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Professor Jason Stanley, head of American Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, says the United States is in the midst of a coup led by the Trump administration — a “slow coup” unfolding through fear, propaganda, and the abuse of law.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
Professor Jason Stanley, head of American Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, says the United States is in the midst of a coup led by the Trump administration — a “slow coup” unfolding through fear, propaganda, and the abuse of law.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
Professor Jason Stanley, head of American Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, says the United States is in the midst of a coup led by the Trump administration — a “slow coup” unfolding through fear, propaganda, and the abuse of law.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
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The Intellectualist Substack delivers fact-based analysis and thoughtful commentary focused on defending democracy and fostering informed public discourse. At a time when truth and civic engagement ar...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
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The Intellectualist Substack delivers fact-based analysis and thoughtful commentary focused on defending democracy and fostering informed public discourse. At a time when truth and civic engagement ar...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 12h
Professor Jason Stanley, head of American Studies at the University of Toronto’s Munk School, says the United States is in the midst of a coup led by the Trump administration — a “slow coup” unfolding through fear, propaganda, and the abuse of law.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 17h
Hundreds of Education Department employees were laid off during a Friday-night shutdown, significantly reducing staffing in special-education offices and raising concerns about services for millions of students with disabilities.

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 18h
Hundreds of Education Department employees were laid off during a Friday-night shutdown, significantly reducing staffing in special-education offices and raising concerns about services for millions of students with disabilities.

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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 18h
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The Intellectualist Substack delivers fact-based analysis and thoughtful commentary focused on defending democracy and fostering informed public discourse. At a time when truth and civic engagement ar...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 18h
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The Intellectualist Substack delivers fact-based analysis and thoughtful commentary focused on defending democracy and fostering informed public discourse. At a time when truth and civic engagement ar...
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 18h
Hundreds of Education Department employees were laid off during a Friday-night shutdown, significantly reducing staffing in special-education offices and raising concerns about services for millions of students with disabilities.

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Following his September 10, 2025 arrest in Florida for failing to appear in court, former Congressman Madison Cawthorn, once of North Carolina, seeks a comeback to replace Byron Donalds, marking at least six legal incidents since 2020.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 1d
Following his September 10, 2025 arrest in Florida for failing to appear in court, former Congressman Madison Cawthorn, once of North Carolina, seeks a comeback to replace Byron Donalds, marking at least six legal incidents since 2020.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 1d
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 1d
Following his September 10, 2025 arrest in Florida for failing to appear in court, former Congressman Madison Cawthorn, once of North Carolina, seeks a comeback to replace Byron Donalds, marking at least six legal incidents since 2020.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
Texas GOP chairman Kelly Giles faces felony election fraud charges for falsifying ballot paperwork, another potential failure for a party that has long claimed the mantle of election integrity.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
Texas GOP chairman Kelly Giles faces felony election fraud charges for falsifying ballot paperwork, another potential failure for a party that has long claimed the mantle of election integrity.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now pushing to preserve health-care subsidies for Americans and to release the full Epstein files—breaking with Trump as she calls for transparency in a party constrained by secrecy and fear of its leader.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now pushing to preserve health-care subsidies for Americans and to release the full Epstein files—breaking with Trump as she calls for transparency in a party constrained by secrecy and fear of its leader.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 2d
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now pushing to preserve health-care subsidies for Americans and to release the full Epstein files—breaking with Trump as she calls for transparency in a party constrained by secrecy and fear of its leader.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 3d
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 3d
Letitia James Indicted: U.S. Crosses Another Constitutional Threshold

Trump’s DOJ indicts Letitia James, deepening a constitutional crisis born of political retribut

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Letitia James Indicted: U.S. Crosses Another Constitutional Threshold
Comey was the first. James is the next. Each indictment marks the same rupture: the moment the law ceased to check power and began to serve it.
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The Intellectualist @theintellectualist.bsky.social · 3d
The Constitution has failed because it no longer limits power — it legitimizes it. The laws written to stop tyranny now protect and enable it.
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