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· Nov 13
How to Build an Autocracy
The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
www.theatlantic.com
Have had this pinned to my Twitter account since 2017. Details are slightly different, but concept still applies:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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“You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
Excerpt from “Still I Rise” ~Maya Angelou.
We. Will. Rise. 🤍
Read the whole poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
Excerpt from “Still I Rise” ~Maya Angelou.
We. Will. Rise. 🤍
Read the whole poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
Excerpt from “Still I Rise” ~Maya Angelou.
We. Will. Rise. 🤍
Read the whole poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.”
Excerpt from “Still I Rise” ~Maya Angelou.
We. Will. Rise. 🤍
Read the whole poem: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/...
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Dear God, Jay Bhattacharya is just hopeless. He can't simply say getting polio is bad and is far worse than any side effects from the vaccine. He's is so far gone. It's tragic really. Too bad for all of us that he runs the National Institutes of Health.
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dear God, Jay Bhattacharya is just hopeless. He can't simply say getting polio is bad and is far worse than any side effects from the vaccine. He's is so far gone. It's tragic really. Too bad for all of us that he runs the National Institutes of Health.
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“Local watchdog groups across the country are scrambling to make sure the public has a chance to provide input when logging and oil and gas extraction are approved on public lands.”
How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
How the Trump administration is fast-tracking logging in Illinois’ only national forest
Facing pressure to increase timber harvests, the Forest Service is sidestepping rigorous environmental reviews and limiting public participation.
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Local watchdog groups across the country are scrambling to make sure the public has a chance to provide input when logging and oil and gas extraction are approved on public lands.”
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🌟Houston—Senate candidate James Talarico wants to hear your perspectives and respond to your questions at a town hall TOMORROW, Wed., 12/17 at 6pm.
We’ll also be collecting new, unopened toys for local families in need.
Details at the link below.
See you there!
www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...
We’ll also be collecting new, unopened toys for local families in need.
Details at the link below.
See you there!
www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...
⭐️ Talarico for Texas: Houston Town Hall · Talarico for Texas
## Join James in Houston for a Town Hall! He’ll share a short update on the campaign and then open the floor for questions.
Your voice and perspective matter. Please come share what your community n...
www.mobilize.us
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🌟Houston—Senate candidate James Talarico wants to hear your perspectives and respond to your questions at a town hall TOMORROW, Wed., 12/17 at 6pm.
We’ll also be collecting new, unopened toys for local families in need.
Details at the link below.
See you there!
www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...
We’ll also be collecting new, unopened toys for local families in need.
Details at the link below.
See you there!
www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...
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Make no mistake, the US Regime is working overtime to entrap "leftists" into committing crimes so they can justify naming "antifa" a terrorist organization.
If a new guy joins your circle of friends & urges people to break the law & hints he can get explosives, that's the undercover FBI agent.
If a new guy joins your circle of friends & urges people to break the law & hints he can get explosives, that's the undercover FBI agent.
Investigators say the four suspects were members of a radical faction of a left-wing group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
Alleged New Year’s Eve Terror Plot Targeted ‘Logistics Centers’ In Los Angeles Area, Official Says
Investigators say the four suspects were members of a radical faction of a left-wing group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Make no mistake, the US Regime is working overtime to entrap "leftists" into committing crimes so they can justify naming "antifa" a terrorist organization.
If a new guy joins your circle of friends & urges people to break the law & hints he can get explosives, that's the undercover FBI agent.
If a new guy joins your circle of friends & urges people to break the law & hints he can get explosives, that's the undercover FBI agent.
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Earlier this year, I reported for @propublica.org and @wisconsinwatch.org how Wisconsin's name change law creates a de facto database of trans people, which is dangerous in times like this. Now @lmcgaughy.bsky.social breaks the news that Texas has done just that: www.kut.org/politics/202...
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Earlier this year, I reported for @propublica.org and @wisconsinwatch.org how Wisconsin's name change law creates a de facto database of trans people, which is dangerous in times like this. Now @lmcgaughy.bsky.social breaks the news that Texas has done just that: www.kut.org/politics/202...
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce Dies at 84; Braved Mobs in Integrating a School
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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How maths can help you wrap your presents better share.google/8MJjLl0vyJOO...
How maths can help you wrap your presents better
Wrapping awkwardly shaped Christmas presents is always a headache, but here's the formula for perfect gift wrap.
share.google
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
How maths can help you wrap your presents better share.google/8MJjLl0vyJOO...
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Now this is some great action to take! If the fed reps are making too much cash to want to over turn this, do it where you are!
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Now this is some great action to take! If the fed reps are making too much cash to want to over turn this, do it where you are!
Not even sure where to start with this:
apnews.com/article/karo...
apnews.com/article/karo...
Judge orders the release of an immigrant with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
A Brazilian woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will be released from immigrant detention while she fights potential deportation.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not even sure where to start with this:
apnews.com/article/karo...
apnews.com/article/karo...
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
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I can't believe I'm saying this again, but this happened in 1.0 as well.
You can be shocked, but you also must realize that this was always the modus operandi.
You can be shocked, but you also must realize that this was always the modus operandi.
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I can't believe I'm saying this again, but this happened in 1.0 as well.
You can be shocked, but you also must realize that this was always the modus operandi.
You can be shocked, but you also must realize that this was always the modus operandi.
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🥺 oh baby girl, you have many Bluesky friends sharing your story. We will find you a home. Hopefully soon 🤞 Here's MELIA's bio. Please read and repost. She needs someone who will be fully committed to her. ❤️
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🥺 oh baby girl, you have many Bluesky friends sharing your story. We will find you a home. Hopefully soon 🤞 Here's MELIA's bio. Please read and repost. She needs someone who will be fully committed to her. ❤️
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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2018.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
2018.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
It didn’t break the top fold then.
Do better now.
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Equivalent to Paul Revere’s ride. Read and rise up!
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Equivalent to Paul Revere’s ride. Read and rise up!
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
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Gift article
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gift article
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I’m the 873rd repost. Let’s find Melia a forever home! This is especially for those in/near NY!
🥺 oh baby girl, you have many Bluesky friends sharing your story. We will find you a home. Hopefully soon 🤞 Here's MELIA's bio. Please read and repost. She needs someone who will be fully committed to her. ❤️
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’m the 873rd repost. Let’s find Melia a forever home! This is especially for those in/near NY!