As I said repeatedly during Trump 1.0, Trump sees the U.S. Treasury as his personal piggy bank. But back then, he couldn’t find a way to siphon it to himself. This time around, he has: shakedowns, crypto, and the slush fund. With the added bonus of paying off his own shadow army.

Milei is sort of an insane version of Trumpism &he pushes the trumpist logic of vulgarity to the extremes. Beyond that much, Milei is sort an unoriginal vessel and his policies are not that different from other wannabe fascists...His gov is run by technocrats while he performs x.com/elpais_ameri...

EL PAÍS América (@elpais_america) on X

Milei atacó al actual mandatario brasileño, Lula da Silva: lo incluyó entre “los zurdos de mierda” y “la basura socialista”, a los que llamó a derrotar en Brasil y en toda América Latina 🔗 https://t...

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Funny, fascism! So funny. Hilarious.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Yes! The "even" is key here. Trump is full ideological desire and no limits. It is really important to stress the erratic nature of his actions as a frustration with reality itself. This is, of course, a sign of alienation. Trump is not ok...

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social · last wk.

“Those limits have left him deeply frustrated, his aides say, and have made him more erratic, even by Trumpian standards.”

Milei is sort of an insane version of Trumpism &he pushes the trumpist logic of vulgarity to the extremes. Beyond that much, Milei is sort an unoriginal vessel and his policies are not that different from other wannabe fascists...His gov is run by technocrats while he performs x.com/elpais_ameri...

EL PAÍS América (@elpais_america) on X

Milei atacó al actual mandatario brasileño, Lula da Silva: lo incluyó entre “los zurdos de mierda” y “la basura socialista”, a los que llamó a derrotar en Brasil y en toda América Latina 🔗 https://t...

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Cafecito outdoor/ Winter in Buenos Aires

Cafecito outdoor/ Winter in Buenos Aires

The emperor is naked and the view of this is becoming evident even to the many voters that enabled him before

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump cratering in latest national polls, per new CNN analysis: *Average overall approval 22 points underwater, worse than Obama/Bush in 2nd terms *Among independents he's minus 45, worse than Nixon On the pod, @creynoldsnc.bsky.social on how Dems must capitalize: newrepublic.com/article/2132...

It is a fre to download the book for 1 more week!

Federico Finchelstein@finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 2w ago

Free book for a few days! "The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder. Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024" by @amycking.bsky.social. The new book in our series Elements in History & Politics of Fascism,CambridgeUP. I am co-editor w/ @acostapinto.bsky.social: cup.org/4vEkaRQ @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

Still working on number 9 and 10😅

Federico Finchelstein@finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

News! I signed the contract for book number 10! I will start the writing process this summer... My book number 9 on "Fascism and the Authoritarian Personality" is almost finished and will (hopefully) be out next year! My previous book, The Wannabe Fascists was published in 2024.

The judge obviously didn't accept -- he actually disclosed it to the court and then dismissed the trial with prejudice. But I'm struck by how...Trumpy Nixon was. We've had the same problem before, it's just that we had better guardrails and more principled actors across the government

Not sure if I ever knew this detail before, but nugget from my research: Nixon offered the judge in Daniel Ellsberg's trial the FBI directorship -- the judge's "life's ambition" -- if he ended the trial soon (to avoid, I assume, details emerging of the Nixon-ordered break-in to E's psych's office)1/

DC getting in on it.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w ago

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

The emperor is naked and the view of this is becoming evident even to the many voters that enabled him before

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump cratering in latest national polls, per new CNN analysis: *Average overall approval 22 points underwater, worse than Obama/Bush in 2nd terms *Among independents he's minus 45, worse than Nixon On the pod, @creynoldsnc.bsky.social on how Dems must capitalize: newrepublic.com/article/2132...

Still working on number 9 and 10😅

Federico Finchelstein@finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

News! I signed the contract for book number 10! I will start the writing process this summer... My book number 9 on "Fascism and the Authoritarian Personality" is almost finished and will (hopefully) be out next year! My previous book, The Wannabe Fascists was published in 2024.

It's also free to read for two weeks, so now's the time to download if you're interested!

Dr Amy King@amycking.bsky.social · 3w ago

Out (online) today! 🎉 'The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024' is an exploration of how his memory shaped Italian antifascism, democratic nation-building, and debates over Fascism’s legacy, including responses from today’s far right. cup.org/3RE9ODE

Vannacci going full Trump

Osservatorio sul complottismo@sulcomplottismo.bsky.social · 2w ago

1/ Far-right leader Roberto Vannacci shared an AI video set in ancient Rome where he sentences to death opposition leaders Schlein and Conte. The gladiator armed with a hammer and sickle is a local representative of National Future who was recently reported for the beating of an Iraqi immigrant.

Profondément attristé par la nouvelle du décès soudain de Didier Musiedlak, Prof. émerite à L'université Paris X-Nanterre, italianiste français et auteur d'ouvrages de référence sur le fascisme, le corporatisme et les élites politiques. Il a participé à plusieurs de mes projets, et réciproquement.

Lo stato fascista e la sua classe politica 1922-1943

Lo stato fascista e la sua classe politica 1922-1943 : Musiedlak, Didier, De Ritis, A.: Amazon.it: Books

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Free for the next two weeks! "The year 2024 marked a century since socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti's assassination. Widely commemorated in Italy, he's often remembered within a national narrative of antifascist resistance. But how was this narrative built and how has the far right responded?"

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

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Now in Paperback.

Building Dictatorships under Axis Rule: War, Military Occupation and Political Regimes

This book offers a broad comparative perspective on regime building under Axis rule during the Second World War, exploring case studies in Europe and Asia. Military occupation represents the highest d...

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Free book for a few days! "The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder. Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024" by @amycking.bsky.social. The new book in our series Elements in History & Politics of Fascism,CambridgeUP. I am co-editor w/ @acostapinto.bsky.social: cup.org/4vEkaRQ @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

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Free book for a few days! "The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder. Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924–2024" by @amycking.bsky.social. The new book in our series Elements in History & Politics of Fascism,CambridgeUP. I am co-editor w/ @acostapinto.bsky.social: cup.org/4vEkaRQ @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

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I gave the keynote yesterday at this excellent conference in Santiago de Chile. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez @maxweberstiftung.de @ghiwashington.bsky.social DHI Rom

It is my honor to be here in Santiago in this excellent conference!

Istituto Storico Germanico | German Historical Institute Rome@dhiroma.bsky.social · 3w ago

Between #Democracy and #Dictatorship. Interdependencies and Political #Transfers Between #LatinAmerica, #Europe and #USA 13-14 July: t1p.de/s9xp3 #DFK Paris @ghiwashington.bsky.social Santiago de Chile, Univ. Adolfo Ibañez Zoom: 13.7. uai-cl.zoom.us/j/95502884665 14.7. uai-cl.zoom.us/j/95128429904

I gave the keynote yesterday at this excellent conference in Santiago de Chile. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez @maxweberstiftung.de @ghiwashington.bsky.social DHI Rom

Fascism USA: Class and Identity Politics in the Age of Trump" by @marcedelman.bsky.social academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_pubs/886/

Psychologies of Popular Support for Authoritarianism, my text for American Historical Review academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

Psychologies of Popular Support for Authoritarianism: Walt Disney Studies (Hollywood), 1943; Argentina, 1947

Almost two years have passed since Hitler’s death (. . .) Given the time that has passed, it might seem out of date to deal with this now; but the social a

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It was nice to meet Vozinha!

It was nice to meet Vozinha!

VAMOS Argentina! Let's go! Nice to see nyc subway like this!