“The only way to stop…fascism…, the document said, “is by making our democracy work and by actively cooperating to preserve world peace and security.” …the hatred at the root of fascism “fulfills a triple mission.” By dividing people, it weakens democracy. “By getting men to hate rather than to think,” it prevents them “from seeking…a democratic solution…” By falsely promising prosperity, it lures people to embrace its security.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 9, 2026
#fascism

“Fascists “make their own rules and change them when they choose…. They maintain themselves in power by use of force combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of ‘blood’ and ‘race,’ by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security. The propaganda glorifies war and insists it is smart and ‘realistic’ to be pitiless and violent.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 9, 2026
#fascism #fascists

“Fascism, the U.S. government document explained, “is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.” “The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 9, 2026
#fascism

“…the publication asked, what is fascism? “Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze,” it said, “nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it.””
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 9, 2026
#fascism

“Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and women and therefore better soldiers.”
On March 24, 1945, the topic for the week was “FASCISM!””
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 9, 2026
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-2026
#fascism

“At the same time the administration was pouring gasoline on the domestic fire ICE had sparked and the international fire it had set with its attacks on Venezuela and threats against Greenland, it was quietly making a number of major financial moves.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 7, 2026
#trump #venezuela #greenland #money

“That both DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are four videos circulating that reveal those accounts to be lies shows they no longer are making any attempt to justify their actions. Instead, they are demanding Americans abandon reality in favor of whatever the administration says.”
—Heather Cox Richardson, January 7, 2026
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-7-2026
#trump #americans #usa

“They don’t even pretend to know what’s going to happen in Venezuela going forward, beyond “We’re going to run things.” Oh great. … I’ll tell you what happened when we “ran” Iraq; we led to the creation of ISIS. I’ll tell you what happened when we “ran” Afghanistan; we empowered the Taliban. My God, Americans, smell the coffee. Most every war we’ve fought for the last 60 years has been, in the final analysis, an unmitigated disaster.”
—M. Williamson
https://www.transformarticles.com/p/were-going-to-run-things
#trump #usa #venezuela