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"Trumpomuskovia" is a word I introduced in an essay about some historical moments that might help us to understand the coming reality. The better we see the new regime, the more clearly we might also see its fractures and weaknesses. snyder.substack.com/p/why-trumpo...

submitted 75 days ago • 107 comments

What do people think about these ideas? I would love to have this much hope. Article by Asli Adintasbas, a Turkish journalist who lived through Erdogan's rise to power.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

🗣️ FOR THOSE WONDERING, TODAY’S JUDGE CONFIRMATION WAS NUMBER 223 FOR BIDEN! A LOT MORE TIME LEFT! THE SENATE IS *MOVING*!!!!!!

submitted 82 days ago • 25 comments

Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.

submitted 82 days ago • 408 comments

You decide whose description of Kash Patel is most accurate: NYT: "firebrand loyalist." WSJ: "loyalist." WaPo: "staunch defender." AP: "steadfast Trump ally." Me: "Trump henchman." Democracy Docket is fiercely independent. It will never obey. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

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submitted 84 days ago • 63 comments

If you don’t think this is exactly what we’re up against, then you haven’t been paying attention.

submitted 85 days ago • 1372 comments

"Donald Trump hasn't been sworn into office yet, but his ally Elon Musk is already getting started working for a government agency that hasn't yet been created. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the "Department of Government Efficiency" co-director Musk is tweeting out

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents. Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

submitted 95 days ago • 134 comments

1/ I know you've heard me talk about the Alabamization of America--bad policy often gets a try out down here first. Mass deportations sound great for culture warriors, but that stops when they actually start happening. cafe.com/notes-from-c...

submitted 94 days ago • 67 comments

Trump's demand that the Senate permit him to use recess appointments to put his nominees in place is about more than just getting those nominees on board. joycevance.substack.com/p/what-letti...

submitted 96 days ago • 159 comments

Timothy Snyder on the Cabinet picks: these are deliberate attempts to destroy each of these departments from the top. IMO, not worth the energy to lament each person's inappropriateness. But yes, push our senators to block. substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Marches? Civil disobedience? We are in a different and more dire political situation. Focus on instrumental rather than expressive actions. This is a really incisive analysis.

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