🌎 Discussion: The Spread of Fascism/Theocracy/Authoritarianism

[blueharvest]

Syrian rebels surround strategic city of Hama after Aleppo takeover

Rebels within kilometres ‘on three sides’ of city, seen as crucial to safeguarding the capital, Damascus

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

한동훈 탄핵 찬성에 여야 “표결 오늘로 당기자”···우원식, 오후 본회의 검토

한동훈 국민의힘 대표가 6일 윤석열 대통령 탄핵소추안 의결에 동참할 뜻을 밝히면서 7일로 예정된 탄핵 표결을 이날 오후로 당기자는 주장이 나오고 있다. 토요일까지 기다릴 필요가 없다는 주장이다. 국민의힘 친한동훈계 중진인 조경태 의원은 이날 국회에서 기자들과 만나 “하루라도 빨리 시간을 더 단축해서 (탄핵소추안 표결) 본회의를 열어야 된다”고 말했다....

www.khan.co.kr

Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, expressed his intention to support the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol on December 6. This has led to calls to move the impeachment vote, originally scheduled for December 7, to this afternoon. Proponents argue there is no need to wait until Saturday.

한국갤럽조사연구소

www.gallup.co.kr

[Presidential Job Performance Rating]
Positive 16%, Negative 75% - Record-low positive rating and record-high negative rating since taking office.
- (Following the martial law situation) of December 4–5: Positive 13%, Negative 80%.

 

[blueharvest]

"Go scorched Earth on the satanic bureaucracy": Christian nationalists move to gut the constitution

Trump gave control of the federal budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"

www.salon.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Somehow candidates who only campaign on TikTok are surging in elections.

Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election

Ruling follows revelation of declassified intelligence alleging Russia ran online campaign to promote far-right outsider

www.theguardian.com

 

[squeekness]

"Go scorched Earth on the satanic bureaucracy": Christian nationalists move to gut the constitution

Trump gave control of the federal budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"

www.salon.com

There should be no "post constitutional " moments.

 

[blueharvest]

Far-right activists from Germany spent US election day at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

AfD parliamentary candidate and influencers posed for photos with now president-elect at his Florida home

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[blueharvest]

Syrian rebels say they have advanced into Damascus as residents report sound of gunfire

Whereabouts of President Bashar al-Assad unknown as rebel group says it has begun entering the capital

www.theguardian.com

As Assad’s power crumbles, Turkey, Iran and Russia disagree on way forward for Syria

Foreign powers urge opposition groups to end fighting and preserve single, united country at talks in Qatar

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

Similar outcome to Trump and Jan. 6.

 

[blueharvest]

‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons

Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Trump says US should stay out of fighting in Syria as opposition forces gain

President-elect Donald Trump says the U.S. should avoid engaging militarily in Syria, where an opposition offensive is threatening the rule of the country's Russian- and Iran-allied leader.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

South Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition

Yonhap news agency reported that ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun voluntarily appeared on Sunday at a Seoul prosecutors’ office, where he had his mobile phone confiscated and was detained.

apnews.com

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days.

apnews.com

This is historic. I witnessed celebrating syrians here in germany. Just wow.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

South Korea arrests ex-defence minister after failed martial law attempt – reports

Kim Yong-hyun, who resigned earlier this week, is seen as central to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief martial law declaration

www.theguardian.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

Syria war live: Assad regime toppled as rebel fighters seize control of Damascus

President whose family has ruled Syria for 50 years has fled the country, officials say

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Both Israel and Turkey are bombing Syria amidst the celebrating.

 

[blueharvest]

Apparently he's in Moscow now.

 

[squeekness]

Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days.

apnews.com

He won't be missed.

 

[squeekness]

Apparently he's in Moscow now.

The only country who turn him in for cimes against his people.

 

[blueharvest]

Biden says fall of Assad regime in Syria is a 'historic opportunity'

The current and next president responded to the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime after he fled the country as rebels advanced into Damascus.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

Syrians celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad after five decades of dynastic rule

Citizens dream of a better future but some are wary of Islamist groups claiming to represent them

www.theguardian.com