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I’ve lived on this farm in rural Ohio for over 50 years. Artist, writer, farmer. I’m baffled by trump supporters. I’m here to learn how to help turn the tide. Not selling anything.
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May 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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The sort-of silver lining that emerges from an analysis of Erdogan's Turkey, which may be where the U.S. is heading: An authoritarian regime struggles to maintain its popularity because loyalty is rewarded over competence and that causes things to fall apart.
But here's the bad news:
But here's the bad news:
![[from Amanda Taub in the NYT]
But it is not clear whether the protests have much capacity to make a difference. Years of democratic backsliding have insulated the government from many of the consequences of its heavy-handed rule. Such backsliding tends to be incremental and cumulative, which avoids triggering immediate public condemnation — but also makes that condemnation less effective when it eventually does come.
“Once you are at a stage where you think, ‘Oh, that’s not acceptable, you don’t have the tools to prevent it,” [political scientist Erdem] Aytac said. “The judiciary is already captured. The media is already captured.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5lyrol4fdf5k3p4owzb5vfs5/bafkreicra77btiiwwqw6conbrzk2cgs6mcap4uwhep7uecf277pmdjh67e@jpeg)
March 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The sort-of silver lining that emerges from an analysis of Erdogan's Turkey, which may be where the U.S. is heading: An authoritarian regime struggles to maintain its popularity because loyalty is rewarded over competence and that causes things to fall apart.
But here's the bad news:
But here's the bad news:
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Russell Vought explained it in this leaked video. He wants to destroy multiculturalism in favor of his protestant evangelical theocracy. Erase , deport and incarcerate lgbtq, non whites and non believers.
Says they'll use the military.
youtu.be/UQjdwsZhE_Q?...
Says they'll use the military.
youtu.be/UQjdwsZhE_Q?...
Project 2025 Co-Author Lays Out "Radical Agenda" for Next Trump Term in Undercover Video
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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March 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Russell Vought explained it in this leaked video. He wants to destroy multiculturalism in favor of his protestant evangelical theocracy. Erase , deport and incarcerate lgbtq, non whites and non believers.
Says they'll use the military.
youtu.be/UQjdwsZhE_Q?...
Says they'll use the military.
youtu.be/UQjdwsZhE_Q?...