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Keep calling Tillis and Budd about opposing Kash Patel! I know Tillis is in love with him, but our senators are finally admitting they're hearing from us, so don't stop!

Oh boy! Having studied protest around the globe. Extra institutional engagement is necessary for democracy how else can citizens keep politicians accountable between elections. If folks in Venezuela & Belarus continue to protest but folks in US won’t for fear of retribution, what does that mean?

Also it's comically easy to google instances PayPal abusing its customers' financial data

This is floating around a lot on the other place, and it reflects a trap that Democrats / democrats / liberals / regime critics need to avoid - this is the U.S., and if the framing is "Free speech: 'Yes' or ' It's complicated'?", we lose." (1/5) www.foxnews.com/politics/rub...

As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works. Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.

Darren Beattie, the new head of public diplomacy at State, spent January 6 telling various black people — including Tim Scott — to “learn their place” and “take a knee to MAGA” www.thebulwark.com/p/even-as-hi...