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2025-09-22 News & Politics
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Exposing the Authoritarian Playbook: Weaponized Rhetoric, Militarization, and Local Resistance

Combat disinformation expert Kristofer Goldsmith details how the current administration escalates authoritarian trends by weaponizing rhetoric around figures like the late Charlie Kirk. Understand the critical, local actions necessary to defend democracy against these coordinated attacks on free speech and institutional norms.

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  • Authoritarian tactics, including dismantling agencies and creating secret police, are realized faster than many predicted, necessitating immediate community action.
  • The designation of opposition groups like Antifa as "terrorists" lacks legal basis and functions as a political tool to justify government overreach.
  • Charlie Kirk’s legacy is being sanitized; his actual history involves weaponizing "Professor Watch Lists" to incite harassment against educators.
  • The increasing militarization of streets, combined with loyalty vetting in agencies like ICE and the DoD, signals an orchestrated escalation toward potential conflict.

This discussion with Kristofer Goldsmith analyzes the alarming trajectory toward authoritarianism in the US, focusing on how manufactured crises (like Kirk's death) are used to consolidate power and silence political opposition. The experts stress that resistance must be local, focusing on school boards and county officials, rather than waiting for national intervention.

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Veteran and far-right disinformation warrior Kristofer Goldsmith joins Anthony Davis to discuss how MAGA Republicans and Trump himself have used the death of Charlie Kirk to ramp up their assault on Democrats, free speech and the increased militarization of American cities - only on The Weekend Show. Support Our Sponsors: Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar per month trial at https://shopify.com/weekend SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to Five Minute News on Patreon for exclusive members only videos, live Q&A and more: http://www.patreon.com/fiveminutenews Visit Five Minute News online and subscribe at http://www.fiveminute.news Follow Five Minute News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/fiveminnews Follow Five Minute News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/fiveminnews Subscribe to Five Minute News on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/fiveminutenews Five Minute News with Anthony Davis is an Evergreen Podcast, covering politics, inequality, health and climate - delivering independent, unbiased and essential world news, daily. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane

Top Comments (10)

@ellenbruckermarshall4179 2025-09-22

My 96 year old father worked for the US Air Force writing training films for WWII. The US was fighting fascism in Europe. “Antifa” does not exist except in the paranoid minds of MAGA. Projections are confessions here.

380 22 replies
@jillswain5813 2025-09-22

America isn't immune from being destroyed! Wake up!

353 18 replies
@carriesutton2717 2025-09-22

It saddens me everyday to see what is happening to the country!!!!!

335 13 replies
@teejay6063 2025-09-22

Won the election fairly? Absolutely not.

326 18 replies
@MrOZ55 2025-09-22

Bravo to you gentlemen. I too marched in DC as a retired Army/Navy veteran against Fascism in defense of America and Democracy.

245 3 replies
@lindacrowe8428 2025-09-22

The Generals need to step up and refuse his nonsense.

244 18 replies
@Iquey 2025-09-22

Nazi is not a slur. It is a description of a pattern of behavior.

231 10 replies
@Gerard-m2j 2025-09-22

So far the worst thing that's happened to the U.S.is the corruption of the Supreme Court by giving Trump unlimited power to destroy the constitution.

220 18 replies
@jenngraham1812 2025-09-22

ICE = gestapo. America is in full totalitarian mode

190 5 replies
@bonnierichardson8220 2025-09-22

ANTIFA is a state of mind, not an organization.

178 6 replies

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