Dictatorship and authoritarianism thread

[kalm]

It’s tough to find someone with greater conservative bonafides than Robert Kagan.

Is he correct with his concerns?

Is this all by accident or part of a grand scheme for Trump and his hatchet men like Stephen Miller and Bannon?

Would you be ok with election manipulation and tampering if it meant Trump remains in total control of all branches?

Is owning the libs more important than the constitution itself?

[kalm]

Another “thought” leader.

…This was precisely what the Nazis tried to sell to Germans, that Weimar was “too liberal” and needed “strong leadership” to save it from degeneracy. To make this super clear, Thiel’s doing this at a talk to promote German philosopher Carl Schmitt, who was a prominent member of the Nazi Party.
youtu.be/vfbndRTlsg4?si…

I cannot emphasize enough that this psychopath will be running the country if we don’t protect this election.
#PFT

[BDKJMU]

It’s tough to find someone with greater conservative bonafides than Robert Kagan.

Is he correct with his concerns?

Is this all by accident or part of a grand scheme for Trump and his hatchet men like Stephen Miller and Bannon?

Would you be ok with election manipulation and tampering if it meant Trump remains in total control of all branches?

Is owning the libs more important than the constitution itself?

I stopped reading right there. A neocon who voted for Hillary, Biden, Harris. Brooking institution and WaPo. Full bore TDS. ‘Conservative bonfides’.

[kalm]

It’s tough to find someone with greater conservative bonafides than Robert Kagan.

Is he correct with his concerns?

Is this all by accident or part of a grand scheme for Trump and his hatchet men like Stephen Miller and Bannon?

Would you be ok with election manipulation and tampering if it meant Trump remains in total control of all branches?

Is owning the libs more important than the constitution itself?

I stopped reading right there. A neocon who voted for Hillary, Biden, Harris. Brooking institution and WaPo. Full bore TDS. ‘Conservative bonfires’.

Bonfires?

Read his entire history without selectively protecting your cult. There’s a reason so many like him can’t stand Trump. They’re holding on to their principles.

Yes…he’s a conservative. You’re clearly not.

[BDKJMU]

I stopped reading right there. A neocon who voted for Hillary, Biden, Harris. Brooking institution and WaPo. Full bore TDS. ‘Conservative bonfires’.

Bonfires?

Read his entire history without selectively protecting your cult. There’s a reason so many like him can’t stand Trump. They’re holding on to their principles.

Yes…he’s a conservative. You’re clearly not.

God damn auto correct. I typed ‘bonifides’ and it autocorrected to ‘bonfires’. I changed it back to bonifides and hit submit not noticing it changed it back to bonfires again.

And anyone who says we are currently in a dictatorship has full bore Stage IV TDS. It’s not possible to be a conservative with Stage 4 TDS.

[kalm]

Bonfires?

Read his entire history without selectively protecting your cult. There’s a reason so many like him can’t stand Trump. They’re holding on to their principles.

Yes…he’s a conservative. You’re clearly not.

God damn auto correct. I typed ‘bonifides’ and it autocorrected to ‘bonfires’. I changed it back to bonifides and hit submit not noticing it changed it back to bonfires again.

And anyone who says we are currently in a dictatorship has full bore Stage IV TDS. It’s not possible to be a conservative with Stage 4 TDS.

Why not? You pretend to be.

[kalm]

And we thought the Patriot Act and domestic spying were authoritarian adjacent. They just opened doors to this bullshit.

Trump admin: authoritarian state.

[Caribbean Hen]

Bonfires?

Read his entire history without selectively protecting your cult. There’s a reason so many like him can’t stand Trump. They’re holding on to their principles.

Yes…he’s a conservative. You’re clearly not.

God damn auto correct. I typed ‘bonifides’ and it autocorrected to ‘bonfires’. I changed it back to bonifides and hit submit not noticing it changed it back to bonfires again.

And anyone who says we are currently in a dictatorship has full bore Stage IV TDS. It’s not possible to be a conservative with Stage 4 TDS.

Exactly!
Political Shift: Formerly a prominent Republican, Kagan left the party following the 2016 nomination of Donald Trump and has since supported Democratic candidates

[kalm]

God damn auto correct. I typed ‘bonifides’ and it autocorrected to ‘bonfires’. I changed it back to bonifides and hit submit not noticing it changed it back to bonfires again.

And anyone who says we are currently in a dictatorship has full bore Stage IV TDS. It’s not possible to be a conservative with Stage 4 TDS.

Exactly!
Political Shift: Formerly a prominent Republican, Kagan left the party following the 2016 nomination of Donald Trump and has since supported Democratic candidates

[UNI88]

Bonfires?

Read his entire history without selectively protecting your cult. There’s a reason so many like him can’t stand Trump. They’re holding on to their principles.

Yes…he’s a conservative. You’re clearly not.

God damn auto correct. I typed ‘bonifides’ and it autocorrected to ‘bonfires’. I changed it back to bonifides and hit submit not noticing it changed it back to bonfires again.

And anyone who says we are currently in a dictatorship has full bore Stage IV TDS. It’s not possible to be a conservative with Stage 4 TDS.

MAQA isn't conservative either.

[Caribbean Hen]

Exactly!
Political Shift: Formerly a prominent Republican, Kagan left the party following the 2016 nomination of Donald Trump and has since supported Democratic candidates

Anyone claiming a Dictatorship in an administration where Donny has a 30 something approval rating and Republicans are retiring or not running again is a pearl clutching attention seeking master of nothingless payaso

You’ll be just fine in due time sunshine

[kalm]

Anyone claiming a Dictatorship in an administration where Donny has a 30 something approval rating and Republicans are retiring or not running again is a pearl clutching attention seeking master of nothingless payaso

You’ll be just fine in due time sunshine

Eh more authoritarian than dictatorship but we’re adjacent.
Why do you think Donnie has threatened and grifted off of media companies insuring further monopoly and control via his billionaire friends like the Ellison’s?

He wants the polling numbers to go away and to be seen as popular. Similar to how Putin dominated every elevation.

Insecure, paranoid driven narcissism. Which you somehow find attractive.

[Caribbean Hen]

Anyone claiming a Dictatorship in an administration where Donny has a 30 something approval rating and Republicans are retiring or not running again is a pearl clutching attention seeking master of nothingless payaso

You’ll be just fine in due time sunshine

Eh more authoritarian than dictatorship but we’re adjacent.
Why do you think Donnie has threatened and grifted off of media companies insuring further monopoly and control via his billionaire friends like the Ellison’s?

He wants the polling numbers to go away and to be seen as popular. Similar to how Putin dominated every elevation.

Insecure, paranoid driven narcissism. Which you somehow find attractive.

Honestly, I don’t perceive him as that consumed with being popular in his second term. In his first term yes he was concerned about the polls and he was undermined and viscously attacked, smeared and impeached for nothing. He didn’t really see the hate coming.

The ridiculous lawfare we saw was unprecedented in history… Mar a Largo was the final straw and Joey Rotten Biden’s vindictive nature sealed up a lot of votes for Trump

The Dems created a big part of the Trump you see right now for giving him so many reasons to hit back

You better start worrying about Marco Rubio

[kalm]

I watched this. Great interview and Talarico is impressive.

Assistant propaganda minister, Bari Weiss, doing what she’s paid handsomely for.

[Caribbean Hen]

I watched this. Great interview and Talarico is impressive.

Assistant propaganda minister, Bari Weiss, doing what she’s paid handsomely for.

Besides get Trump, what would flipping Texas do for this country?

[kalm]

I watched this. Great interview and Talarico is impressive.

Assistant propaganda minister, Bari Weiss, doing what she’s paid handsomely for.

Besides get Trump, what would flipping Texas do for this country?

Texas and the rest of the country would benefit an honest and culturally progressive senator like Talarico.

[Caribbean Hen]

Besides get Trump, what would flipping Texas do for this country?

Texas and the rest of the country would benefit an honest and culturally progressive senator like Talarico.

I’m sure Talarcio would benefit

How bout the rest of us?

[BDKJMU]

I watched this. Great interview and Talarico is impressive.

Assistant propaganda minister, Bari Weiss, doing what she’s paid handsomely for.

Klamdani falls for another Fake New leftist HOAX.

provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled.”

Embarrassing! Another lie debunked.

[kalm]

I watched this. Great interview and Talarico is impressive.

Assistant propaganda minister, Bari Weiss, doing what she’s paid handsomely for.

Klamdani falls for another Fake New leftist HOAX.

provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled.”

Embarrassing! Another lie debunked.

Oops! Looks like neither Eric Daugherty or you actually watched the 9 minute piece explaining why the interview was only on YouTube.

Yet here you are…as gullible as ever.

[UNI88]

Donald Trump Calls On Netflix To Fire Board Member Susan Rice Or “Pay The Consequences”

Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday, “Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How much is she being paid, and for what??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT”
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Trump told NBC News earlier this month that he would not be involved in deciding whether his administration will give regulatory approval to a Netflix-Warner Bros. deal or a competing bid from Paramount for all of Warner Bros. Discovery. But he previously said he would be involved, despite the long-held political norm of presidents keeping at arms’ length from the Justice Department.

[kalm]

Donald Trump Calls On Netflix To Fire Board Member Susan Rice Or “Pay The Consequences”

Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday, “Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK. How much is she being paid, and for what??? Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT”
...
Trump told NBC News earlier this month that he would not be involved in deciding whether his administration will give regulatory approval to a Netflix-Warner Bros. deal or a competing bid from Paramount for all of Warner Bros. Discovery. But he previously said he would be involved, despite the long-held political norm of presidents keeping at arms’ length from the Justice Department.

Strong women, especially dark skinned women, intimidate the crap out of him.

[UNI88]

Anthropic says it can't agree to the military's AI use terms — then it got slammed by an official

Anthropic's CEO is prepared to walk away from its contract with the military, according to a new statement published on Thursday.

In a blog post, CEO Dario Amodei said that the company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the request of the Defense Department concerning safeguards around its frontier model, Claude.

On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum to agree with the military's terms over the use of Claude or get blacklisted by the government.

Defense officials gave Anthropic until Friday evening to agree to the terms.

The terms were not clarified, but the issue, according to Amodei's statement, appears to revolve around two red lines Anthropic is not willing to cross when it comes to how Claude is deployed: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
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A senior Pentagon official told Business Insider on Tuesday that the department will consider invoking the Defense Production Act — a wartime law that would essentially give the president control over Anthropic's resources in the interest of national security — and deem the company a supply chain risk.

Both uses of the national authorities would be unprecedented, experts told Business Insider, considering that the levers are being used as a negotiating tactic and against an American company.

"I'm not aware of this ever having been used as a weapon in a negotiating posture," Dean Ball, an ex-senior policy advisor for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told Business Insider.

Amodei wrote in his blog post that the two threats are "inherently contradictory: one labels us a security risk; the other labels Claude as essential to national security."

Whiskeyleaks position seems to be that we want what we want and we can do anything we want to get it.

The military trying to force a private company to accede to their demands and threatening to declare Anthropic a supply chain risk and invoke the Defense Production Act if they don't should chill every American.

[kalm]

Anthropic says it can't agree to the military's AI use terms — then it got slammed by an official

Anthropic's CEO is prepared to walk away from its contract with the military, according to a new statement published on Thursday.

In a blog post, CEO Dario Amodei said that the company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the request of the Defense Department concerning safeguards around its frontier model, Claude.

On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum to agree with the military's terms over the use of Claude or get blacklisted by the government.

Defense officials gave Anthropic until Friday evening to agree to the terms.

The terms were not clarified, but the issue, according to Amodei's statement, appears to revolve around two red lines Anthropic is not willing to cross when it comes to how Claude is deployed: mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
...
A senior Pentagon official told Business Insider on Tuesday that the department will consider invoking the Defense Production Act — a wartime law that would essentially give the president control over Anthropic's resources in the interest of national security — and deem the company a supply chain risk.

Both uses of the national authorities would be unprecedented, experts told Business Insider, considering that the levers are being used as a negotiating tactic and against an American company.

"I'm not aware of this ever having been used as a weapon in a negotiating posture," Dean Ball, an ex-senior policy advisor for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told Business Insider.

Amodei wrote in his blog post that the two threats are "inherently contradictory: one labels us a security risk; the other labels Claude as essential to national security."

Whiskeyleaks position seems to be that we want what we want and we can do anything we want to get it.

The military trying to force a private company to accede to their demands and threatening to declare Anthropic a supply chain risk and invoke the Defense Production Act if they don't should chill every American.

Amodei has more stones, than Tim Cook, Bezos, and Musk combined. Either that or they’re perfectly fine being fascist supporters.

[UNI88]

Anthropic says it can't agree to the military's AI use terms — then it got slammed by an official

Whiskeyleaks position seems to be that we want what we want and we can do anything we want to get it.

The military trying to force a private company to accede to their demands and threatening to declare Anthropic a supply chain risk and invoke the Defense Production Act if they don't should chill every American.

Amodei has more stones, than Tim Cook, Bezos, and Musk combined. Either that or they’re perfectly fine being fascist supporters.

Stones, honor, ethics, integrity, a conscience, respect for the Constitution. He has a lot of things the others seem to lack.

He also has what I think is the best AI at the moment. I had ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity compete against each other and then added Claude to the mix. I put them through their paces but in the end the other 3 AI's all agreed that Claude's solution was the best for my scenario.

[kalm]

He’s openly admitting his autocratic nature. Fascism? Yeah, you voted for that.