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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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Something to consider.
My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
Do we really need more stuff?
A proposal for a recycled economy
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Something to consider.
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Retribution as a system of power: Reuters identified 247 people and entities singled out by name for punishment, and another 224 swept up in crackdowns on groups of perceived opponents, not named publicly but part of a broad retribution campaign. Explore the data: reut.rs/49B2UWt
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Retribution as a system of power: Reuters identified 247 people and entities singled out by name for punishment, and another 224 swept up in crackdowns on groups of perceived opponents, not named publicly but part of a broad retribution campaign. Explore the data: reut.rs/49B2UWt
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If you work in the healthcare industry, please remember who you're there to serve – your patients. Watch, learn, and repost.
🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you work in the healthcare industry, please remember who you're there to serve – your patients. Watch, learn, and repost.
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Nike Founder Phil Knight gave $3 million to Republicans in Oregon. Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda wore a trump-vance T-Shirt & MAGA hat at a NASCAR event in Japan. Both men are powerful & have everything they could ever need but still chose to support oppression. Shop accordingly. #BoycottMAGA
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nike Founder Phil Knight gave $3 million to Republicans in Oregon. Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda wore a trump-vance T-Shirt & MAGA hat at a NASCAR event in Japan. Both men are powerful & have everything they could ever need but still chose to support oppression. Shop accordingly. #BoycottMAGA
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Trump Administration Drops Plan to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits for Older Workers — ProPublica share.google/9lHa2zeLmd0Y...
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
share.google
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trump Administration Drops Plan to Cut Social Security Disability Benefits for Older Workers — ProPublica share.google/9lHa2zeLmd0Y...
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In case you missed it, this happened yesterday.
In a country where the cost of living rises but wages don't, where illness can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” trib.al/AIdcinL
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to lead the charge.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In case you missed it, this happened yesterday.
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Hey, farmers/producers! You need to be seen, not just from the road! This winter, look at your digital footprint. Bet you don’t have much of one. Don’t have a website? Let’s get that goin for ‘26. Even just a simple landing page telling your community about your cute farm stand out front. Resources👇
a cartoon cow is pointing at a computer monitor
Alt: A cartoon cow points and smiles at a 1990s brick of a computer. The cow looks like the cow from the television show Cow and Chicken.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Hey, farmers/producers! You need to be seen, not just from the road! This winter, look at your digital footprint. Bet you don’t have much of one. Don’t have a website? Let’s get that goin for ‘26. Even just a simple landing page telling your community about your cute farm stand out front. Resources👇
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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If it made the news at all, that's a win...
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If it made the news at all, that's a win...
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Trump is gonna mess around and organize this entire country for the resistance.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
When Border Patrol showed up across Charlotte, parents and neighbors rushed to Berryhill to meet kids at the bus stop. They stood watch, linked arms, and made one thing clear: if the city gets targeted, its children will not face it alone.
This is what community looks like.💙
This is what community looks like.💙
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump is gonna mess around and organize this entire country for the resistance.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
Unintended consequences can be brutal.
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Examples include:
🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally
🔸️Torturing prisoners of war
🔸️Looting or pillaging property
🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights
🔸️Violations of International Laws
🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally
🔸️Torturing prisoners of war
🔸️Looting or pillaging property
🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights
🔸️Violations of International Laws
No better way to signal intent to give illegal orders than to blow up at the lawful suggestion to not follow illegal orders.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.
Do not follow illegal orders.
GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Examples include:
🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally
🔸️Torturing prisoners of war
🔸️Looting or pillaging property
🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights
🔸️Violations of International Laws
🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally
🔸️Torturing prisoners of war
🔸️Looting or pillaging property
🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights
🔸️Violations of International Laws
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🚨 Homework for Democracy 🚨
Leave your comments before Nov 24!
Tell these dickweeds that we want vaccine recommendations that adhere to public health guidelines!!
Hep B vax birth dose is important.
Leave your comments before Nov 24!
Tell these dickweeds that we want vaccine recommendations that adhere to public health guidelines!!
Hep B vax birth dose is important.
🚨 Call to action!
The universal Hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine recommendation is under threat at the upcoming ACIP meeting (Dec 4–5, 2025).
🗣️ Public comment prior to the meeting is OPEN until Nov 24
💬 How to submit written or oral comments:https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html
The universal Hepatitis B birth-dose vaccine recommendation is under threat at the upcoming ACIP meeting (Dec 4–5, 2025).
🗣️ Public comment prior to the meeting is OPEN until Nov 24
💬 How to submit written or oral comments:https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🚨 Homework for Democracy 🚨
Leave your comments before Nov 24!
Tell these dickweeds that we want vaccine recommendations that adhere to public health guidelines!!
Hep B vax birth dose is important.
Leave your comments before Nov 24!
Tell these dickweeds that we want vaccine recommendations that adhere to public health guidelines!!
Hep B vax birth dose is important.
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Good morning ppl! As rapist trump has failed at every other way to fuck the Goverment for cash. He’s still trying to privatize it for the grift, by illegally trying this while you all look to the Epstine files to save us. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’
OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of thousands of career federal workers in jobs over potential “resistance to po...
www.govexec.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Good morning ppl! As rapist trump has failed at every other way to fuck the Goverment for cash. He’s still trying to privatize it for the grift, by illegally trying this while you all look to the Epstine files to save us. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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Let's go!!!!!!!
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
n.pr
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Let's go!!!!!!!
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If you have been put on leave or are being fired because of comments you made in your personal capacity about and during the shutdown, please, reach out to me — Signal is crg.32 and I'm fairly easy to find on any platform.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If you have been put on leave or are being fired because of comments you made in your personal capacity about and during the shutdown, please, reach out to me — Signal is crg.32 and I'm fairly easy to find on any platform.
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This is happening nationwide and will accelerate.
Florida affirms Heritage Foundation education priorities, first state to do so • Florida Phoenix
CRAWFORDVILLE — Florida became the first state to adopt The Phoenix Declaration, a product of The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank that formulated the Project 2025 plan for Donald Trum...
floridaphoenix.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is happening nationwide and will accelerate.
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ICYMI, UNITED STATES: “This New Map Makes Finding Food Pantries Near You Easier Than Ever” www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a692670... - Good Housekeeping
#FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP
#FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP
This New Map Makes Finding Food Pantries Near You Easier Than Ever
With SNAP benefits in limbo, this free app feature helps you get food today.
www.goodhousekeeping.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
ICYMI, UNITED STATES: “This New Map Makes Finding Food Pantries Near You Easier Than Ever” www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a692670... - Good Housekeeping
#FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP
#FoodAid #FoodSecurity #Hunger #SNAP
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Dead on.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dead on.
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Wanton murder is a deal-breaker for some democracies.
Who knew?
Who knew?
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wanton murder is a deal-breaker for some democracies.
Who knew?
Who knew?
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We HAVE a protest
in Washington DC.
Every day.
Our demand: the fascist Trump regime must be removed from power.
Join us!
RefuseFascism.org
Help us surround
the White House
Sat Nov 15 at 1 PM
TrumpMustGo.org for daily events schedule
in Washington DC.
Every day.
Our demand: the fascist Trump regime must be removed from power.
Join us!
RefuseFascism.org
Help us surround
the White House
Sat Nov 15 at 1 PM
TrumpMustGo.org for daily events schedule
Home - Refuse Fascism
WE THE PEOPLEMUST ACT TOGETHERUNITEDFOR ONE DEMAND TRUMP MUSTGO NOW! See Partners List Action Calendar Come to DC Become a Partner Organization Donate Come to DC Donate Become a Partner Organization T...
RefuseFascism.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We HAVE a protest
in Washington DC.
Every day.
Our demand: the fascist Trump regime must be removed from power.
Join us!
RefuseFascism.org
Help us surround
the White House
Sat Nov 15 at 1 PM
TrumpMustGo.org for daily events schedule
in Washington DC.
Every day.
Our demand: the fascist Trump regime must be removed from power.
Join us!
RefuseFascism.org
Help us surround
the White House
Sat Nov 15 at 1 PM
TrumpMustGo.org for daily events schedule
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Morning SkyBees ❤️ Right now nothing has changed. There is still another vote in the Senate. Then to the house, then to trump.
Call the reps. Burn up the phone lines.
Call the reps. Burn up the phone lines.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Morning SkyBees ❤️ Right now nothing has changed. There is still another vote in the Senate. Then to the house, then to trump.
Call the reps. Burn up the phone lines.
Call the reps. Burn up the phone lines.
It goes without saying, but what an absolute ass.
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It goes without saying, but what an absolute ass.