"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

A bit long but TOTALLY worth watching right to the end. It's a very easy to understand explainer on the history of concentration camps (including the new one in Florida). And there's some GREAT advice on the most effective ways to resist what's happening right now...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhvb...

Authoritarians don't willingly cede power.

The oligarchs didn't spend billions simply for a brief taste of feudalism.

If you're dreaming of comebacks via midterms and elections, you're kidding yourself.

It will take an uprising.

By trying to prevent it, the democrats are doing their bidding.

If you think the goal/inflection point is the midterms…start listening to the people—journalists, historians, nat sec experts—who say we do not have that time.

I used to have a running thread on twitter listing cover versions of songs that are better than the originals, gonna relitigate the issue here and number one on the list is either the Me First and the Gimme Gimmes or the Toots and the Maytals versions of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

The cowardice of the GOP has been astounding 👇

#TraitorTrump

Senate Democrats are considering voting NO or delaying every Trump nominee as retaliation for his overreach on ending USAID.

Smash the RT if you SUPPORT this plan. ZERO votes from Democrats!!

remember, the blitzkrieg is intended to make you feel like there is nothing you can do about it; that’s the only reason to go forward in this haphazard and sloppy manner all in the first week

and the choice of that strategy tells you they are afraid you *will* do something about it

“For my next attention seeking trick, I will have you concentrate on Greenland, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Panama Canal—instead of my absurdly unqualified cabinet picks or that I have no real plans to fix the border or bring down food prices. Look, America, a rabbit!”

Ringing in the New Year hits differently this year.

Mood.

Just sitting here thinking about all those paycheck to paycheck folks who elected a billionaire who put other billionaires in charge of taking shit away from paycheck to paycheck folks, so they can make more billions.