Chris Hedges: The Road to Dictatorship
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/chris-hedges-the-road-to-dictatorship/
Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Deep State presages the formation of something far worse. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost The Trump administration’s war with the deep state is not a purgative. It is not about freeing us from the tyranny of intelligence…
#Politics #Books #Commentary #Germany #Iran #SovietUnion #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #ArtificialIntelligence(ai) #Bolsheviks #CenterForRenewingAmerica #ChrisHedges #ConservativePartnershipInstitute #DeepState #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency(doge) #ElonMusk #Fascism #HeritageFoundation #JosephRoth #JusticeAntoninScalia #LarryEllison #Nazis #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentVladimirPutin #Project2025 #Rep.ClaudiaTenny #RussellVought #Totalitarianism #UnitaryExecutiveTheory

U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general
https://19thnews.org/2025/02/pam-bondi-confirmed-attorney-general
https://apnews.com/article/pam-bondi-justice-department-trump-confirmation-7a37ef0b42964f9476776559379f48bd

* fmr Florida attorney general 1st woman nominated by a Republican president to serve in that position

#USpol #PamBondi #USAG #DOJ #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute

Anti-Abortion Leaders Lobby Trump Officials For Abortion Pill Crackdown
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/the-anti-abortion-movement-is-lobbying-the-trump-administration-for-an-abortion-pill-crackdown

* success amounts to national abortion ban

#PamBondi #USAG #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute
#ChristianRight #Catholicism #whiteSupremacism
#antiLGBT #antiDEI #TitleIX #transphobia #Kacsmaryk #antiabortion
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #abortion #mifepristone #misoprostol
#SelfDetermination #sexism #paternalism #misogyny

Sierra Club Statement on Brooke Rollins' Sec. Agriculture nom. hearing
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/sierra-club-statement-on-confirmation-hearing-for-brooke-rollins-nomination-as-secretary-of-agriculture

* prev. roles: Trump1 domestic policy chief; counsel for fmr Texas Gov. Rick Perry
* 1 of architects of Trump2 tariff plan
* pushed for mass deportation
* publ. dismissed climate change concerns as hysteria

#USpol #BrookeRollins #AgSec #SNAP #ClimateDenial #MassDeportation
#Trump #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN
#SierraClub

MAGA Think Tank Behind Linda McMahon’s Education Agenda
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/the-maga-think-tank-behind-linda-mcmahons-education-agenda

* educ. background exceedingly thin
* former head MAGA policy center America First Policy Institute (AFPI)

Linda McMahon: Fake Educ. Degree
https://www.yahoo.com/news/linda-mcmahon-got-body-slammed-204018922.html

#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#LindaMcMahon #WWE #EdSec #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI
#PrivateSchools #SchoolVouchers #privatization #BetsyDeVos
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/07/pam-bondi-doj-ethics-00192890

* Washington D.C. lobbyist
* clients doing legal battle w. U.S. gov't
* repr. corporate behemoths, Amazon, Uber ...
* win for U.S. corp. at odds with DoJ incl. UnitedHealthcare, TikTok

#PamBondi #USAG #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute
#billionaires #corporations #libertarianism #oligarchy
#lobbyists #Amazon #AMZN #Uber #TikTok #UnitedHealthCare
#Qatar #PrivateEquity

Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine & Russia
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113579279480742586

#USpol #KeithKellogg #SpecialEnvoy
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI

Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine & Russia
https://apnews.com/article/trump-transition-ukraine-russia-war-kellogg-68b413ecde625f6643aebe5759a752e7

* retired 3-star general Keith Kellogg
* architect of staunchly conservative policy book
* “America First” national security agenda

AFPI releases nat. security book outlining Trump2 approach
https://apnews.com/article/america-first-trump-biden-russia-ukraine-policy-54080728c6e549c8312c4d71150480ba

[thread] America First Policy Institute
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113397590180481062

#USpol #KeithKellogg #SpecialEnvoy
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI

Trump taps Brooke Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries
https://apnews.com/article/trump-transition-cabinet-agriculture-75911e79188c48e27d6c3c12f1a58e80

#USpol #BrookeRollins #AgSec #SNAP
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN

Trump taps Brooke Rollins of America First Policy Institute for agriculture secretary
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5203971/trump-brooke-rollins-agriculture-secretary-usda

* Dept. Agriculture one of the most sprawling U.S. federal agencies
* 100k employees; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
* long history in conservative politics
* ran Texas Public Policy Foundation
* fed. cuts; tariffs

#USpol #BrookeRollins #AgSec #SNAP
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #StatePolicyNetwork #SPN

[thread] Brooke Rollins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Rollins

* president/CEO America First Policy Institute
* think tank promoting Trump's public policies
* prev. acting Dir. U.S. Domestic Policy Council under Trump1
* advocates criminal justice reform
* Nov 2024 Trump nom. Rollins to be U.S. Sec. Agriculture

#USpol #BrookeRollins #AgSec
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #SPN

Pam Bondi Protected Foreclosure Fraudsters
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-11-22-when-pam-bondi-protected-foreclosure-fraudsters

* Trump2 U.S. attorney general nominee
* as AG of Florida fired first 2 prosecutors investigating use of false evidence to kick people out of homes

Pam Bondi, Trump2 Attorney General Pick Lobbied for Amazon/Uber/Qatar
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/22/pam-bondi-trumps-attorney-general-pick-lobbied-for-amazon-uber-and-qatar

#PamBondi #USAG #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute
#billionaires #corporations #libertarianism
#lobbyists #Amazon #AMZN #Qatar #UBER #PrivateEquity

Trump's hatchet woman Pam Bondi plotting revenge on Dept. Justice
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/27/hatchet-woman-pam-bondi-for-attorney-general-will-prioritize-revenge

* Bondi, former attorney general of Florida, perfect Trump choice for this particular gig
* has the credentials Matt Gaetz didn't have
* likely much more competent in her pursuit of Trump's vengeance agenda against DoJ ...

Trump names Bondi as U.S. attorney general
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5201397/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general

#USpol #PamBondi #USAG #DOJ #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute

[thread] Pam Bondi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi

* attorney/lobbyist/politician (R-FL)
* FL attorney general 2011-2019
* Trump defense attorney
* led legal arm, Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute

* Nov 2024 nom. U.S. attorney general after Gaetz withdrew
Matt Gaetz: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113477966815684871

Trump taps loyalist Pam Bondi for U.S. AG after Gaetz withdraws
https://apnews.com/article/gaetz-trump-fbi-justice-department-248b46ba0c882dd46d661568e8bd3bd7

#USpol #PamBondi #USAG #DOJ #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute

[thread] Linda McMahon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McMahon
https://www.forbes.com/profile/vincent-mcmahon

* political/business executive, retired pro wrestler
* m. Vince McMahon
* admin. of Small Business Administration 2017-2019
* Nov 2024 Trump exp. to nom. McMahon as Sec. of Education
* Catholic

#LindaMcMahon #WWE #EdSec #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI
#PrivateSchools #SchoolVouchers #privatization #BetsyDeVos
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations #libertarianism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Trump EPA Pick Lee Zeldin Backed by Texas Fracking Billionaire Tim Dunn
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/13/trump-epa-pick-lee-zeldin-backed-by-texas-fracking-billionaire-tim-dunn

* Zeldin/America First Policy Institute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Policy_Institute
* think tank founded to promote Trump1 public policy, anti-climate policies
* backing of religious-right fracking TX billionaire Tim Dunn, one of Trump’s biggest donors

#AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #Trumpism #ClimateDenial #libertarianism
#GOP #Trump2 #fascism #LeeZeldin #EPA
#billionaires #TimDunn #CharlesKoch #Christofascism

America First Policy Institute: Little-known organization poised to shape Trump2 administration
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/30/g-s1-30917/how-a-little-known-organization-is-poised-to-shape-a-second-trump-administration

* AFPI has 300 exec. orders ready to be signed
* could influence 2nd Trump term more than Project 2025

Group at Center of Trump’s Plans for 2nd Term
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/us/politics/donald-trump-campaign-america-first-policy-institute.html

* America First Policy Institute didn’t exist 4 years ago

#AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI #GOP #Trumpism #Trump #protofascism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #billionaires #libertarianism #WealthTax

[thread] America First Policy Institute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Policy_Institute

* 501(c)(3) nonprofit think tank founded 2021
* superPAC: America First Action
* promotes Donald Trump's public policy agendae
* "White House in waiting"
* AFPI has a transition project viewed as rival to Project 2025

#AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI #GOP #Trumpism #Trump #protofascism #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #billionaires #libertarianism #WealthTax

[thread] America First Policy Institute

Republican Extremist Replacement for Project 2025
https://newrepublic.com/post/185435/donald-trump-far-right-group-america-first-transition-plan

America First Policy Institute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Policy_Institute

* 501(c)(3) think tank
* promotes Donald Trump's public policy agenda
* "White House in waiting" -- Politico
* Trump's Save America PAC donated $1 million to AFPI

#AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute #AFPI #Trump #Trump2 #HeritageFoundation #Project2025 #SaveAmericaPAC #extremism #authoritarianism #GOP #Trumpism #MAGA #fascism