US News: From Celebrity Resorts to Authoritarian Drift: Law, Media, and American Outrage
Celebrity Hypocrisy: A holiday heaven for communists ? Is this the same Robert De Niro? Well, don't tell anyone —it is only autocratic when President Trump does it. In 2015, actor Robert De Niro and billionaire James Packer purchased a resort on the island. The duo will renovate the former K Club resort for a projected US$250 million. Residents voted on the proposed venture in March 2015. 206 people voted in favor of the project, outscoring the 175 who contested the development. According to the Antigua Observer, some voters did not think the voting process was fair because there was no system in place to ensure all voters were citizens and that people only voted once. These same people also claim the vote was not anonymous. Sound familiar?
The new law gives the celebrity business partners incentives including a 25-year tax holiday in return for building the exclusive beachfront resort, which features an eco-lodge and yacht marina, and a new airport on Barbuda.
Legal Battles Against Trump: Court decision against Trump, overhaul of US health agency, suit against NYT. And here are two papers tracking the legal affairs: Lawfare Media and Just Security. You just wonder if the lawyers are the driving force, just to keep them on billing hours , or is it political motivation ?
The Democratic Breakdown: The Democratic breakdown— American authoritarian. For two years in the election cycle, presidential candidates have the opportunity to present to the voters (the basis for democracy) their ideas and actions they would take when elected. Then the party elected starts to implement the promises, and the loser calls it authoritarian? Is it a democratic breakdown, or is the opposing (loser) party simply in demonstrative opposition—fight, fight, fight—but what is their contribution to democracy? But did this not all happen under Obama and Biden , and currently in CA and IL? Why are the blue state trifectas thinking by their own rules? Competitive authoritarianism will transform political life in the United States. As Trump's early flurry of dubiously constitutional executive orders made clear, the cost of public opposition will rise considerably: Democratic Party donors may be targeted by the IRS; businesses that fund civil rights groups may face heightened tax and legal scrutiny or find their ventures stymied by regulators. Critical media outlets will likely confront costly defamation suits or other legal actions as well as retaliatory policies against their parent companies. Americans will still be able to oppose the government, but opposition will be harder and riskier, leading many elites and citizens to decide that the fight is not worth it.
And here's a scientific view on why we are heading toward dictatorship, but is the left thinking anarchy as the solution? It is a form of fight, fight, fight —or in other words, democracy is what Democrats want? Back and forth, endless debates as with immigration. Swamp leaders? Note: no one ever disputed legal immigration.
Kash Patel Hearings: And lastly, Kash Patel. Not sure if you heard the hearings, but if you are a Jasmine Crockett fan, perhaps rethink democracy. But Swalwell and Schiff are not much better, and Cory Booker took the prize—the examples of democracy.
