Autocracy

The Rise of Dictators: From Germany to America

The Rise of Dictators: From Germany to America

In Volker Ullrich’s book, Germany 1923, he focuses on an “intoxicating time” in the year 1923. He points out that there were constant calls for a strongman. A savior was needed to lift Germany out of misery and desperation. This began after the collapse of...

The Press + the Idiot = Danger

The Press + the Idiot = Danger

Tonight the press is going bonkers over the idiot’s showtime to the Congress, the Supreme Court, and others. The press has relinquished its responsibility to report on Trump. They have neglected to give context about his criminal past. They also don’t challenge him on...

The Technocrats’ Coup: Insights from a Young Journalist

The Technocrats’ Coup: Insights from a Young Journalist

At times I can communicate with a young person from the future. Her name is Skyler Fusaro. She lives in Atlanta, in a high rise apartment on Peachtree Street. It is a mile north of the Realto Theater, on the campus of Georgia State University.

In the year 2025, America was fractured amidst the return of Donald Trump, advanced technology and social upheaval. About a month after Trump took office, Skyler transmitted a letter to me by Techno-teleport. She was furious that Americans reelected Trump. He was convicted on 34 felony charges linked to trying to interfere with the 2016 election. He was also found liable for sexual assault and rape of E. Jean Carroll. He had to pay her about $90 million. Furthermore, a judge found Trump and his foundation and family guilty of fraud and fined $500 million. She said that the laws had been changed preventing anyone like Trump from being allowed to run for public office. She reminded me that we had multiple chances to avoid letting a criminal from being in the Oval Office.

The letter she wrote is quite powerful. She pointed out to me that millions of Americans are up in arms, and enraged that

Trump said he didn’t know about the Heritage Foundation’s Project 25, yet he is tracking its game plan. The mass layoffs were a shock to her, and she said that the American people won’t stand for it.

Evil Under the Musk/Trump Wrecking Ball

Evil Under the Musk/Trump Wrecking Ball

Discover the alarming truth behind the drastic measures taken by President Donald Trump and VP Elon Musk, threatening the very fabric of our public services, the lives of American citizens, and federal government.Under the current administration, sweeping budget cuts...

The Rise of Authoritarianism: Insights from Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The Rise of Authoritarianism: Insights from Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The first two weeks of felon Trump’s term has been horrendous. If you haven’t read any thing by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, I hope this article by her will give you some solace. Her work is crucial for understanding autocratic and fascist dynamics in the United States. Her Substack site, Lucid, and her recent book, Strongmen, are especially valuable. What follows is today’s Substack post.

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