Hayward Zwerling
@hzwerling.bsky.social
Blog: IHaveAnIdea.us
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Diary: IHaveAnIdea.us/MyRetirementDiary/
Democracy: RetireesForDemocracy.org
Retirement syllabus: ihaveanidea.us/designingyourretirement/
This is an important lawsuit in the defense of truth, freedom of the press, and is a prerequisite in preventing fascists from controlling the national dialogue. Hopefully many other news outlets and journalists will join the lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is an important lawsuit in the defense of truth, freedom of the press, and is a prerequisite in preventing fascists from controlling the national dialogue. Hopefully many other news outlets and journalists will join the lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
I am thrilled to report that my “platter” made it into “Fine Woodworking,“ which is the premier woodworking magazine in the US. Of course it will still cost me $2.40 to ride the subway but accolades are greatly appreciated.
ihaveanidea.us/HZcreations/
@finewoodworking.bsky.social
ihaveanidea.us/HZcreations/
@finewoodworking.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I am thrilled to report that my “platter” made it into “Fine Woodworking,“ which is the premier woodworking magazine in the US. Of course it will still cost me $2.40 to ride the subway but accolades are greatly appreciated.
ihaveanidea.us/HZcreations/
@finewoodworking.bsky.social
ihaveanidea.us/HZcreations/
@finewoodworking.bsky.social
A 6-minute video explaining how Trump is following the steps in the Authoritarian Playbook and converting our 250-year experiment in representative democracy into an autocracy.
youtu.be/U-uhYa6dhh8
youtu.be/U-uhYa6dhh8
The Authoritarian Playbook
YouTube video by Hayward Zwerling
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December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A 6-minute video explaining how Trump is following the steps in the Authoritarian Playbook and converting our 250-year experiment in representative democracy into an autocracy.
youtu.be/U-uhYa6dhh8
youtu.be/U-uhYa6dhh8
The National Trust for Historic Preservation raised red flags in a letter to the Trump administration last month that read, in part: ”[W]e are deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation raised red flags in a letter to the Trump administration last month that read, in part: ”[W]e are deeply concerned that the massing and height of the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House itself.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Altruism in dogs.
One of my dogs, Rocket, has been trained to ring a bell by the glass rear door when he wants to go out. When the other dog, Mason, is outside and standing by the glass door and wants to come in, Rocket rings the bell to let me know that I need to open the door so Mason can come in.
One of my dogs, Rocket, has been trained to ring a bell by the glass rear door when he wants to go out. When the other dog, Mason, is outside and standing by the glass door and wants to come in, Rocket rings the bell to let me know that I need to open the door so Mason can come in.
December 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Altruism in dogs.
One of my dogs, Rocket, has been trained to ring a bell by the glass rear door when he wants to go out. When the other dog, Mason, is outside and standing by the glass door and wants to come in, Rocket rings the bell to let me know that I need to open the door so Mason can come in.
One of my dogs, Rocket, has been trained to ring a bell by the glass rear door when he wants to go out. When the other dog, Mason, is outside and standing by the glass door and wants to come in, Rocket rings the bell to let me know that I need to open the door so Mason can come in.
American billionaires haven’t just bought private jets—they’ve bought our democracy. America can have democracy or billionaires, but we can’t have both. (paraphrasing Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis)
ihaveanidea.us/taxwealth/
ihaveanidea.us/taxwealth/
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
American billionaires haven’t just bought private jets—they’ve bought our democracy. America can have democracy or billionaires, but we can’t have both. (paraphrasing Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis)
ihaveanidea.us/taxwealth/
ihaveanidea.us/taxwealth/
Trump’s ballroom for the White House
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump’s ballroom for the White House
Reposted by Hayward Zwerling
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I am often asked what laws I would recommend blue states adopt. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are seven changes every state could adopt right now, for virtually no cost or administrative burden. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/seve...
Trump/GOP have lit the 🔥 to burned down our democracy and is building an autocracy per:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As Thomas Paine said in Common Sense (1775):
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
Here is a starting point:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As Thomas Paine said in Common Sense (1775):
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
Here is a starting point:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Trump/GOP have lit the 🔥 to burned down our democracy and is building an autocracy per:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As Thomas Paine said in Common Sense (1775):
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
Here is a starting point:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As Thomas Paine said in Common Sense (1775):
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
Here is a starting point:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
11/28 @washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social discussed RFK Jr & AGAIN FAILED TO EXPLAIN THAT TRUMP CHOSE RFK Jr AS A TOOL TO DESTROY “TRUTH” & engender public confusion— 1st goal of FASCISM.
This journalistic failure helps destroy democracy.
How to destroy democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
This journalistic failure helps destroy democracy.
How to destroy democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
11/28 @washingtonweekpbs.bsky.social discussed RFK Jr & AGAIN FAILED TO EXPLAIN THAT TRUMP CHOSE RFK Jr AS A TOOL TO DESTROY “TRUTH” & engender public confusion— 1st goal of FASCISM.
This journalistic failure helps destroy democracy.
How to destroy democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
This journalistic failure helps destroy democracy.
How to destroy democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
“let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, … in America THE LAW IS KING. …. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown … be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”
Time to destroy the crown
IHaveAnIdea.us
“let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, … in America THE LAW IS KING. …. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown … be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”
Time to destroy the crown
IHaveAnIdea.us
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
“let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, … in America THE LAW IS KING. …. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown … be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”
Time to destroy the crown
IHaveAnIdea.us
“let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, … in America THE LAW IS KING. …. But lest any ill use should afterwards arise, let the crown … be demolished, and scattered among the people whose right it is.”
Time to destroy the crown
IHaveAnIdea.us
Common Sense, 1775, by Thomas Paine
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a Spaniel.”
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a Spaniel.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Common Sense, 1775, by Thomas Paine
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a Spaniel.”
“The more men have to lose, the less willing are they to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a Spaniel.”
Trump’s fascism:
x.com/longtimehist...
While I can’t prove this isn’t AI, I could’ve reposted dozens of equally horrific videos of Trump’s army attack attacking American citizens.
This is how Trump is changing America from a democracy to an authoritarian state:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
x.com/longtimehist...
While I can’t prove this isn’t AI, I could’ve reposted dozens of equally horrific videos of Trump’s army attack attacking American citizens.
This is how Trump is changing America from a democracy to an authoritarian state:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 on X: "ICE pepper spray disabled woman using a cane—directly at her face from point blank range. Agents then shove her down hard to the ground—after she was already incapacitated and stumbling backwards. This is second incident of excessive force in St. Paul, Minnesota this past week. https://t.co/OjbSRzvssf" / X
ICE pepper spray disabled woman using a cane—directly at her face from point blank range. Agents then shove her down hard to the ground—after she was already incapacitated and stumbling backwards. This is second incident of excessive force in St. Paul, Minnesota this past week. https://t.co/OjbSRzvssf
x.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trump’s fascism:
x.com/longtimehist...
While I can’t prove this isn’t AI, I could’ve reposted dozens of equally horrific videos of Trump’s army attack attacking American citizens.
This is how Trump is changing America from a democracy to an authoritarian state:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
x.com/longtimehist...
While I can’t prove this isn’t AI, I could’ve reposted dozens of equally horrific videos of Trump’s army attack attacking American citizens.
This is how Trump is changing America from a democracy to an authoritarian state:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
HYPOCRISY!
The Red State elite’s Governors and Senators vilify vaccinations and education as they ensure their families are vaccinated and attend the most elite schools.
Their followers have been duped!
MAWA
Make America Work Again!
Dump Trump!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The Red State elite’s Governors and Senators vilify vaccinations and education as they ensure their families are vaccinated and attend the most elite schools.
Their followers have been duped!
MAWA
Make America Work Again!
Dump Trump!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
HYPOCRISY!
The Red State elite’s Governors and Senators vilify vaccinations and education as they ensure their families are vaccinated and attend the most elite schools.
Their followers have been duped!
MAWA
Make America Work Again!
Dump Trump!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The Red State elite’s Governors and Senators vilify vaccinations and education as they ensure their families are vaccinated and attend the most elite schools.
Their followers have been duped!
MAWA
Make America Work Again!
Dump Trump!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My Retirement Diary 2025
Entries from the diary of a retired physician.
ihaveanidea.us
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
DEMOCRACY is being burnt down to the ground!
Trump/GOP have changed the rules of politics & US is now an autocracy no longer a democracy.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As the patriots did in 1775, the Democrats must create new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
Trump/GOP have changed the rules of politics & US is now an autocracy no longer a democracy.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As the patriots did in 1775, the Democrats must create new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
DEMOCRACY is being burnt down to the ground!
Trump/GOP have changed the rules of politics & US is now an autocracy no longer a democracy.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As the patriots did in 1775, the Democrats must create new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
Trump/GOP have changed the rules of politics & US is now an autocracy no longer a democracy.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As the patriots did in 1775, the Democrats must create new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
Trump/GOP have repeatedly changed the rules of politics & USA is now an autocracy, not a democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Democrats need to play to win, or leave the game!
Like the 1775 patriots, the D’s must institute new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Democrats need to play to win, or leave the game!
Like the 1775 patriots, the D’s must institute new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump/GOP have repeatedly changed the rules of politics & USA is now an autocracy, not a democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Democrats need to play to win, or leave the game!
Like the 1775 patriots, the D’s must institute new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Democrats need to play to win, or leave the game!
Like the 1775 patriots, the D’s must institute new rules to protect democracy:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
It’s the economy, stupid! (again)
“… the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform ... We can no longer be a party with a whiff of moral absolutism. … in every situation possible, [we must pivot] to a form of economic rage as our response.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
“… the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform ... We can no longer be a party with a whiff of moral absolutism. … in every situation possible, [we must pivot] to a form of economic rage as our response.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s the economy, stupid! (again)
“… the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform ... We can no longer be a party with a whiff of moral absolutism. … in every situation possible, [we must pivot] to a form of economic rage as our response.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
“… the Democratic Party must now run on the most populist economic platform ... We can no longer be a party with a whiff of moral absolutism. … in every situation possible, [we must pivot] to a form of economic rage as our response.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
All
Billionaires
Corrupt
Democracy
Easy as ABCD…
My comment in the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Billionaires
Corrupt
Democracy
Easy as ABCD…
My comment in the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
All
Billionaires
Corrupt
Democracy
Easy as ABCD…
My comment in the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Billionaires
Corrupt
Democracy
Easy as ABCD…
My comment in the Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Top of NYTimes webpage - 11/20/25
Trump . . .
1. Calls reporter “Piggy”
2. Declares swastikas, nooses, and confederate flag should be embraced
3. Advocates killing 6 military veteran Senators
4. Pardonee gets 37 years in prison
And that is only ONE DAY!!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Trump . . .
1. Calls reporter “Piggy”
2. Declares swastikas, nooses, and confederate flag should be embraced
3. Advocates killing 6 military veteran Senators
4. Pardonee gets 37 years in prison
And that is only ONE DAY!!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Top of NYTimes webpage - 11/20/25
Trump . . .
1. Calls reporter “Piggy”
2. Declares swastikas, nooses, and confederate flag should be embraced
3. Advocates killing 6 military veteran Senators
4. Pardonee gets 37 years in prison
And that is only ONE DAY!!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Trump . . .
1. Calls reporter “Piggy”
2. Declares swastikas, nooses, and confederate flag should be embraced
3. Advocates killing 6 military veteran Senators
4. Pardonee gets 37 years in prison
And that is only ONE DAY!!
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
As @fsfp.bsky.social knows, there's a How to Become an Authoritarian manual
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
Silence is complicity
A Plan:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
Silence is complicity
A Plan:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As @fsfp.bsky.social knows, there's a How to Become an Authoritarian manual
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
Silence is complicity
A Plan:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
Silence is complicity
A Plan:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
If a leader wants to destroy democracy, there's a manual:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Authoritarians follow the steps.
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Authoritarians follow the steps.
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If a leader wants to destroy democracy, there's a manual:
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Authoritarians follow the steps.
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
Authoritarians follow the steps.
People lose freedoms—slowly, one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
@qjurecic.bsky.social
To destroy democracy, there’s a manual
Authoritarians follow the steps
People lose freedoms—one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
To destroy democracy, there’s a manual
Authoritarians follow the steps
People lose freedoms—one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@qjurecic.bsky.social
To destroy democracy, there’s a manual
Authoritarians follow the steps
People lose freedoms—one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
To destroy democracy, there’s a manual
Authoritarians follow the steps
People lose freedoms—one at a time
The most important enabler is fear
You can stop Trump today, but maybe not tomorrow.
ihaveanidea.us/authoritaria...
The solution:
ihaveanidea.us/op-ed_govern...
This article demonstrates how Trump is shutting down legitimate protests. America is no longer a democracy. Very scary.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This article demonstrates how Trump is shutting down legitimate protests. America is no longer a democracy. Very scary.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...