Terrence Petty

Demanding loyalty of the U.S. military, Trump hungers for 'the kind of generals that Hitler had' The current American president is not the only leader who has sought loyalty towards himself, not his country.

Letter from Portland: The Latest From The Land Of The Protest Frog. forward.com/opinion/7784...

Twerking Animals, Yes. Violent Anarchists, No. Portland’s image is on the line—don’t hand Trump another excuse to crack down.

An appeal to Portland anarchists: Animal costumes, yes. Violence, no. Let's not do 2020 all over again. pluribusunravel.substack.com/p/twerking-a...

Is Trump Pushing Us Into A Civil War? He’s targeting Democratic cities—and Portland may be first.

If Trump is trying to push us into a second American civil war, it could be sparked in Portland, my hometown pluribusunravel.substack.com/p/is-trump-p...

Will Trump's Reichstag moment occur in Portland? Read the view of a Portland resident who writes about Nazi Germany. forward.com/opinion/7747...

Thanks Rob!

Who needs a Reichstag fire when you can just pretend Portland's burning? Donald Trump's demonization of Portand and other cities led by Democrats has a precedent in the playbook of despotism.

This is an excellent op-ed in the @forward.com by retired AP journalist @tcraigpetty.bsky.social. He calls out how the Trump administration is violating protected free speech and is using claims of fake violence to use military force in Portland and other cities.

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Trump In Wonderland Off with their heads! Trump, Klepper, and the Logic of Madness

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Trump In Wonderland: the bizarre world of the MAGAites, off in an upside-down reality all their own. Can their madness be explained? Read it here! And subscribe to pluribus unravel for free for more to come.

Trump And The Playbook of the Third Reich Authoritarianism arrived sooner than expected. What now?

Trump And The Playbook of the Third Reich
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In Trump's America, we need dissident heroes! European dissidents who won their freedom from Communism nearly four decades ago can serve as inspiration as American democracy teeters. www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

One of the most heartbreaking things about Trump's steady dismantling of American democracy is how it serves as a betrayal of East European dissidents who fought for their freedom nearly four decades ago. My latest op-ed in The Forward. www.msn.com/en-us/politi...

A Reichstag fire is blazing in Trump's America and we know exactly who is fanning the flames The question isn't whether Trump has brought authoritarianism to our country; the question is what we're going to do about it.

To those Americans who remain silent -- are you sure you want to be complicit in this? forward.com/opinion/7645...

Germany had a complicated reckoning with its Nazi past — will post-Trump America face a similar reckoning? After WWII, Germany had a complicated reckoning with its Nazi past; in a post-Trump world, America may face a similar reckoning.

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Right-wing insurrectionists tried to topple the German government in 1920 — it's happening again in Trump's America Like the Trump-supporting Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, the perpetrators of the Kapp Putsch escaped punishment and accountability.

Trump and MAGA are like the radical-right perps of Germany's 1920 Kapp Putsch forward.com/opinion/7341...

His parents fled the Nazis in 1937 — now he's using his chutzpah to fight Donald Trump Oregon senator Ron Wyden discusses his Jewish heritage and his fears that history is repeating itself under Trump.

Lessons from the 3rd Reich ...@wyden.senate.gov discusses his Jewish heritage and his fears of history repeating itself under Trump forward.com/culture/7275...

If Trump is being compared to Hitler, who was Hitler before he was Hitler? As he embraces authoritarianism, Trump takes his place in a rogue's gallery populated by such disreputable figures as Nero and Robespierre.

Trump joins Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Robespierre and Hitler in history's rogues' gallery. forward.com/opinion/7259...

A century ago, Hitler declared war on the 'lying press' and targeted a feisty little newspaper — sound familiar? In the 1920s and 30s, Germans failed to heed the warnings of a feisty little newspaper called the Münchener Post.

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The dangerous Nazi legend behind Trump's ruthless grab for power Trump has created an American version of Adolf Hitler's 'Dolchstosslegende,' also known as the "Stabbed-in-the-Back' lie.

Trump's power grab evokes an infamous Nazi lie forward.com/opinion/7136...

Trump has created an American version of the Dolchstosslegende, propagating a myth that the US was being led to ruin by Joe Biden, prosecutors who go after Trump, judges who rule against him, news media, and universities. This stabbed-in-the-back lie is at the core of Trump’s assaults on democracy.

From the Daily Kos: "While some scholars and historians have previously plowed this ground, Petty is one of the first to recognize that the Gleichschaltung process has been initiated by Trump’s White House."

Trump's attempts to rule by decree, his emasculation of Congress, utter disdain for the rule of law, his dubious arguments to round up foreign students, his shakedown of universities and law firms — all of this is giving many of us a horrible feeling that American democracy is rapidly slipping away.

Trump is cracking down on universities — just like Hitler targeted academics who didn't bow to his will Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann fled Nazi oppression; American intellectuals are feeling a sense of deja vu.

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Neville Chamberlain taught us where Trump's appeasement of Putin could lead As was the case with Chamberlain signing the Munich Agreement, Donald Trump's embrace of Vladmir Putin may have dire global consequences.

How far will Trump go to appease Putin? forward.com/opinion/7044...

In Trump's assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich Trump's tactics recall the way Hitler consolidated his power by controlling, intimidating and punishing the press.

In Trump’s assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich forward.com/opinion/7020...

The Germans have a word for what's happening in Trump's America As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing 'Gleichschaltung' — being brought into line.

This op-ed went viral. The Forward tells me it is their most-read article of 2025. It's on MSN, getting talked about on Reddit, Threads, Democratic Underground, and elsewhere. Feel free to keep sharing it! forward.com/opinion/7002...

Thanks for posting my commentary. I've got more Nazi- parallel pieces in the works. Stay tuned

The Germans have a word for what's happening in Trump's America As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing 'Gleichschaltung' — being brought into line.

The Germans have a word for what's happening in Trump's America: As the disgraceful felon lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing ‘Gleichschaltung” — being brought into line #TrumpIsAGlobalDisgrace forward.com/opinion/7002...

The Germans have a word for what's happening in Trump's America As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing 'Gleichschaltung' — being brought into line.

Word of the day: Gleichschaltung. It may be in your future forward.com/opinion/7002... @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @juliamklein.bsky.social

Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler

More from "Enemy Of The People:" "The hypnotic fervor stirred up by these events overshadowed normal newspaper coverage, especially among the growing masses who were becoming convinced that the Fuehrer was their savior." www.amazon.com/Enemy-People...

Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler

From "Enemy Of The People:" "Hitler employed spectacle, massive rallies and radio broadcasts to propagate Nazi lies and reduce the relevance of the news media -- the 'lying press,' as the Nazis called them." www.amazon.com/Enemy-People...

Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler Enemy of the People: The Munich Post and the Journalists Who Opposed Hitler

A fulminating autocrat who comes to power by scapegoating minorities and promising to make the country great again, and a brave little newspaper that tried to stop him. www.amazon.com/Enemy-People...