DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> rollbacks prompt allies to adjust travel warnings</p><p>by Avery Lotz, March 23, 2025</p><p>"Several European countries have adjusted travel guidelines for citizens seeking to enter the U.S. as the Trump administration has implemented several rollbacks on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> rights.</p><p>"The big picture: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> urged cautionary planning for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> travelers seeking to enter the U.S. following an executive order requiring the federal government to recognize only two sexes: male and female.</p><p> - The advisory changes come as citizens from several European countries and beyond have been detained by U.S. immigration authorities over issues with travel visas. </p><p>[...] </p><p>"The Trump administration has made rolling back rights for transgender Americans a key priority of its early days in office, targeting military service, gender-affirming care, sports participation, federal recognition and other aspects of everyday life.</p><p> - References to trans Americans — and other minority groups — have been wiped across federal websites.<br> - However, many of the administration's measures have hit legal barriers in court."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-issue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/23/allies-is</span><span class="invisible">sue-usa-travel-guidlines-transgender?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsViolations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsViolations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenderFascism</span></a></p>
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"If they can do this to Andrys, who's next?
'Repulsive' and 'evil' don't even scratch the surface—this is one of the darkest periods in American history, and we're living through it right now."
~ Joshua Reed Eakle
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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Bluesky Social · Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@joshuaeakle.com)If they can do this to Andrys, who's next?
"Repulsive" and "evil" don't even scratch the surface—this is one of the darkest periods in American history, and we're living through it right now.
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Here's what's going to happen when our services are privatized. First, some services will just be gone. Public good services that aren't seen as profitable will be gone. That's things like Social Security. Why would a billionaire get involved with that? They'll just steal the existing funds and shut it down. Second, services that we already paid for with our taxes, which could be monetized, like NOAA, we'll still pay for but we'll pay lots more and we'll pay it monthly like a cable company. We'll end up with a whole list of new service "subscriptions" for everything from the weather to schools. And our taxes will NOT go down because we'll still be paying for billionaires and mega corps to pay NO taxes just like we do now, while the government continues to operate things like the DOD (which will itself be pared down, sold off in parts, and augmented with billionaire-owned privateers). This new country the billionaires want is a return to feudalism in which you will owe your liege lords all kinds of money every month while scrabbling to keep your families alive, with all the "services for the public good" gone.
#coup #corrupion #networkState #darkEnlightenment #fascism #feudalism #authoritarianism #kleptocracy #kakistocracy #oligarchy
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"All of them know that this will cause death and suffering. All of them know that it will decimate the types of jobs this country needs more of. All of them know that tearing down is far easier than rebuilding."
#Musk #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #media #scientists #universities #corporations
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"Where are the university presidents, the CEOs of pharmaceutical and technology companies, the former leaders in science and health policy, the Nobel Prize winners, and other tenured scientists whose careers were built on publicly funded research? All of them know that this is madness."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Musk #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #media #scientists #universities #corporations
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https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/destroying-american-science
Through the Fog, by Elliot Kirschner · Destroying American Science
"The press’s pathological need to normalize autocratic misrule is paving the road to ruin."
~ Jason Linkins
#Musk #Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #media
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https://newrepublic.com/post/193002/media-trump-doge-failure-economy
The New Republic · The Media Is Responding to Trump With a Huge Face-PlantThe press’s pathological need to normalize autocratic misrule is paving the road to ruin.
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"Donald Trump’s second term has so far been a case study in how systems built for those whose rights have been diluted or taken away eventually devour those who were assumed to be safe from such violations."
~ Nesrine Malik
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/24/donald-trump-imperial-plan-usa-peoples-rights
The Guardian · Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe
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"These countries [warning their citizens about travel to the US] know. They understand what everything Trump is doing adds up to, even if the frogs here at home are letting themselves get boiled before they realize how hot the water is."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans #travel #tourism
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Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance · The Week Ahead
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“Inside the intake room, a sea of trustees descended on the men with electric shavers, stripping heads of hair with haste. The guy who claimed to be a barber began to whimper, folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell. He was slapped. The man asked for his mother, then buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again.”
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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"The intake began with slaps. One young man (23 years old) sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”
~ Philip Holsinger
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/
Time · What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
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"Your income, credit score, degrees, suburban neighborhood, Christian background, light skin tone, Republican voting record, and Rust Belt zip code won’t save you. Nobody is safe under fascism. Nobody is safe under Trump’s reign of terror."
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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"An authoritarian regime doesn’t spare anyone. Ultimately, all have to bend their knee or lose their head. ...
Trump and MAGA aren’t just going after undocumented immigrants, the Muslims, the Black folks in the urban cities, the Latinos, the LGBTQ+, and the poor. They’re coming for everyone, including attractive, white, Canadian actresses, and U.S. citizens."
#Trump #fascism #authoritarianism #immigrants #Venezuelans
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Wajahat Ali
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-united-states-of-terror
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali · The United States of Terror