Margaret E. Ward
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Human. Boat rocker. Leadership consultant. Journalist. NYer in Ireland. Sharing trusted news sources & experts reporting on breakdown of US Democracy. #ireland #irish #leadership #business #democracy #resist #american #democrat #irishbluesky #broligarchy
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The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will
It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s—weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits...
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The end of US democracy didn’t happen overnight…It’s a 60 year plot by America’s wealthy to destroy the middle class. Inspired by Irishman Edmund Burke! #democracy #autocracy #broligrachs #anerica #ireland #irish open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m old enough to remember when CBS News would never have surrendered to a demagogic president or any other politician. Remember Edward R. Murrow?
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Is America an Autocracy? From @nytimes.com editorial board: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFXuyr...
New York Times Opinion on Instagram: "While the United States is not yet close to a full-on autocracy, the @nytimes editorial board outlines some of the warning signs of democratic erosion already tak...
The New York Times editorial board outlines 12 red flags of democratic erosion in the US, highlighting President Trump's actions that threaten the country's democracy. From bypassing the legislature t...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Is America an Autocracy? From @nytimes.com editorial board: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFXuyr...
The technology surveillance state should worry you says @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy www.instagram.com/reel/DRw-5sH...
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The technology surveillance state should worry you says @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy www.instagram.com/reel/DRw-5sH...
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Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities - www.ft.com/content/b127... via @FT
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities - www.ft.com/content/b127... via @FT
Kleptocracy is the USA’s main strategy for Ukraine, not peace. It’s a land, mineral & reconstruction money grab by US & Russia & billionaires. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Kleptocracy is the USA’s main strategy for Ukraine, not peace. It’s a land, mineral & reconstruction money grab by US & Russia & billionaires. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The Organisations that Measure Global Democracy have Reclassified America as Authoritarian - open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
The Organizations That Measure Democracy Have Reclassified America as Authoritarian
47 facts that make it clear just how far the US has fallen in 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Organisations that Measure Global Democracy have Reclassified America as Authoritarian - open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
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This week alone:
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This week alone:
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
-Trump called for Democrats in Congress to be hanged.
-Defended the slaughter of a U.S. journalist in front of his killer.
-Surrendered to the murderous Putin who he called a "savvy genius" after his attack on Ukraine.
This guy is the greatest threat to America we've ever known.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
Indoctrination & desensitisation of Americans reaches new heights - fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Indoctrination & desensitisation of Americans reaches new heights - fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | ‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
‘The System Is Meant to Break You’: What ICE Is Doing to People Here Legally www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Despite being threatened by the President of the United States, these Senators and Representatives will not be deterred. They will not be silenced. They will not be intimidated. They love this country and believe we are better than what the politics represent!
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Despite being threatened by the President of the United States, these Senators and Representatives will not be deterred. They will not be silenced. They will not be intimidated. They love this country and believe we are better than what the politics represent!