<![CDATA[Today in U.S. authoritarianism.]]>Today in U.S. authoritarianism.

For the MAGA clique, the point of these cases isn’t to win, but to exhaust the resources of critics who wish to exercise their 1st Amendment right and to secure the anticipatory obedience of onlookers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/nyregion/ice-email-judge-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/4c804003-d53f-479f-b071-13004f6eaf2c/today-in-u.s.-authoritarianism.RSS for NodeThu, 17 Sep 2026 01:03:07 GMTWed, 16 Sep 2026 21:41:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Today in U.S. authoritarianism. on Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:03:14 GMT]]>To state what’s obvious, under the U.S. Constitution:

Americans have an inalienable right to compare members of the current administration to Nazis, fascists, tyrants, dictators, etc.

Don’t want to be labeled a Nazi?

It’s not hard, really.

Don’t talk like Nazis.
Don’t govern like Nazis.
Don’t ape the style of Nazis.

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