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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler

photo: Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945

Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin[a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the end of World War II in Europe. Eva Braun, his longtime companion and wife of one day, also committed suicide by cyanide poisoning.[b] In accordance with Hitler's prior written and verbal instructions, that afternoon their remains were carried up the stairs and through the bunker's emergency exit to the Reich Chancellery garden, where they were doused in petrol and burned.[1][2] The news of Hitler's death was announced on German radio the next day, 1 May.[3]

The Big List of Protests ("the BLOP") is a community-driven project to help people find and share information about protests, rallies, and other events in the United States.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/783-gandhi

His triumph changed the world forever.

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.

photo: An Israeli soldier managing Palestinians at the Huwara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, 2006

Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.[1][2][3][4] The controlled territory is called occupied territory, and the ruling power is called the occupant.[5] Occupation's intended temporary nature distinguishes it from annexation and colonialism.[4][6] The occupant often establishes military rule to facilitate administration of the occupied territory, though this is not a necessary characteristic of occupation.[7]

Bonus: Belligerent Occupation: Duties and Obligations of Occupying Powers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupation

Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.[1][2][3][4] The controlled territory is called occupied territory, and the ruling power is called the occupant.[5] Occupation's intended temporary nature distinguishes it from annexation and colonialism.[4][6] The occupant often establishes military rule to facilitate administration of the occupied territory, though this is not a necessary characteristic of occupation.[7]

photo: An Israeli soldier managing Palestinians at the Huwara checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, 2006

Casual Tuesday Bonus Belligerent Occupation: Duties and Obligations of Occupying Powers

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• Feet on the Ground
• Fists in the Air
• Eyes on the State

Source: https://justseeds.org/graphic/feet-on-the-ground/

The Regime has issued 2 new Executive Orders which have a lot of implications, especially when paired together.

Remember, historical authoritarian consolidation typically follows this pattern:

1. Target marginalized groups first
2. Create legal/administrative frameworks under crisis justification
3. Gradually expand systems to broader populations
4. Centralize power under executive control

Summary of the Executive Orders

1. Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens

   • Orders the compilation of a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" [Blue States and Cities] which are deemed in defiance of the Regime.
   • It warns of consequences for places with Sanctuary Jurisdiction Status including suspension or termination of Federal funds as well as legal remedies and enforcement measures to bring such jurisdictions into compliance.
   • When a State or City is judged as defying the Regime, all Aliens in that Sanctuary Jurisdiction lose Federal Benefits. There is no specification if the Alien is a criminal, if they are legally staying in the US, or even if they have a green card and are a Resident Alien.
   • The order also states that it will violate States rights and that the Federal Government will identify and take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices that it disagrees with.

2. Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens

   • Provide Federally funded legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken while enforcing the law
   • Recruit, retrain, and protect law enforcement so that they can better carry out the Regime's orders
   • Make examples out of anyone that in any way defies a law enforcement officer or the Regime
   • invest in the security and capacity of prisons
   • increase the investment in and collection, distribution, and uniformity of crime data across jurisdictions.
   • increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.
   • determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized
   • prosecution of State and local officials who direct the obstruction of criminal law or engage in DEI
   • Use of Homeland Security Task Forces to coordinate the expedition of this order

What is the Regime planning with these 2 orders?

• Regime command over State autonomy

  • The intention to withhold Federal resources by demanding cooperation in immigration and law enforcement.
  • The Regime wants to assert unchecked authority to force compliance.
  • States might resist, but absent constitutional safeguards, they’d have no recourse -- only political defiance (e.g., governors refusing Federal funding).
  • Regime oversight of local law enforcement erodes state/local autonomy, ensuring loyalty to the regime.
  • Funds and equipment flow to loyalists, reinforcing regime-aligned factions.

• Threatening sanctions

  • Withholding Federal funding
  • Directly prosecuting state officials for obstruction
  • Framing critics as "criminals", discredits opposition in the eyes of the public.

• Fear and Compliance

  • Further militarized police that are free to do anything they want foster a climate of fear, discouraging dissent.
  • Rhetoric of "protecting innocents" legitimizes crackdowns to the general public.
  • Creates a scapegoat "Criminal alien" that could be expanded to other groups

• Expanded Law Enforcement Powers

  • Grants law enforcement agencies broader authority, including reduced judicial oversight in certain cases.
  • Increases funding and resources for local law enforcement, including military-grade equipment, under the justification of "protecting innocent citizens."
  • Directs federal agencies to coordinate more closely with local law enforcement, potentially bypassing state or local autonomy.
  • Coordination between federal and local agencies enable better surveillance of dissidents or censorship.

• Erosion of Checks and Balances

  • Limits judicial review for certain law enforcement actions, weakening accountability mechanisms.
  • Creates a patronage system where agencies depend on executive branch resources.
  • Reduced judicial oversight allows the regime to bypass legal challenges.
  • Rapid implementation without legislative debate avoids scrutiny or opposition.

Historical Parallels

• Germany (1930s): The Reichstag Fire Decree centralized power under the guise of "public safety."
• Venezuela (2000s): Chávez federalized police and courts.
• Modern Autocrats: Rules against "extremism" in Russia or "subversion" in China are used to criminalize dissent.
• Militarization: Increased police militarization can lead to suppression of protests or civil unrest under the guise of maintaining order.
• Echoes authoritarian playbooks where law enforcement is weaponized against political opponents.
• Language emphasizing "law and order" and "protecting the innocent," has historically been used to justify crackdowns on dissent.

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11621

A pig's got to fly.

In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.

Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an Italian partisan in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy on 28 April 1945, in the final days of World War II in Europe. The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan. However, since the end of the war, the circumstances of Mussolini's death, and the identity of his executioner, have been subjects of continuing dispute and controversy in Italy.

Corporate statism or state corporatism is a political culture and a form of corporatism the proponents of which claim or believe that corporate groups should form the basis of society and the state. By this principle, the state requires all citizens to belong to one of several officially designated interest groups (based generally on economic sector), which consequently have great control of their members. Such interest groups thus attain public status, and they or their representatives participate with national policymaking, at least formally.[1]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_statism

Corporate statism or state corporatism is a political culture and a form of corporatism the proponents of which claim or believe that corporate groups should form the basis of society and the state. By this principle, the state requires all citizens to belong to one of several officially designated interest groups (based generally on economic sector), which consequently have great control of their members. Such interest groups thus attain public status, and they or their representatives participate with national policymaking, at least formally.[1]

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