Newsweek isn't a reliable source for any coverage. It essentially went under in 2013 and its brand assets were acquired by a company with deep ties to "The Community", a Korean religious sect (parallels to UPI and the Unification Church). Regardless of how you feel about "The Community", the Newsweek you're seeing today has essentially no relationship to the historical Newsweek.

It's always worth checking the bylines on Newsweek articles and trying to trace back where the writers came from. For awhile, most of the Newsweek stories I saw were written by people with SEO backgrounds, not journalists. (You might reasonably be fine with this, too, but the branding is misleading).

I think my first clue was when they "outed" Satoshi Nakamoto as a completely-random retired Asian guy in SoCal. Guess that happened after the acquisition by the Korean sect. I hadn't heard about that.

https://twitter.com/HNeumannMEP/status/1590715700012011522?c... just today "Hannah Neumann" German parliamentarian to EU has talked about this.

The title is misleading, but its true that the fascists want to execute some so called leaders on fake charges like "Waging war with god"[0] or "Corruption on Earth"[1]. As one of the recent sentences you can look at [2],[3]. This is not unprecedented unfortunately, and one of their tactic to maintain/restore the fear they project to the society to keep the power.

[0] حکم محاربه [1] حکم فساد فی الارض

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirabah#Iran

[2] https://twitter.com/drninaansary/status/1590525645590667264 > Kurdish rapper #SamanYasin accused of "enmity against God" for supporting protests against the regime in #Iran has been sentenced to death by Judge Salavati known as the "Judge of Death." Salavati has been sanctioned by the U.S. & EU for human rights violations.

[3] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63559971

The fact that they will likely take it out on your family, friends and anyone suspected of knowing about your actions. Not to mention the shit that happens before they kill you.

Man is a predator ape. Don't get it twisted.

Mass executions lead to only 2 outcomes: total fear or total war.

This isn't true. Newsweek is reporting an unverified tweet which is from an account focused on the conflict in Ukraine. The tweet itself seems to be referring to the letter on sunday signed by 227 lawmakers urging the death penalty.