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This is how you normalize authoritarianism.

This isn’t a crisis of democracy — it’s the revelation that democracy was already dead. We didn’t get here because of “too many narratives.” We got here because the main narrative — the one repeated by media, politicians, and corporate think tanks — was a lie. 1/8

Please share this deleted tweet far and wide. ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.

EVERYTHING IN CRISIS

Republicans called cancelling student loan debt a “giveaway” to the working class, so Trump is restarting predatory student loan repayments to fund tax breaks that are giveaways to corporations and the super-wealthy. This what an oligarchy robbing us blind looks like.

"They downplayed or flat-out ignored the fundamental violence he had committed against our democracy in their coverage in return for the possibility of an interview or even just anonymous quotes from top advisers." Highly recommend this reality check by @svdate.bsky.social:

Pooh Bear and Piglet, true friends that always lean on each other. 🥹 Ugh, these two always get me in my feels. 💕

My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin." member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...

Compare buying a home in 1985 vs 2022. 👇🏻