Irie DC (@iriedc.bsky.social)

White House’s tiplines are priming the public to police each other Since entering office this year, the Trump administration has encouraged people multiple times to send in tips about people who are not aligned with its agenda or ideology on a number of issues. Historians and experts on authoritarianism have a word for this: denunciation – the practice of citizens monitoring each other and reporting perceived wrongdoing to the state. Many Americans have expressed resistance to the idea of becoming a government informant, but it’s another sign of how the country may be slipping into authoritarianism. https://www.ms.now/ali-velshi/watch/white-house-s-tiplines-are-priming-the-public-to-police-each-other-2473584195555