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[Opinion] Trump's plans to become a dictator: It's time to get real about Project 2025 - Chauncey DeVega - Salon ( www.salon.com )

Donald Trump is a dictator in waiting. Like other dictators, he is threatening to put his "enemies" in prison – and to do even worse things to them. These are not idle threats or empty acts of ideation: Donald Trump is a violent man who is a proven enemy of democracy and freedom....

[News] “Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge ( www.salon.com )

A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...

"War on Mexico": Republicans ramp up calls for military action as they blast Democrats as warmongers ( www.salon.com )

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday that the Democrats are going to drag the country into a full-scale war to “unite the country behind Biden.” The Republican said it would “be horrific” and would infuriate the country “but make no mistake, they want war.” Donald...

Hey, Republicans! It's Trump who "criminalized politics," by turning the GOP into a two-bit mafia ( www.salon.com )

It’s true that the list of 19 names Willis read out Monday night — "Jenna Ellis, “Sidney Powell,” “Robert Cheeley” — sounded more like the membership roster at a tony suburban golf club than like characters on “The Sopranos.” DeSantis and Giuliani are clearly leaning into stereotypes that frame “organized...

[News & Opinion] "Already an embarrassment": Legal experts shred Judge Aileen Cannon for granting Trump "delay" ( www.salon.com )

The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents case on Friday temporarily paused a series of significant pre-trial deadlines pertaining to prosecutors' sharing of sensitive materials that the former president is entitled to while building his defense, The Messenger reports....

PragerU's Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists ( www.salon.com )

It’s ironic that the team at PragerU hates communism so much since they produce dishonest agitprop that rivals anything the Soviet Union’s most shameless propagandists produced. The “curriculum” — a word that really overrates what’s now being used as educational materials in public schools in Florida and Oklahoma —...

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