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Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · Feb 8

🚨 How Democracy Dies: The Dark Enlightenment Playbook for Trump’s Second Term 🚨

American democracy isn’t just in trouble—it’s being systematically dismantled. If Trump wins a second term, authoritarian forces will be stronger than ever. This isn’t just populism. This is a plan. 🧵👇

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

You are here

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 23h

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d

Holy Crap!. This is amazing! Newsom certainly has a great social media game.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

ICE has been deployed to *provoke* civilians, not to protect them. They want to throw tear gas canisters and get people on the streets riled up, all to create footage for Fox News and Newsmax, et al., that will be used as a pretext for imposing martial law to lower voting rates in Democratic cities.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

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Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 1d

No but I’m lazy so I asked my friend chatGPT to put my ideas into blue sky sized tweets

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Street art in LA:
Guardians of Pedophiles

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Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

20/ Bottom line: The plan isn’t a single coup night. It’s administrative attrition + legal choke points + controlled optics. The weekend may be another visible step—but the real battlefield is who sets the rules and who counts under pressure.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

19/ Receipts to watch next (even now):
• Any Rules of Engagement addenda time-stamped before the spark.
• Template governor letters inviting federal help, drafted in DC.
• Vendor advisories pushing “paper-only fallback” where lines ballooned.
• Local newsroom memos citing license/merger risk.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

18/ [HYPOTHETICAL | 2028] Preemptive delegitimization: “We cannot hold normal elections amid ongoing insurrection.” Federal presence surrounds central count sites. Mail-ballot rejection rates spike in prior “zones” under tightened checks.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

17/ [HYPOTHETICAL | 2027] Centralization creep: a DHS Office of Election Security conditions grants on uploading granular voter-file data. Schedule-F attrition hollows civil-service pushback. IGs sidelined; whistleblowers muzzled.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

16/ [HYPOTHETICAL | 2026] On midterm eve, “zones” slow openings at high-turnout precincts. Audit flags halt counting in tight races. Mixed rulings create a patchwork of certifications—and strategic vacuum where narrative wins.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

15/ [HYPOTHETICAL] Lawfare ratchet: DOJ files statements against extended hours/late receipts, citing “uniformity and order.” Purcell-style emergency appeals freeze pro-voter fixes. The play is delay + uncertainty in blue metros.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

14/ [HYPOTHETICAL | MONDAY] “Election-Security Zones” declared in the same metros: tighter perimeters at count sites, fewer drop boxes, heightened ID checks for observers. Grants to non-compliant counties paused pending data “audits.”

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

13/ [HYPOTHETICAL] Immediate spin: “Antifa turned peaceful rallies into riots.” Surrogates go on air hinting certain media mergers should fail because networks “platformed agitators.” Mainstream outlets both-sides it.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

12/ [HYPOTHETICAL] Trigger moment: barricades are moved, a flash-bang pops, pepper bullets, physical pushing. Kettling follows. Arrest sheets read “interference with election security.” Nightly news runs loops of isolated scuffles.

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Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

11/ [HYPOTHETICAL] Rules of engagement quietly shift. ICE and federal liaisons green-light earlier crowd dispersal near ballot equipment or other targets chosen by Trump eg election related buildings or infrastructure.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

10/ [HYPOTHETICAL—THIS WEEKEND] Messaging blitz: Trump + Vance + Speaker Johnson call No Kings marches hate marches, insurrection and insurrection rehearsals. And think about the lies about war torn Portland etc. The framing is set before anyone shows up.

Dr Tardigrade 🫘 @drtardigrade.bsky.social · 2d

9/ Put those together: a slimmer watchdog corps, chilled or captured public & social media, a pivotal vendor sale, and a Supreme Court eyeing mail-ballot timing. That’s the set-up. Now, the plenary powers excuse