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LM Little<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NWT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWT</span></a> Con candidate refused interview with @CBCNorth now backs out of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@cabinradio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cabinradio</span></a></span> debate. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> party is silencing voices during the campaign. Imagine what kind of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> he would run. <a href="https://cabinradio.ca/230175/news/politics/cabin-radio-election-debate-set-for-april-10-conservative-backs-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cabinradio.ca/230175/news/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/cabin-radio-election-debate-set-for-april-10-conservative-backs-out/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnElxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnElxn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Catherine Morris<p>Andrew DeCort: ‘…citizens &amp; residents under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes come to feel…they must insulate their consciousness behind a protective layer of fear, hyper-vigilance &amp; self-censorship. The regime creates this helmeted consciousness through acts that stoke public anxiety, insecurity &amp; terror. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArbitraryArrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArbitraryArrest</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>…is an example... these lawless acts are meant to send…a clear &amp; potent message:“If you cross us we will punish you,with or without the law.‘ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16GuAE5oL8/?mibextid=wwXIfr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/share/p/16GuAE5oL</span><span class="invisible">8/?mibextid=wwXIfr</span></a></p>
Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺<p>"This isn’t just about free speech anymore — it’s about whether we’ll allow the government to normalize disappearing people for their political views. ... those who remain silent in the face of such clear <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> overreach are complicit." <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps</span><span class="invisible">-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Politics Canada<p>Yale scholars flee U.S. for University of Toronto “They're tearing down our entire government here. They're ripping it to pieces. They're targeting vulnerable populations, and they're promoting tax cuts as their only solution to every social problem. Jason Stanley, professor and author <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/facult</span><span class="invisible">y-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada</span></a></p>
Tadonic the Flautulent<p>DHS agents attempted to detain a healthcare contractor at Adams Morgan’s H.D. Cooke Elementary School on Wednesday. (See "Good guidance pays off")<br><a href="https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=576dfd24a3c9e732d2920f811&amp;id=749a73d68b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=57</span><span class="invisible">6dfd24a3c9e732d2920f811&amp;id=749a73d68b</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a></p>
Whasdah :mastodon:<p>D-i-s-g-u-s-t-i-n-g 🤮 the woman doesn't even realize how badly this picture resonates on her everywhere else in the world. It's an unprecedented level of detachment to think you appear to be strong when in fact 6 billion people simply despice you.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usmaffia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usmaffia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betrayal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpregime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecuringOurFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecuringOurFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jddunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jddunce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukrainerussiawar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukrainerussiawar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazinoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazinoem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elsalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elsalvador</span></a></p>
Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JonChevreau</span></a></span> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is the modernday <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a>, no question. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the country where I was born, grew up, and believed in its greatness, would become just another <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/shithole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shithole</span></a> police state with full-on censorship, roving goon squads scooping people of the street and disappearing them, and so many other horrors.</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Shakedown <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a>, Sabotage, Self-Enrichment: How to Talk About <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; Musk's Authoritarian Activities<br><a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown-politics-sabotage-self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown</span><span class="invisible">-politics-sabotage-self</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> are not merely creating another <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> along the lines of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>, with inspiration from South African <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JimCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimCrow</span></a> South. They are innovating the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> playbook with their power-sharing agreement and their chainsaw &amp; wrecking-ball tactics."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6wk4oI4wTY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=P6wk4oI4wT</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>1 400+ Arrested in <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Turkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkiye</span></a> as <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> Jails <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a> Mayor &amp; Intensifies <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> Crackdown</p>
Whasdah :mastodon:<p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@locuta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>locuta</span></a></span></p><p>Keep daily track of the absurdities, stupidities, provocations, intimidations and dangers of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpregime</span></a>. Very helpfull for historical research. Excellent work, mrs. Kirsten Verdel:</p><p><a href="https://reportersonline.eu/trump-day-63-trump-plugs-own-coin-seeks-sponsors-for-easter-egg-roll-and-complains-about-portrait-proposal-to-see-more-social-media-accounts-and-atf-stripped/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reportersonline.eu/trump-day-6</span><span class="invisible">3-trump-plugs-own-coin-seeks-sponsors-for-easter-egg-roll-and-complains-about-portrait-proposal-to-see-more-social-media-accounts-and-atf-stripped/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usmaffia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usmaffia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betrayal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecuringOurFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecuringOurFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jddunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jddunce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukrainerussiawar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukrainerussiawar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelenskyy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france24</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reportersonline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reportersonline</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>Erdoğan: "I'm extending the ban on protests"</p><p>The people: "No"</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a></p>
Deborah Sampson<p>Ann Arbor,MI…There you are!<br>Remnants of our foundation…roots!<br>I was proud that it grounded me.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HashBash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashBash</span></a> &amp; all.</p><p>We stand up for working families!<br>That’s who our parents &amp; gparents were…<br>If they were lucky!</p><p>I’m looking at you…Uof〽️!<br>Broke my 💔<br>Erasing your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> …you’re very soul…<br>Why? Greed?<br>Compliance is DEFEAT?</p><p>Cowards…or Champions?<br>You choose.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postalworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postalworkers</span></a> rally in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/annarbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>annarbor</span></a> against proposed nationwide restructuring <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/c8cy6qhf?s=i0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">share.newsbreak.com/c8cy6qhf?s</span><span class="invisible">=i0</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>A decade of the most mean-spirited <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> govt in modern <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> and this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDU</span></a> cheerleader still controls the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPC</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> calls the Justin Trudeau decade a lost decade but it was kinder one than Harper's decade even though the 7 Conservative premiers in the country continued to march to Harper's tune. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-harper-political-obit-1.3273677" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-el</span><span class="invisible">ection-2015-harper-political-obit-1.3273677</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CdnElxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnElxn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Researchers name six countries as likely customers of Paragon's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> | TechCrunch</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Paragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paragon</span></a> has long tried to distinguish itself from competitors, such as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSO</span></a> Group — whose spyware has been abused in several countries — by claiming to be a more responsible spyware vendor. In 2021, an unnamed senior Paragon executive told Forbes that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> or non-democratic regimes would never be its customers.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/researchers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/rese</span><span class="invisible">archers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> targeting Jewish people in war on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> rights about <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>Protesters cheered &amp; embraced 87yo <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/survivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survivor</span></a> Stephen <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kapos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kapos</span></a> arriving at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> station</p><p>Police summoned him for questioning over a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peaceful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anti</span></a>-genocide march</p><p>Police falsely claim forced its way through police lines. But video evidence shows he was invited through</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/22/video-holocaust-survivor-stephen-kapos-cheered-as-arrives-for-police-interview-over-anti-genocide-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/03/22/video</span><span class="invisible">-holocaust-survivor-stephen-kapos-cheered-as-arrives-for-police-interview-over-anti-genocide-protest/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARussianAsset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AmericanCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> </p><p>Definition of 'simping' from <a href="https://fluentslang.com/simping-meaning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fluentslang.com/simping-meanin</span><span class="invisible">g/</span></a></p><p>The term simping is a slang term used to describe someone who obsesses over another person and goes to great lengths to please them, even if their feelings are not reciprocated.</p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p>More than ever there is a need to push back really hard against the international coalition of <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/alphamale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alphamale</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/patriarcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarcat</span></a> that is also pressing really hard to roll back all the progresses of <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminism</span></a>, especially in the area of sexual and reproductive rights.</p><p>But insult and personal attacks of that kind can only encourage them, not scared them. We need to be a lot more vicious than that. We need to attack their discourse where it hurts most and pound hard.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/22/women-rights-un-anti-abortion-choice-poison-of-patriarchy-returns" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2025/mar/22/women-rights-un-anti-abortion-choice-poison-of-patriarchy-returns</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Under <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> , the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> age comes into focus </p><p>Authoritarian <a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> are ascendant. Actions by Israel’s Benjamin <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> , Turkey’s Recep Tayyip <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> and U.S. President <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> underscore the shift.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/21/trump-authoritarian-erdogan-netanyahu-orban/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/21/trump-authoritarian-erdogan-netanyahu-orban/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> suggests sending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> to a prison in a foreign country known for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a>.</p><p>This is no longer a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is an established <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p>And one more proof that the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> have become a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> and <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regime under <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his crownies. They are now literally blackmailing companies under the threat of retaliation in the most <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mafia</span></a>-like style. We can't trust the US with anything anymore. Especially our digital lives. We need to part with the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/gafami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gafami</span></a> and build our own alternative sovereign free open-source digital infrastructures.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-rescinds-executive-order-paul-weiss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/20/trump-rescinds-executive-order-paul-weiss</span></a></p>