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Eight things to know about the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 1m

"This is as a hallmark authoritarian tactic intended to silence dissenters, target vulnerable communities, coerce fealty, and ultimately entrench his power.”

An autocratic escalation threatening to spread across American cities

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 1m

“This dangerous escalation attempts to politicize law enforcement in our capital city, misuse our armed forces, and militarize our daily lives for his authoritarian agenda."

Eight things to know about the National Guard in Washington, D.C.

An autocratic escalation threatening to spread across American cities

www.ifyoucankeepit.org

#3: How Dictators Lose Control of the Story

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

"He’s weakened the very machinery that makes crisis response possible. That means that when crisis comes (and it will as it just did in Texas), Trump will no longer look like the hero, he’ll look like the cause of suffering.”

In every fight for democracy, there’s a battle that plays out quietly in people’s heads.

#3: How Dictators Lose Control of the Story

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

“Trump has systematically replaced experienced officials with loyalists. He has gutted agencies, fired inspectors general, sidelined career experts, and appointed allies with little experience to key positions: FEMA, the CDC, Homeland Security, the FBI, the intelligence community."

In every fight for democracy, there’s a battle that plays out quietly in people’s heads.

"I Didn't Do Enough" Liam Neeson's Most Emotional Scene | Schindler's List

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

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How the MAGA goon squad became tech lobbyists

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

“Six months later, it seems there are two real policies, unwritten but ironclad: you can get almost anything you want if you either enrich Trump and his family, or hire a Trump associate to lobby on your behalf.”
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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

"I recently spoke with Verge deputy editor Alex Heath, who’s been covering the corporate intrigue of Silicon Valley for quite some time, and he gave me a very nihilistic answer: because the CEOs never had ideology to begin with, other than their bottom line.“

How the MAGA goon squad became tech lobbyists

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

“But why has the tech industry glommed onto the Trumpworld lobbying grift so quickly — faster than other industries navigating Washington?"

How the MAGA goon squad became tech lobbyists

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Alien - I Admire Its Purity [HD]

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 15h

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This Idea Could Change How You Think About Jesus’ Life and Death

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

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The John Bolton case looks corrupt—by design.

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

“There’s no more basic belief in a fascist cult than that all legal authority ultimately resides in the leader. To claim that “no one is above the law” while working for a guy who once boasted that his supporters would be fine with him murdering people feels more like an arch joke than hypocrisy“

For My Enemies: The Law

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

"In order to transform that belief, she’s going to have to do a tremendous amount of exploration and investigation.” - Jordan Peterson

Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers | EP 270

Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers | EP 270

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

"She’s got a fleshed out idea of marriage stability and harmony. All she’s got to contradict that is one piece of visual evidence and an emotion. She can hold onto her pre-existing belief with no work."

Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers | EP 270

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

"It’s a fully thought out (or partially thought out) set of propositions about marriage stability versus an emotional queue of uncertain circumstance that had to be unpacked with difficulty. And avoidance of that is tantamount at least to some form of self deception."

Deception and Psychopathy | Robert Trivers | EP 270

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 16h

“Imagine that a husband comes home with lipstick on his collar and his wife, who sees it, becomes agitated as a consequence. But then refuses to think through what the implications of that might be. And so the self deception is not one fully thought out proposition against another."

Beware the Merchants of Rage

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

"That’s why the descent into large-scale political violence nearly always starts with a more subtle proposition: conflict entrepreneurs paint their political adversaries as so intent on causing harm that violence is the only realistic means of self-defense.”

Resist the bad actors, on the left and the right, using this week’s tragedy to make new excuses for political violence.

Beware the Merchants of Rage

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

"It is hard to dehumanize others to such an extent that it seems justified to kill them."

Resist the bad actors, on the left and the right, using this week’s tragedy to make new excuses for political violence.

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

“This week is the stuff with which the road to hell is paved.
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As scholars of civic conflict have long argued, political violence is always in search of excuses."

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

Why Are We Fighting About Redistricting?

STAT(S) of the Week: Tariffed Enough Already

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

“To say that [the United States] & the Soviet Union are to be compared is the equivalent of saying that the man who pushes the old lady into the way of an oncoming bus, & the man who pushes the old lady out of the way of an oncoming bus, are both people who push old ladies around.”‍-William Buckley

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 18h

“Trump wants credit for revenue that came from you. He wants to boast about money that was taken out of your business, your savings, your kid’s backpack, your grocery cart.
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This is the second federal tax now. First, you pay income tax. Now, you pay the Trump Tax every time you buy something.”

Trump’s New Tax on America

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Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 20h

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Beware the Merchants of Rage

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 20h

"During his remarkable speech, Cox made a perfectly humane point about our need to grapple with the evil among us.“

Resist the bad actors, on the left and the right, using this week’s tragedy to make new excuses for political violence.

Jason Scott Montoya @jasonscottmontoya.com · 20h

“…the one thing that nobody seems able to tolerate at this moment is any indication whatsoever that anyone on the other side of the political spectrum may be a somewhat decent person."