everybody different

if the bar lets Nazis in, it's a Nazi bar.

can you recognize when ur being lied to?

"...they push for authoritarianism in their own interest." Timothy Snyder on Substack

democracy and autocracy. Anne Applebaum on Substack

democracy. Rachel Maddow on Bluesky @maddow.msnbc.com

"...as we resist fascism." US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Bluesky @aoc.bsky.social

"This is not a good group of people he pardoned." Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

dem _hello climate policy, public healthcare, housing, and transportation

we care about other people and the planet. We are for democracy, climate policy, public transportation, healthcare, and affordable housing. Everyone should have access to healthcare. If some give a little then everybody can have enough. We can't end the climate chaos by driving heavy SUVs. Are you pushing a 6,000lb SUV to the store?! Oh, and end racism, and drop the hate. Love, kindness, and community.

democracy coalition against unfreedom. Imagine a better future. We are organizing and doing the work.

1944, the United States fought fascism through major military actions, most notably the Normandy landings on June 6 (D-Day) to liberate Western Europe and the liberation of Rome on June 4, which was a key victory in the Italian campaign. The U.S. was engaged in fighting fascism on multiple fronts throughout 1944, with these two events being pivotal moments in the war against Nazi Germany and its fascist allies.

US global influence and reputation

2025: the pres of the United States caused a decline in our country's global influence and reputation. NATO allies have stopped sharing intelligence with us.

liberty, national security, truth, justice, and the American way.

billionaire tax cut contributing to the national debt

This tax cut generates a debt of $4.8 trillion. The estimated cost of extending the Trump tax cuts is at least $5 trillion. Corrupt conman Trump is giving a big tax break to the super rich. "If the democrats are clear enough, and they can explain to the working class that they are being shafted by the pres of the US for his own political gain, then the democrats can win back Congress." Robert Reich /rye-sh/

corruption to benefit his rich cronies while vulnerable people suffer for it.

stupidest, most corrupt, and cruel US pres

it's a con. "Look at the shiny object" ...watch what he does, not what he says.

the plan has always been to take $$ billions for himself, his family, and the oligarchs. Disgracing the office while making private deals around the world, and risking national security.

▼ corrupt fascist regime Tab 4

a bigot is a person who is obstinately and intolerantly devoted to their own beliefs and prejudices, especially those related to race, religion, or other group affiliations. Bigots tend to reject or dislike people who hold different views or belong to different groups.

oligarchy

while the United States is constitutionally a representative democracy, some argue that it exhibits characteristics of an oligarchy due to the concentration of wealth and political influence among a small elite. This view is supported by observations of wealthy individuals and groups heavily influencing political campaigns and policy decisions, potentially at the expense of the broader population.

"...what we have today is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires for the billionaires." US Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent

Steven Miller
Voight
Vance
Heritage foundation
and Peter Thiel, Palantir 

Sat 18 Oct 2025

No Kings Day was historic. We made Saturday the largest single-day of protest in US history and sent a powerful message to the regime, its enablers, and those who have been on the sidelines looking for some hope: The resistance to Trump is powerful. It is growing. And together, we will win.

Sat 14 Jun 2025

$5million people hit the streets, across the US, on 14 June, 2025. It was the largest protest in US history.

things should be getting better for everyone. We need the political will to change. This is inequality in America, do not mistake it for poverty. Get big money out of politics, end the billionaire donor scheme.

evil, corrupt oligarchs  
this is a fascist regime 
fomenting a resurgence of racism and xenophobia  

people have the power 
resist a fascist regime 
the insidious evil 
  of their arbitrary cuts 
  and targeted firings

"our pres should be in a white coat with very long sleeves." straight jacket president. "Can I help you with those, Mr. President?"

conman, grifter, cruel, coward   
 disgraceful criminal 
 corrupt politician 
 racist 
 fascist

$38B ...yes, $38 billion

corrupt scheme. removing agents of anti-corruption. raiding US treasury data. who is protecting the money? soc security info?

IG firing inspector generals 
  Google search: US government duties of inspector general
US Treasury, raiding data, soc security checks 
Elon Musk agency DOGE pr:dog-ee, put it back
USAID, dismantling aid for international development, pro-democracy, denied funding
CFPB consumer finance protection bureau, financial crisis, scams, Musk X payment system
CIA slashing employees, buyout offers
FBI slashing the workforce
FEC Federal Election Commission is an independent agency
AG Attorney General, Bondi, RW loyalist
DOD SecDef was Lloyd Austin, now Hegseth, RW loyalist, no experience
DNI Intelligence, Gabbard RW loyalist, no experience
OMB, Vought, Project25, the Heritage Foundation, enough said 
deportations, done with cruel intentions  
DoE Education, dismantling, 26 million poor kids depend on US 

2025: after 3 years of war, pres halted military aid to Ukraine after a spat with Zelenskyy at the White House in the Oval Office Fri 28 Feb 2025.

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Cabinet

The Cabinet whitehouse.gov

2024   competency is not a priority. His cabinet picks are utterly unqualified and loyal. This is anti-qualified.

we are for democracy, decency and humanity. We are free people. We value common good; shared prosperity and welfare of everyone. We care about each other.

be aware of all the disinformation which is deliberately intended to mislead and affect public opinion.

elon _the Reich Wing

nobody elected Elon Musk.

the Reich Wing has their own purity test. RW extremists are always complaining that the Democrats are talking $#i+, but it is the RW who are constantly repeating dangerous lies. "Immigrants are the problem. They're criminals and rapists." 34 felons, 2 impeachments, 1 insurrection, convicted sexual abuser, fake university scam, and foreign donors.

2024 election turnout 
US pop. 334M   
voting eligible population VEP:  244,666,890 
voted: 155,803,701   

eligible who did not vote: 88,863,189 

  pres  49.8% 77M 
Harris  48.3% 74M

top issues for voters in 2024 election were inflation and the cost of living.

Timothy Snyder

books timothysnyder.org

• On Tyranny

"Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you." Timothy Snyder, 11 Investigate, On Tyranny.

Anne Applebaum

books anneapplebaum.com

• Autocracy, Inc.: the dictators who want to run the world

a fascist regime.   podcast puck.news

far right

the term far right is often used to describe ideologies and movements that are situated to the right of mainstream politics. It encompasses a range of views, including ultranationalism, authoritarianism, and nativism. examples of far right groups include fascists and neo-Nazis.

far right groups are made of people with extreme nationalist or racist views.

we have a dysfunctional democracy.

Chris Hedges, American journalist, author, American Fascists 2007. The Chris Hedges report: chrishedges.substack.com

the Democratic party has failed in not dealing with the responsibility of the dispossession of the American working class, 30 million Americans have lost jobs in mass layoffs since NAFTA. And the deregulation of tax codes, the FCC, destruction of welfare, and the capture of the party by corporate power, creating a kind of corporate duopoly. In American politics, duopoly often refers to the dominance of the two major political parties, the Democrats and Republicans.

if a candidate like Bernie Sanders came out and offered new deal reforms he would have won. And the Palestine issue tanked Harris because the Biden-Harris policy was to continue sending weapons to Israel to sustain that genocide.

Daniel Ziblatt, American political scientist, How Democracies Die 2018.

John Locke refuted the theory of the right of kings to rule

John Locke rejected the concept of the divine right of kings; he argued that political power derives from the consent of the people, meaning that rulers can be removed if they fail to protect the natural rights of people, like life, liberty, and property.

we value common good

willing to give up privilege for the common good.

democracy is a system where people can change their rulers by voting. Democracy is equality, social equality and civil rights. voting rights, women's rights, immigration and healthcare. making a path out of poverty.

if you understand democracy and how narrow nationalistic interests threaten democracy, then you must consider the common good and put common needs ahead of private interests.

  
infrastructure 
transportation 
corporate taxes 
clean water 
green energy  
combat climate crisis      
revive global cooperation 

combat climate crisis and reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to prevent the planet from warming to more extreme temperatures, manage forests, end border wall construction, end oil pipelines and drilling on federal lands and fragile environments like the Arctic.

common prosperity

entitled inconsideration vs common prosperity.

• public transportation
• affordable housing
• universal healthcare

consider what happened to the middle class, while the wealthy prospered. We have the money for public transportation, affordable housing, and universal healthcare.

Republicans: the Bush and Trump tax cuts have added $10 trillion to the debt. Republicans slashed taxes disproportionately for the wealthy and profitable corporations, severely reducing federal revenues. Tax cuts and jobs act of 2017, Trump, Nov 2, 2017. The middle class needs a tax cut Brookings

Democrats: President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is driving historic climate action and investing in America to create good paying jobs and reduce costs.

Trump's tax breaks for his super-rich donors

cult of Trump, 2017 Tax Reform Act, enriched the super-rich and corporate sector at the expense of everyone else. Joseph Stiglitz termed the bill the U.S. Donor Relief Act of 2017 which "embodies all that is wrong with the Republican party, and to some extent, the debased state of American democracy."

Speak up

democracy really started when everyone was allowed to vote, in 1965. US voting rights

in the news eurasiagroup

the Lincoln Project is dedicated to the preservation, protection and defense of democracy.   lincolnproject.us   podcast YouTube

the rise of Christian nationalism and the unholy deal for money and power, against democracy. An organized group with a sophisticated agenda to take down democracy and install an autocracy of Christian elite.   Bad Faith badfaithdocumentary.com

pres lies to voters

pres lies to and betrays the voters. Fact: Biden won in 2020 election. Fact: pres sabotaged the peaceful transition of power after the 2020 election, and incited an attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.   Jan. 6

"... oathbreaking insurrectionist," quote from SCOTUS. He lies to and betrays the voters.

"He should not be allowed on any ballot because Section 3 of the 14th Amendment prohibits anyone who has held public office and taken an oath to protect the Constitution from holding office again if they have engaged in insurrection against the United States. He cannot again be trusted with public office. He led an insurrection. " Robert Reich Dec 2023

the Constitution

what he did was treachery against the Constitution. An insurrection is a riot with a political purpose. It is not a simple riot, and it is not a revolution. pres led a violent insurrection on Jan 6 to block the peaceful transition of power, and overthrow the constitutional order.

democracy rather than autocracy

autocracy, an autocrat is a ruler who has absolute power. Putin, President Russia and Orban, PM Hungary.

democracy involves a low level of control, "everyone has a vote." In a democracy there is a common role in the decision-making process. Whereas autocracy means a high level of control, "you are told how it is." An autocrat is a ruler with absolute power over a state.

the climate is being destroyed by a small group of oil salesmen. We need to do what the scientists say we need to do and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels. We need to end corporate influence on policy. And we need to pass universal healthcare.

Isaac Asimov 1980

"There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" Isaac Asimov, 1980

Whitehouse

Biden administration passed an infrastructure bill. American Jobs Plan

collective goals and not so individualistic. "let's create a better world," and less "me, me, me, me, me."

"We must be helpful to people, not dehumanizing. Real, not full of lies." Anand Giridharadas The Persuaders $30.

Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, leading public intellectual: "That's normal in a political system mired in corruption. It's often been observed that the U.S. has a one-party political system - the business party - with two factions, Democrats and Republicans."

"... where the impact of corporate lobbyists, always significant, has exploded since the 1970s as the corporate-run neoliberal assault against the general population gained force."

Noam Chomsky chomsky.info

Robert F. Kennedy, 1968

Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 on the night Martin Luther King was killed: "Let us dedicate ourselves to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world."

"We must rid ourselves of all division, hatred, violence and lawlessness if we are to survive as a nation. It is our capacity to love and have compassion for one another that will build the nation."

1968
"... it is now unmistakably clear that we can change these disastrous, divisive policies only by changing the men who are now making them." Robert Kennedy, 1968

social benefits

$3.5 trillion infrastructure: "I already negotiated. The truth is we need more." U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent democratic socialist, Wed 25 Aug 2021

democratic socialism is a program of social benefits funded by taxes, a democracy based on the principle of one person one vote.

Socialism is an economic and political system based on public ownership of the means of production. The government is involved in the rules, collection, and distribution of funds. Everyone gives a little and everyone takes a little.

Social Security is a form of social welfare that ensures that the elderly, disabled workers, and their dependents have some minimum level of income.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to block the $735m arms sale to Israel, as he added, "Netanyahu has cultivated an increasingly intolerant and authoritarian type of racist nationalism." The resolution is not likely to pass, said everyone. Thu 20 May 2021

language war

it's a language war: the racist rhetoric is fueling the violence.

it's a language war, and mainstream Republicans are constructing a new moral panic using the qanon messaging: that top Democrats were involved in elite child sex-trafficking rings.

alt-right ideologies, white supremacy, racism, spread only because they convince there is a bad guy. it is not us it is them. us vs them, there must be a monster. "They are taking our jobs, they are grooming our kids!"

alt-right Republicans are using the tactic of attaching a negative label (communist) to those who hold different beliefs and relentlessly repeating that label regardless of its accuracy.

populist

a populist is a person who strives to appeal to people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups. Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against "the elite."

populism is associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment.

a populist autocrat

Bolsonaro is a populist autocrat. far-right former president of Brazil.

"It kept getting more insidious," they said.

pres deployed tear gas on US demonstators

tear gas is a pain nerve gas deployed by federal agents to disperse rioting protestors or crowds of peaceful demonstrators. Tear gas is the generic term for a class of compounds that cause a burning sensation. LE use a chemical called CS, 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile. CS activates a specific pain receptor, and it is 100,000 times stronger than the sting from wasabi. When inhaled, the pain induces people to cough.

history

John Lewis knew that we have to be vigilant against the darker currents of this country's history. Of our own history. Where there are whirlpools of violence and hatred and despair that can always rise again. Bull Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes, police officers kneeling on the necks of Black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators.

Supreme Court @repAOC: the biggest scandal in american democracy which is the extraordinary corruption and wholesale purchase of the supreme court. referring to the fishing trip flown on private jet, Justice Samuel Alito and billionaire Paul Singer. disclosure would be required, and he did not disclose. when Singer had business before the court, Alito did not recuse himself from the case, the court ruled in Singer's favor, and Singer's hedge fund was paid $2.4 billion.

Russian disinformation

Russian disinformation. Putin is playing him.

Richard Stengel, get his book: Information Wars. He says this a redux of 2016 by Russia's govt to create a proRussia stance. Russian scheme: this is a $10million scheme of Russian disinformation.

In order to win their land war against Ukraine, Russia needs Trump in power to vote against aid to Ukraine.

political

Senator Bernie Sanders. People are hurting. In America, corporate greed and corruption is destroying the social and economic fabric of our society. This is wealth inequality. Focus on expanding Medicare, including home healthcare.

Michelle Goldberg and Heather McGhee, Color of Change. racism. demagoguery: political activity or practices that seek support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument. a change in country.

tariffs

a tariff is a tax that makes imported goods more expensive; not just for consumers, but also for all those manufacturers that rely on global supply chains for production in the United States.

the net effect of this will be to further isolate the United States on the world stage and make it harder for U.S. manufacturers to sell their goods abroad, placing even more pressure on the wages and benefits of factory workers across the country.

regime _corrupt fascist regime

fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalistic political ideology characterized by a strong sense of national unity, a dictatorial leader, and the suppression of dissent.

dictators repeat the same lie that the regime is saving you and foreigners are the real problem.

we are living through a time of autocratic breakthrough. The courts found that pres exceeded his authority when he illegally ordered the military to deploy to the streets. This was an attempt to intimidate the peaceful pro-democracy movement in the US. It is a gross misalignment of tactics and need. Using the military for political purposes. "He is a stone cold liar." Gov Gavin Newsom.

the people were there to protest the immigration raids of ICE. The Chinga la migra protests in Los Angeles. We have the power, see you in the streets.

the US economy with high tariffs, demoralize and weaken the US military with an illegal order to deployment to US cities. Masked ICE agents are kidnapping immigrants, deporting to prisons in foreign countries.

pres removes climate protections: 84 environmental rules rolled back under pres New York Times

pres removes mental health protections: overturning President Obama's 2016 mental health regulation on gun purchases.

pres blocks funding for federal mental health and addiction programs.

economic chaos

business spending is lower because of the uncertainty over trade. note slower growth in China and Germany.

recession warnings. Last week, the U.S. bond yield curve inverted, a sign that many investors say presages a recession. 2-10 year part of the Treasury yield curve. In a normal yield curve, the short-term bills yield less than the long-term bonds. Lower long-term bond yields signals that economic conditions are going to get worse.

2017 tax cut for the 1% was not a long-term stimulus. Companies did stock buybacks to increase the relative ownership stake of each investor. Business investment is already slowing. Growth slowed to 2.1% with further softening.

white terrorism

pres removes protection against extremism: ends programs designed to counter violent extremism. US agencies should be protecting citizens from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

racism: 2016 pres spews divisive immigration rhetoric. pres is a racist who stokes racism in this country. There needs to be responsible action by all politicians.

climate

denying the facts: pres's opposition to the science of climate change is a crime against humanity.

oil

oil drilling: pres is trying to open up Alaska and revoke Obama-era protections to federal waters. So far federal judges declare that oil and gas drilling is illegal in Alaska.

oil vs. nature: 2019 pres weakens the Endangered Species Act to make commercial use of federal land easier for the gas, mining and oil industry.

technology

pres has proposed eliminating subsidies for EV purchases and sought to cancel planned improvements to mileage standards. China is leading in advanced technologies and execution.