@metsrs.bsky.social
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"State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"State Terror: A brief guide for Americans"
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
Revisiting a piece I wrote in April 2025
"In the history of state terror, the escape from law into coercion takes three forms... the leader principle; the state of exception; and the zone of statelessness."
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
www.help99.co
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
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If you are approached by federal agents: invoke your 5th Amendment right to remain silent, and your 6th Amendment right to counsel, by saying “I cannot answer any questions without my lawyer."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
October 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you are approached by federal agents: invoke your 5th Amendment right to remain silent, and your 6th Amendment right to counsel, by saying “I cannot answer any questions without my lawyer."
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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I love the smell of abject cowardice in the morning
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and more. www.wired.com/story/apple-...
Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and more.
www.wired.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I love the smell of abject cowardice in the morning
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I talked this week with Chris Hayes and Anand Giradahadras, highlight was Chris mentioning No Kings protests on October 18th. Free speech is action not spectacle. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I talked this week with Chris Hayes and Anand Giradahadras, highlight was Chris mentioning No Kings protests on October 18th. Free speech is action not spectacle. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
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September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) left a meeting with President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
September 29, 2025
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The goal of an authoritarian is to make the opposition feel powerless. Trump’s corrupt prosecution of Jim Comey is part of that plan, but Democrats are not powerless. We can respond.
Here are some thoughts on how to fight back
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
Here are some thoughts on how to fight back
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on How to Fight Trump’s Corrupt Prosecutions
How Democrats can respond to the corruption at the heart of Trump’s DOJ
www.messageboxnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The goal of an authoritarian is to make the opposition feel powerless. Trump’s corrupt prosecution of Jim Comey is part of that plan, but Democrats are not powerless. We can respond.
Here are some thoughts on how to fight back
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
Here are some thoughts on how to fight back
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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September 25, 2025
September 25, 2025
Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
September 25, 2025
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It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Don't Be Afraid To Speak Up
Courage is contagious...and we're going to need it!
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s Constitution Day. So, of course, Jimmy Kimmel’s show got canceled over comments he made that the administration didn’t like. And DHS Sec’y Noem went on an ICE raid where American citizens were detained. Read on for the update you need tonight: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech?
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
September 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
They want to cancel Jimmy Kimmel and kill free speech?
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
Time to hit them where it hurts—their pockets:
- Cancel Disney+
- Cancel Hulu
- Boycott ESPN
- Boycott ABC
Let them know why you’re canceling/boycotting.
- ABC contact: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/art...
- Nexstar contact: www.nexstar.tv/contact/
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It's bullshit that I agree with David Frum. Things shouldn't have sunk so low that we've reached our level of agreement! We should be in the realm where we disagree on every issue in the news!
David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."
September 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
It's bullshit that I agree with David Frum. Things shouldn't have sunk so low that we've reached our level of agreement! We should be in the realm where we disagree on every issue in the news!
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
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Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
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#CollectiveCourage: Hundreds of economists from across the country have signed an open letter calling on Congress to uphold Federal Reserve independence. If you’re an economist, you can still sign on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oGrUv-_CoeulsLZDt_lyNTPbm9wYCAfiTLm7KMiwgzA/edit?tab=t.0
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#CollectiveCourage: Hundreds of economists from across the country have signed an open letter calling on Congress to uphold Federal Reserve independence. If you’re an economist, you can still sign on: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oGrUv-_CoeulsLZDt_lyNTPbm9wYCAfiTLm7KMiwgzA/edit?tab=t.0
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I'm sure the "respect the troops" folks will be up in arms when they learn about this right? I mean what could be more disrespectful to the troops than not providing the healthcare they were promised? Oh, I'm hearing that kneeling during the anthem is worse? Ok wow.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I'm sure the "respect the troops" folks will be up in arms when they learn about this right? I mean what could be more disrespectful to the troops than not providing the healthcare they were promised? Oh, I'm hearing that kneeling during the anthem is worse? Ok wow.
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A different meaning to thermostatic politics: Ohio Republican Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R., Haviland) wants to allow utilities in Ohio to remotely set Ohioans' thermostats in their houses.
Bill could let utilities remotely adjust customers’ energy use
COLUMBUS — Would Ohioans, with enough financial incentive, be willing to hand over control of their smart thermostats to utilities to allow them to ...
www.toledoblade.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A different meaning to thermostatic politics: Ohio Republican Rep. Roy Klopfenstein (R., Haviland) wants to allow utilities in Ohio to remotely set Ohioans' thermostats in their houses.
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Trump’s Decapitation of the CDC Takes a Darker Turn—and Hands Democrats a Weapon
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
newrepublic.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Trump’s Decapitation of the CDC Takes a Darker Turn—and Hands Democrats a Weapon
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
Illinois’s JB Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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Law firms, universities, media companies, and now banks. If people don’t understand what’s happening to our country, it’s because they don’t want to.
Exclusive: The White House is preparing to step up pressure against big banks over perceived discrimination against conservatives and crypto companies with an executive order.
Exclusive | White House Preps Order to Punish Banks That Discriminate Against Conservatives
The president is expected to sign an executive order as soon as this week that targets so-called debanking of businesses including crypto companies.
on.wsj.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Law firms, universities, media companies, and now banks. If people don’t understand what’s happening to our country, it’s because they don’t want to.
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“In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents. When the leaders of Paramount decided to pay a bribe to the president, they made life much more difficult for anyone who wants to resist the president in the future,” says @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
Applebaum on Autocracy
Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.
https://www.status.news/p/anne-applebaum-autocracy-interview?utm_source=www.status.n[…]-on-autocracy&_bhlid=50397b9169f7f3015f1913332638f95d42a41d4c
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“In any slide towards dictatorship, individual decisions matter because they create precedents. When the leaders of Paramount decided to pay a bribe to the president, they made life much more difficult for anyone who wants to resist the president in the future,” says @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
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"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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Important to know that these cuts kick in right after the 2026 midterms. That’s how you know they know it’s bad.
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Important to know that these cuts kick in right after the 2026 midterms. That’s how you know they know it’s bad.
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Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. By @rhersher.bsky.social
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.
n.pr
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. By @rhersher.bsky.social