Evan Plainfield
@evanplainfield.bsky.social
Documenting the new American oligarchy. Writing to restore democratic power. Weekly essays on @Medium about money, power, and the fight for real democracy.
Jimmy Kimmel’s “sin” wasn’t a joke — it was explaining how political violence really works. ABC pulled him for pulling back the curtain. Read The Magician’s Sin: medium.com/@evanplainfi...
#CharlieKirk
#CharlieKirk
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Jimmy Kimmel’s “sin” wasn’t a joke — it was explaining how political violence really works. ABC pulled him for pulling back the curtain. Read The Magician’s Sin: medium.com/@evanplainfi...
#CharlieKirk
#CharlieKirk
Tyler Robinson carved his bullet casings with gaming memes and anti-fascist slogans. Not ideology. Algorithmic incoherence.
7 tech CEOs bought seats at Trump's inauguration. Now they stay silent as he blames "leftist ideology" for Kirk's death instead of their radicalization engines.
#CharlieKirk
7 tech CEOs bought seats at Trump's inauguration. Now they stay silent as he blames "leftist ideology" for Kirk's death instead of their radicalization engines.
#CharlieKirk
The Incoherent Assassin
What Charlie Kirk’s Murder Reveals About American Political Violence
medium.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tyler Robinson carved his bullet casings with gaming memes and anti-fascist slogans. Not ideology. Algorithmic incoherence.
7 tech CEOs bought seats at Trump's inauguration. Now they stay silent as he blames "leftist ideology" for Kirk's death instead of their radicalization engines.
#CharlieKirk
7 tech CEOs bought seats at Trump's inauguration. Now they stay silent as he blames "leftist ideology" for Kirk's death instead of their radicalization engines.
#CharlieKirk
Trump was never a secret Russian agent—he didn’t have to be. His interests and insecurities aligned so perfectly with Putin’s goals that control wasn’t needed. Cultivated alignment, not espionage.
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(Satire, but uncomfortably close.) #MAGA
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(Satire, but uncomfortably close.) #MAGA
The Russian Connection: From Useful Idiot to Willing Asset
When Alignment Replaces Espionage
medium.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Trump was never a secret Russian agent—he didn’t have to be. His interests and insecurities aligned so perfectly with Putin’s goals that control wasn’t needed. Cultivated alignment, not espionage.
📖 Read more: medium.com/the-future-s...
(Satire, but uncomfortably close.) #MAGA
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(Satire, but uncomfortably close.) #MAGA
Nothing says 'America First' like shutting down cyber defenses against the country that attacked our elections. But don’t worry, I’m sure this is all just 4D chess and not, you know, treason in plain sight.
GOP seems incapable of reading the neon sign Trump is holding up announcing his alleigance to Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia (Gift Article)
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Nothing says 'America First' like shutting down cyber defenses against the country that attacked our elections. But don’t worry, I’m sure this is all just 4D chess and not, you know, treason in plain sight.
📜 The Future Symposium on the Fall of Democracy is live.
Democracy rarely falls in a day—it unravels, inch by inch. This project reconstructs the decline in real-time.
🔗 medium.com/the-future-symposium-on-the-fall-of-democracy/welcome-to-the-symposium-dfc9dcdd331b
#Democracy #Satire #History
Democracy rarely falls in a day—it unravels, inch by inch. This project reconstructs the decline in real-time.
🔗 medium.com/the-future-symposium-on-the-fall-of-democracy/welcome-to-the-symposium-dfc9dcdd331b
#Democracy #Satire #History
Welcome to the Symposium
Note: This is a work of speculative fiction and satire. While grounded in documented events and psychological research, it is framed as a…
medium.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
📜 The Future Symposium on the Fall of Democracy is live.
Democracy rarely falls in a day—it unravels, inch by inch. This project reconstructs the decline in real-time.
🔗 medium.com/the-future-symposium-on-the-fall-of-democracy/welcome-to-the-symposium-dfc9dcdd331b
#Democracy #Satire #History
Democracy rarely falls in a day—it unravels, inch by inch. This project reconstructs the decline in real-time.
🔗 medium.com/the-future-symposium-on-the-fall-of-democracy/welcome-to-the-symposium-dfc9dcdd331b
#Democracy #Satire #History
🚨 Musk is privatizing the government 🚨
DOGE isn’t about efficiency—it’s about replacing public services with corporate rule. From NASA to USAID, education to broadband, billionaires are taking over.
Will we fight back before it’s too late?
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/9ObR34EL2Qb
DOGE isn’t about efficiency—it’s about replacing public services with corporate rule. From NASA to USAID, education to broadband, billionaires are taking over.
Will we fight back before it’s too late?
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/9ObR34EL2Qb
link.medium.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨 Musk is privatizing the government 🚨
DOGE isn’t about efficiency—it’s about replacing public services with corporate rule. From NASA to USAID, education to broadband, billionaires are taking over.
Will we fight back before it’s too late?
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/9ObR34EL2Qb
DOGE isn’t about efficiency—it’s about replacing public services with corporate rule. From NASA to USAID, education to broadband, billionaires are taking over.
Will we fight back before it’s too late?
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/9ObR34EL2Qb
The Cult of the CEO is devouring Silicon Valley, and Meta is next.
Zuckerberg is doing his best Jack Welch impression: mass layoffs, crushing dissent, and calling it strength. But history tells us where this road leads.
Full read here: link.medium.com/b1oCDOps1Qb
Zuckerberg is doing his best Jack Welch impression: mass layoffs, crushing dissent, and calling it strength. But history tells us where this road leads.
Full read here: link.medium.com/b1oCDOps1Qb
link.medium.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Cult of the CEO is devouring Silicon Valley, and Meta is next.
Zuckerberg is doing his best Jack Welch impression: mass layoffs, crushing dissent, and calling it strength. But history tells us where this road leads.
Full read here: link.medium.com/b1oCDOps1Qb
Zuckerberg is doing his best Jack Welch impression: mass layoffs, crushing dissent, and calling it strength. But history tells us where this road leads.
Full read here: link.medium.com/b1oCDOps1Qb
Absolutely horrific. This wasn’t just a crime—it was an act of pure, calculated cruelty. Sam Nordquist deserved a life of safety and dignity, not this unimaginable brutality. Anyone still denying the real-world consequences of escalating anti-trans rhetoric needs to wake up.
Five people have been charged with second degree murder over the death of Sam Nordquist, 24, who police say was tortured for more than a month in a case that investigators described as “beyond depraved.”
Slain trans man faced ‘prolonged’ violence and torture, police say
Five people have been charged with second degree murder over the death of Sam Nordquist, 24, who police say was tortured for more than a month in a case that investigators described as “beyond deprave...
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Absolutely horrific. This wasn’t just a crime—it was an act of pure, calculated cruelty. Sam Nordquist deserved a life of safety and dignity, not this unimaginable brutality. Anyone still denying the real-world consequences of escalating anti-trans rhetoric needs to wake up.
The Trump admin was forced to restore critical health websites but couldn’t resist slapping a digital scarlet letter on them first. Nothing says 'small government' like using federal agencies to shame vulnerable people.
The Trump admin has posted stigmatizing notes at the top of CDC, HHS and FDA websites it's been forced by a judge to restore. These include websites for people struggling with mental health issues.
www.404media.co/trump-admin-...
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Trump Admin Adds Note Rejecting ‘Gender Ideology’ on Sites Court Ordered Them to Restore
FDA and HHS sites now note that “The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology and condemns the harms it causes to children.”
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Trump admin was forced to restore critical health websites but couldn’t resist slapping a digital scarlet letter on them first. Nothing says 'small government' like using federal agencies to shame vulnerable people.
RFK Jr. isn’t "controversial." He’s a conspiracy theorist whose lies have cost lives. Putting him in charge of public health isn’t just reckless. It’s catastrophic. This isn’t about policy. It’s about dismantling science itself all because he brought Trump 5% of his voters.
The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The depth of his extremism has not been fully conveyed to the public.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
RFK Jr. isn’t "controversial." He’s a conspiracy theorist whose lies have cost lives. Putting him in charge of public health isn’t just reckless. It’s catastrophic. This isn’t about policy. It’s about dismantling science itself all because he brought Trump 5% of his voters.
Billionaires have chipped away at the public sector for decades—now they’re accelerating the demolition. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) isn’t about making gov’t work better—it’s about making sure it barely works at all.
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/F3E2jlofXQb
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/F3E2jlofXQb
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February 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Billionaires have chipped away at the public sector for decades—now they’re accelerating the demolition. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) isn’t about making gov’t work better—it’s about making sure it barely works at all.
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/F3E2jlofXQb
📖 Read more: link.medium.com/F3E2jlofXQb
Welch gutted companies. #Musk is gutting government. The CEO cult wasn’t about ‘efficiency’—it was a hostile takeover of democracy. The question is: Do we fight back or submit?
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How the Cult of the CEO Infected American Business and Politics
Jack Welch didn’t build an empire — he engineered a corporate virus. He designed a system that rewarded short-term stock spikes, mass…
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February 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Welch gutted companies. #Musk is gutting government. The CEO cult wasn’t about ‘efficiency’—it was a hostile takeover of democracy. The question is: Do we fight back or submit?
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Step 1: Cut funding.
Step 2: Fire the watchdog.
Step 3: Call it ‘efficiency.’
Step 4: Profit.
Step 2: Fire the watchdog.
Step 3: Call it ‘efficiency.’
Step 4: Profit.
Paul Martin, the inspector general for the USAID, has been fired after resisting the administration. Just a day ago, his office released a report warning that staff reductions and spending freezes put hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars at risk of misuse and waste. This is the way.
February 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Step 1: Cut funding.
Step 2: Fire the watchdog.
Step 3: Call it ‘efficiency.’
Step 4: Profit.
Step 2: Fire the watchdog.
Step 3: Call it ‘efficiency.’
Step 4: Profit.
Nothing says ‘limited government’ like tracking every keystroke of the people still allowed to work.
“Those employees who remain are being warned to expect their actions to be surveilled, from their swipes into government facilities to the keystrokes they type on their computers.”
Definite Big Brother energy here.
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
Definite Big Brother energy here.
www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
GSA staff facing massive cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance
The remaining employees at the General Services Administration are being warned that their work will be heavily monitored, from their swipes into the office to what they type on their computers.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Nothing says ‘limited government’ like tracking every keystroke of the people still allowed to work.
This isn’t a meeting. It’s a scene change. And Musk just walked onto HIS set.
The new iconic photo that i predicted ultimately destroys the relationship:
February 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This isn’t a meeting. It’s a scene change. And Musk just walked onto HIS set.
In 1974, Congress made sure a president couldn’t unilaterally defund programs. In 2024, a billionaire does it instead. Funny how power just finds new hands.
View from the Hill is that Republicans don't care about the separation of powers qs; they love that Elon is doing this, they couldn't get these cuts passed.
Mindset wasn't even imagined when the Impoundment Act sailed through - bipartisan vote to override Nixon veto. www.nytimes.com/1974/03/23/a...
Mindset wasn't even imagined when the Impoundment Act sailed through - bipartisan vote to override Nixon veto. www.nytimes.com/1974/03/23/a...
February 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
In 1974, Congress made sure a president couldn’t unilaterally defund programs. In 2024, a billionaire does it instead. Funny how power just finds new hands.
The Gilded Age wasn’t glamorous—it was greed and inequality. Yet Trump embraces a new one, celebrating an era that crushed workers.
History shows unchecked capitalism leads to people fighting back. Change happens—but only if we make it.
Read more: 🔗 link.medium.com/cLzzZQZFQQb
#GildedAge
History shows unchecked capitalism leads to people fighting back. Change happens—but only if we make it.
Read more: 🔗 link.medium.com/cLzzZQZFQQb
#GildedAge
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February 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Gilded Age wasn’t glamorous—it was greed and inequality. Yet Trump embraces a new one, celebrating an era that crushed workers.
History shows unchecked capitalism leads to people fighting back. Change happens—but only if we make it.
Read more: 🔗 link.medium.com/cLzzZQZFQQb
#GildedAge
History shows unchecked capitalism leads to people fighting back. Change happens—but only if we make it.
Read more: 🔗 link.medium.com/cLzzZQZFQQb
#GildedAge
When you can't legally eliminate an agency, you can still break its quorum. Notice the pattern: 300+ labor cases now frozen at Tesla, Amazon, Starbucks. Institutional paralysis through strategic vacancy - power's favorite workaround since 1935.
A former NLRB member sued President Trump, alleging she was illegally fired from the federal government agency. Gwynne Wilcox, said in a lawsuit that her firing last week violated the National Labor Relations Act reut.rs/4hKiXC3
February 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
When you can't legally eliminate an agency, you can still break its quorum. Notice the pattern: 300+ labor cases now frozen at Tesla, Amazon, Starbucks. Institutional paralysis through strategic vacancy - power's favorite workaround since 1935.
🚨 #WelchWednesdays begins! 🚨
Jack Welch wasn’t a genius—he was a corporate arsonist who gutted GE, gamed Wall Street & set the stage for today’s CEO emperors.
Join me over the next 5 Wednesdays as I unpack the real cost of Welchism.
🔗 link.medium.com/xZ36kKr8JQb
Jack Welch wasn’t a genius—he was a corporate arsonist who gutted GE, gamed Wall Street & set the stage for today’s CEO emperors.
Join me over the next 5 Wednesdays as I unpack the real cost of Welchism.
🔗 link.medium.com/xZ36kKr8JQb
link.medium.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 #WelchWednesdays begins! 🚨
Jack Welch wasn’t a genius—he was a corporate arsonist who gutted GE, gamed Wall Street & set the stage for today’s CEO emperors.
Join me over the next 5 Wednesdays as I unpack the real cost of Welchism.
🔗 link.medium.com/xZ36kKr8JQb
Jack Welch wasn’t a genius—he was a corporate arsonist who gutted GE, gamed Wall Street & set the stage for today’s CEO emperors.
Join me over the next 5 Wednesdays as I unpack the real cost of Welchism.
🔗 link.medium.com/xZ36kKr8JQb
Notice how institutional resistance forms: 20 lawsuits challenging 11 executive orders, legislation targeting Treasury access, oversight hearings. When power moves fast, the bureaucratic battlefield becomes terrain for constitutional conflict.
New Hakeem Jeffries letter to colleagues: "As we prepare to come back into session tomorrow, House Democrats will continue to push back against the far-right extremism that is being relentlessly unleashed on the American people."
February 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Notice how institutional resistance forms: 20 lawsuits challenging 11 executive orders, legislation targeting Treasury access, oversight hearings. When power moves fast, the bureaucratic battlefield becomes terrain for constitutional conflict.
Standard Oil wrote the playbook: control infrastructure, eliminate competition, reshape markets. From Rockefeller to Big Tech, power's architecture stays consistent. #AmericanOligarchy
Link: link.medium.com/RLb52THWGQb
Link: link.medium.com/RLb52THWGQb
link.medium.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Standard Oil wrote the playbook: control infrastructure, eliminate competition, reshape markets. From Rockefeller to Big Tech, power's architecture stays consistent. #AmericanOligarchy
Link: link.medium.com/RLb52THWGQb
Link: link.medium.com/RLb52THWGQb
Pardons aren't just about individual cases - they're about reshaping institutional accountability. When power selectively absolves political violence but can't shield from criminal negligence, we see where system priorities truly lie.
A woman who was pardoned by President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a passenger in another car, nearly a year after the riot.
Woman Pardoned in Jan. 6 Case Gets 10-Year Sentence in Drunken-Driving Death
Prosecutors said the woman was intoxicated when she crashed into another car in Missouri, killing a passenger, on Jan. 5, 2022, a year after she joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pardons aren't just about individual cases - they're about reshaping institutional accountability. When power selectively absolves political violence but can't shield from criminal negligence, we see where system priorities truly lie.
The Tech Industrial Complex isn't new - it's running on Rails laid in the 1870s. From Vanderbilt's tracks to Zuckerberg's algorithms, power's playbook remains consistent. New piece on the patterns that connect America's first corporate empire to today's digital one: link.medium.com/6qk3GIDnxQb
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The Tech Industrial Complex isn't new - it's running on Rails laid in the 1870s. From Vanderbilt's tracks to Zuckerberg's algorithms, power's playbook remains consistent. New piece on the patterns that connect America's first corporate empire to today's digital one: link.medium.com/6qk3GIDnxQb
Historical echo: The 'responsible' financial leaders of 1907 stood aside as Morgan restructured American banking. Institutional politeness enables institutional transformation.
January 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Historical echo: The 'responsible' financial leaders of 1907 stood aside as Morgan restructured American banking. Institutional politeness enables institutional transformation.
When veteran journalists name tyranny explicitly, they're speaking from inside knowledge of the system. These aren't partisan warnings - they're institutional alarms. The machinery of power is visible from the newsroom floor.
Jim Acosta's closing message is a must-watch.
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When veteran journalists name tyranny explicitly, they're speaking from inside knowledge of the system. These aren't partisan warnings - they're institutional alarms. The machinery of power is visible from the newsroom floor.