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Julie Matthews
@themetrojem.bsky.social
Mississippi
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This is an excellent, in-depth analysis of what is happening now and how to understand it from our country's leading scholars on authoritarianism.

Take the time.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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please read this thread about what a for-profit health ‘insurance’ system means in practice
Storytime.

In 2005, my mom died from cancer, but the real cause was the actions taken by an insurance company 12 years earlier. What happened to her was evil, hard to identify or fight, and hidden from the public by legal mechanisms. Because of that, I have no idea how often it has happened.
December 8, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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The Mississippi Supreme Court will not grant Mississippi Today’s request for appeal after a lower court ordered it to identify confidential sources.
High Court Denies Publication’s Appeal in Defamation Case
The Mississippi Supreme Court will not grant Mississippi Today’s request for appeal after a lower court ordered it to identify confidential sources.
buff.ly
December 6, 2024 at 11:26 PM
My first post. I'm just happy to be here in the new land feeling a little like the old land circa 2008.

In the words of Irving Berlin, (but heard in the voice of Willie Nelson)...

"Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long"
October 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM