The comparisons between Mussolini’s declaration of dictatorship in 1925 and Trump’s re-election are striking. In June 1924, Benito Mussolini—the Prime Minister of a tottering Liberal Italy—ordered the assassination of a left-wing Member of Parliament, Giacomo Matteotti. When Matteotti’s body was discovered two months later in a wooded area north of Rome, political rumors and controversies […]
“If you’re trying to ram through nominees without Senate and public scrutiny, it’s a pretty good guess that you have something to hide.” Dozens of civil rights and pro-democracy organizations teamed up Wednesday to express opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s push to use recess appointments to evade the Senate confirmation process for his political nominees, […]
“Elon Musk’s commission is a plot to destroy our Social Security by giving it to Wall Street executives—so that you get nothing and they get everything,” warned one advocate. A lengthy series of X posts attacking Social Security as a “nightmare” caught the attention of the platform’s mega-billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who could soon take aim at […]
“Trump paid plenty of lip service to working-class Americans, but as president-elect, he’s moved quickly to stack his administration with billionaires that share his vision of a rigged economy that only works for people like them.” Since winning the presidential election earlier this month, Donald Trump has wasted no time working to fill his incoming administration with […]