I Asked Germans about Trump. They All Said the Same Thing

Apr 21, 2026 | I spent several days in Berlin, Germany asking locals one simple question: What do you think about Donald Trump?


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Sweeping Out Fascism

Father David explains.

The Impossible Promise: Are We Witnessing the Return of Fascism?

THE GUARDIAN: Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history

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Fascism emerged in the 20th century, amid societies that were scarred by the violence of the first world war and the instability, hunger and mass unemployment that trailed in its wake and where a growing workers’ movement threatened to wrest power from trad¬itional governing elites. In response to a feeling of national humiliation or betrayal, fascism promised national rebirth through the violent cleansing of enemies at home, and imperial conquest abroad, in return for abandoning democracy. Its base lay among the frustrated lower middle classes, but it rapidly gained cross-class support. Its supporters were organised into parties with uniformed paramilitary wings. They operated in what Paxton called an “uneasy but effective collaboration” with traditional governing elites, for whom fascism was a way to maintain order and crush the left. (Those elites were wrong: they saw fascism as their attack dog, but it ate them alive.)

Read the whole article, ‘The Long Read’, jere.

"Fahrenheit 11/9" - This Is How Fascism Starts | Michael Moore

Apr 7, 2026 | A scene from Michael Moore's 2018 film, "Fahrenheit 11/9." This sequence maps the rise of fascism in Nazi Germany onto the rise of fascism in the United States.

You Are Not Overreacting…

…this really is fascism.

Rutger Bregman: 10 Signs of Fascism. America Has All of Them.

Mar 10, 2026 | Historians are now using the F-word to describe what's happening in America. In this video, I explain why, why it matters, and what you can do.

The Five Stages of Fascism – Robert O. Paxton, Columbia University:

The Five Stafes of Fascism »

Rutger Bregman’s Other Essential Reading:

This is fascism: Fascism starts with talk, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup. And it takes hold thanks to people who think things won’t move quickly—until they do just that. »

Yes, It’s Fascism: Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. »

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Homosexuality in Europe between Two Dictatorships I PART 1 | SLICE Who | Reupload

Jan 19, 2026 | In 1920s Europe, before fascism reshaped the continent, a brief moment of freedom emerged.

Through personal photos and journals, this documentary traces the life of Pilou, a young gay man discovering desire, identity, and artistic expression in the Roaring Twenties.

From small-town France to Parisian cabarets, his story reveals a hidden world rarely documented.

A portrait of queer life before repression returned. In 1920s Europe, before fascism reshaped the continent, a brief moment of freedom emerged. Through personal photos and journals, this documentary traces the life of Pilou, a young gay man discovering desire, identity, and artistic expression in the Roaring Twenties.

Documentary: Snapshots of History EP:20 Pierre Louis
”Pilou”, Homosexuality in the Interwar Years
Direction : Delphine Deloget
Production : Bonne Compagnie

No to Fascism

Father David enlarges on the dire situation re fascism in Trump’s dystopia, and before.

How Is Everyone Still Falling for This?

Feb 24, 2026 | How are people still falling for this fascism con? Why does it keep coming back, over and over again? Because we keep looking for its roots in the wrong spot. It's not some fringe idea buried in the woods. It's the concrete beneath our feet. The roads we drive down. The jobs we must take.

The rent we pay and the currency we use. We've been living in this pyramid scheme our whole lives. We can't see its roots through the pavement. First, we must break the concrete. Then, we can see the round earth again.

Steve Schmidt: Trump’s “Peace” Ends in War

Feb 20, 2026 | At the “Board of Peace” launch, Donald Trump praised dictators while American allies were nowhere to be seen. Steve Schmidt warns that Trump is more interested in war than peace, and that the consequences will be fatal.

Trump’s so-called ‘Board of Peace’ should be renamed as Trump’s ‘Board of Fascists’! What a load of bollocks! What a f***ing disgrace these people are to the free world. Who is paying for Orbán's billion dollar membership fee, I wonder. Hungarian taxpayers, I suppose. Trump has turned a once, rules-based world upside down. The world has been poisoned by him. Can there really be a god that is both loving and omnipotent? It seems to me that the existence of such a god is impossible, given what is going on in Trump's dystopic world. — © Mark Alexander

Is Fascism Coming to Britain?

Feb 18, 2026 | Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain paper on mass deportations is not just about migration, although that is its toxic superficial focus. It is also about power, law, and the kind of state we want to live in.

In this video, I explain why his proposals would require dismantling human rights law, rewriting the UK constitution, and creating a politics of hate that harms everyone and not just the millions of migrants he wants to expel from this country.

My suggestion is that we choose something else: a politics of care, investment, and social security that protects everyone's well-being. This is about the UK’s future.

What state do we want? Lowe's dystopian state of hate, or one where everyone can flourish?

Steve Schmidt: Love Will Defeat Trump’s Hate

Feb 9, 2026 | Bad Bunny shared a message of unity and hope at yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime show. Steve Schmidt urges Americans to choose love over indifference and fight Trump’s racism and fascism.

The Most Evil Speech Imaginable: Trump and Bukele at the National Prayer Breakfast

February 5, 2026

These people are WICKED and EVIL. Donald Trump is up there with Adolf Hitler! There is strong competition regarding who is worse, who, with Trump given time, is wickeder! — © Mark Alexander

How Epstein Helped Ruin Gaming & Engineered the Modern Online Reactionary Movement

Feb 4, 2026 | The latest batch of Epstein files is giving us a small glimpse into the scope of Jeffrey Epstein’s influence. Aside from being a notorious p***phile Epstein was also an influence peddler who played a role in the rise of microtransactions in video games. Moreover, he also deliberately helped white supremacy proliferate on the internet and eventually teamed up with Steve Bannon to spread fascism throughout the world. In this video we’ll discuss the latest bombshell revelations regarding Donald Trump and other elites implicated in the Epstein files as well as the lesser-known role Epstein played in crafting the dystopian world we’re currently living in.

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WARNING: Trump’s Fascist Takeover Has Accelerated | Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Jan 26, 2026 | Donald Trump’s second term is accelerating an authoritarian playbook at a speed the US has never seen. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins Marc Elias to explain how expansionism, paramilitary policing, election sabotage, and propaganda mirror past fascist regimes, and why this moment is uniquely dangerous. They also explore why resistance looks different today, how fear and humiliation are weaponized, and what comes next for American democracy.

Rise to Power: Mussolini's March on Rome I SLICE History | Full Documentary | Reupload

May 19, 2024 | In the fall of 1922, former teacher and journalist Benito Mussolini had only recently been elected to parliament when he seized power. His legal coup d’état, which began on 24 October in Naples, was a masterstroke.

Standing before 40,000 Fascist party members, he issued an ultimatum to the fragile Italian parliamentary monarchy: “Either they hand us the power, or we will descend on Rome!”

The militants, wearing black shirts and armed with clubs, headed for the capital. Following on from this legendary march on Rome, Mussolini headed up a totalitarian regime that lasted two decades.

Mussolini, Il Duce, took power and consolidated it until the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in the mid-1930s. He was a populist leader in terms of how he spoke to the Italian people, and a dictator in terms of how he exerted his power.

He came from the extreme left but governed from the extreme right. Mussolini invented the new ideology of fascism and was helped in his mission by the business community who wanted an end to left-wing rule.

Despite his brutality, he sought to please the Italian people, promising them a return to the grandeur of Rome. He enjoyed undeniable success for several years, both at home and abroad, until his inevitable downfall.

Documentary : Mussolini, the First Fascist
Directed by Serge de Sampigny
Production: Histodoc

Authoritarianism Decoded: How Fascism Takes Over without Force

Dec 22, 2025 | Fascism, authoritarianism, cult psychology, propaganda, Trump, Mussolini, and modern machismos explained. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins cult expert Dr. Steven Hassan to break down how dictators rise, how mind control works, and why democracy is under threat.

In this wide-ranging discussion, NYU historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, explains how fascist leaders from Mussolini and Hitler to modern authoritarian figures like President Donald Trump use propaganda, victimhood narratives, disinformation, and psychological manipulation to gain and maintain power. Dr Hassan connects these historical patterns to cult dynamics, mind control, and the follower–leader relationship he has studied for decades.

‘You Can’t Meet Fascists Halfway’ - Mehdi Hasan

January 26, 2026

Trump at Davos: The Nazi Echoes Hidden in Plain Sight Send Shockwaves through Europe.

Jan 23, 2026 | Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos was widely dismissed as rambling, unserious, even comedic. But beneath the insults, digressions, and bravado was a coherent—and dangerous—ideological message. This video breaks down how Trump used stealth language to revive ideas rooted in fascist and Nazi-era thinking: the myth of a “pure” western civilisation, the framing of migration as contamination, and the use of “culture” as a euphemism for race. Drawing historical parallels to Nazi rhetoric about civilisation, inheritance, and decline, we examine how these ideas are laundered through respectable forums and normalized on the global stage.

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A Historian of Fascism Warns What Comes Next | Rick Wilson & Molly Jong-Fast on Trump's Decline

Jan 20, 2026 | Ruth Ben-Ghiat has spent her career studying fascism, strongmen, and authoritarian regimes. She's a historian at NYU and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present." And she has a warning for America.In this urgent conversation, Ruth breaks down what she's seeing in Trump's first year back in office—and she's seen it before. The ICE operations in Minneapolis that operate like Mussolini's fascist militia. The public humiliation tactics used by dictators throughout history. The way Trump's obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize is driving his threats against Greenland and NATO.Jim Acosta is joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Rick Wilson (co-founder of The Lincoln Project), and Molly Jong-Fast (MSNBC contributor) to discuss:

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