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Rohan Light

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Confused Titans fan | Lucky to know a Minneapolitan | Still believes in the US | Dislikes kings and despises corruption | So glad to be a Kiwi | Apply science to problem area

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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
www.politico.com/news/2025/10... US authoritarianism is dehumanising. These ppl are the MAGA future; party officers, state legislators & government staffers. They will translate dehumanisation into policy—voter suppression, punitive justice, immigration enforcement & attacks on civil liberties.
politico.com
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism systemises corruption. Trumpf approved, operates & supervises his own bank. The line between public monetary authority & private family business disappears. He embedded a personalist financial apparatus inside the state. The stench will endure
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Crypto bank part-owned by Trump family offers depositors way to ‘gain favor’ with White House, experts say
Democrats have called World Liberty Financial Trust Company a stark example of corruption but officials claim there is no insider dealing
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism is corrupting. A major bank’s compliance team treated the Trumpf Organisation's finances as serious enough to justify mass account closures. This is deep, sustained risk with a long history.
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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review
Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism militarises morality (& is very silly). MAGA is using the military as a moral vanguard defined by purity, physical standards, and ideological conformity. This moves in a direction that correlates with fascist politics. SS comparison in the 🧵
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Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
US defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "The BBC aims to argue that Trump’s wealth skyrocketed...contradicting the claim that the documentary undermined his businesses." Good move, opens the way for further accountability. Think the BBC legal team will have +1 countermove. Trumpf likely to taco
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Trump must divulge financial details about businesses in $10bn BBC lawsuit
US judge’s ruling could open up window into first family’s multiple ventures, in drawback of lawsuit on media
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism disables independent institutions. Firing election commissioners weakens oversight &: 🏴‍☠ creates instability and forces the commission into defensive litigation 🏴‍☠ signals that guardrails are being overridden, producing compliance through fear
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Trump fires last members of election commission, inciting fears of midterm ‘chaos’
Bipartisan Election Assistance Commission maintains mail-voter registration form, among other duties
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism is theocratic. Trumpf's “godless communists” rhetoric fits his divine-mission platform: opponents are a sacred enemy, religious authority is folded into partisan war and democratic rivalry is made to look like a battle for the nation’s soul.
theguardian.com
Trump attacks Democrats as ‘godless communists’ in test of midterms message
President seizes on wins by Mamdani-backed candidates to warn darkly of threat to ‘traditional American way of life’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
newrepublic.com/post/212003/... US authoritarianism is inept. Because the Trumpf hires for mindless loyalty, their decision makers get out of their depth. There is a string of high profile mistakes that track back to amateur governance. The basic approach is to burn it down and see what happens
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After Months of War, Trump Says Iran Has Right to Nuclear Program
Trump now says it’s just “common sense” for Iran to have a nuclear program.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism relies on congressional paralysis, so empowering the likes of Massie and Cassidy is counter-productive The purges don't translate into a more obedient legislature because they invite blow back: the balance of power change is not one directional
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Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?
With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyed
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US authoritarianism is systemically corrupt. As with the labor statistics, the path is open to measurement manipulation. Trumpf will put electoral pressure on FOMC members and fill vacancies with idealogues. The new inflation framework will enable fiscal dominance
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Kevin Warsh sworn in as Fed chair as Trump faces backlash over economy
Former Wall Street banker takes over amid growing concern over cost of living and disapproval of Trump’s agenda
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... US authoritarianism is imperial - framing the territory as real‑estate that should be controlled by the US - treating the territory as something the US can bargain about without consent of the people - the exclusion of allies in security arrangements as leverage
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Protests at new US consulate after Trump envoy says time for US ‘to put its footprint back’ on Greenland
Prime minister says he will boycott opening, as protesters hold signs saying ‘stop USA’ and shout ‘go home’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.npr.org/2026/05/17/n... Trumpf mailed it in but this is part of a coherent, escalating sequence of state‑nested, sacred‑national events. This is a soft authoritarian legitimation that normalises the regime without needing explicit legal overreach. US authoritarianism is theocratic
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Trump and administration officials address Christian gathering on National Mall
The conservative prayer event was organized by Freedom 250, a public-private group working with the White House to organize the celebration of America's 250 birthday this summer.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
abcnews.com/US/trump-poi... Systemised corruption is one of the tracks in my analysis of the US shift to authoritarianism. We've seen this one building. If it stands, this is a self-dealing political settlement that converts the state into a vehicle for patronage and selective recompense.
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Updating my model of US authoritarianism: - Divine-mission - Military sacralization - Boundary breach with religious authority - Electoral-rules erosion - Institutional capture - Congressional paralysis - Systemic corruption - Transnational refuge
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Poland says it expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from Hungary
Trump reportedly involved in securing visa for Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted in Warsaw on criminal charges
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/04... Tracking the US authoritarian shift, here Calais -> Memphis is about rule-rewriting. Combines electoral distortion, institutional paralysis & executive advantage. Expect a fast remapping in GOP Southern states & weakening of remaining minority‑influence districts
politico.com
The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision
Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision leaves the landmark civil rights law on the books — but in name only, prominent legal scholars and the liberal justices argue.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Tracking link of divine mission to the Trumpf regime, this the 2nd in May (8 in April & 5 in March): a boundary breach with a religious leader. Trumpf seeks to be the supreme guardian of US spiritual & physical safety. US authoritarianism has a theocratic focus
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Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance
US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Tracking link of divine mission to the Trumpf regime, this counts as the 8th reference this month. The move to state-sponsored religious legitimation is focused on Pentagon (sanctifying force) and WH (sanctifying the leader). US authoritarianism is theocratic
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What Trump’s Bible stunt says about his complicated history with Christianity
On Tuesday, the president read from the Bible in a taped message. Religious scholars were not impressed
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Assuming Trumpfism is now a religiose executive nationalism: the regime is morally charged but still institutionally contested. A next stage is moralised personalist authoritarianism: Trumpf is protected by sacralized loyalty, weak command structures & corruption
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Why Pete Hegseth's Tarantino blunder wasn't the least bit surprising
America's defense secretary is fixated on a fringe, violent version of Christian Nationalism.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... Updating my counterfactual of where the US is heading. I had Christian nationalist legitimation as a side theme but now think this is a structural element. Religious radicalisation is politically dangerous: it makes compromise look like apostasy and dissent look immoral.
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Pete Hegseth's Christian rhetoric reignites scrutiny after the U.S. goes to war with Iran
Hegseth has pushed policy changes that reflect his Christian views, including a revamp of the military chaplain corps.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The reporting of the money laundering route from Putin->Trumpf is sufficiently rigorous to force a rare surrender from his 'sue everything' strategy. Trumpf's ties to money laundering stretches back decades: his current in-plain-sight is relatively new
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Trump media company drops lawsuit against the Guardian
TMTG drops defamation claim over report that prosecutors were investigating payments received as possible money laundering
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Blasphemy, heresy and/or idolatry, take your pick, two out of three will apply. Unhinged, megalomaniacal, immoral, corrupt, venal and dementia addled, Trumpf backs down & offers a weak excuse. He has no integrity, stands for nothing, worshipping only himself and $
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Trump deletes post with AI image of himself as Christ-like figure after outcry
The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Trumpf corrupts everything he touches; this is how he gets the rest of the world to oppose the US as much as they oppose him. Performative diplomacy sandwiched between war crime threats, underpinned by a series of stupid ideas carried out by ignorant lackeys
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Trump says US will blockade strait of Hormuz after Iran peace talks fail
Iran warns move would breach ceasefire as US president also repeats threats to strike critical infrastructure
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 'Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat' The US has no leverage, few real options, fewer real allies, marginal credibility & has met its Suez Canal moment. Trumpf is weak tea, a global loser
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Trump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney Blumenthal
As the president spirals over his disastrous war, his threats have escalated beyond the red line of international law
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... “They don’t want to recognise that Putin will lie to them and that he can continue the occupation even after such steps.” As Kasparov noted, authoritarians have shared interests. It's not a strategic disconnect if the Kremlin & WH are pursuing the same ends
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US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy
Ukraine’s president says he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth... Updating my US authoritarian counterfactual. 3 elements are coming together as a single system: • evangelical legitimacy supplies moral purpose, • the military purge supplies coercive reliability and • corruption + congressional paralysis supplies impunity.
mediamatters.org
Between Hegseth and the Fox Cabinet, no restraints on Trump’s war crimes plan
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... "One diplomat recently involved in the peace talks says he fears that if Trump cannot see a way out, he will resort to a nuclear weapon" Yep, that would be a Trumpy thing to do, destroying what remains of US moral authority and end the American Century
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A war of regression: how Trump bombed the US into a worse position with Iran
Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failure
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "We’re gonna see a lot of Christian nationalists join the military. They’re not gonna perform very well, and national security will suffer for it, because those that don’t wash out will be toxic leaders.” The Golden Dome Golden Rule: it can always get worse
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Hegseth prays at Pentagon service for ‘overwhelming violence’ against enemies
Remarks come after Hegseth calls for changes to military’s chaplain corps, which he said had been ‘watered down’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "I don’t want a person with mental disability to be my president. You don’t want to have a person with mental disability being your president" Thus spake Corrupticus. The US has put it's Mao where it's money is and none of it is safe from his grafting grasp
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Flatterers out in force to fill Trump’s head with Venezuelan statue dreams
President’s popularity top of mind at another weird and wild cabinet meeting – riff on merits of Sharpies included
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
www.npr.org/2026/03/20/n... Continuing my forecast out to 2027. US moving from competitive authoritarianism to constitutional dictatorship. Crisis framing, legal manipulation & subordination of institutions are key plays. Fragmened opposition, hollowed‑out civics & unchecked election manipulation.
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Trump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report finds
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "Fortunately you have President Hegseth, or I say President Hegseth, Secretary Hegseth, that has got a great relationship with President Trump, and President Hegseth’s been there, he’s done that" Yeehaw Punchplumber demonstrating things can always get worse
theguardian.com
Trump’s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, never served in military but talks as if he did
Oklahoma senator has repeatedly made cryptic claims about ‘overseas’ work and war experience, while refusing to explain them
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/commen... "Trump has fired inspector generals and higher civil servants across departments, and replaced them with loyalists. This is exactly what Orbán and Erdoğan did. They remove the constraints on power. It should be obvious by now that Trump is aiming for dictatorship"
theguardian.com
‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "The richest 1% owns 32% of the nation’s wealth, more than 10 times the 2.5% share owned by the bottom 50%" Edging closer to Thomas Piketty's doom ratio (r > g), where the rate of return on capital (r) permanently outpaces the rate of economic growth (g).
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America needs a movement to curb billionaires' power | Steven Greenhouse
The country’s 900 billionaires have far too much influence over our government and economy. Here’s how we can reduce the power of the ultra-rich
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "She was a singularly destructive force & we'll be feeling the extent of her incompetence for years. She took the only part of DHS designed to help American communities & sacrificed it on the altar of ideology" Am looking forward to her being held to account
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‘I’m relieved she’s gone’: Fema staffers celebrate ousting of Kristi Noem
Current and former Fema staff say the fired DHS secretary made the US more dangerous by overhauling the agency
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... “We, of course, never target civilian targets, but we’re taking a look and investigating that.” No doubt the investigation will quickly zero in on Hilary Clinton. And possibly pizza. Oh, and the Dow
theguardian.com
Pete Hegseth says US is ‘investigating’ deadly strike on girls’ school in Iran
US defense secretary was evasive when asked about the airstrike that Iranian officials say killed at least 165 students
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... "... senior US officials had misled the public on Saturday when they warned of intelligence about Iran’s plans to launch a preemptive strike. And Israel and Netanyahu played a far larger role in prompting the US to launch strikes than was previously admitted"
theguardian.com
Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran
The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by Israel
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel... "Corruption today is not only about envelopes of cash. It is about power: who is shielded, who is sacrificed & who is allowed to act with impunity" Blatant corruption is the crappy thread which connects all of laranjão safado's cronies, will take years to clean up
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Corruption is no longer envelopes of cash – now it is about who is being shielded and who is being sacrificed | Kenneth Mohammed
Trump has attacked judges and weakened global safeguards. Someone needs to stand up to the US and stop the erosion of democracy
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... "this assault, in the middle of a negotiation process, must torpedo the chances of the Iranian regime ever taking a US offer of talks seriously." Add Greenland into the mix & I doubt any state should take US negotiations seriously. This regime takes what it wants
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Yet another mid-talks attack suggests Trump was never serious about peace
Second Israeli-US attack during nuclear negotiations may finally jettison any chance of agreement
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... This doesn't change either the rapacious corruption or facts attached to more than a million mentions in the Epstein Files. Greenland -> Venezuela -> the Dow-> Iran -> Aliens, the addled dolt will try anything to change the subject
theguardian.com
Trump says he will order the release of Pentagon files on aliens and UFOs
The president’s announcement came after predecessor Barack Obama went viral last week for saying aliens are ‘real’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character and reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may meet the threshold of crimes against humanity" Everyone except the White House is taking this seriously. The silence is damning
theguardian.com
Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts
Independent experts appointed by human rights council speak of ‘grave’ nature regarding scale of atrocities against women and girls
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... The Great Uncoupling commences. Trumps deranged Davos behaviour and Rubio side-eyea at Munich have changed the value-at-risk. This move is one with the theme of extending nuclear umbrellas and cancelling US tech contracts. It's what distrust looks like
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UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "Democracies under assault cannot rely on existing checks and balances alone, they must be fortified by activated citizens. To simply declare a constitutional crisis and plead powerlessness is to accept pre-emptive ruin" Minnesota shows the way, take courage 🙏
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The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation | Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Our studies in civil resistance offer insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... "...while conservatism isn’t inherently at odds with art, Trumpism may be. It was forged in the depths of reality television, which can be art, but generally prefers not to" Similarly to (German) nazi art, the US temu version is found to be empty and unappealing
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From Melania to Kid Rock’s halftime show: why is Maga art so dreadful?
As the right stokes culture wars, their alternatives to ‘woke’ Hollywood prove to be shoddily made and uninspired
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/global-devel... The state of global democracy has regressed to ~1985 levels, except this time the US isn't counted as a functioning democracy "an organised, relentless, determined assault on all of the checks and balances that are meant to limit executive power in US democracy"
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Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says
Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/robertre... "They'll create a drum-beat of allegations and investigations into voting, accompanied by FBI and DoJ seizures of voter rolls. At the same time, ICE and Border Patrol raids ramp up. All of it centered on American cities where most Democratic voters live."
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Could Trump Really "Take Over" the Midterm Elections?
The short answer is no, but he will try. Here's his strategy.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
www.forbes.com/sites/sarado... Where might Laranjão Safado take this? 💣Aggressive roll purges and proof-of-citizenship rules 💣 Selective federal takeovers of “fraud-prone” jurisdictions 💣 Criminalisation and intimidation of local election officials 💣 Contested certification and Federal override
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Trump Says Republicans Should ‘Nationalize’ Voting
Trump blamed illegal immigration for skewing elections toward Democrats, though there’s no evidence to back up his claims.
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Being open to emotion is the key to modern politics. The disgust many feel for 47 can be focused in the midterms eg Rehmet "This convergence of monetary incentives with ideologically charged engagement produces a kind of ambient extremism in contemporary politics"
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How the right won the internet | Robert Topinka
In the second part of our series on digital politics, we look at how online provocateurs have advanced extreme political ideas – and watched them seep into the mainstream, says digital media academic ...
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Out of control surveillance, images stored for 15 years, high false positive rate. Citizens and States should keep capturing own images; video war "An ICE agent can scan for a person’s face or fingerprints in a host of govt databases that include 200m+ images."
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ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare | Moustafa Bayoumi
Mobile Fortify lets agents obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning their face
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Re. Sen. Tillis defending ICE masks: "When it’s hard to tell who a masked agent is working for, it’s hard to accept the legitimate use of authority. It’s important for the person being arrested & for the community to understand this is a law enforcement activity"
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The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state’
Mike German, an ex-FBI agent, said immigration agents hiding their identities ‘highlights the illegitimacy of actions’
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... "The Illinois lawsuit against DHS takes issue with the use of Mobile Fortify, argues the app goes far beyond what Congress allows re. biometric data" With last years changes to data harvesting at the border, DHS setting itself up for long term surveillance
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How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota
Mobile Fortify tech being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlash
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Rohan Light @rohanlight.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Given the unconstrained greed, corruption and vanity, few strategists can rule this out. "A 2025 poll found that 43% of Canadians believed a military attack by the US within five years was at least somewhat likely, with 10% deeming it highly likely or certain"
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The US drew up a plan to invade Canada in 1930. Now Trump is reviving old fears
Now the US is vying regional dominance, experts point to War Plan Red as proof its Canadian allyship has always been flimsy
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