Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.

🤬 Trump is bartering with #autocrats and human rights #abusers to take in #migrants, and everything is on the table. Here’s what to know about the #deportation #negotiations.

Why Autocrats Need Bunkers; David Pepper on Fallout from Trump's Recklessness Sat. 8pmET Live with Anat Shenker-Osorio; Lucid 5th Anniv Discounts

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, on dictators brooding about scenarios.
#Autocrats #Recklessness #Patterns

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/116334314864015902

Dictators in Need

They wake up every day in fear hearing the sounds of devastating opinion polls.
Dictators in Need is an independent organisation helping #dictators and #autocrats worldwide who are in danger of losing power. Men like […]

VOX POPULI: Old April Fools’ hoax a luxury in an age of blurred truths and lies

#trump #autocrats #billionaires

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RE: https://bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285017968321829

#Universidades alemãs no #Fediverso:

"We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
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Nobody loves #JD #Vance and nobody loves #ViktorOrban. Only stupid people love #autocrats

#US #WP #CNN #NYT #FoxNews #Inflation #BBC #LA #WSJ #SUN #economy #war #love #Iran #EU #UK #Musk #AP #Ukraine #China #Putin #law #X #Disney #Canada #Trump #Lgbtq #Stockmarket #AI #Dems
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#VanceInsanity

Vance makes clear that he and the #MadKing have no plans to reform ICE; instead they will press ahead in expanding the #autocrats #SecretPolice

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#plutocrats #autocrats

So should #Hungary !

#democracy #EU #US #Russia #autocrats

📢 Why do authoritarian regimes bother holding elections if outcomes are often predictable? 📘 Anastasiia Arbuzova from @sitestockholm.bsky.social explores how turnout affects government legitimacy. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/02/23/d...
#FreeNetwork #russia #elections #Autocrats

Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states pledged to invest $24 billion in Paramount's WBD deal. Is that still on? Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf states were going to invest $24 billion to help the Ellisons buy WBD last year. Are those deals still in place?

#Autocrats supporting #Trump in becoming and #Autocrat

We should be serious about how much #democracy and #liberty are in danger by these agglomerations

#Paramount #Warner

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Wars and Autocratic Decision-Making: My Conversation with Anne Applebaum Live tomorrow with Timothy Snyder on Trump's endgame for America

“They’re fishing around for explanations after the fact” — re: war with Iran.

Please take the time to watch & listen. They both eloquently put into words the chaos. Utmost respect for these two, always.

#iran #autocrats

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Last week my #cartoon on The Board of Peace was on @france24.com in 'Une semaine dans le monde'. Peace pipe or war pipe?

#trump #boardofpeace #autocrats #UnitedNations @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social #ConseilDeLaPaixx

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But #philosophical #thinking requires time, time that is no longer granted to it, because this is where ➡️ ETHICAL RESISTANCE could form, which #autocrats and #tech #billionaires fear so much, because it slows down the EFFICIENCY of their destructive logic.

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How Democracies Die

Institutions become political #weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected #autocrats can subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing” the courts and other neutral agencies, buying off the media and the private sector […]

📢 Why do autocrats care about election turnout? 📘 Anastasiia Arbuzova from the @sitestockholm.bsky.social explores how turnout affects government legitimacy. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/02/23/d... #FreeNetwork #russia #elections #Autocrats

Bored of peace..

#Dictators #Genocide #Murderers #Autocrats #Fascists #Nazis #AIPAC #Apartheid #HeritageFoundation #TrumpCrimeFamily #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalists #Zionism #GazaRiviera #EpsteinList #Realestate #LandGrab #GenocideDON #SCOTUS #HumanTrafficking #War #Taxpayers #USA 🩸

Bored of peace..

#Dictators #Genocide #Murderers #Autocrats #Fascists #Nazis #AIPAC #Apartheid #HeritageFoundation #TrumpCrimeFamily #FederalistSociety #ChristianNationalists #Zionism #GazaRiviera #EpsteinList #Realestate #LandGrab #GenocideDON #SCOTUS #HumanTrafficking #War #Taxpayers #USA 🩸

Women’s Rights Are Democratic Rights The global authoritarian backlash to gender equality.

"Misogyny is an ideological cornerstone and political tool of #authoritarianism. #Autocrats often promote a zero-sum vision of #gender, insisting that any gain for #women comes at men’s expense.

@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? - Volume 18 Issue 1

18.1🌹

The would-be #Autocrats’ toolkit 🛠️

@jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham analyse incumbent-led autocratization between 1990 & 2023, producing a toolkit allowing a ore systematic study of #Autocratization

You are guilty, if you remain silent!

If our ancestors had fought the Nazis back in 1928, there probably would have been no concentration camps and perhaps no Second World War.
Those who do not fight #fascism support #fascists, #autocrats and #dictators.

"Happy Autocrats Day." A great cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social - The #art of an #editorial #cartoon with a subtle joke on #PresidentsDay in the New Worldorder - #Putin #Trump #Autocrats - #USA #Democracy in decline - A very disturbing development.

Rubio to visit Hungary and Slovakia after Trump backs right-wing leader Orban US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel next week to Hungary and Slovakia after President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a right-wing ally who is trailing…

Rubio to visit Hungary and Slovakia after Trump backs right-wing leader Orban - France 24

The Internationale of #autocrats

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Disgusting.

#Gallup should now just close up shop, because any poll they now release will be tainted by this gutless political decision to avoid Trump's wrath at being forced to face his tanking approval ratings.

Obeying in advance.

"[A sign ] the #autocrats are winning." -Cornell Belcher

TECHNOCRATS

In the 22nd Century, the wealthy conservative and moderate elites have turned our world to ash as they live n their bunkers and lairs. The few that survive above ground awaken to their plight..

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#oligarchs #liberals #centerists #autocrats #maga

Times New Resistance — Abby Haddican Times New Resistance is a font that autocorrects the autocrats. Download, distribute, disrupt! Free, just like America used to be.

DELIGHTFUL GOOD TROUBLE !FONT!
#autocorrect #autocrats #goodtrouble #designthinking #resist #redact #repeat #install #fun

Trump Allies Are Offering Personal Access to Him for $1M Donation to ‘Freedom 250’ Group: NYT A group formed to put Trump's personal stamp on America's 250th birthday celebrations is promising access to the president for donors who give $1 million.

#CorruptionRules #Oligarchs🚫

#Autocrats are always #corrupt but #Trump 's level of corruption takes the cake.

#NoKingsDay is March 17! Please attend and bring as many friends as you can. It makes a difference!

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Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats Control of the narrative is everything for autocrats, and yet achieving that control is more difficult today

Today’s #autocrats also strike “ #authoritarian bargains” with #socialmedia companies. X, which is owned by a #Whitesupremacist who gave a #Nazi salute in public last year, is a 👌🏻example.
A 2023 European Commission study found that #Twiiter promoted more #disinformation than any other large social

#IHIP
Jan 17, 2026 IHIP #News
We are joined by #Professor #RuthBenGhiat to discuss how our current weakman leader will inevitably fail in his pursuit for absolute power.
#fascism #ice #rundown #lucid #autocrats

#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

Go Jane!
#JaneFonda #Autocrats #DonLemon