Trump's move for a Columbus statue wasn't about history, but deliberate historical revisionism. Rewriting national narratives from the Oval Office. #SymbolicPolitics

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No proof has been presented that the boats were drug vessels. Without evidence, they must be seen as innocent victims of Trump's symbolic politics.
Demand proof now!
#SymbolicPolitics #WarCrimes #Justice

Kitty Hawk woman arrested, charged with assaulting protester and ‘forcefully grabbing’ his American flag during ‘No Kings’ protest A Kitty Hawk woman is facing misdemeanor simple assault, attempted larceny and disorderly conduct charges following an arrest for her alleged behavior toward a protester at Saturday’s “No Kings” prote...

Minor assault at No Kings protest in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, illustrates how patriotic symbols have become flashpoints for political aggression in our polarized civic space. #NoKings #Indivisible #50501Movement #SymbolicPolitics #Flashpoint #CivilProtest #NorthCarolina #TheOuterBanksInsider

Trump turns mockery and dehumanization into governance using AI memes, royal imagery, and violence to normalize authoritarian rule. #Trump #NoKings #InformationOperations #AuthoritarianRhetoric #TheHill #Project2025 #Propaganda #RightWingExtremism #SymbolicPolitics #CivilDiscourse #Democracy

The right wants Charlie Kirk memorials across the US – but is it just an attempt to capitalize on his killing? Critics say mandatory statues on college campuses and street renamings are a way to keep US culture wars going

Republican officials pushed Charlie Kirk memorials and campus renamings, backed by funding threats and AI displays, turning universities into culture-war ads. #Trump #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #SymbolicPolitics #Disinformation #CultureWar #Propaganda #Project2025 #FreeSpeech #TheGuardian

The United Police State of America Has Arrived The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred.

A unified “POLICE” identity, spanning federal, state, and local enforcement, has become the new symbol of regime order, reframing repression as stability and dissent as chaos. #Trump #CivilMilitary #Police #PoliceState #NarrativeControl #AuthoritarianNormalization #SymbolicPolitics #TheIntercept

The United Police State of America Has Arrived The lines between local, state, and federal law enforcement and the military have blurred.

A unified “POLICE” identity, spanning federal, state, and local enforcement, has become the new symbol of regime order, reframing repression as stability and dissent as chaos. #Trump #CivilMilitary #PoliceState #NarrativeControl #AuthoritarianNormalization #SymbolicPolitics #USATODAY #TheIntercept

‘What have we become?’: shock across US political parties after Charlie Kirk shooting After rightwing activist was killed, nation already grappling with polarization faces shock bordering on despair

Charlie Kirk’s assassination has ignited a struggle over narrative framing, embedding martyrdom politics into U.S. discourse and obscuring the role of right-wing extremism. #RightWingExtremism #SymbolicPolitics #Guardian

Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others The Oath Keepers are apparently restarting, and extremist groups like the Proud Boys are calling for “state violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death.

Extremist groups that once derided Charlie Kirk now exploit his assassination to cast him as a martyr, fueling vengeance narratives and symbolic mobilization. #RightWingExtremism #SymbolicPolitics #Wired

‘War Is Here’: The Far-Right Responds to Charlie Kirk Shooting With Calls for Violence Prominent far-right figures and elected officials have called for vengeance following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Far-right influencers framed Charlie Kirk’s assassination as a “Reichstag Fire,” urging rebellion, Insurrection Act mobilization, and civil war rhetoric. #RightWingExtremism #SymbolicPolitics #Wired

Amid quiet mourning, some are calling Charlie Kirk a 'martyr' and want vengeance Trump and other supporters of Charlie Kirk suggest he was killed for his religious and political beliefs, and are calling for revenge.

White supremacist and extremist networks exploited Charlie Kirk’s assassination to merge racial grievance with Christian nationalism, amplifying martyrdom as a call for retaliatory violence. #Trump #SymbolicPolitics #Martyrdom #WhiteSupremacy #Latimes

Amid quiet mourning, some are calling Charlie Kirk a 'martyr' and want vengeance Trump and other supporters of Charlie Kirk suggest he was killed for his religious and political beliefs, and are calling for revenge.

Trump and administration allies framed Charlie Kirk’s assassination as martyrdom, embedding symbolic politics into authoritarian mobilization. #Trump #SymbolicPolitics #Martyrdom #Latimes

Amid quiet mourning, some are calling Charlie Kirk a 'martyr' and want vengeance Trump and other supporters of Charlie Kirk suggest he was killed for his religious and political beliefs, and are calling for revenge.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination is being reframed as Christian nationalist martyrdom, fueling authoritarian mythmaking and extremist calls for vengeance. #Trump #SymbolicPolitics #Martyrdom #Latimes

National Guard troops patrolling Washington take on beautification tasks President Donald Trump says crime is down since National Guard troops — who also are working on beautification projects — have deployed to Washington, D.C.

Trump’s D.C. Guard deployment centers on beautification projects, reframing military occupation as civic service and masking it under the guise of community improvement. #Trump #CivilMilitary #Authoritarianism #SymbolicPolitics #NationalGuard #DC #ProtestRights #NPSCuts #StarsAndStripes

Homeland Security meme nudges 'Painter of Light' Thomas Kinkade into dark territory (RNS) — A Department of Homeland Security social media post leaned on the sentimentalism of the Kinkade painting.

DHS has entered the cultural battlefield—weaponizing nostalgia through a Thomas Kinkade-inspired meme campaign to emotionally condition the public toward state patriotism.
#DHS #NarrativeControl #SymbolicPolitics #MemeticInfluence #ReligionNews

Tanks, flypasts, missiles: what to expect at Trump’s ‘dictator chic’ military parade Washington will host a celebration of US army’s 250th anniversary, which also coincides with president’s birthday

Trump's D.C. military parade reframes the armed forces as a personal power symbol, critics warn of authoritarian spectacle.
#Trump #MilitarySpectacle #Authoritarianism #SymbolicPolitics #Guardian

Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particular

Far-right parties across Europe are using anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric to sow division, mirroring tactics already gaining ground in the U.S.

#LGBTQ #FarRight #SymbolicPolitics #Disinformation #TransatlanticThreats #TheGuardian

Symbolic Leverage: Nominating (Non)veiled Women as an Electoral Competition Strategy in Polarized Turkey | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core Symbolic Leverage: Nominating (Non)veiled Women as an Electoral Competition Strategy in Polarized Turkey

Read the full open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#PoliticalScience #GenderSky #ElectoralStrategy #NewResearch #OpenAccess #SymbolicPolitics #AcademicSky
#TurkishPolitics
#PoliticsofVeiling
#Electionsky
#AffectivePolarization
#Emotions
#PoliticalSymbols

In this paper, I analyze the strategic nomination of (Non)veiled women as a tool for electoral competition within Turkey's highly polarized political environment. #GenderPolitics #Turkey #SymbolicPolitics #Gendersky #Electionsky

It examines how these candidate selections function as 'symbolic leverage' & conceptualizes the mechanisms and elite motivations driving such a strategy. #SymbolicPolitics #Elections

The Night Wolves don’t just show you what Russia is.
They show you what it must be.

And in doing so, they turn national identity into a weapon.

#NarrativeWarfare #SymbolicPolitics #NightWolves

📢 Seminar Alert! 📢

Join Sarah Engler as she presents her research on how politicians’ cultural consumption affects electoral appeal.

🗓️ Feb 26, 2025 | ⏰ 1:30–3:10 PM CET
📍 CEU Vienna & Online
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#PoliticalScience #Elections #ClassSignaling #SymbolicPolitics

If you're studying for #comm3610 this is a good recent event to think about wrt race, sex and politics. #symbolicpolitics #polcomneu