communication. Closest cousin is a funeral. Or a Super Bowl parade.

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You are simply wrong if you think that Trump is going to come in and restore order. As I show in the Trump agenda *depends on* chaos in diverse Blue cities. The most powerful thing we can do rt now is to figure this out viably for ourselves.

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All they do is threaten because they are authoritarians and thugs and also their 'product' is a sham: mix of lies and rants repeated to indoctrinate people and scam them out of their $.

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Four years ago today, Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectant and light inside of the body could be a possible cure for the coronavirus.

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He admires NK because it is a criminal entity masquerading as a government. Cybercrime is a main state activity.

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Today 79 years ago, the US army blew up the giant marble swastika overlooking the infamous Nazi rally grounds at Nuremberg, Germany.

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How behave, latest example. And when it all crashes down they blame their own people. See the Endings chapter of my book.

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Donald Trump's presidency was a masterclass in WEAKNESS: appeasing dictators, mocking our Troops, and risking global security.

We can't afford a repeat.

Under Joe Biden, America has reclaimed its role as a strong, respected leader—unifying allies and championing freedom.

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Add in Fascist Italy: first appeasement was not Munich but failure to stop or interrupt invasion Ethiopia. Hitler watched and took note.

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Desperation➡️call for 'disruptions' so he can be saved and public will think it is too dangerous & inflamnatory to prosecute him.

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Brain drain alert: two recent stories on profs fleeing Texas b/c of attacks on DEI. Arica Brandford, nursing prof at Texas A&M, left bc a national right-wing publication called her a diversity hire and published copies of her emails on Black History Month. chronicle.com/article/a-pawn…

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