‘Totally illegal’: Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism | “This is out of the autocratic playbook. As autocrats consolidate their power once they’re in office, anything that threatens their power … becomes illegal,” historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat said.
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So much for free-speech. Trump and Musk don’t understand free speech. They just want a platform to spread their hate and misinformation but would never tolerate actual free speech, dissent, and criticism of them or their power.
If you go vote now, we can win this.
Go vote now. Early voting is probably open.
Take people with you. Get friends to go. Call people.
TIL… Trump wants to shut down Fox News and Breitbart.
The fact that this election is going to be so incredibly close is downright depressing. I’m doing everything I can to help Kamala win, but if we lose to Trump then it’s hard to see how he’s not exactly what America deserves.
If, and I know it’s a big if, he wins, just wait for Project 2025. It will be more than just escalating.
This is why I don’t understand why large media outlets don’t go hard after Republicans. Is it really worth it to lose your access journalism when the stipulation is to abandon fact checks? Is it really in the interest of media conglomerates to softball platform people that directly express it as a goal to remove your broadcasting license?
It’s not illegal if the Trumpy SCOTUS says it isn’t…
Trump: Orange Hitler.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/totally-illegal-trump-escalates-rhetoric-outlawing-political-dissent-c-rcna174280) reduced by 91%. (I’m a bot)
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> Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power.
> Trump voters have mixed views on revenge Trump rallied a raucous crowd Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, launching personal attacks on Harris and drawing jeers and boos from a sea of red MAGA-hatted supporters as he spoke of the "Enemy from within" – government officials with whom he's clashed.
> Debbie Hendrix, a Pennsylvanian who attended the Trump rally donning a "MAGA" hat, said she's excited to vote for Trump a third time.
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He’s picked up a lot of advice from Orbán over the years.
This is the reason I don’t trust polls. Why would I answer a poll in the off chance this idiot gets in and forces them to tell him the phone numbers and who they picked for the polls. Nope nope nope. Just vote