Trump Fascism

[westwall]

How many more examples of Trumps authoritarianism do you need to see before some of you figure it out?

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House
Kenneth P. Vogel and Jeremy W. Peters

Arthur Schwartz, right, a conservative consultant who is a friend and informal adviser to the president’s eldest son, and Richard Grenell, the American ambassador to Germany.

A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.

It is the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting. Four people familiar with the operation described how it works, asserting that it has compiled dossiers of potentially embarrassing social media posts and other public statements by hundreds of people who work at some of the country’s most prominent news organizations.

The group has already released information about journalists at CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times — three outlets that have aggressively investigated Mr. Trump — in response to reporting or commentary that the White House’s allies consider unfair to Mr. Trump and his team or harmful to his re-election prospects.

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House

One would do. How about presenting one.

 

[Ame®icano]

How many more examples of Trumps authoritarianism do you need to see before some of you figure it out?

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House
Kenneth P. Vogel and Jeremy W. Peters

Arthur Schwartz, right, a conservative consultant who is a friend and informal adviser to the president’s eldest son, and Richard Grenell, the American ambassador to Germany.

A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.

It is the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting. Four people familiar with the operation described how it works, asserting that it has compiled dossiers of potentially embarrassing social media posts and other public statements by hundreds of people who work at some of the country’s most prominent news organizations.

The group has already released information about journalists at CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times — three outlets that have aggressively investigated Mr. Trump — in response to reporting or commentary that the White House’s allies consider unfair to Mr. Trump and his team or harmful to his re-election prospects.

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House

"
Obama, whose administration prosecuted and spied on reporters, claims Trump is very bad for criticizing newsrooms
by Becket Adams
| September 07, 2018 04:46 PM
said at the time, “We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

That language about "legitimate news organizations" and "opponents" is only different from the things Trump says by degree, not by kind.

In 2010, the Obama administration renewed the bogus Bush-era subpoena against the New York Times' James Risen in a prolonged attempt to determine whether the reporter was the recipient of leaked CIA information. In February 2011, federal investigators were revealed to have spied on Risen. Federal investigators pored over Risen's credit reports and his personal bank records. The feds even tracked his phone logs and movements.

Later, in 2012, Fox was mysteriously excluded from a White House conference call pertaining to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Fox was also excluded from an all-network CIA briefing regarding the attacks.

In 2013, the Obama Justice Department labeled then-Fox News reporter James Rosen a “criminal co-conspirator” under the Espionage Act of 1917. And all because the reporter used a State Department contractor as a source for a story. Rosen was also labeled a "flight risk."

The Justice Department seized the records of at least five phone lines connected to Fox News. The federal law enforcement agency even seized the phone records of Rosen’s parents. The FBI also got a warrant to search Rosen's emails from 2010.

In May 2013, the Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had secretly collected two months' worth of personal and work-related phone calls made by AP reporters and editors.

Federal officials secretly obtained records on incoming and outgoing calls made by specific AP journalists, as well as general news staff, the news group reported, potentially compromising many sources totally unrelated to the investigation. Federal investigators even collected data on calls made by AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery.

In 2014, the Obama administration set the record for denying the most Freedom of Information Act requests of any administration. It topped this feat in 2015.

There are only two actions that the Trump administration has taken that can be compared to the Obama-era war on the press. First, the Trump White House barred a CNN reporter in July from a Rose Garden event. Second, the Trump Justice Department seized electronic correspondences between New York Times reporter Ali Watkins and her ex-lover, former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James Wolfe.

Other than the fact that Obama has an extraordinarily ugly legacy of anti-press behavior, he made some great points Friday. He never actually called the news media the “enemy of the people.” He and his lieutenants simply prosecuted and spied on reporters, all while claiming Fox is "an opponent" and not “ really a news station.”

Obama, whose administration prosecuted and spied on reporters, claims Trump is very bad for criticizing newsrooms

Were you just as outraged?

LOL someday you might learn to think for yourself, better finish high school first.

In other words, it never happened, right?

 

[Ame®icano]

Nobody even knows what fascism means.

Yes we do.

Everything you don't like = fascism

No, fascism is what Trump is doing. If Obama had done this you'd call him a dictator.

Obama didn't have a hostile media 24/7 trying to have him and his entire family thrown in prison for treason.

There was no cause to consider Obama engaged in treason, nor in any felony - in office or out. Trump on the other hand may have engaged in high crimes in office and felonies when in business.

You sure have proof of that. Let me guess... collusion?

 

[Ame®icano]

Op is a worthless leftist traitor commie hack. Most likely rooted for the NVA back in the day.

Better communist than fascist Nazi.

Right!!!

So everyone who doesn't agree with you commies, is a Nazi?

 

[Ame®icano]

How many more examples of Trumps authoritarianism do you need to see before some of you figure it out?

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House
Kenneth P. Vogel and Jeremy W. Peters

Arthur Schwartz, right, a conservative consultant who is a friend and informal adviser to the president’s eldest son, and Richard Grenell, the American ambassador to Germany.

A loose network of conservative operatives allied with the White House is pursuing what they say will be an aggressive operation to discredit news organizations deemed hostile to President Trump by publicizing damaging information about journalists.

It is the latest step in a long-running effort by Mr. Trump and his allies to undercut the influence of legitimate news reporting. Four people familiar with the operation described how it works, asserting that it has compiled dossiers of potentially embarrassing social media posts and other public statements by hundreds of people who work at some of the country’s most prominent news organizations.

The group has already released information about journalists at CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times — three outlets that have aggressively investigated Mr. Trump — in response to reporting or commentary that the White House’s allies consider unfair to Mr. Trump and his team or harmful to his re-election prospects.

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House

"
Obama, whose administration prosecuted and spied on reporters, claims Trump is very bad for criticizing newsrooms
by Becket Adams
| September 07, 2018 04:46 PM
said at the time, “We’re going to treat them the way we would treat an opponent. As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

That language about "legitimate news organizations" and "opponents" is only different from the things Trump says by degree, not by kind.

In 2010, the Obama administration renewed the bogus Bush-era subpoena against the New York Times' James Risen in a prolonged attempt to determine whether the reporter was the recipient of leaked CIA information. In February 2011, federal investigators were revealed to have spied on Risen. Federal investigators pored over Risen's credit reports and his personal bank records. The feds even tracked his phone logs and movements.

Later, in 2012, Fox was mysteriously excluded from a White House conference call pertaining to the terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Fox was also excluded from an all-network CIA briefing regarding the attacks.

In 2013, the Obama Justice Department labeled then-Fox News reporter James Rosen a “criminal co-conspirator” under the Espionage Act of 1917. And all because the reporter used a State Department contractor as a source for a story. Rosen was also labeled a "flight risk."

The Justice Department seized the records of at least five phone lines connected to Fox News. The federal law enforcement agency even seized the phone records of Rosen’s parents. The FBI also got a warrant to search Rosen's emails from 2010.

In May 2013, the Associated Press revealed that the Justice Department had secretly collected two months' worth of personal and work-related phone calls made by AP reporters and editors.

Federal officials secretly obtained records on incoming and outgoing calls made by specific AP journalists, as well as general news staff, the news group reported, potentially compromising many sources totally unrelated to the investigation. Federal investigators even collected data on calls made by AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery.

In 2014, the Obama administration set the record for denying the most Freedom of Information Act requests of any administration. It topped this feat in 2015.

There are only two actions that the Trump administration has taken that can be compared to the Obama-era war on the press. First, the Trump White House barred a CNN reporter in July from a Rose Garden event. Second, the Trump Justice Department seized electronic correspondences between New York Times reporter Ali Watkins and her ex-lover, former Senate Intelligence Committee aide James Wolfe.

Other than the fact that Obama has an extraordinarily ugly legacy of anti-press behavior, he made some great points Friday. He never actually called the news media the “enemy of the people.” He and his lieutenants simply prosecuted and spied on reporters, all while claiming Fox is "an opponent" and not “ really a news station.”

Obama, whose administration prosecuted and spied on reporters, claims Trump is very bad for criticizing newsrooms

Were you just as outraged?

Bush initiated the subpoena. And in standard Trump supporter fashion, you try to conflate things that are not the same into the same thing. Then you cite a right wing news story from a source that has failed fact checks.

Washington Examiner

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• Overall, we rate the Washington Examiner Right Biased based on editorial positions that almost exclusively favor the right and Mixed for factual reporting due to several failed fact checks.

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I ain't your ordinary bear kid, WERE you just as outraged when Barack did it?

Unlike Barack, Trump hasn't done it.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Trump is a fascist. Everybody knows this.

Nobody even knows what fascism means.

The 14 points of Fascism

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
    

In short, TRUMPISM

Funny, all of that lines right up with the Democrat Party.

Provide Evidence.

1. Nationalism:
“I’m with Her” and Hussein-O logos. Che T-shirts and flags at every leftwing gathering. And today the “Antifa” flag which directly copied the old German fascist flag.

2. Disdain of human rights:
Abortion.
Slavery in the South.
Continued support for Chinese slavery to appease corporate masters.

3. Scapegoats:
White privilege. White males. Straight people, especially white males. Christian “bigots” that don’t support faggotry. “Climate deniers” who endanger the world. Any “Trump supporter” is a racist.

4. Military:
The left hate our military, but do love their militant branch of Antifa, and cheer them when they attack innocent people, especially whites (see #3).

5. Rampant Sexism:
#MeToo exposed many leftwingers as sexists. “BJ” Clinton and his numerous sexual assaults get dismissed by all those on the left. Protection of pedophile rings and supporting pedo rights.

6. Controlled Mass Media:
CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc are all propaganda arms of the DNC. Cover up and ignore negative stories about Dems, blast false stories about conservatives non-stop. Drum up outrage by false narratives. The Left own this one.

7. Obsession with National Security:
Dems and globalists like to use this for excuses to go to war. The Hussein started wars in Libya, Syria, and tried to in Egypt. They are now using “national security” as their excuse to push their global warming Agenda.

8. Religion and Government:
Although they claim to want “separation of church and state”, Dems incorporate their personal beliefs into their politics. Their global warming hoax is a religion, and base all their policies off it. They also love Muslims, who are incapable separating their batshit crazy religion and politics, see Omar and friends. Then there is their biology-denial belief, and they are trying to mandate biology-denial.

9. Corporate Power is Protected:
Full support from the left to allow corporations to move jobs overseas and to automate jobs. They oppose tariffs against China, but support tariffs against the US. Dems support corporate profits over jobs for Americans.

10. Labor Power suppression:
See #9, Dems love to ship jobs overseas. Dems would rather keep lower class on welfare than give them jobs.

11. Distain for intellectuals and Arts:
Conservative speakers being banned from campuses and prevented from first amendment rights. Firing staff who refuse to conform to leftwing lunacy, like being forced to use non-binary pronouns.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment:
Hence the term “Social Justice Warrior”, or more accurately a social justice terrorists. Dreaming up offenses and demanding punishment, often by lynch mob as opposed to actual persecution and trial using collected evidence. Publicly humiliating people without any evidence simply because they have different opinions. Destroying any perceived “enemy” at all costs, see Bret Kavanaugh and of course Mueller’s Russia hoax.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption.
See DNC emails. Rigging the primaries for their chosen one. See the Hussein Regime and their spying on the opposition during an election. Everyone knows how corrupt the Clintons are, several of their staff went to prison for selling out to China. The Dems and corruption go hand in hand.

14. Fraudulent Elections.
Dems can’t win without cheating. They oppose voter ID laws and favor importing illegal aliens since they know they can and will vote for Dems.

Nice effort, too bad most of these examples are ludicrous.

 

[Ame®icano]

Op is a worthless leftist traitor commie hack. Most likely rooted for the NVA back in the day.

Better communist than fascist Nazi.

Another poor lost soul with "Maddow On The Brain Disease".

Stalin was great. Stalin killed 5 million Nazis. Stalin liberated Polish death camps like Auschwitz. Stalin sent supplies to Israel, and even trained Israelis to fight.

"Stalin was great."

That is what you'd like to have here.

 

[Ame®icano]

I would rather shut down television media period.

Spoken like every fascist.

No idiot, that is nothing like a fascist.

Sure what ever you say fascist.
Trump’s War on the Press Follows the Mussolini and Hitler Playbook

Hitler and Mussolini had a media because fascists have media.

I want to eliminate the media.

You are even more Hitler than Hitler. You want people to know nothing. You want to shoot Democrats. You make Hitler look meek.

Not Democrats, just communists.

 

[Ame®icano]

No idiot, that is nothing like a fascist.

Sure what ever you say fascist.
Trump’s War on the Press Follows the Mussolini and Hitler Playbook

Hitler and Mussolini had a media because fascists have media.

I want to eliminate the media.

You are even more Hitler than Hitler. You want people to know nothing. You want to shoot Democrats. You make Hitler look meek.

So you support the Democrat propaganda machine, is that what you're saying?

Democrats are decent. They believe in equality, love, brotherhood, helping those in need, and even more importantly Democrats believe in standing against prejudices, and antisemitism.

Unicorns... unicorns everywhere.

 

[theHawk]

Nobody even knows what fascism means.

The 14 points of Fascism

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
    

In short, TRUMPISM

Funny, all of that lines right up with the Democrat Party.

Provide Evidence.

1. Nationalism:
“I’m with Her” and Hussein-O logos. Che T-shirts and flags at every leftwing gathering. And today the “Antifa” flag which directly copied the old German fascist flag.

2. Disdain of human rights:
Abortion.
Slavery in the South.
Continued support for Chinese slavery to appease corporate masters.

3. Scapegoats:
White privilege. White males. Straight people, especially white males. Christian “bigots” that don’t support faggotry. “Climate deniers” who endanger the world. Any “Trump supporter” is a racist.

4. Military:
The left hate our military, but do love their militant branch of Antifa, and cheer them when they attack innocent people, especially whites (see #3).

5. Rampant Sexism:
#MeToo exposed many leftwingers as sexists. “BJ” Clinton and his numerous sexual assaults get dismissed by all those on the left. Protection of pedophile rings and supporting pedo rights.

6. Controlled Mass Media:
CNN, MSNBC, ABC, etc are all propaganda arms of the DNC. Cover up and ignore negative stories about Dems, blast false stories about conservatives non-stop. Drum up outrage by false narratives. The Left own this one.

7. Obsession with National Security:
Dems and globalists like to use this for excuses to go to war. The Hussein started wars in Libya, Syria, and tried to in Egypt. They are now using “national security” as their excuse to push their global warming Agenda.

8. Religion and Government:
Although they claim to want “separation of church and state”, Dems incorporate their personal beliefs into their politics. Their global warming hoax is a religion, and base all their policies off it. They also love Muslims, who are incapable separating their batshit crazy religion and politics, see Omar and friends. Then there is their biology-denial belief, and they are trying to mandate biology-denial.

9. Corporate Power is Protected:
Full support from the left to allow corporations to move jobs overseas and to automate jobs. They oppose tariffs against China, but support tariffs against the US. Dems support corporate profits over jobs for Americans.

10. Labor Power suppression:
See #9, Dems love to ship jobs overseas. Dems would rather keep lower class on welfare than give them jobs.

11. Distain for intellectuals and Arts:
Conservative speakers being banned from campuses and prevented from first amendment rights. Firing staff who refuse to conform to leftwing lunacy, like being forced to use non-binary pronouns.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment:
Hence the term “Social Justice Warrior”, or more accurately a social justice terrorists. Dreaming up offenses and demanding punishment, often by lynch mob as opposed to actual persecution and trial using collected evidence. Publicly humiliating people without any evidence simply because they have different opinions. Destroying any perceived “enemy” at all costs, see Bret Kavanaugh and of course Mueller’s Russia hoax.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption.
See DNC emails. Rigging the primaries for their chosen one. See the Hussein Regime and their spying on the opposition during an election. Everyone knows how corrupt the Clintons are, several of their staff went to prison for selling out to China. The Dems and corruption go hand in hand.

14. Fraudulent Elections.
Dems can’t win without cheating. They oppose voter ID laws and favor importing illegal aliens since they know they can and will vote for Dems.

Nice effort, too bad most of these examples are ludicrous.

Coming from a communist like you, that means I hit the nail right on the head.

 

[Andylusion]

Trump is a fascist. Everybody knows this.

Nobody even knows what fascism means.

The 14 points of Fascism

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
    

In short, TRUMPISM

You do realize that every single one of those, I can link directly to the left-wing..... right?

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Every single time Trump does anything, you say "That's UnAmerican". "That's not what America stands for!" and so on. Using a claim to nationalism, to advance politics.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   The murder of half a million babies every year, the protection of criminals, at the expense of victims, rape, murder, and so on.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   While the current Democrat party is not pro-military, they will become pro-military the moment they can use it for political benefit. Every left-wing government in human history has. From the Soviets, to Chavez, to Pol Pot, to Mao, to Castro. Even then, the Left-wing has no problem using military-style storm troopers whenever they wish against US citizens.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The left-wing is extraordinarily sexist constantly. Look at how they treated Sarah Palin, and Nikki Haley, and Carrie Prejean, and the list goes on and on and on. The left has no problem targetting someone over their gender, if they don't tow the left-wing line. Was it not Hillary herself, that blamed all those white women for 'obeying their husbands' and not voting for her?
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NYT, Washington Post, dozens of all left-wing news outlets all parroting the Democrat party lines. And was it not Obama that targeted Fox News? Was it not the Democrats in the 90s that tried to pass the "Hush Rush" law? They have done everything they can to shut down the only small sources of media that is not left-wing bias in nature.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear? I would be hard pressed to see how any citizen of the US, now lives in fear.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   I do not see that religious leaders are dictating US policy, or even have significant influence, and I certainly do not see that Trump is even remotely religious.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   Corporate power was never protected in any Fascist state. It certainly wasn't in Germany. A corporation was ordered, and controlled, to build and produce, exactly what the government wanted. Have you never watched Schindler's list?
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Stalin forced millions of people into gulags to produce labor for the country. I'm not sure what comparison you would make to connect the power of "labor" here, to Fascism.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Watch Expelled The disdain for intellectuals and arts is vastly greater on the left-wing.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    See pictures above. The left-wing punishes the law abiding citizens, and protects the evil and criminal. I'll take obsession with crime and punishment over, your system of anarchy injustice, and evil.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    You mean like Al Gore selling the Elk Hills oil reserve, to Occidental Petroleum, that Al Gore happen to have hundreds of thousand of dollars in stock in? Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer. Many Obama supporters pushed Obama policy for personal gain.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Last I checked the Democrats were opposed to even requiring an ID to vote.

 

[MAGAman]

Democrats are decent. They believe in equality, love, brotherhood, helping those in need, and even more importantly Democrats believe in standing against prejudices, and antisemitism.

That was long-long ago.

 

[Ame®icano]

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

Leftist media isn't press. They're propagandist arm of the leftists.

Second, criticizing media is not hostility towards the press.

Third, the only hostility toward the press was done by the left.

 

[Ame®icano]

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

But it was ok when Barry did it.

Examples?

Oh please. I've already posted it, grow up.

He's special.

 

[Ame®icano]

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

But it was ok when Barry did it.

Examples?

So glad you asked!

"The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom ... of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government secrets."

Hypocrisy thy name is your leftist turd self.


Trump's war on press no match for Obama's

Remembering Obama’s War on Press

Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press | HuffPost

Not to forget what commie in chief did to Sharyl Attkisson.

 

[Ame®icano]

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

But it was ok when Barry did it.

Examples?

So glad you asked!

"The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom ... of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government secrets."

Hypocrisy thy name is your leftist turd self.


Trump's war on press no match for Obama's

Remembering Obama’s War on Press

Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press | HuffPost

While anything like the suppression of serious journalism is very unfortunate, this isn't the same as inciting violence against the press. That is pure evil.

One video refutes Sarah Sanders’s claim that Trump has never encouraged violence

But by all means feel free to cite examples of Obama calling the press "enemies of the people." I'd be very interested to see that.

Calling?

He did much more than that, he acted as they are.

 

[Ame®icano]

P

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

But it was ok when Barry did it.

Examples?

So glad you asked!

"The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom ... of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government secrets."

Hypocrisy thy name is your leftist turd self.


Trump's war on press no match for Obama's

Remembering Obama’s War on Press

Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press | HuffPost

Pay a foreign nation to spy on your competition!

I didn't know this thread is about Hillary. Stay on topic.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Sure what ever you say fascist.
Trump’s War on the Press Follows the Mussolini and Hitler Playbook

Hitler and Mussolini had a media because fascists have media.

I want to eliminate the media.

You are even more Hitler than Hitler. You want people to know nothing. You want to shoot Democrats. You make Hitler look meek.

So you support the Democrat propaganda machine, is that what you're saying?

Democrats are decent. They believe in equality, love, brotherhood, helping those in need, and even more importantly Democrats believe in standing against prejudices, and antisemitism.

Unicorns... unicorns everywhere.

Well, you've proved on thing in this litany of single sentences / phrases, that you cannot post anything of substance, thoughtful or thought provoking. Making you a master of the Idiot-Gram.

 

[jc456]

P

Hostility toward the press IS textbook fascism:

Godwin's Law Review: Fascism and the Press

There isn't any denying that.

But it was ok when Barry did it.

Examples?

So glad you asked!

"The part of the First Amendment that prohibits “abridging the freedom ... of the press” is now up against the wall, as the Obama administration continues to assault the kind of journalism that can expose government secrets."

Hypocrisy thy name is your leftist turd self.


Trump's war on press no match for Obama's

Remembering Obama’s War on Press

Obama's Escalating War on Freedom of the Press | HuffPost

Pay a foreign nation to spy on your competition!

I didn't know this thread is about Hillary. Stay on topic.

I thought we were talking elections.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Trump is a fascist. Everybody knows this.

Nobody even knows what fascism means.

The 14 points of Fascism

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
    

In short, TRUMPISM

You do realize that every single one of those, I can link directly to the left-wing..... right?

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   
   Every single time Trump does anything, you say "That's UnAmerican". "That's not what America stands for!" and so on. Using a claim to nationalism, to advance politics.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   
   The murder of half a million babies every year, the protection of criminals, at the expense of victims, rape, murder, and so on.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   
   While the current Democrat party is not pro-military, they will become pro-military the moment they can use it for political benefit. Every left-wing government in human history has. From the Soviets, to Chavez, to Pol Pot, to Mao, to Castro. Even then, the Left-wing has no problem using military-style storm troopers whenever they wish against US citizens. View attachment 276379 View attachment 276380
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   
   The left-wing is extraordinarily sexist constantly. Look at how they treated Sarah Palin, and Nikki Haley, and Carrie Prejean, and the list goes on and on and on. The left has no problem targetting someone over their gender, if they don't tow the left-wing line. Was it not Hillary herself, that blamed all those white women for 'obeying their husbands' and not voting for her?
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   
   MSNBC, CNN, CBS, NYT, Washington Post, dozens of all left-wing news outlets all parroting the Democrat party lines. And was it not Obama that targeted Fox News? Was it not the Democrats in the 90s that tried to pass the "Hush Rush" law? They have done everything they can to shut down the only small sources of media that is not left-wing bias in nature.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   
   Fear? I would be hard pressed to see how any citizen of the US, now lives in fear.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   
   I do not see that religious leaders are dictating US policy, or even have significant influence, and I certainly do not see that Trump is even remotely religious.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   
   Corporate power was never protected in any Fascist state. It certainly wasn't in Germany. A corporation was ordered, and controlled, to build and produce, exactly what the government wanted. Have you never watched Schindler's list?
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    
    Stalin forced millions of people into gulags to produce labor for the country. I'm not sure what comparison you would make to connect the power of "labor" here, to Fascism.
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    
    Watch Expelled The disdain for intellectuals and arts is vastly greater on the left-wing.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    
    See pictures above. The left-wing punishes the law abiding citizens, and protects the evil and criminal. I'll take obsession with crime and punishment over, your system of anarchy injustice, and evil.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    
    You mean like Al Gore selling the Elk Hills oil reserve, to Occidental Petroleum, that Al Gore happen to have hundreds of thousand of dollars in stock in? Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer. Many Obama supporters pushed Obama policy for personal gain.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    
    Last I checked the Democrats were opposed to even requiring an ID to vote.

You've proved one thing, you never completed a course in expository writing.

14: I've never opposed an ID being required to vote.

13: One supposed Data point, without evidence, is absurd.

12: The Left-Wing is not defined; I spent 32 years carrying a badge which brought the Maniforts', White Collar Criminals and anyone who violated the laws of the St. of CA. to Justice.

11: LOL, How much more ludicrous can you get?

10: The R's oppose labor unions, Right to Work is a euphemism for busting collective bargaining and not
protecting each individual employee.

9: Corporate Power ("corporations are people too") and the recent reform, aka tax fraud, implemented by Ryan and signed by Trump harm the working men and middle class while rewarding the 1% and corporate profits.

8: Trump and the Republican Party oppose abortion, not out of any moral compass, but to continue to secure the vote of the Clergy, many of whom lack the ethos of Jesus in all other matters (aiding the poor, capital punishment, healing the sick).

7: Hate and fear mongering, locking up mothers and separating them from their children for crossing the border seeking asylum. Trump's Emergency Orders when he created the border issue, and the only real emergency is the deaths of a hundred or more Americans ODing on Opiates everyday.

6: Yep, you can get more ludicrous. "Outfoxed" was produced well before Obama took elected office, the Murdoch propaganda Machine along with Limbaugh's Dittoheads use the BIG LIES (Fake News, the Red Scare) to influence people like you, the biddable fools.

5. Donald Trump is a lounge lizard, cheated on his wives, bribed women to keep quiet for his sexual peccadilloes, and attacked the character of all the women who accused him of untoward sexual advances.

4. See the budget, no money to speak of for domestic needs, but padding the budget of the Military beyond that of all other nation's. When it suited him he attacked Sen. McCain's service, and has still not fixed the VA (one of many broken promses).

3. This is true, you even admit Trump's hate and fear have been focused on minorities, liberal Democrats and now Jews who don't support him.

2. Another overreach. Abortion is legal, and Trump has abused the power of the office by attacking a Supreme Court Decision and laying blame on the Democrats, liberals and progressives.

That said, the numbers of migrants suffering on the border are beyond question to be victims of trumps callous conservatism.

1. White Nationalism is not patriotism. The United States population is diverse, and needs a leader to support all of our citizens with protections for their lives, liberty and happiness.