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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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Derek Thompson(@DKThomp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New Harris-Guardian poll:

- 56% say US is in recession (reality: 7 straight quarters of positive GDP growth)
- 49% say stocks are down YTD (reality: S&P500 up 12%)
- 49% say unemployment at a 50-year high (reality: U3 has been under 4% longer than any period since the 1960s)

New Harris-Guardian poll: - 56% say US is in recession (reality: 7 straight quarters of positive GDP growth) - 49% say stocks are down YTD (reality: S&P500 up 12%) - 49% say unemployment at a 50-year high (reality: U3 has been under 4% longer than any period since the 1960s)
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VoteVets(@votevets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump's Nazi language of 'Unified Reich' and 'vermin' is a slap in the face to our greatest generation. They didn't serve and sacrifice for a wannabe dictator to return to power.

We crushed Trump in 2020 and will NEVER let him come back.

Not on our watch. Not a chance.

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Nina Burleigh(@ninaburleigh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Christian nationalists are caricatured as hayseeds who frolic in Biblical theme parks where dinosaurs co-exist with humans. But the intellectual underpinning to the enterprise, the one that guides hierophant Alito, is Catholic integralism. americanfreakshow.news/p/americas-pri…

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David Roberts(@drvolts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just talked with an outfit making steel out of clean electricity -- no combustion, no emissions.

Most people don't grasp just how transformative clean abundant electricity is going to be. It's going to fundamentally reshape economies, economic geography, development patterns...

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat(@ruthbenghiat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Since Nazis and the Reich are in the news, you won't want to miss the Netflix docuseries Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial. Directed by Joe Berlinger, it drops on June 5. I was a consultant for the series. netflix.com/tudum/articles…

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat(@ruthbenghiat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To get people to embrace and commot violence on your behalf, it helps to instill in them a sense of existential threat-- to themselves or, if they are cult followers, to the cult leader. Jan. 6 was a rescue operation by cult followers of a leader in distress. The new idea that

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat(@ruthbenghiat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is never accidental and I will always call it out. I analyzed that Trump-as-the-new-Hitler video closely for CNN, piece will publish tonight or tomorrow.

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yeah Gaddafi was so loved as he stole from Libyans kept sex slaves displayed executed student dissident's corpses in Tripoli... Mr Popular!

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Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣(@rweingarten) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s an honor to be on the NAACP Board. The deep relationship between the NAACP AFT has been rooted in shared values & commitment to ensuring every child has tools & support they need to thrive + every worker the opportunity to secure a better life naacp.org/articles/naacp…

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Molly McKew(@MollyMcKew) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So, there’s been a lot of talk about the “unified reich” undertext — but the absolutely unblinking and unironic superimposition of mass deportation talk over WWI text is, you know, disturbing AF /1

So, there’s been a lot of talk about the “unified reich” undertext — but the absolutely unblinking and unironic superimposition of mass deportation talk over WWI text is, you know, disturbing AF /1
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Jay in Kyiv(@JayinKyiv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More chinks in Putin's kleptocratic armor as anti-Orban protests spread to more Hungarian cities.

Orban's 20 year looting bonanza has left Hungary the 2nd poorest country in the EU, and aligned it with Russia, Iran and China.

Szeged, Hungary

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Joe Biden(@JoeBiden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Donald Trump posted an ad echoing the language of Nazi Germany.

He only cares about holding on to power.

I care about you.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat(@ruthbenghiat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I will be writing about this Trump Reich BS. They are marketing dictatorship and this is part of it. I can say, having wriitten a book on Fascist film propaganda, that the person who created that ad has studied Fascist aesthetics.

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