Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
Regimes seem solid until they are not. Every resistance act matters because often regimes are crumbling from within from corruption and yet good at hiding that fact. cc: Russia
December 7, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Regimes seem solid until they are not. Every resistance act matters because often regimes are crumbling from within from corruption and yet good at hiding that fact. cc: Russia
How regimes behave
“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”
BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis
A Bring Me The News reporter was near the scene, and recorded multiple gunshots.
bringmethenews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
How regimes behave
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
GOLDMAN: Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
LYONS: Various nefarious regimes did that
GOLDMAN: Is Nazi Germany one?
LYONS: This is the wrong type of question
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
The emerging coup
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
The emerging coup
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
www.publicnotice.co
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The emerging coup
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
Lawless authoritarian regimes don't give up power willingly.
She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
January 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
She is an expert on authoritarian regimes, in case you're wondering whether peaceful protests matter.
The pervasive absurdity of personalist regimes
“.. DeChambeau warned officials at The Open that he was ready to call President Trump ..”
@telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2026/07...
@telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2026/07...
July 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The pervasive absurdity of personalist regimes
It’s become one of those regimes
July 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It’s become one of those regimes
Literalmente cenas de regimes fascistas
Ontem, dia 24, a prefeitura de Osasco, do prefeito Gerson Pessoa (Podemos), jogou no lixo o acervo de livros da Biblioteca Municipal Monteiro Lobato, que foi fechada em 2020, durante o mandato do prefeito Rogério Lins (cunhado do atual prefeito), com a promessa de uma reforma que nunca veio.
April 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literalmente cenas de regimes fascistas
This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This is what secret police do and repressive regimes.
This is how regimes operate. Intimidate, monitor, punish. Repeat.
April 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is how regimes operate. Intimidate, monitor, punish. Repeat.
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes
www.cambridge.org
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
So. I wrote a dissertation on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown of authoritarian regimes.
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Here are three key point to keep in mind as you watch the news this week 🧵
Losing a war tends to end regimes pretty quickly in history.
June 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Losing a war tends to end regimes pretty quickly in history.
The way to stop authoritarian regimes is to stand up to the authoritarian
December 9, 2024 at 10:01 PM
The way to stop authoritarian regimes is to stand up to the authoritarian
This is despicable. This is how authoritarian regimes behave.
VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...
VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti | CNN Politics
Becky Halioua, who was investigated after attending a vigil for Pretti shortly after his death, feels the VA probe is a “scare tactic” and an attempt to silence those “with the loudest voices.”
www.cnn.com
May 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This is despicable. This is how authoritarian regimes behave.
This behavior is indistinguishable from the worst secret polices of fascist regimes of the 20th century.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This behavior is indistinguishable from the worst secret polices of fascist regimes of the 20th century.
Five armed masked federal agents to guard a Target restroom while Greg Bovino uses the facilities. A scene equally at home in authoritarian regimes and comedies about authoritarian regimes
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Five armed masked federal agents to guard a Target restroom while Greg Bovino uses the facilities. A scene equally at home in authoritarian regimes and comedies about authoritarian regimes
In my book, Twilight of Democracy, I described how autocratic regimes use conspiracy theories as loyalty tests.
Applicants for government jobs, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked in interviews about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election — questions that seemed designed to assess their loyalty to President-elect Trump.
Want a Job in the Trump Administration? Be Prepared for the Loyalty Test.
Applicants for government posts, including inside the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, say they have been asked about their thoughts on Jan. 6 and who they believe won the 2020 election.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 PM
In my book, Twilight of Democracy, I described how autocratic regimes use conspiracy theories as loyalty tests.
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties & regimes
Karoline Leavitt: "The real constitutional crisis is taking place within our judicial branch."
February 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties & regimes
Inevitable and tracks with the cycles of regimes
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Inevitable and tracks with the cycles of regimes
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
September 28, 2026 at 6:10 AM
"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...
Authoritarian regimes depend upon fear and intimidation to create acquiescence
NEW on CNN: Morning Joe’ meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from incoming administration, sources say
www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/m...
www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/m...
‘Morning Joe’ meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from incoming administration, sources say | CNN Business
According to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Scarborough and Brzezinski were credibly concerned that they could face governmental and legal harassment from the incoming Trump administ...
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Authoritarian regimes depend upon fear and intimidation to create acquiescence
personalist regimes!
February 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
personalist regimes!