The assumption appears to be that ordinary voters will be cowed, obsequious, and unwilling to challenge autocracy, just like the billionaires, business leaders, media executives, and other leading institutions of civil society, which have decided that fighting back is “not worth the hassle.”

"Information shapes perceptions, drives alliances, corrodes trust, and determines the resilience and power found in democracies." Why does Putin understand and exploit this better than we do?

Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.

What many of us warned, & what is unavoidably clear now, is that there is no privileged sphere of "real life" that is sheltered, separate from the information environment. It's narratives all the way down -- even to the point that they shape *how people experience their own material circumstances*.

FYI, if you cannot claim any of the following:

- secured billions in federal contracts

- received inside information on when to capitalize on stock market corrections

- been granted exemptions on tariffs

…then you are NOT the beneficiary of Trump’s agenda.

You are the victim.

War hero schools a chickenhawk.

Stock markets since Trump took office:

NASDAQ: - 10%
Dow Jones: - 5%
S&P: - 8%

Germany (DAX): + 5%
Russia (MOEX): + 11%

"As the country races towards a recession, Trump golfs."

Why are Democrats not saying this??

Quite a day for helping the Reds

Cyber attacks are the main way Russia engages us. An important bit of context as we choose an alliance with Russia over historical alliances with richer and more reliable countries who, to state the obvious, do not attack us all the time on cyber.