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Any apparent similarity to a living person is intended. What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter. By Timothy W. Ryback www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Imagine a country where the gov. controls most of what people see and read. “Inside the … new media strategy to promote Trump as ‘KING’ … has transformed its … press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and ‘they’re all offense, all the time.’” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Straight out of Project 2025 As I have suspected, incapacitating the government is step toward privatization and shrinking the very idea of a “public” for whom the state provides services. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...

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“Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming ‘Emergencies’ “Those who study autocracy will tell you: All this talk of emergency is an emergency in itself. The road to authoritarianism is paved with this trope… newrepublic.com/article/1920...

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‘Trump Is the Real Thing’ “Assuming that the past six weeks are predictive of what’s coming next… In other words, expect the worst.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

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“The Government Knows A.G.I. is Coming,” “…[W]e are on a path to creating transformational artificial intelligence capable of doing basically anything a human being could do behind a computer — but better…But now they believe it’s coming in two to three years…” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

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Odious. Trump and the entire Quisling Party. “Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

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@leahgreenberg.bsky.social Could there be a coordinated national day of protests against Social Security staff cuts by Indivisible chapters around the country. Joined by Raging Grannies and Grey Panthers groups, perhaps. @pamherd.bsky.social

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“Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin — by someone ready to swallow [his]… view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory … the way…crime families operate?” Yes and yes. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/o...

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One imposing Secretary of State.

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The Progressive Magazine posted a link to a Project 2025 Tracker. www.project2025.observer?mc_cid=3c6cf...

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“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I am grateful that my father, a D-Day veteran, was not alive to see today’s atrocity. I hope every veteran was ashamed to see the President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief try to pulverize an ally into submission in favor of Vladimir Putin. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Liz Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman, railed against the president and Vice President JD Vance over their treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, saying their comments ran counter to the United States’ principles. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Just a quick reminder to Madison area friends. Indivisible Dane County will be demonstrating against Musk at 4:00 p.m. today at the Tesla Super Charging Station on Odana Road, near Hyvee and the corner with Whitney Way. There is no admission charge. 😊

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This isn’t the worst of it. See other account in WaPo (I hate citing that.) Extortionists at work. “Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy in remarkable Oval Office exchange” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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Gutting staff capacity in government agencies is a prelude to privatization. First privatize administration at lower wages and benefits, and fewer job protections. Then privatize the core funding. Advance the authoritarian plutocracy. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-is-t...

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Can’t the advisory committee on flu vaccine members just meet on their own and issue a report? Presumably they are not all government employees. newrepublic.com/post/192059/...

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Coinbase was being investigated by the SEC so they: - gave $75M a to pro-Trump PAC - gave $1M to Trump’s inauguration - sponsored an inaugural party - hired Trump’s campaign manager - listed Trump’s meme coin And now the investigation is closed. These are called bribes.

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Beyond shameful!!!🥵🥵🥵 “The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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“This state of affairs is unrecognizable to most Americans. But Putin recognizes it. So does Xi Jinping. In Trump, they can plainly see a version of themselves. He is doing their work for them.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/o...

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“Mr. Trump has long been unfettered by truth But what were dubbed ‘alternative facts’ in his first term have quickly become a whole alternative reality in his second to lay the groundwork for radical change…” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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“Who Is Included in Trump’s America?” Pam Herd “As Sam Gustin noted in The Nation: ‘Disability rights advocates warn that Trump’s anti-diversity executive orders are just a prelude to even more draconian attacks…’” open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Is it being paranoid to think that an authoritarian government thinks that the fewer published social indicators the better? “After Declaring NAEP Off-Limits, Education Department Cancels Upcoming Test” www.the74million.org/article/afte...

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“The Governor Who Stood up to Trump The president sees himself as national king, and every other American…as one of his quavering subjects. . A president who maintains that the law means whatever he wants it to mean is a constitutional crisis.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Aren’t identifying the leader as the “embodiment of the nation” and contending that resisting him is “thwarting the will of the people” classic indicia of fascist rule? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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They are saying, openly & publicly, in clear words, that they don’t think any law can or should stop them - that they don’t intend to respect any limitations on their power. Can’t overstate the problem before us. “It can’t happen here” is never correct. Stuff like this requires vehement opposition.

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Ironic that the Security Conference is being held in Munich. Perhaps they will hang a banner picturing Neville Chamberlain saying “Peace in our time.” www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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I was angry when Ruy Teixeira joined AEI. I have continued to read him to understand his thinking. My own thinking and feelings remain antagonistic to his. But what if his political counsel is wise? I want to be convinced it is not. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

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“What Happened Here?” open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...

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Is this sick fantasy or prophecy? “Dark Gothic Maga: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America” youtu.be/5RpPTRcz1no

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“…Ron Wyden asked Gabbard what she would do if Trump (told) her to withhold funds from the inspector general tasked with overseeing the intelligence community, Gabbard (said) “I don’t believe …President Trump would ask me to do something that would break the law” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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Establishing federally required right-wing indoctrination would be a better title. ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING EXECUTIVE ORDER January 29, 2025 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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