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Eloy Cartwright

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Curator humanitarian and development aid site. Authoritarianism is treason. Always.

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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This week s what Americans need to be talking about now
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I witnessed the Pinochet regime’s fall. It offers hope – and a warning – for the US | Ariel Dorfman
November’s midterms bring parallels with a moment in October 1988. But Pinochet’s exit wasn’t the end of his influence
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
apnews.com/article/russ... Once again this vile cancerous PoS expects others to suffer and die because he wants a grift. The actual, only cause of any fuel shortage is his own actions. It’s time people around the world brought home the message of what we really think of performing authoritarianism
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Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a global shortage.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/u... So assuming the justification of the war in the Middle East is “because nuclear weapons”, we can plausibly assume the next target is North Korea apnews.com/article/nort... Unless it’s not really about nuclear weapons
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/trum... At what point is it not clear that this “ballroom” is intended as a way for the regime to continue to occupy the White House even after it’s been deposed? Even after the last election pundits were pointing out that he would be escorted out if he didn’t leave.
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Trump brings ballroom dispute to the Supreme Court
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
One of our colleagues points out that in 1942, Australians were greatly concerned about the possibility of imminent invasion by the Japanese. In response a retired serviceperson published a 6 part manual called “The Australian Guerrilla”. Who knew 🤷🏾‍♂️
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
www.propublica.org/article/trum... Orban’s loss will dramatically increase the regime’s urgency to control and debase the elections. As in Hungary you are going to have assume control community by community - massive street presence, community self defense and alternative vote monitoring/counts
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.politico.eu/article/dona... It wouldn’t be a complete shock to discover that one intended outcome of the attack on Iran was to drag NATO members into a quagmire that would hand an advantage to the Russians
politico.eu
My NATO rage began with Greenland, Trump says
“We want Greenland. They don’t want to give it to us. And I said, ‘bye, bye,’” U.S. president fulminates as allies refuse to back the war on Iran.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p... As the west faces down authoritarianism, note the current explicit tendency, Myanmar, the Abraham Accords, DRC etc of the oligarchs to continue fleecing their people under pretext of conflict. It’s become a “go-to” tool. Relatedly I recommend Grinberg’s Trade in War
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Myanmar's new president Min Aung Hlaing faces genocide complaint in Indonesia
A criminal case against Myanmar's newly-elected ​President Min Aung Hlaing was filed in Indonesia on Monday by a group of civil ‌society organisations, accusing the leader of acts of genocide against ...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
apnews.com/article/pent... The timing, in relation to the upcoming elections is deeply concerning as well
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Hegseth asks the Army's top uniformed officer to step down while US wages war against Iran
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals as the U.S. wages a war against Iran.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Watch the decision closely. The regime is trying to learn how it can overturn your Constitution by fiat. Just because they might lose the case, doesn’t mean they won’t get what they want. It’s always a small, under appreciated wedge issue for practice. Like ICE
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Supreme court justices appear skeptical of move to end birthright citizenship as Trump attends arguments
The US president issued an executive order in 2025 that seeks to undo constitutional right to birthright citizenship
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
fortune.com/2026/04/01/e... We hope Americans are comfortable with this. You voted for it when you voted for a “daddy”. This is exactly how authoritarians value life, especially life that does not bend the knee to them
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The EPA just valued a human life at $0. That's not just a moral crisis — it's a market crisis | Fortune
When the government quietly removes human life from its cost-benefit ledger, it isn't environmental policy. It's a fundamental repricing of the economy.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
www.wired.com/story/this-i... The global authoritarian playbooks are in full swing. Bannon is threatening rigging the 2028 elections. Congratulations on a successful No Kings weekend, now it’s time to get serious.
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This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms
WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.v-dem.net/documents/75... Do Americans yet understand what’s at stake in your midterm elections?
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
au.news.yahoo.com/erika-kirk-f... What should they be convicted of? Dear Leader has certainly provided several examples
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Erika Kirk Is Facing Backlash For Her Recent Advice To Young, White Men, And People Are Calling It A "Dog Whistle"
"I’m so confused by this fake white male oppression."
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
www.wsj.com/world/middle... Trump will not substantively confront Iran for the same reason he will not defend Ukraine. He wants to keep the options of killing protesters and invading countries for himself as well
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Trump Was Told Attack on Iran Wouldn’t Guarantee Collapse of Regime
The president was advised that the U.S. military would need more firepower in Middle East to launch a large-strike attack.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma... If MAGA conspiracy theories are a form of myth making designed to delineate identity and justify control, then the entire exercise, including white refugee status, is nothing more than pre-justifying the reassertion of white hierarchy
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How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
The long read: When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no one flourishes in a repressive police...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
newrepublic.com/article/2069... There’s a museum in Misrata, Libya you people need to check out. Maybe reach out to some folks who live nearby and see if they can help with further information. They have some experience with corrupt authoritarianism
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
time.com/7380603/minn... This is what you need to read - it’s a decent initial checklist of what every community and neighborhood needs to develop countermeasures for. You need to learn from others around the world and prepare and practice while you have time
time.com
Why Minnesota Was a Wake-Up Call
The ICE "surge" in Minnesota underlined why Americans must remain vigilant against the creation of a police state.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... It seems like not ALL the Olympics are being televised 😁
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Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
apnews.com/article/d2bf... None of us live in US - is the same “Musk” mentioned in the Epstein files as wanting to visit that island? Asking for some friends…
apnews.com
Elon Musk tells jurors insult provoked ‘pedo guy’ tweet
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk testified Tuesday that he was being insulting, not literally calling a British cave diver a pedophile when he lashed out on Twitter and ended up in a defamation lawsuit fr...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼THIS!! Democracy actors working cross border to support each other!!!👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 If authoritarians can do it, so can we
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ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents
Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Big Tech CEOs’ tortured statements on ICE in Minnesota show an industry captured by Trump - Fast Company If there’s actually an “understanding”, all protesters should yell that they work for (big tech company). It seems to mean more than “I’m a citizen”. If it actually works, big tech is busted
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/a... Whatever the hell your regime has done to these people be careful. They wont intend it to end well for the either average person or the most vulnerable
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Tech's top CEOs mum after Minneapolis killings, while leaders like Reid Hoffman, Yann LeCun speak out
While a few leaders have voiced outrage, the tech sector has stayed widely silent after the second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis this month.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
www.nbcnews.com/world/gaza/j... Property Development Grift 101 1. Have money to launder 2. Get concessionary loans in exchange for ownership stake 3. Overpay contractors for shoddy construction for kickbacks 4. Sell half finished buildings to repay loans 5. Bank packages substandard mortagages
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The Federal Government That Was - The Atlantic While purging a government of the competence it needs to prevent corruption is de rigueur to establish authoritarianism, it also in this case, dumped 300,000 people into a position where their knowledge and experience is now free to fight back.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If your FOT invades Greenland, he’s apparently going to have to attack Europe and Canada. It would be pretty awesome if Americans protesting such a war flooded scores of city streets immediately. You do the math…
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
www.wsj.com/world/middle... Trump will not substantively confront Iran for the same reason he will not defend Ukraine. He wants to keep the options of killing protesters and invading countries for himself as well
wsj.com
Trump Was Told Attack on Iran Wouldn’t Guarantee Collapse of Regime
The president was advised that the U.S. military would need more firepower in Middle East to launch a large-strike attack.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-... Lo and behold - the birth of the authoritarian alternative to the UN
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Who Are The Members On Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’? Full List Revealed
President Trump has announced the creation of a Gaza “Board of Peace” to oversee the next phase of a US-backed post-war and ceasefire plan for the territory. The board, expected to be chaired by Trump...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Never forget that under authoritarian regimes walls are built to keep people out, but they’re used to keep people in. Isolation, lies, fear are the mortar. Reach out, learn from others who have been through this
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From Trump’s rejected treaties to our daily lives, we’re building walls around ourselves | Anand Pandian
Martin Luther King Jr knew that ‘whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly’. But we Americans are denying that reality
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
You have to wonder if your Dear Leader feels free to attack Europe, Central America and America itself because he knows his health is going faster than the inevitable trials and imprisonment
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
www.startribune.com/a-state-and-... Just a reminder that 1500 military in Minneapolis is 1500 military not invading Europe. Perhaps there are ways that cities across the US can work together and create significant pressures that will get leaders attention and give them opportunities to fight back
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A state and city on edge faces another threat from Trump to send in 1,500 troops
But at Sunday church services, brunches and TV appearances, Minnesotans show resolve.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
www.reuters.com/business/med... Learn from each other. The US isn’t fighting autocracy alone. Become familiar with other tools, techniques and measures
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Ugandans, Iranians turn to Dorsey's messaging app Bitchat in web crackdowns
A little-known offline messaging app launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged as a key lifeline for Ugandans cut off from the internet ahead of a contentious election that could extend P...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Why Iran’s clerical establishment still holds as protests rage - Reuters The authoritarian project is intended to be generational. This article raises important issues about why that must not be allowed to happen. When authoritarianism becomes entrenched humanity will have its new Dark Age
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/t... Once again this regime signals that its real slogan is “Make People Property Again”. Your ONLY value is offering your service or your life to this corrupt regime. It’s lathyrism all over again
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Trump’s EPA plans to ignore health effects of air pollution | TechCrunch
The Trump administration plans to stop assigning value to human life when analyzing the costs and benefits of air pollution controls.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If this is true, your President, in the fine print, has openly declared his intention to personally direct the outcome of the midterms. The law will not help you because by the time the courts act the damage will be done. It is past time for you to decide if democracy is worth defending and how
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... So in your new authoritarian paradigm, “the arts” become a messaging medium for the rich and powerful. Enjoy the music folks
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'We cannot have art institutions that lose money': Grenell defends Kennedy Center takeover
The newly-renamed Trump-Kennedy Center is facing canceled performances and plummeting ticket sales. Amna Nawaz discussed the turmoil with Richard Grenell, the man President Trump handpicked to lead th...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... We hope it now perfectly clear why Trump will not support Ukraine. Trump and Putin are the same in every way. Whether or not they like each other is irrelevant to establishing an authoritarian world order. We hope the US wakes the fck up
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Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s
The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
www.propublica.org/article/doge... Let’s be absolutely clear. If you support democracy you are unequivocally an enemy of both US and the technofascists.
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DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... Now you know one of the main reasons why he won’t confront Putin
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Venezuela accuses US after explosions and low-flying aircraft reported in Caracas – live
Venezuela’s government says it rejects ‘military aggression’ by the US, after explosions rock Caracas
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
www.forbes.com/sites/davidk... Concentration camps and “disappearances” as an authoritarian service to other authoritarians
forbes.com
Russia Sent Abducted Ukrainian Children To North Korea
U.S. Senate testimony uncovers Russia’s deportation of Ukrainian children to North Korea
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... No because the only thing that’s important is putting people in a hierarchy and making them stay there. If these women aren’t “grateful” then what do they expect? To be treated like full humans?
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If Epstein’s survivors don’t receive justice that is a ticking time bomb | V (formerly Eve Ensler)
Millions of sexual violence survivors will not live a day longer with this torturous injustice
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Denmark sets up ‘night watch’ to monitor Trump after Greenland row - The Guardian Listen to the US regime on Ukraine, they are reserving many of Russia’s arguments to use in Greenland, Panama, Venezuelan and others. The US legitimization of force in Ukraine is a significant tell
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
apnews.com/article/trum... We think all can agree that your regime is clearly telegraphing that they are planning to issue orders to the military that people of conscience will find both questionable and illegal
apnews.com
Trump says Democrats' message to military is 'seditious behavior' punishable by death
President Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal ...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
thehill.com/policy/defen... “Retired general” surely knows, if not supports that one of the key elements of an authoritarian coup is to compromise the military. They aren’t insulting, they are warning
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
No, because we have told you people time and again that before authoritarians stage a successful coup, their “opposition” has already been compromised. You’re seeing it now. Please study how this is done elsewhere - this is not a US/Trump problem
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Congratulations to the Yanks, who deserve a day of celebration. But the authoritarians are already analyzing and planning how to ensure they can control the vote better next time. These are not laurels you can afford to rest on. Unfortunately you have to go harder and faster than ever to stay ahead
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
www.tmj.news/us-anti-fasc... Walls are BUILT to keep people out, they are USED to keep people in
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US Anti-Fascism Expert Blocked from Traveling to Spain at Airport - TMJ News Network
If you value our journalism… TMJ News is committed to remaining an independent, reader-funded news platform. A small donation from our valuable readers like you keeps us running so that we can keep ou...
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... As a reminder Hong Kong learned some pretty effective techniques for dealing with gas and chemical munitions. Most, if not all is still online
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ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions
Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
www.axios.com/2025/10/04/a... There is no version of the global story where authoritarianism is a legitimate form of government or racists are heroes. Both need to be called out wherever and whenever they are found
axios.com
MAGA wages campaign to redefine "hate" after Kirk killing
For decades, the ADL and SPLC have shaped America's understanding of hate
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Eloy Cartwright @eloycartw.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Opinion | The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy - The Guardian Authoritarianism is stumbling upon ‘concentration camps as a service’ as a way to support new waves of disappeared, without those pesky laws
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