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Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government (www.doomsdayscenario.co)
 

Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now.

I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country, where we’re used to foreign correspondents writing with more incisive authority. Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at just such a dispatch. Here’s a story that should be written this weekend:>

I work at NIH. The fear among staff is palpable. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Yea. I bet. =(

Mass deportation is likely bad for housing prices. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

You think? lol

Ron DeSantis tried to crusade against undocumented students. Florida is fighting back. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Kind of fighting back. Two democratic congressmen spoke out. The rest of them are fighting for who can be the biggest nazi.

USAid website offline as Trump moves to put agency under state department in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Counting their doge coin

With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May ‘Work for Working Class’ in Second Term. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When NPR dedicated all of 2016 to breaking Bernie down I knew it was compromised.

Trump tariffs will cost U.S. households $830 a year, study says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

Methinks you give them too much credit to their ability to rationalize and think. THeir frontal lobes are smaller than their amygdala.

Bill proposed to outlaw downloading Chinese AI models. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 hours ago

Oh ffs. Fuck right off congress.

How to organize under authoritarian creep in a closing civil society in c/[email protected]
Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

Initiating thought process... .... ok I see a headline that the DNC did something and I already want to set everything on fire but I am going to do my VERY BEST to reserve the kneejerk reaction and read folx comments and the story and who this dude is.... Initial thoughts from the news story: Minnesota, huh? Is this the DNC’s new strategy? When in trouble run for Minnesota politicians? The new improved “Southern Strategy,” if you will? Also, who the hell was the chair before? A Jaime Harrison from South Carolina. Huh, I know nothing about him but I guess the news says his tenure was filled with him arguing with the White House. Wtf does the DNC even do? Break their “code of neutrality” and back shitty primary candidates no one wants. Oh, and they fund raise, ignore constituent’s needs to build campaigns that suck, and do the whole outdated convention bs. Anyway, back to this Martin dude. If the White House was unwilling to listen to Harrison then why would anyone believe a game of musical chairs would fix any of this. The issue is corruption. The democrats are rotten from the inside. The party needs a full restructuring from ground up and at this point, we are very possibly to damned late.

Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America” in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

... ugh

How to organize under authoritarian creep in a closing civil society in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Hmm. Well one zio is now blocked. =)

As for the article, I think the Nicaraguan revolution is another important one to add to the list. The urban areas quietly communicated and organized with the rural areas and that's how they managed to topple their dictatorship. But... it was violent. I'm no PhD'd history buff but I do know there isn't a single non-violent revolution that free'd a people.

Looking for a book I've only heard of, not read in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Whoa. You are amazing. Adding that to my read list.

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Trump tariffs will cost U.S. households $830 a year, study says (www.axios.com)
 

Something something cost of eggs.

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Pediatric patient among 6 on plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia: 'It was just horrific' (6abc.com)
 

Yo, what? Another east coast crash.

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Victoria González-Rivera, Before the Revolution: Women's Rights and Right-Wing Politics in Nicaragua, 1821–1979 (www.cambridge.org)
 

Hey friends. Reading this now. It talks about how the multiple Nicaraguan rules of power, including the Somoza dictatorship used the female identity to bend the will of the people to their ways. Super dense academic read but a worthy read, none the less.

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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. (www.propublica.org)
 

A) "Reporting Highlights

A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump. A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement."

B) There's also an audio version of the article for those who need vision asst or time asst.

C) The reason I shared this was William's record dump was just shared on ddosecrets this month - https://ddosecrets.com/article/paramilitary-leaks

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