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All my life I have studied democratization and autocratization. My 1st field trip was to newly democratic Argentina. I then added autocracies to my portfolio: Cuba, Ven, etc. I think I can recognize the stages of transition to authoritarianism. Here are the boxes Trump has already checked off.

submitted 6 days ago • 60 comments

youtu.be/Z1EA2ohrt5Q?...

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Are we going to get out of this? Will we be able to fight off this coup by republicans? They have an awful lot of power and ignore the laws, traditions and norms. And they're moving quick.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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But ironically this change to the archive means some of Marko's posts I couldn't see yesterday for some reason are now visible. Enjoy... /two more screenshots in thread:

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

Bar complaint filed against Interim US Attorney for DC Ed Martin For dismissing January 6 charges against his own client! www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

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Newly pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Taake has been re-arrested. The Harris County, Texas DA had an outstanding warrant for Taake’s arrest on a charge of “online solicitation of a minor.”

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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

submitted 17 days ago • 2838 comments

“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reason for it is dangerous.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked. The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.” This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

submitted 18 days ago • 932 comments

Somehow, I know in my bones he's obsessing about this

submitted 19 days ago • 417 comments

Whew

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Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...

submitted 18 days ago • 971 comments

Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

submitted 19 days ago • 2319 comments

FUN FACT: trump CAVED yet again today, this time to Canada, to postpone his tariffs another 30 days. The border security plans Canada is enacting were ALREADY planned while President Biden was in office.

submitted 19 days ago • 586 comments

2019. 2025.

submitted 19 days ago • 36 comments

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

submitted 20 days ago • 1978 comments

The bill submitted yesterday. Link to the actual bill below. #TeacherThreads www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

The price of natural gas is up almost 9% today. Bravo, MAGA. 🤦‍♀️

submitted 20 days ago • 24 comments

I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system. And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.

submitted 20 days ago • 463 comments

Imagine if instead of using a private server to log the occasional work email, you used a private server to download, say, the proprietary financial and medical data of every private taxpayer for your own unrestricted, nefarious fucking goings-on?

submitted 21 days ago • 28 comments

The National Association of Home Builders explains what happens if we make inputs for home construction, such as Canadian lumber, more expensive.

submitted 21 days ago • 1466 comments

So how long before the U.S. falls? This shit is out of hand right now. Will we last 4 years? Will we last the next 2 months? It doesn't seem like it.

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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

submitted 23 days ago • 1414 comments

On our Instagram page, a commenter tells us their conversion story from being “school choice” voucher advocate — once they realized what (and who) was really behind it all 👇🏽 #LeesVoucherScam

submitted 26 days ago • 197 comments

“It’s just like, we’ve got to stop this. We’ve got to do something to stop this. Pregnancy is high-risk enough without putting all these complications on top of it.”

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments