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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It's time for Greenland to start protecting its borders. Clearly we are not sending our best.
Vance is now set to join the not welcome delegation to Greenland.
Danish correspondent calls it a ‘diplomatic declaration of war’.
The leaders in Greenland have repeatedly said the US delegation is not welcome in the middle of government negotiations. The US response: let’s send the VP.
Danish correspondent calls it a ‘diplomatic declaration of war’.
The leaders in Greenland have repeatedly said the US delegation is not welcome in the middle of government negotiations. The US response: let’s send the VP.
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
It's time for Greenland to start protecting its borders. Clearly we are not sending our best.
So *anyone* can be kidnapped by ICE under any pretext in direct violation of a judge's ruling, without any facts about their identity or activities established, put on a plane and dumped in a gulag in El Salvador, out of reach of the US legal system.
What do you call this?
What do you call this?
March 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So *anyone* can be kidnapped by ICE under any pretext in direct violation of a judge's ruling, without any facts about their identity or activities established, put on a plane and dumped in a gulag in El Salvador, out of reach of the US legal system.
What do you call this?
What do you call this?
Like the bolsheviks. Destruction for its own sake.
Aside from the obvious direct harm, what's so irritating is that a handful of spoiled ignorant assholes are breaking things that we all built together. They weren't content to own almost everything, they had to wreck what little they didn't own. It's vandalism on a mass scale and has to be punished
March 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Like the bolsheviks. Destruction for its own sake.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
The only immigrants welcome in Trump's America: rich, white, and predatory.
February 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The only immigrants welcome in Trump's America: rich, white, and predatory.
This is the kind of engagement that will be required if we are going to end this rule by the imbeciles.
Turnout in Germany's elections yesterday: 83%
February 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is the kind of engagement that will be required if we are going to end this rule by the imbeciles.
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
One year ago the Russian regime murdered Alexei Navalny. Today the Trump administration is cozying up to that same regime. That are doing so not just because they share political ideology but I believe to learn the art of repression. The dangers of not acting are far greater than those of acting.
February 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
One year ago the Russian regime murdered Alexei Navalny. Today the Trump administration is cozying up to that same regime. That are doing so not just because they share political ideology but I believe to learn the art of repression. The dangers of not acting are far greater than those of acting.
They are treating the Treasury like their personal bank accounts.
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
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February 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
They are treating the Treasury like their personal bank accounts.
Putin's Russia:
Rampant corruption
Full presidential immunity; Law is whatever president says it is.
Rubber-stamp Congress (Duma)
Political prosecutions
Unelected oligarchs running roughshod over institutions
Scared opposition
Lack of free and fair elections
Sound familiar?
Rampant corruption
Full presidential immunity; Law is whatever president says it is.
Rubber-stamp Congress (Duma)
Political prosecutions
Unelected oligarchs running roughshod over institutions
Scared opposition
Lack of free and fair elections
Sound familiar?
February 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Putin's Russia:
Rampant corruption
Full presidential immunity; Law is whatever president says it is.
Rubber-stamp Congress (Duma)
Political prosecutions
Unelected oligarchs running roughshod over institutions
Scared opposition
Lack of free and fair elections
Sound familiar?
Rampant corruption
Full presidential immunity; Law is whatever president says it is.
Rubber-stamp Congress (Duma)
Political prosecutions
Unelected oligarchs running roughshod over institutions
Scared opposition
Lack of free and fair elections
Sound familiar?
Rather than focus on the widespread destruction from a cast of cartoon villains, I will be featuring acts of resistance and defiance, big and small.
Starting with the FBI. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
Starting with the FBI. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
bsky.app
February 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rather than focus on the widespread destruction from a cast of cartoon villains, I will be featuring acts of resistance and defiance, big and small.
Starting with the FBI. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
Starting with the FBI. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
Siri, please capture the zeitgeist in one sentence.
“Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, cast the deciding vote.... “
You can guess which way.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
“Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, cast the deciding vote.... “
You can guess which way.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy’s Nomination as Health Secretary Passes Committee Vote
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February 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Siri, please capture the zeitgeist in one sentence.
“Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, cast the deciding vote.... “
You can guess which way.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
“Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican torn between his concerns as a doctor and supporting President Trump, cast the deciding vote.... “
You can guess which way.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
If you think things are bad - and they are - read this book.
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you think things are bad - and they are - read this book.
Actually, he has succeeded in making the USA 50% smaller www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump Suggests Taking Greenland and Panama Canal by Force: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Actually, he has succeeded in making the USA 50% smaller www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...