This morning on Haaretz. Meanwhile, on MSNBC, Yasmin Vossoughian says Trump might have just gotten the US into another war. Marc Polymeropoulos says Trump's dangerous idiocy will fuel terrorism.

The Guardian to the rescue of journalism, calling TrumpMusk's ongoing totalitarian insurrection what it is: a #COUP. Do read. From the Guardian, it's always a gift link: The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s power grab: a coup veiled by chaos

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The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s power grab: a coup veiled by chaos | Editorial

Editorial: The US president is testing the limits of executive authority, sidelining Congress and enriching allies while destabilising the global e...

And the #MurdochJournal believes in the Easter Bunny. What a case of willful credulity from our press. Trump is cheering Musk on.

This is Martin Mycielski's Authoritarian Checklist from 2017. Their #coup has succeeded in all three branches. Note the only line unchecked: We still have freedom of assembly. We must protest. Follow Germans' example: Resist. Loudly. Now.

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Here are the products on which Canada is placing retaliatory tariffs. Eggs. You asked for this, assholes.

List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025 - Canada.ca

Effective February 4, 2025, the government is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States (U.S.).

Headline from @hsfi (with Google Translate)

Our government has been taken over in a coup.

The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide: No. 14. h/t @Alexander Karn

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Canada responds. A needless, damaging trade war that is entirely the United States' -- Trump's -- fault.

So now add this up, NYTimes: International hostility; financial (to use a mild word you might use) impropriety; cruel inhumanity; no oversight. It adds up to totalitarianism; fascism. See it. Say it.