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Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores

(christinapagel.substack.com)
235 points nickcotter | 5 comments | 29 Mar 25 08:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.994s | source
1. kwar13 ◴[29 Mar 25 11:40 UTC] No.43514689[source]▶
And he was already president once. It's not like he was a champion of free speech the first time around...
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2. relistan ◴[29 Mar 25 11:56 UTC] No.43514795[source]▶
And he was convicted of 34 felonies...
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3. UncleMeat ◴[29 Mar 25 12:12 UTC] No.43514902[source]▶
The first time he was president his administration was staffed mostly with legacy GOP leadership. He also hadn't yet stuffed the federal courts with goons. This meant that he got pushback for some of his worst authoritarian impulses (certainly not all of them, but some).

Now the administration is staffed entirely with maga loyalists and Trump has appointed a substantial portion of the entire federal judiciary, up to creating a supermajority in the supreme court. The barriers are gone.

So now we get the white house deliberately messaging the suffering of others. Kristi Noem in front of prisoners in El Salvador. Tweets of people in shackles or AI images of people weeping while being arrested, presented to the glee of adoring fans. "We love hurting these people" is the message.

4. whatthesmack ◴[30 Mar 25 01:15 UTC] No.43520295[source]▶
... in a kangaroo court in New York that is under appeal where Trump is certain to win.
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5. csa ◴[30 Mar 25 05:35 UTC] No.43521621{3}[source]▶
> in a kangaroo court

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.