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Removing a leader is not the same as restoring legitimacy.
Removal Is Not Resolution.
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Removal Is Not Resolution.
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The Winesap Dispatch - The Neverland Of Politics
A civic condition where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is treated as optional.
maximofarrior.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Removing a leader is not the same as restoring legitimacy.
Removal Is Not Resolution.
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Removal Is Not Resolution.
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When Immunity Moves from Law into Practice
• Operational Immunity
• Force as Messaging
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• Operational Immunity
• Force as Messaging
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January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
When Immunity Moves from Law into Practice
• Operational Immunity
• Force as Messaging
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• Operational Immunity
• Force as Messaging
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Neverland isn’t a leader.
It’s a political condition.
One where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is optional.
Democracy survives only when adulthood is enforced.
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It’s a political condition.
One where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is optional.
Democracy survives only when adulthood is enforced.
maximofarrior.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
The Winesap Dispatch - The Neverland Of Politics
A civic condition where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is treated as optional.
maximofarrior.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Neverland isn’t a leader.
It’s a political condition.
One where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is optional.
Democracy survives only when adulthood is enforced.
maximofarrior.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
It’s a political condition.
One where power refuses limits, replacement becomes betrayal, and responsibility is optional.
Democracy survives only when adulthood is enforced.
maximofarrior.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
The Winesap Dispatch - Replacement Is Not Revenge
When leaders stop being temporary, democracies weaken.
Replacement isn’t radical.
It’s how correction happens without collapse.
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When leaders stop being temporary, democracies weaken.
Replacement isn’t radical.
It’s how correction happens without collapse.
substack.com/@maximofarri...
The Winesap Dispatch - Replacement Is Not Revenge
Why Democracy Survives Only When Power Can Be Peacefully Taken Away
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January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Winesap Dispatch - Replacement Is Not Revenge
When leaders stop being temporary, democracies weaken.
Replacement isn’t radical.
It’s how correction happens without collapse.
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When leaders stop being temporary, democracies weaken.
Replacement isn’t radical.
It’s how correction happens without collapse.
substack.com/@maximofarri...
When Accountability Disappears
When authority acts without ownership, when outcomes no longer produce consequences, and when democracy continues in form but erodes in effect.
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Historical Reference: Madeleine Albright, CBS (2018):
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When authority acts without ownership, when outcomes no longer produce consequences, and when democracy continues in form but erodes in effect.
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Historical Reference: Madeleine Albright, CBS (2018):
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January 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
When Accountability Disappears
When authority acts without ownership, when outcomes no longer produce consequences, and when democracy continues in form but erodes in effect.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Historical Reference: Madeleine Albright, CBS (2018):
youtu.be/6UHRXN8bPPw?...
When authority acts without ownership, when outcomes no longer produce consequences, and when democracy continues in form but erodes in effect.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Historical Reference: Madeleine Albright, CBS (2018):
youtu.be/6UHRXN8bPPw?...
A serious question deserves to be asked:
If an armed federal agent was involved in a violent on-duty incident earlier this year, what evaluation process determines whether they should return or remain on street duty?
This isn’t about blame, it’s about fitness, safety, and accountability.
If an armed federal agent was involved in a violent on-duty incident earlier this year, what evaluation process determines whether they should return or remain on street duty?
This isn’t about blame, it’s about fitness, safety, and accountability.
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A serious question deserves to be asked:
If an armed federal agent was involved in a violent on-duty incident earlier this year, what evaluation process determines whether they should return or remain on street duty?
This isn’t about blame, it’s about fitness, safety, and accountability.
If an armed federal agent was involved in a violent on-duty incident earlier this year, what evaluation process determines whether they should return or remain on street duty?
This isn’t about blame, it’s about fitness, safety, and accountability.
Accountability isn’t hostility. It’s maintenance. It's the job discription.
Replacement is how democracies correct course.
You’re Fired.
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Replacement is how democracies correct course.
You’re Fired.
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The Winesap Dispatch - You’re Fired
History is repeating because power is betting we won’t notice, and that even if we do, there’s nothing we can do about it.
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January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Accountability isn’t hostility. It’s maintenance. It's the job discription.
Replacement is how democracies correct course.
You’re Fired.
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Replacement is how democracies correct course.
You’re Fired.
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Fear doesn’t need proof.
Doom doesn’t need results.
Acceptance doesn’t need consent.
That’s how manufactured crisis politics works.
New Dispatch ⬇️
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Doom doesn’t need results.
Acceptance doesn’t need consent.
That’s how manufactured crisis politics works.
New Dispatch ⬇️
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The Inevitability of Manufactured Crisis Politics
When Fear Governs and Doom Persuades
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January 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Fear doesn’t need proof.
Doom doesn’t need results.
Acceptance doesn’t need consent.
That’s how manufactured crisis politics works.
New Dispatch ⬇️
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Doom doesn’t need results.
Acceptance doesn’t need consent.
That’s how manufactured crisis politics works.
New Dispatch ⬇️
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If gas is cheaper, why does everything else cost more?
Cheap fuel is the political proof-point, even as unemployment rises and essentials stay high.
Lower gas isn’t generosity. It’s triage.
A decision about who gets relief and who absorbs the pain.
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Cheap fuel is the political proof-point, even as unemployment rises and essentials stay high.
Lower gas isn’t generosity. It’s triage.
A decision about who gets relief and who absorbs the pain.
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The Winesap Dispatch -If Gas Is Cheaper, Then Why Does Everything Else Cost More?
“Why Is Everything Else More?”
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December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If gas is cheaper, why does everything else cost more?
Cheap fuel is the political proof-point, even as unemployment rises and essentials stay high.
Lower gas isn’t generosity. It’s triage.
A decision about who gets relief and who absorbs the pain.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Cheap fuel is the political proof-point, even as unemployment rises and essentials stay high.
Lower gas isn’t generosity. It’s triage.
A decision about who gets relief and who absorbs the pain.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Calm does not explain what it cost.
Utah Beach, Normandy.
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Utah Beach, Normandy.
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The Winesap Dispatch - Normandy 1944 and the Problem of Knowing Too Late
Utah Beach - Normandy
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December 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Calm does not explain what it cost.
Utah Beach, Normandy.
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Utah Beach, Normandy.
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What It All Means.
Accountability doesn’t collapse loudly.
This is the conclusion.
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Accountability doesn’t collapse loudly.
This is the conclusion.
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The Winesap Dispatch - What It All Means
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What It All Means.
Accountability doesn’t collapse loudly.
This is the conclusion.
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Accountability doesn’t collapse loudly.
This is the conclusion.
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Loyalty isn’t protection.
It’s leverage, until it’s liability.
They Eat Their Own.
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It’s leverage, until it’s liability.
They Eat Their Own.
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The Winesap Dispatch -They Eat Their Own
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Loyalty isn’t protection.
It’s leverage, until it’s liability.
They Eat Their Own.
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It’s leverage, until it’s liability.
They Eat Their Own.
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Accountability isn’t abolished. It’s hollowed out.
The Hollowing explains how oversight disappears without a sound.
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Next: They Eat Their Own
The Hollowing explains how oversight disappears without a sound.
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Next: They Eat Their Own
The Winesap Dispatch - THE HOLLOWING - How Accountability Is Removed Without A Sound
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Accountability isn’t abolished. It’s hollowed out.
The Hollowing explains how oversight disappears without a sound.
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Next: They Eat Their Own
The Hollowing explains how oversight disappears without a sound.
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Next: They Eat Their Own
The Transition — What No Longer Gets Investigated
Wrongdoing isn’t denied anymore. It’s absorbed.
Scandals aren’t resolved. They’re replaced.
This chapter explains how accountability breaks before it begins.
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Wrongdoing isn’t denied anymore. It’s absorbed.
Scandals aren’t resolved. They’re replaced.
This chapter explains how accountability breaks before it begins.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
The Winesap Dispatch - The Transition - What No Longer Gets Investigated
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The Transition — What No Longer Gets Investigated
Wrongdoing isn’t denied anymore. It’s absorbed.
Scandals aren’t resolved. They’re replaced.
This chapter explains how accountability breaks before it begins.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Wrongdoing isn’t denied anymore. It’s absorbed.
Scandals aren’t resolved. They’re replaced.
This chapter explains how accountability breaks before it begins.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
A week ago: “Release the tape.”
Yesterday: “It’s up to Pete.”
Outrage reignites on cue.
That’s not confusion.
That’s choreography.
The tape is the noise.
Authority is the signal.
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Yesterday: “It’s up to Pete.”
Outrage reignites on cue.
That’s not confusion.
That’s choreography.
The tape is the noise.
Authority is the signal.
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Winesap Dispatch - Don’t Watch the Tape - Watch What Moved While You Were Watching the Tape By Maurice Farrior Winesap Dispatch Op-Ed
While the nation argues over what appears on screen, power shifts quietly off camera. The tape is the noise. Authority is the signal.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A week ago: “Release the tape.”
Yesterday: “It’s up to Pete.”
Outrage reignites on cue.
That’s not confusion.
That’s choreography.
The tape is the noise.
Authority is the signal.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/winesap-di...
Yesterday: “It’s up to Pete.”
Outrage reignites on cue.
That’s not confusion.
That’s choreography.
The tape is the noise.
Authority is the signal.
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NEW: The Prologue
Watergate wasn’t magic - it was structure.
We no longer have that structure.
This series begins with the world that made accountability possible…and why it collapsed.
Tomorrow: The Transition
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Watergate wasn’t magic - it was structure.
We no longer have that structure.
This series begins with the world that made accountability possible…and why it collapsed.
Tomorrow: The Transition
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The Winesap Dispatch -THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRESS TEST AND WHY IT MATTERS - THE PROLOGUE
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
NEW: The Prologue
Watergate wasn’t magic - it was structure.
We no longer have that structure.
This series begins with the world that made accountability possible…and why it collapsed.
Tomorrow: The Transition
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Watergate wasn’t magic - it was structure.
We no longer have that structure.
This series begins with the world that made accountability possible…and why it collapsed.
Tomorrow: The Transition
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New Dispatch: Part I (Expanded Edition).
Investigations don’t conclude anymore — they disappear.
That’s not failure. That’s strategy.
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Investigations don’t conclude anymore — they disappear.
That’s not failure. That’s strategy.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winsap...
The Winsap Dispatch - PART I (Expanded Edition) - The Media Environment That Breaks Investigations Before They Begin
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
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December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New Dispatch: Part I (Expanded Edition).
Investigations don’t conclude anymore — they disappear.
That’s not failure. That’s strategy.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winsap...
Investigations don’t conclude anymore — they disappear.
That’s not failure. That’s strategy.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winsap...
Madison called free expression the “guardian of every other right.”
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
Tomorrow, Why the First Amendment came first, and why it matters just as much in 2025.
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Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
Tomorrow, Why the First Amendment came first, and why it matters just as much in 2025.
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The Winesap Dispatch - PART I - The Media Environment That Breaks Investigations Before They Begin
Thomas Jefferson The Constitution James Madison
mfarriormckinney.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Madison called free expression the “guardian of every other right.”
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
Tomorrow, Why the First Amendment came first, and why it matters just as much in 2025.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
Tomorrow, Why the First Amendment came first, and why it matters just as much in 2025.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Madison called free expression the “guardian of every other right.”
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
New Dispatch series tomorrow: why the First Amendment came first, and why it still matters.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
New Dispatch series tomorrow: why the First Amendment came first, and why it still matters.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
THE WINESAP SUNDAY DISPATCH
Why the First Amendment Came First
mfarriormckinney.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Madison called free expression the “guardian of every other right.”
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
New Dispatch series tomorrow: why the First Amendment came first, and why it still matters.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
Jefferson warned that a government that can’t be criticized can’t be controlled.
New Dispatch series tomorrow: why the First Amendment came first, and why it still matters.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
They age. They falter.
And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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The Winesap Dispatch -The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever
(Originally published as “The Dictator’s Downfall”)
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October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
They age. They falter.
And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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And when decline sets in, their followers discover the loyalty they gave was never returned.
The Authoritarian’s Decline – They Don’t Live Forever.
#Civics #Democracy #WinesapDispatch
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Party over country was never the plan.
Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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The Winesap Dispatch -“The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism”
Two centuries ago, Washington warned that blind allegiance to party would one day endanger the Republic. That day may have arrived.
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October 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Party over country was never the plan.
Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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Washington warned us. We didn’t listen.
A Winesap Dispatch: The Spirit of Party and the Call for Institutional Patriotism.
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When those who govern are no longer bound by it -
What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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The Winesap Dispatch -When Those Who Govern Are No Longer Bound by It.
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy on Power, Decline, and the Test of Democracy
mfarriormckinney.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When those who govern are no longer bound by it -
What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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What holds a nation together?
A Winesap Dispatch Trilogy begins tonight.
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Freedom for Whom?
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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🔗 Full audio + post:
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
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🔗 Full audio + post:
The Winesap Dispatch -The Last Brick - “He Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Me”
How rationalization, grievance, and hierarchy keep Americans divided against themselves.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Freedom for Whom?
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
🔗 Full audio + post:
“They’re not after me, they’re after you, I’m just in the way.”
“They want to take away my freedom because I’ll never let them take yours.” Then the National Guard shows up.
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
🔗 Full audio + post:
You were told to hate government. Now it’s being dismantled. Second thoughts? The damage is done, and still unfolding. Who will you blame?
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The Winesap Dispatch - Part II -You Only Miss It When It’s Gone
“By the time you notice, the damage is already done.”
mfarriormckinney.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
You were told to hate government. Now it’s being dismantled. Second thoughts? The damage is done, and still unfolding. Who will you blame?
mfarriormckinney.substack.com/p/the-winesa...
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