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We are Civitas. A confederation of writers and thinkers united by three pillars: Liberty, Autonomy, and Equity. Not as competing ideals, but as interwoven threads of human flourishing. Welcome to the conversation.

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Assymetric warfare

"The hostage that's worth ransoming"

Mitch McConnell said this about the 2011 debt ceiling crisis. Not behind closed doors - he said it publicly.

This one quote explains 30 years of American politics.
December 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Soooo... you're saying you don't know what facts are.
“That’s your fact, it’s not my fact” 🤔

From @thegoodliars.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Tribalizes?
December 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This is not helpful right now. We are in triage, folks. We need to get the fascists and narcissists out of politics. I would vote, across the board, for any Democratic candidate for any conceivable position in our government at this moment. Because the alternative is unconscionable.
Face it,the Democratic party is compromised by corporate interests.

Time to do a deep cleaning and pay attention to who you send to congress.

That is, of course, considering we are even able to vote in elections or even elections that aren't corrupted by the facsist agenda.
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
As someone who studied martial arts for 30+ years and still wouldn't dream of getting in a ring with most of these guys.... this should be the dictionary definition of FAFO. Lil' Andy has no stamina.
Andrew Tate and Jake Paul losing the same weekend. Sad.
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For all those who kept insisting that everyone was overreacting, comparing the abortion fight to the Handmaid's Tale, saying that it was becoming real..... well, here you go. This is literally how the story starts.
Join NFHA & @warren.senate.gov in sounding the alarm on the Trump Admin's plan to gut the law that gave women access to credit without the need of a male co-signer. This Admin is trying to set us back generations. We only have until 12/15 to act. Make your voice heard: bit.ly/4pwy1aD.
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm....I'm not even sure how to respond to, think about, or not go abso-freaking gibberingly around the bend regarding this. THIS is what our Secretary of State is concerned with?
"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I want this only for the truly amazing comedic opportunities it would grant us. Just imagine them parent trapping the Russian ambassador or some such nonsense.
Kelly / Kelly ‘28.
Mark and Scott.
December 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I mean.... if you like plastic.
December 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
All of these guys obsessed with the Roman Empire don't seem to have learned anything from their "research"
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I was going to do a point by point of this, but there's just too much. Too much to fact check, too much to call him out for. It is a master class in manipulative, malignant fuckery.

#Thanksgiving #MakeAmericaAmericaAgain #MA3 #WTFisaswaddlinghijab
Donald Trump finally posts a Thanksgiving message — and uses it to call Governor Tim Walz “seriously retarded.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
So...Trump is a corpse on a golden throne. Got it.

#Warhammer #NerdsForAmerica #MakeAmericaAmericaAgain #MA3
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Mean Girls: Washington Edition

Would that make the Epstein Files the Burn Book?
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November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Does.....does he think there are still cowboys driving cattle across the plains? And, of course, the cows are diseased because they're from South America. The racism never stops.
Scott Bessent’s claim that beef prices are high because immigrants from South America are bringing their cattle with them across the border, and those cattle are “infected with diseases”isn’t just false. It isn’t just ignorant.
‘Can’t Be Serious’: Trump Official Roasted for Bizarre Take That Migrants Bringing Cattle With Them Are to Blame for Higher Beef Prices
Scott Bessent made a bizarre claim on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo that proved to be a head-scratcher for some on social media.
www.mediaite.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is not how names for military operations are supposed to be done. We want a regular government again. We're so tired of military fanboys cosplaying as our government.
Malcolm Nance said these sound like the titles of porn movies.
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It's always hard to know exactly what to say on holidays like today. Happy Veteran's Day just isn't the right sentiment. But here's to all that have served. We thank you.

open.substack.com/pub/civitasc...

#veterans #veteransday #service #rememberourtroops
The Problem with Victory
How Trump’s Veterans Day Obsession Reveals His True Priorities
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reposted by Civitas
Lessons from the American Revolution | First Draft with Susan Demas & Historian Richard Bell
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Lessons from the American Revolution | First Draft with Susan Demas & Historian Richard Bell
In a time of resurgent nationalism and mythmaking, we still need to take an honest look at history if we want to understand where we are today.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Remember them
Get them out
They failed us

#Vote #PrimaryThem #HealthcareForAll
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Finally , they do something right. Although, there is that cynical voice inside saying that the only reason they're leaving it alone is because they can't directly profit off it.

But we will definitely take the win.

#CivilRights #MarriageEquality #LoveIsLove #LGTBQRights
THE SUPREME COURT WON’T REVISIT GAY MARRIAGE

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LOVE IS LOVE
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LOVE WINS. AGAIN AND AGAIN.
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(and a big fuck you to Kim Davis. Babe, it’s over. Go find another hobby. Buhbye)
Supreme Court won't revisit landmark decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
Kim Davis asked the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges appealing damages she owed a gay couple after she denied them a marriage license.
www.usatoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A budget is a moral document. What we fund is what we value.

We deserve leaders who stand firm—not ones who fold because the other side is willing to burn the house down to win the room.

#CivicLife #DemocracyInCrisis #VoicesOfChange #CollectiveFuture #GovernanceMatters #PoliticalAccountability
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Once again, leadership blinked. Eight Democrats crossed the line and handed Republicans the leverage they engineered through crisis.

This isn’t compromise. It’s hostage politics masquerading as governance.

We cannot normalize governance by extortion

#Democracy #PoliticalAccountability #Government
The Senate on Sunday night took the first step toward ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history, after a group of Democrats broke their party’s blockade and voted with Republicans to advance legislation to reopen the government.
Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent
A small but critical group of Democrats backed legislation to fund the government, providing the votes to move forward with a spending package that would end the shutdown in coming days.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Only 6 months? I think you're underestimating conspiracy brain.
So are Republicans in Congress going to finally wake the fuck up to reality or are we going to have to listen to them lie about voter fraud for the next six months?
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
People need to stop resigning in protest. I understand the messaging, but you are literally handing more control to those you claim to oppose. Stay in, fight the good fight, force them to fire you. That sends an even stronger message.

#NoKings #Protest #KeepFighting #DontQuit
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM