Citizens stood shoulder to shoulder against intimidation. The No Kings Day protests reveal the courage, solidarity, and moral clarity required to resist creeping authoritarianism.
#NoKingsDay #CivicCourage #Authoritarianism #DemocracyUnderThreat #Protest #Resistance #CommunitySolidarity #Freedom
#NoKingsDay #CivicCourage #Authoritarianism #DemocracyUnderThreat #Protest #Resistance #CommunitySolidarity #Freedom
The No Kings Day Protests
Defiance, Civic Courage, and the Moral Ecology of Resistance in the Age of Authoritarian Drift
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October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Constitution gave Congress power.
Fear took it away.
Citizens must take it back.
#WeThePeople #CourageDeficit #DemocracyUnderThreat
Fear took it away.
Citizens must take it back.
#WeThePeople #CourageDeficit #DemocracyUnderThreat
October 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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FUN FACT: Check-In to Count: The GOP Takeover You’re Not Hearing About
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#Election2026 #VotingRights #Dominion #KnowInk #ElectionIntegrity #DemocracyUnderThreat #VoteByMail
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FUN FACT: Check-In to Count: The GOP Takeover You’re Not Hearing About
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October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive overnight. It creeps in through silence, loyalty tests, and rituals that make the unthinkable seem normal. Trump’s tolerance of Nazi sympathizers shows how drift becomes culture.
#AuthoritarianDrift #DemocracyUnderThreat #AnthropologyOfPower #FascismWithoutDoctrine
#AuthoritarianDrift #DemocracyUnderThreat #AnthropologyOfPower #FascismWithoutDoctrine
Authoritarian Drift and the Normalization of Extremism
How silence, loyalty, and spectacle move the boundaries of the possible until extremism becomes ordinary
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October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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As federal force deployments escalate in U.S. cities, we revisit our 2020 episode on Trump-era authoritarianism. How does this discussion from Trump’s first presidency reveal about threats to democracy now? #ucla #protests #protectdemocracy #trump #democracyunderthreat #portland #chicago
October 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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BREAKING: Major U.S. news outlets unanimously reject Pentagon’s new gag order — only OAN complies. A bold stand for press freedom in the face of censorship.
#FreePress #FirstAmendment #JournalismMatters #PressFreedom #NoGagOrders #DemocracyUnderThreat #SpeakTruth #MediaRights
#FreePress #FirstAmendment #JournalismMatters #PressFreedom #NoGagOrders #DemocracyUnderThreat #SpeakTruth #MediaRights
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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BUT, the Modi govt has weakened RTI. 📉 Section 8 amendments make it easier to deny info, calling routine details "personal". 🚫 Citizens lost access to crucial docs on decisions, spending, conflicts of interest! 📑 #DemocracyUnderThreat
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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What does it signify when the Secretary of Defense gathers 800 military leaders in a single, rare meeting and signals a major shift in military oversight? #DemocracyUnderThreat #MilitaryAndPolitics #GuardrailsOfDemocracy #CivilianControl #USPolitics #InstitutionalIntegrity #ChecksAndBalances
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The unchecked greed in the United States offers a warning — not just about inequality, but about erosion.
My thoughts:
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#WealthInequality #SystemicGreed #DemocracyUnderThreat #WorkingClassVoices
My thoughts:
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#WealthInequality #SystemicGreed #DemocracyUnderThreat #WorkingClassVoices
The Real Danger and Result of Unchecked Greed
When Is Enough Enough? The Ultra-Rich and the Ethics of Endless Accumulation
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October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Within days of Trump demanding James Comey’s prosecution, the DOJ delivered.
Coincidence? Hardly.
This is what happens when the guardrails are gone.
#JusticeNotVengeance #DemocracyUnderThreat
Coincidence? Hardly.
This is what happens when the guardrails are gone.
#JusticeNotVengeance #DemocracyUnderThreat
Trump’s not just talking about retribution anymore — he’s doing it.
Calling for governors’ arrests. Indicting critics. Bending the DOJ to personal grudges.
Democracy depends on independent justice.
#RuleOfLaw #ProtectDemocracy
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Calling for governors’ arrests. Indicting critics. Bending the DOJ to personal grudges.
Democracy depends on independent justice.
#RuleOfLaw #ProtectDemocracy
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Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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GOP Speaker Mike Johnson promised to swear in Rep-elect @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social Grijalva “as soon as she wants.” Now he’s holding her seat hostage until Dems reopen the government — disenfranchising 813,000 people from Tucson to Yuma.
The GOP has gone full lawless. #DemocracyUnderThreat
The GOP has gone full lawless. #DemocracyUnderThreat
October 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Is the United States drifting toward a dangerous culture of militarization and authoritarianism? Recent statements from Defense officials hint at a troubling shift—one that echoes some of history’s darkest moments. #Militarization #Authoritarianism #USPolitics #DemocracyUnderThreat #WarriorCulture
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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⚠️#Trump isn’t giving up on his dictator dreams.
Blocked by the courts from using the National Guard in U.S. cities, he now says he’ll invoke the Insurrection Act if governors, mayors, judges, or consitution get in his way. A blatant power grab.💣 #DemocracyUnderThreat
Blocked by the courts from using the National Guard in U.S. cities, he now says he’ll invoke the Insurrection Act if governors, mayors, judges, or consitution get in his way. A blatant power grab.💣 #DemocracyUnderThreat
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Welcome to Martial Law in America.
Troops on the streets. Federal control spreading under the guise of “security.” You thought it couldn’t happen here — but it’s already started.
Your town next?
#MartialLaw #Authoritarianism #WakeUpAmerica #CivilRights #Freedom #DemocracyUnderThreat
Troops on the streets. Federal control spreading under the guise of “security.” You thought it couldn’t happen here — but it’s already started.
Your town next?
#MartialLaw #Authoritarianism #WakeUpAmerica #CivilRights #Freedom #DemocracyUnderThreat
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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NSPM‑7 casts dissent as terrorism. Hostility to MAGA = ANTIFA, then ANTIFA = terror. Add vague terms like civil disorder & doxing, and protest becomes crime
#WeAreTheEnemyWithin #IamTheEnemyWithin #DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties
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#WeAreTheEnemyWithin #IamTheEnemyWithin #DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties
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The Enemy Within: How Trump Is Rewriting the Rules of Power
“The best form of government would be an authoritarian strongman who had your best interests in heart — which turns out to be Trump. Is he…
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October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Trump now wants to send Texas National Guard troops into Illinois — and tried the same with California to Oregon. This isn’t border security, it’s creeping authoritarianism. Our states aren’t battlefields. We must reject this militarization of America. 🇺🇸 #DemocracyUnderThreat
Trump to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago, Pritzker says
President Donald Trump plans to deploy 400 members of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, Oregon and other states, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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The Constitution envisions legitimate state power as power restrained by law, rights, and accountability.
Miller’s version redefines it as power to suppress opposition. That’s not constitutionalism, its authoritarianism cloaked in legal language.
#DemocracyUnderThreat
Miller’s version redefines it as power to suppress opposition. That’s not constitutionalism, its authoritarianism cloaked in legal language.
#DemocracyUnderThreat
October 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Most legal analysts see Comey’s indictment for what it is- Trump’s personal vendetta dressed up as justice. Trying to stage a “perp walk” only exposes how far he’ll go to settle scores. #FBI #DOJ #Politics #jamescomey #perpwalk #DemocracyUnderThreat www.alternet.org/comey-trump-...
FBI agent fired for refusing Trump’s request to 'perp-walk' Comey: reports
Many of the legal analysts on MSNBC — including former FBI General Counsel Andrew Weissmann and ex-federal prosecutors Joyce White Vance and Barbara McQuade — are characterizing the federal indictment...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Exactly. Hoover’s unchecked power blurred the line between law enforcement and politics. That’s why modern FBI directors are supposed to serve justice, not presidents. #FBI #History #Accountability #DemocracyUnderThreat #jamescomey theconversation.com/j-edgar-hoov...
J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents
Hoover abused his power as FBI director to serve presidents’ interests. The reforms that followed were set up to prevent it from happening again.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Moral reframing once built bridges. Trump burned them down. His politics thrives on amplification, not persuasion, but it cracks when mocked. That’s why Obama’s unity, Sanders’ justice, Newsom’s satire, and even Kimmel’s jokes form an updated arsenal.
#DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #Resist
#DemocracyUnderThreat #Authoritarianism #Resist
Why Moral Reframing Is No Longer Enough — Simply Put Psych
Explore why moral reframing, once a powerful tool for bridging partisan divides, fails against Donald Trump’s authoritarian moral amplification. This in-depth analysis examines Obama and Sanders’ refr...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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When the plan is to use our own cities as a “training ground” for the military, that’s not safety — that’s fascism in plain sight. ⚠️
#Fascism101 #DarkTimes #ProtectDemocracy #RiseUp #TruthMatters #DemocracyUnderThreat #StayAwake #NoToFascism
#Fascism101 #DarkTimes #ProtectDemocracy #RiseUp #TruthMatters #DemocracyUnderThreat #StayAwake #NoToFascism
October 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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