Gary Horton | The Familiar Slide Toward Authoritarian Government

Gary Horton | The Familiar Slide Toward Authoritarian Government

In Washington, D.C., federal troops again patrol the streets. The official reason?  A presidential declaration painting the capital as a hellscape of bloodthirsty criminals and unchecked violence.  The reality?  By the city’s own data, crime is down sharply. This gap between fact and force is where authoritarianism takes root.  Authoritarianism can be effective — at least in the short term. Send in the muscle, overwhelm your targets, and let fea…

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Trump’s DC Takeover Is Part of “Slide Towards Fascism,” Princeton Professor Says

Khalil Gibran Muhammad says Trump uses racist ideas and policing to enact his domestic policy agenda.

If you want to stop a fascist takeover, we must act now: Here's how

We are only six months into Trump 2.0, and already the National Guard is controlling Washington D.C. But that's not all. Donald Trump plans to also target Manhattan, Chicago, Baltimore, and Oakland, according to the president himself. Because this is how fascism works, and once a democracy falls into the hands of a petty dictator, democratic collapse can happen in the blink of an eye. — Read the rest The post If you want to stop a fascist takeov…

“Slide Towards Fascism”: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Racist Roots of Trump D.C. Takeover

After announcing the federal takeover of law enforcement in D.C. in the White House briefing room, President Trump painted a grim picture of the capital — including “roving mobs of wild youth” — that contrasts with crime figures showing D.C. reached a 30-year low in violent crime last January. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, professor of African American studies and public affairs at Princeton University, says the move is an extension of Trump’s “use of