Speaker: All mothers are proud of their sons

Mrs. Hegseth (shouting in background): NOT MY SON HE'S A PIECE OF SHIT

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance.
Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.

Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control

"In the Republic of Gilead's dystopian future, men and women perform the services assigned to them."
This is the summary of "The Handmaid's Tale" in the NYT bestseller list.
See my essay on the ramifications of this language's precision without accuracy.
snyder.substack.com/p/men-and-wo...

The right wing has a massive disinfo echo chamber: cable, film, newspapers, YouTube, social media, podcasts, and radio worth billions of dollars.

And so, too few voters heard clearly about Democrats plans to help Americans via @mayatcontreras.bsky.social

www.damemagazine.com/2024/11/20/d...

The message Trump is sending is that men sexually assaulting girls and women is perfectly fine, and is more likely to get you a job in his administration than it is to block you from one. These men will be elevated, not charged.

Do you wonder what his retaliation plan is for E. Jean Carroll?

The media didn’t have to normalize and sanewash a cognitively diminished felon who ran on retribution, racism & destruction. Or memory-hole his disastrous first term.

Yet our national press did, so now we face the most terrifying chapter in U.S. history. www.damemagazine.com/2024/11/19/d...

As seen in On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social...

"In politics, being deceived is no excuse."

- Leszek Kolakowski

"Musk will want to cut the enforcement of antitrust laws, securities laws, workplace safety laws, labor laws, civil rights laws, laws against consumer fraud, laws mandating vehicle safety, tax laws, and environmental laws."

via @rbreich.bsky.social

1/ Trump confirmed that he plans to declare a national emergency “on day 1” to use the military to carry out “the largest deportation program in American history.” via @wtfjht.bsky.social

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

The Gaetz fiasco is beyond belief.

Clearly DOJ believed the victim; her testimony put Gaetz’s friend away for 11 years on Sex Trafficking and other charges. And her testimony was corroborated. Yet DOJ didn’t charge Gaetz? Now Trump and his allies want to protect Gaetz, an apparent pedophile. Jesus!

BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or trolling on my page.

You will not build up by tearing others down here.

Do not obey in advance.

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

“Legislation that would bar the United States government from spying on journalists—except under rare, specific circumstances—is currently stalled in Congress, despite having passed the House of Representatives with unanimous support nearly one year ago.”

“If autocrats teach us any valuable lesson it’s this: Political space that you don’t use, you lose.”

“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. Individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, then offer themselves without being asked.”

This article moved me from feeling dread to feeling hope. Excellent.

3 years ago Twitter suppressing deadly covid misinformation was viewed as a partisan attack on Republicans that generated months of performative outrage and resulted in congressional hearings. Today the owner of the platform literally took a job in the Trump administration. 🤔