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"When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution"

NinaIllingworth April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 9/11, Amerikan Musik, anti-trans pogrom, antisemitism, billionaires, blog, capitalism, censorship, Christian nationalism, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Gaza, genocide, GOP, Imperialism, Israel, Jewish Left, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Meta, Mohsen Mahdawi, Nina Illingworth, police state, Pork Reich, SAVE Act, Sci-Fi, Sebastian Gorka, The Skinny, trans rights, WD7

The Skinny: Climate of Fear and Indifference

As the Trumpenreich’s fascist agenda accelerates, American society appears to be descending into a climate of fear and indifference

Essays Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth April 16, 2025April 18, 2025 9/11, Alien Enemies Act, Amerikan Musik, CECOT, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, DHS, dictatorship, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Essays, FA1, fascism, gangs, Gestapo, ICE, Imperialism, James Boasberg, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Kristi Noam, Marco Rubio, MP6, MS13, Nayib Bukele, Nina Illingworth, Pam Bondi, Paula Xinis, police state, Politics, Racism, SCOTUS, Stephen Miller, terrorism, Tren de Aragua, US Constitution, Venezuela, War on Terror, WD7, white nationalism

Fascist Word Games and the Birth of an American Dictatorship

On the fascist theater, propaganda, and deceptions that may lead to the birth of a US dictatorship under Trump unless Americans rise up and stop him.

Blog Fascism Imperialism Police State

NinaIllingworth April 15, 2025April 20, 2025 ACLU, Amerikan Musik, blog, Brendan Carr, CECOT, Civil Rights, CoreCivic, DHS, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, genocide, GEO, ICE, immigration, Imperialism, Justice, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Marc Andreessen, Marco Rubio, mass deportations, Mohsen Mahdawi, MP6, nativism, Nayib Bukele, Nina Illingworth, Pam Bondi, Peter Thiel, police state, private prisons, Protesters, SCOTUS, Stephen Miller, The Skinny, Vicky Osterweil, War on Terror, WD7, white nationalism

The Skinny: Pork Reich on Parade

Today we’re introducing a new spin on an old feature; plus a complete collection of my Fediverse blog posts from April 13th to April 15th, 2025.

Blog Fascism Police State Politics

NinaIllingworth April 12, 2025April 27, 2025 Amerikan Musik, antisemitism, blog, Chuck Schumer, DHS, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, GOP, ICE, immigration, JA5, Kristi Noem, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, mass surveillance, Migrant Rights, Mike Johnson, MP6, Nazi, Nina Illingworth, panopticon, pogroms, police state, Politics, Propaganda, Republican Party, Social Security, The Skinny, Todd Lyons

The Skinny: Trump’s Fascist Panopticon Expands

As the Trump regime shambled into April, the profile of the fascist panopticon being deployed against immigrants and protesters began to take shape.

Blog Fascism Justice Police State

NinaIllingworth April 9, 2025May 4, 2025 2019 El Paso shooting, AI, Big Law, blog, CECOT, concentration camp, DHS, DOGE, El Salvador, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, Gleichschaltung, GOP, Great Replacement Theory, ICE, JA5, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Media, MP6, Nina Illingworth, panopticon, Patrick Crusius, police state, Politics, stochastic terrorism, Tariffs, The Skinny, torture prison, Trump, white nationalism

The Skinny: A Fascist State Under Trump Emerges

Trump is arguing he should be allowed to send US citizens to a foreign torture prison while Musk is using AI to spy on federal workers; the Skinny was there.

Blog Fascism Police State War

NinaIllingworth March 17, 2025May 11, 2025 Amerikan Musik, blog, Civil Rights, colonialism, Columbia University, Common Dreams, DHS, Donald Trump, FA1, fascism, Gaza, genocide, Imperialism, Israel, JA5, Julia Conley, Mahmoud Khalil, Marco Rubio, Michel Martin, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Nina-Bytes, NPR, Palestinians, police state, protest rights, Troy Edgar, US State Department, war, War on Terror, WD7

Nina-Bytes: Eye of the Beholder

It’s not hard to prove the Trump regime intends to use anti-terrorism laws to crack down on American protestors when DHS officials just admit it openly.

Capitalism Fascism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 13, 2025April 27, 2025 Amerikan Musik, billionaires, blog, capitalism, Christian nationalism, Civil Rights, class war, Climate Crisis, collaborators, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, extractivism, FA1, fascism, GOP, JA5, liberalism, Mini Theory Blog, MP6, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, police state, Politics, SCOTUS, Socialism, ST2, Theory, white supremacy

Theory Blog: There’s No Going Back to “Normal”

There is no way to defeat fascism that doesn’t involve repudiating the free market fundamentalist order that built the police state he’s using against us now.

Capitalism Fascism Police State Theory

NinaIllingworth March 12, 2025April 27, 2025 abolition, Amerikan Musik, Big Tech, billionaires, CA4, capitalism, Christian nationalism, Curtis Yarvin, Donald Trump, donor class, Elon Musk, FA1, fascism, genocide, Gestapo, GOP, ICE, JA5, longtermism, Marc Andreessen, Mini Theory Blog, Network States, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, Peter Thiel, police state, private prisons, Republican Party, ST2, Theory

Theory Blog: Fascism For Profit

Discussing the material and ideological reasons why rich people and much of the American establishment are willing to collaborate with the fascist Trump regime.

Activism Fascism Police State Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth September 9, 2024 activism, blog, Campus Encampments, Carrie Zaremba:, colonialism, Democracy Now, FA1, fascism, free speech, Gaza, genocide, Homeland Security Campus, Israel, Jim Banks, Mondoweiss, Nina Illingworth, Northwestern University, Palestinians, Police, police state, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, settler colonialism, Steven Thrasher, student protests, Zionism

Falling Backwards Into History

While Democrats celebrated the “unity” on offer at the DNC, informed observers who read the 2024 platform saw a party shifting to the right to appease fascism.

Fascism Police State Politics Rec Reads

NinaIllingworth August 10, 2024 abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ persecution, Balaji Srinivasan, CA4, capitalism, Captured States, Christian nationalism, FA1, fascism, GOP, LGBTQ rights, Mark Robinson, MP6, Network State, Nina Illingworth, North Carolina, police state, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, San Francisco, Tech authoritarianism, The New Republic, Truthout, US politics