Cate Carson
@catecarson.com
Director/writer,🎖Navy vet | traveler | friend to dogs, good people and nature | equal parts laugher/thinker/doer - mostly movies, real shit, the revolution, and HereToBeHuman
More people need to be INFORMED - not stick heads in sand. This isn’t conjecture. Its a coordinated attack to turn America into a wildly unchecked, authoritarian state while claiming “efficiency/conservative values.” And they are doing it fast. We have to react just as fast if we hope to stop it.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
More people need to be INFORMED - not stick heads in sand. This isn’t conjecture. Its a coordinated attack to turn America into a wildly unchecked, authoritarian state while claiming “efficiency/conservative values.” And they are doing it fast. We have to react just as fast if we hope to stop it.
The biggest questions now are:
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The biggest questions now are:
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
The U.S. is moving toward an autocratic government - where political opponents are punished, elections are manipulated, dissent is crushed, and civil liberties are systematically rolled back. The most alarming is this IS happening in a step-by-step process. Each new policy normalizes the next…
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The U.S. is moving toward an autocratic government - where political opponents are punished, elections are manipulated, dissent is crushed, and civil liberties are systematically rolled back. The most alarming is this IS happening in a step-by-step process. Each new policy normalizes the next…
G) Privatizing key public services: clear signals they want Social Security, Medicare, and USPS to be privatized - again ruse of “efficiency”
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
G) Privatizing key public services: clear signals they want Social Security, Medicare, and USPS to be privatized - again ruse of “efficiency”
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
E) State legislatures overriding elections: (groundwork has already been laid) GOP-controlled states could overturn election results they don’t like under “election security”
F) Eliminate independent election oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
F) Eliminate independent election oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
E) State legislatures overriding elections: (groundwork has already been laid) GOP-controlled states could overturn election results they don’t like under “election security”
F) Eliminate independent election oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
F) Eliminate independent election oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
B) Further erosion of voting rights, in, you guessed it, Democratic-leaning areas
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels and greed
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels and greed
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
B) Further erosion of voting rights, in, you guessed it, Democratic-leaning areas
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels and greed
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels and greed
So what could be coming next? This is not even remotely alarmist. This is all happening in front of our eyes:
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So what could be coming next? This is not even remotely alarmist. This is all happening in front of our eyes:
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications
5) Targeting free press & protesters: weaponizing DOJ to suppress dissension. Redefine protest as criminal activity. They want to shut us up and scare everyone into inaction, while taking away access to the truth.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
5) Targeting free press & protesters: weaponizing DOJ to suppress dissension. Redefine protest as criminal activity. They want to shut us up and scare everyone into inaction, while taking away access to the truth.
4) Reproductive Rights: Beyond banning and criminalizing abortion (which got its start as a political winning token decades ago - not religious), restrict access to birth control/IVF treatments. They’ve made it clear: they want women giving birth to lots of babies. Keep them home, pump them out.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
4) Reproductive Rights: Beyond banning and criminalizing abortion (which got its start as a political winning token decades ago - not religious), restrict access to birth control/IVF treatments. They’ve made it clear: they want women giving birth to lots of babies. Keep them home, pump them out.
3) Expanding Executive Power: Trump to consolidate unprecedented control, and reduce Congress/the courts’ ability to act as checks and balances.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
3) Expanding Executive Power: Trump to consolidate unprecedented control, and reduce Congress/the courts’ ability to act as checks and balances.
1) Erasing DEI across government and schools, while rolling back protections for LGBTQIA+.
2) Federal workers purge: replace tens of thousands with loyalists. Trump attempted this in first term with “Schedule F”.
2) Federal workers purge: replace tens of thousands with loyalists. Trump attempted this in first term with “Schedule F”.
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
1) Erasing DEI across government and schools, while rolling back protections for LGBTQIA+.
2) Federal workers purge: replace tens of thousands with loyalists. Trump attempted this in first term with “Schedule F”.
2) Federal workers purge: replace tens of thousands with loyalists. Trump attempted this in first term with “Schedule F”.
This isn’t conjecture. Its a coordinated effort to turn America into a wildly unchecked, authoritarian state while claiming “efficiency/conservative values.” And they are doing it fast. We have to react just as fast if we hope to stop it. More people need to be INFORMED - not stick heads in sand.
February 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This isn’t conjecture. Its a coordinated effort to turn America into a wildly unchecked, authoritarian state while claiming “efficiency/conservative values.” And they are doing it fast. We have to react just as fast if we hope to stop it. More people need to be INFORMED - not stick heads in sand.
The biggest questions now are:
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
February 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The biggest questions now are:
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
Will political/legal/grassroots opposition be strong enough to push back?
Will courts intervene to extent needed?
How much of this can be shoved in before we reach a breaking point?
The U.S. is moving toward an autocratic government - where political opponents are punished, elections are manipulated, dissent is crushed, and civil liberties are systematically rolled back. The most alarming is this IS happening in a step-by-step process. Each new policy normalizes the next…
February 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The U.S. is moving toward an autocratic government - where political opponents are punished, elections are manipulated, dissent is crushed, and civil liberties are systematically rolled back. The most alarming is this IS happening in a step-by-step process. Each new policy normalizes the next…
G) Privatizing key public services: clear signals they want Social Security, Medicare, and USPS to be privatized - again under guise of “efficiency”
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
G) Privatizing key public services: clear signals they want Social Security, Medicare, and USPS to be privatized - again under guise of “efficiency”
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
H) Deregulating economy to favor corporations by dismantling worker protections, union rights, and corporate accountability measures
E) State Legislatures Overriding Elections: (groundwork has already been laid) GOP-controlled states could overturn election results they don’t like under guise of “election security”
F) Eliminate Independent Election Oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
F) Eliminate Independent Election Oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
February 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
E) State Legislatures Overriding Elections: (groundwork has already been laid) GOP-controlled states could overturn election results they don’t like under guise of “election security”
F) Eliminate Independent Election Oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
F) Eliminate Independent Election Oversight and replace with loyalists willing to manipulate outcomes.
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels
February 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
C) using our military for domestic “enforcement”
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels
D) rolling back even more climate protections for fossil fuels
B) Further erosion of voting rights, in, you guessed it, Democratic-leaning areas
February 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
B) Further erosion of voting rights, in, you guessed it, Democratic-leaning areas
So what could be coming next? This is not even remotely alarmist. This is all happening in front of our eyes.
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications. .. 1/5
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications. .. 1/5
February 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
So what could be coming next? This is not even remotely alarmist. This is all happening in front of our eyes.
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications. .. 1/5
A) Mass arrests of political opponents under new legal justifications. .. 1/5
5) Target Free Press & Protesters: weaponizing the DOJ to suppress dissension. Redefine protest as criminal activity. They want to shut us up and scare everyone into inaction, while taking away access to the truth.
February 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
5) Target Free Press & Protesters: weaponizing the DOJ to suppress dissension. Redefine protest as criminal activity. They want to shut us up and scare everyone into inaction, while taking away access to the truth.
4) Reproductive Rights: Beyond just banning and criminalizing abortion, restricting access to birth control and IVF treatments. They’ve made it very clear: they want women giving birth to lots of babies. Keep them home, pump them out.
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
4) Reproductive Rights: Beyond just banning and criminalizing abortion, restricting access to birth control and IVF treatments. They’ve made it very clear: they want women giving birth to lots of babies. Keep them home, pump them out.
3) Expanding Executive Power: pushes for Trump to consolidate unprecedented control, and reducd Congress and the courts’ ability to act as checks and balances.
February 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
3) Expanding Executive Power: pushes for Trump to consolidate unprecedented control, and reducd Congress and the courts’ ability to act as checks and balances.