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Documenting the new American oligarchy. Writing to restore democratic power. Weekly essays on @Medium about money, power, and the fight for real democracy.
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🚨 Musk is privatizing the government 🚨 DOGE isn’t about efficiency—it’s about replacing public services with corporate rule. From NASA to USAID, education to broadband, billionaires are taking over. Will we fight back before it’s too late? 📖 Read more: link.medium.com/9ObR34EL2Qb

The Cult of the CEO is devouring Silicon Valley, and Meta is next. Zuckerberg is doing his best Jack Welch impression: mass layoffs, crushing dissent, and calling it strength. But history tells us where this road leads. Full read here: link.medium.com/b1oCDOps1Qb

Absolutely horrific. This wasn’t just a crime—it was an act of pure, calculated cruelty. Sam Nordquist deserved a life of safety and dignity, not this unimaginable brutality. Anyone still denying the real-world consequences of escalating anti-trans rhetoric needs to wake up.

The Trump admin was forced to restore critical health websites but couldn’t resist slapping a digital scarlet letter on them first. Nothing says 'small government' like using federal agencies to shame vulnerable people.

RFK Jr. isn’t "controversial." He’s a conspiracy theorist whose lies have cost lives. Putting him in charge of public health isn’t just reckless. It’s catastrophic. This isn’t about policy. It’s about dismantling science itself all because he brought Trump 5% of his voters.

Billionaires have chipped away at the public sector for decades—now they’re accelerating the demolition. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) isn’t about making gov’t work better—it’s about making sure it barely works at all. 📖 Read more: link.medium.com/F3E2jlofXQb

Welch gutted companies. #Musk is gutting government. The CEO cult wasn’t about ‘efficiency’—it was a hostile takeover of democracy. The question is: Do we fight back or submit? medium.com/@evanplainfi...

Step 1: Cut funding. Step 2: Fire the watchdog. Step 3: Call it ‘efficiency.’ Step 4: Profit.

Nothing says ‘limited government’ like tracking every keystroke of the people still allowed to work.