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✍️ Two UK writers dissecting the post-imperial drift of Britain & the US 🔍 Independent, anti-fascist, unafraid to call things out 📰 New essays weekly on politics, power & the culture of decay 👉 plagueisland.com | ☕ buymeacoffee.com/notesfromplagueisland

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Plague Island is fuelled by strong tea, milky coffee, and a stubborn refusal to look away.

We write about UK and US politics, post-imperial myths, and the human cost of bad policy.

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 9h

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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In the winter of 1933, Berlin’s streets were filled with protests and counter-protests. The democratic experiment of the Weimar Republic was unraveling, not because of a single momentous event, but through a slow, erosion of its institutions

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Wake-Up Call: The Echoes of Weimar and the Fight for Democracy

In the winter of 1933, Berlin’s streets were filled with protests and counter-protests.

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Just spotted: Notes From Plague Island is now #93 on Substack’s “Rising in World Politics” list!

Thank you for reading, sharing, and standing with us. No institutions. No sponsors. Just two voices and a growing readership.

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Notes From Plague Island | L&A | Substack

Documents from our diseased and dystopian times. Click to read Notes From Plague Island, by L&A, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Absolutely, yes!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION WITH THIS MATTER!

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And these are the reasons why Stephen Miller is running the show.

#DonaldTrump #USA #StephenMiller #Dangerous

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When cruelty burns itself out, compassion begins again.
Our new essay asks what comes after the far-right age - and why hate never holds forever. 🕊️

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The Pendulum Will Swing Back: Why Hate Can’t Hold Forever

History moves in rhythms, not lines. When hate exhausts its fuel, the world turns back toward empathy. A reflection on renewal after rage, and the quiet power of dignity, respect, and care.

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

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Also, the president who may be named in the Epstein Files is not an example of human decency.

#NobelPrize #Trump #USA #USPolitics

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20h

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Ghislaine Maxwell sits in comfort while migrants vanish and survivors are silenced. Trump hasn’t drained the swamp — he is the swamp.

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The Country Club Prisoner: Ghislaine Maxwell and the Swamp Trump Protects

Ghislaine Maxwell’s cushioned fate exposes Trump’s America: predators protected, migrants erased, and the swamp enthroned as power itself.

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Peter Thiel's apocalyptic theology borrows from Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt to justify dismantling democracy. How billionaire prophecy enables authoritarianism.

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Part 9: The Billionaire Prophet: How Peter Thiel’s Apocalyptic Theology Justifies Dismantling Democracy

Peter Thiel's apocalyptic theology borrows from Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt to justify dismantling democracy. How billionaire prophecy enables authoritarianism.

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

Please read, share & subscribe

www.plagueisland.com/p/part-10-th...

Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

Please read, share & subscribe

www.plagueisland.com/p/part-10-th...

Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

www.plagueisland.com

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

Please read, share & subscribe

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

www.plagueisland.com

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

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"Stalinism and Stephen Miller: Cause for concern"
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Stalinism and Stephen Miller (video)

Cause for concern

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Stephen Miller: "We are the storm." Days later: "Use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism"—meaning political opposition. He's not just an ideologue. He's the architect building American fascism

Please read, share & subscribe

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Part 10: The Architect of American Fascism: How Stephen Miller Is Building the Authoritarian State

Stephen Miller is building American fascism through bureaucratic competence, using immigration as a laboratory to test authoritarian methods before broader application..

www.plagueisland.com