I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

President Zelenskyy and a clown.

Slava Ukraini!

"Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation"
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

For no reason that he can articulate, Trump has triggered a crisis in Denmark
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

We can not get off every platform because it becomes right-wing. We need to be on them all. The fight needs to be brought to them, not to us. Sign up again to twitter, don't get off Facebook or instagram. We need to be everywhere. That's how we will win. It's gonna be hard but we need to do it!

Fascists create fake problems to fix!

People in the United States need to stop thinking their vote doesn’t matter

They need to stop [watching] their news or searching the internet to [validate/regurgitating] what they heard some guy at work say

• Be informed
• Vote for people who aren’t governed by dumb people
• Know the difference

Looks like tiktok has gone dark!

Spreading misinformation before asking questions to get facts is extremely dangerous. Elon and so many others do this because they aren't affected by it, it's become a game to them but this is real fucking life, people are dying, people have lost everything!

youtu.be/-2OqUrQYFr0?...

If you would like to join me on my journey of learning photography, you can follow me here. I do no politics on this. This and djing is my way to disconnect from the world and be in the moment!

www.instagram.com/ra_photograp...

A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

Also this, by Evan Gershkovich, on the secretive agency that tracks and arrests foreigners in Russia

www.wsj.com/world/russia...

If you missed it - start your new year with this excellent @wsj.com description of the Russian sleeper agents unmasked last year www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Books you will want to read.

When the military is used for mass deportations, it reflects many of the tactics and principles associated with fascist regimes—authoritarian control, militarization, exclusionary nationalism, and violence against targeted populations.

l.smartnews.com/p-12YnJte/BM...