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Former lawyer, current novelist, long ago advisor to Tsarina Alexandra.
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Trump’s rapid escalation—from calling Members of Congress “traitors” to urging supporters to “focus all energy” on unfounded claims of election fraud—fits an authoritarian pattern: when power feels threatened, the response is to inflame fear, erode democratic processes, and frame dissent as criminal
November 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Trump’s rapid escalation—from calling Members of Congress “traitors” to urging supporters to “focus all energy” on unfounded claims of election fraud—fits an authoritarian pattern: when power feels threatened, the response is to inflame fear, erode democratic processes, and frame dissent as criminal
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Absolutely horrific. ICE detained and abducted a minor—a high school student—who the family identified as a US citizen.
ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong.
ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong.
ICE arrests McMinnville High School student during Friday lunch period
Family told local news the 17-year-old is a U.S. citizen.
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Absolutely horrific. ICE detained and abducted a minor—a high school student—who the family identified as a US citizen.
ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong.
ICE is terrorizing our communities—I’m fighting for answers and accountability. This is just wrong.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Asking Soldiers to Obey the UCMJ Isn’t a Crime; But Trump Thinks it is. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... "This is about... conditioning the public to accept extreme reprisals as normal…The danger isn’t the lawmakers...The danger is Trump telling the military the Constitution no longer applies.”
Asking Soldiers to Obey the UCMJ Isn’t a Crime; But Trump Thinks it is.
Steady State | by Bruce G. Berton and Charles A. Ray
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Asking Soldiers to Obey the UCMJ Isn’t a Crime; But Trump Thinks it is. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst... "This is about... conditioning the public to accept extreme reprisals as normal…The danger isn’t the lawmakers...The danger is Trump telling the military the Constitution no longer applies.”
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Comedy is legal again
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Comedy is legal again
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Steven Cash gives a two minute primer on the Central Intelligence Agency. #holdfast #steadystate
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
The Steady State Two Minute CIA Primer
YouTube video by The Steady State
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Steven Cash gives a two minute primer on the Central Intelligence Agency. #holdfast #steadystate
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
youtu.be/tR20ogbyG1U
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The chairman of the Senate Armed Services is not a fan of the Trump admin’s Ukraine peace plan.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services is not a fan of the Trump admin’s Ukraine peace plan.
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"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Ukraine is fighting for the values we claim as our own: freedom, sovereignty, human dignity, democratic self-determination....If we fail to support that, we are not merely abandoning Ukraine. We are abandoning ourselves." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ihTiSP
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Many are struggling to understand what “illegal orders” the members of Congress could be referring to. But we’ve already seen examples. During his first term, Trump asked, “Can’t you just shoot them? Shoot them in the legs,” referring to protesters. #holdfast
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
Former Pentagon chief Esper says Trump asked about shooting protesters
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Esper about his forthcoming book, "A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense During Extraordinary Times."
www.npr.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Many are struggling to understand what “illegal orders” the members of Congress could be referring to. But we’ve already seen examples. During his first term, Trump asked, “Can’t you just shoot them? Shoot them in the legs,” referring to protesters. #holdfast
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
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This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This Week at Democracy Docket: Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Blocked, and the GOP Calls ICE on Signature Gatherers
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Sen. Slotkin is holding fast. While many have echoed Trump’s fear-driven attacks in an effort to silence her and her colleagues, she’s making a core point: she will not back down, and she will not let the President distort or delegitimize what they actually said. #holdfast @slotkin.senate.gov
The President is using fear as a weapon. Using fear to silence anyone who disagrees with him. It should be condemned by Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. I won't back down, and I won't let the President put words in my mouth.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sen. Slotkin is holding fast. While many have echoed Trump’s fear-driven attacks in an effort to silence her and her colleagues, she’s making a core point: she will not back down, and she will not let the President distort or delegitimize what they actually said. #holdfast @slotkin.senate.gov
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An argument that didn’t work for Calley at My Lai, that didn’t work for the Nazis at Nuremberg
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
An argument that didn’t work for Calley at My Lai, that didn’t work for the Nazis at Nuremberg
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"Trump has put the military in an impossible situation. He’s making its most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts, and he’s burdening the consciences of soldiers who serve under his command. " www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Trump has put the military in an impossible situation. He’s making its most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts, and he’s burdening the consciences of soldiers who serve under his command. " www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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As I say at the beginning of this video, I've been litigating big case for more than 30 years but I have never seen anything like this. Get a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the ride. youtu.be/HqMlZ0-Up4s?...
Republicans FREAK OUT After Huge Redistricting Loss In Texas
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As I say at the beginning of this video, I've been litigating big case for more than 30 years but I have never seen anything like this. Get a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy the ride. youtu.be/HqMlZ0-Up4s?...
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A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
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This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
Opinion | Ukraine needs Russia’s frozen $200 billion immediately, Europe
With Trump seeking Kyiv’s capitulation to Russia, now is the moment for decisive European action.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
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Utterly lawless
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Utterly lawless
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The entire West comes together to reject the Dmiriev 28-point plan to which Trump affixed his name. This would appear to mark the absolute modern low point of US diplomatic influence on he world stage.
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Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Justice Robert H. Jackson, a Supreme Court Justice and the chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg, established the modern doctrine that individuals are legally accountable for unlawful acts even if committed under orders—a principle that underpins today’s U.S. military law and the Nuremberg Principle IV
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The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
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This is a geopolitical five-alarm fire, with the only saving grace being that Trump could change his mind, as he has so often done in the past.
wapo.st/3XcRot6
wapo.st/3XcRot6
Opinion | Ukraine needs Russia’s frozen $200 billion immediately, Europe
With Trump seeking Kyiv’s capitulation to Russia, now is the moment for decisive European action.
wapo.st
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This is a geopolitical five-alarm fire, with the only saving grace being that Trump could change his mind, as he has so often done in the past.
wapo.st/3XcRot6
wapo.st/3XcRot6
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“Would Americans be so accepting if, instead of observing the detached remoteness of a missile from the clouds, we watched our servicemen board the vessels and simply execute everyone on board without asking a single question?
Read more at: miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…. #holdfastst
Read more at: miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…. #holdfastst
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“Would Americans be so accepting if, instead of observing the detached remoteness of a missile from the clouds, we watched our servicemen board the vessels and simply execute everyone on board without asking a single question?
Read more at: miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…. #holdfastst
Read more at: miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…. #holdfastst
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Does Donald Trump Understand What Wielding American Power Requires? open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
An excellent piece detailing Trump's use of the instruments of American power - and the dangers it presents.
An excellent piece detailing Trump's use of the instruments of American power - and the dangers it presents.
Does Donald Trump Understand What Wielding American Power Requires?
The Steady State | by Tom Wolfson
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Does Donald Trump Understand What Wielding American Power Requires? open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
An excellent piece detailing Trump's use of the instruments of American power - and the dangers it presents.
An excellent piece detailing Trump's use of the instruments of American power - and the dangers it presents.
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The ‘Five Eyes’ Are Blinking
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"...no liaison relationships are more important for U.S. intelligence than those with our “Five Eyes” British Commonwealth partners: the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand…."
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"...no liaison relationships are more important for U.S. intelligence than those with our “Five Eyes” British Commonwealth partners: the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand…."
The ‘Five Eyes’ Are Blinking
The Steady State | by Kevin Carroll, as published by The Dispatch
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The ‘Five Eyes’ Are Blinking
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"...no liaison relationships are more important for U.S. intelligence than those with our “Five Eyes” British Commonwealth partners: the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand…."
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"...no liaison relationships are more important for U.S. intelligence than those with our “Five Eyes” British Commonwealth partners: the U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand…."