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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
www.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since trump’s re-election a year ago, warnings that his use of the presidency to advance his personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
#TheTrumpCrimeFamily is currently operating a corruption system for their own benefit.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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"This morning we light the 1st candle
We light this candle as a symbol of hope & expectation
May we dare open the shadowy places in our lives &
memories to the healing light of community
W/the creative power of #hope
we express our longing for peace
& prepare our hearts to be transformed"
- @uua.org
We light this candle as a symbol of hope & expectation
May we dare open the shadowy places in our lives &
memories to the healing light of community
W/the creative power of #hope
we express our longing for peace
& prepare our hearts to be transformed"
- @uua.org
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it is the Hope candle today. In the reading from Romans today: "Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light". Let us each wake with hope and bring light into the world as often as we can.
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Fired. Investigated. Silenced. Reuters documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Donald Trump — from federal workers and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. It’s the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
reut.rs
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Fired. Investigated. Silenced. Reuters documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Donald Trump — from federal workers and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. It’s the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
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The time to ponder what happens if the United States becomes an authoritarian state has ended. The question now is how do we deal with the authoritarian regime already in power. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-2025...
Time To Dust Off The Authoritarian Regime Survival Guide
In 2017, Polish activist Martin Mycielski offered advice on Twitter—hashtagged #LearnFromEurope—that eventually became a guide for dealing with fascism.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The time to ponder what happens if the United States becomes an authoritarian state has ended. The question now is how do we deal with the authoritarian regime already in power. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-2025...
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I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
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Please boycott 60 minutes tonight. The orange felon will be spewing lie after lie for an hour. Don’t watch. Go for a walk or watch football or play with your kids. Don’t watch.
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please boycott 60 minutes tonight. The orange felon will be spewing lie after lie for an hour. Don’t watch. Go for a walk or watch football or play with your kids. Don’t watch.
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The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed — Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king
The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed
Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king...
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Coup That Finally Worked: How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed — Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king
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If we had a functioning Congress, it would be requiring Trump to (1) Provide a complete list of all people/countries/corporations/mafia providing bribes, ur, “donations” for his tacky ballroom; and (2) An audited accounting of where all the money goes.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If we had a functioning Congress, it would be requiring Trump to (1) Provide a complete list of all people/countries/corporations/mafia providing bribes, ur, “donations” for his tacky ballroom; and (2) An audited accounting of where all the money goes.
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Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Never mind every other single abominable or corrupt thing to this miserable moment, the extrajudicial and unevidenced execution of 34 human beings by the U.S. Navy on the orders of a U.S. President acting in peacetime is sufficient for his impeachment and conviction.
If we were a republic, I mean.
If we were a republic, I mean.
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Turtle McConnell Could Have
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Turtle McConnell Could Have
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......
Impeached Chump,But He Was Too Afraid To Stick His Neck Out,
So Here We Are.......
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This is very good
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is very good
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America has a dictator who loots the government for his private gain, locks up his opposition and launches dubious military strikes without any oversight.
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
America has a dictator who loots the government for his private gain, locks up his opposition and launches dubious military strikes without any oversight.
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They’re distracting you with talk about healthcare premiums while a dictator runs wild...snatching Americans off the streets, looting hundreds of millions, and tearing down the White House. At this rate, healthcare will be the least of America’s worries.
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
They’re distracting you with talk about healthcare premiums while a dictator runs wild...snatching Americans off the streets, looting hundreds of millions, and tearing down the White House. At this rate, healthcare will be the least of America’s worries.
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Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files
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