The Stone Ladder
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I've now completed 30% of my masters program. At this pace it will take me another 2.5 years to finish. I honestly thought I'd progress more quickly, but I'm really struggling to keep up. Still maintaining a 4.0 though. So I'll just celebrate before the next class starts - Psychology of Leadership.
December 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've now completed 30% of my masters program. At this pace it will take me another 2.5 years to finish. I honestly thought I'd progress more quickly, but I'm really struggling to keep up. Still maintaining a 4.0 though. So I'll just celebrate before the next class starts - Psychology of Leadership.
In a democracy, silence during a coup isnt surrender, its allegiance. To yield is to join. Neutrality is a myth when democracy is under attack. Every quiet voice is a weapon for the tyrant. In this time, capitulation is complicity. What you call surrender, history will labeled as collaboration.
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
In a democracy, silence during a coup isnt surrender, its allegiance. To yield is to join. Neutrality is a myth when democracy is under attack. Every quiet voice is a weapon for the tyrant. In this time, capitulation is complicity. What you call surrender, history will labeled as collaboration.
Are you wondering why more and more court decisions are favoring authoritarian policies and why more and more government agencies are falling in line with authoritarianism? Well it's because while we sit on our asses...well...there it is. We sat on our asses. No one is coming to the rescue. Only us.
August 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Are you wondering why more and more court decisions are favoring authoritarian policies and why more and more government agencies are falling in line with authoritarianism? Well it's because while we sit on our asses...well...there it is. We sat on our asses. No one is coming to the rescue. Only us.
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As I read this article the word contradiction comes to mind.Trump preaching less government regulation for corporations yet seizing control Claiming to make our streets safer yet he pardoned all the 1/6 criminals and he is protecting a pedophile and is using the military against civilians
August 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
As I read this article the word contradiction comes to mind.Trump preaching less government regulation for corporations yet seizing control Claiming to make our streets safer yet he pardoned all the 1/6 criminals and he is protecting a pedophile and is using the military against civilians
My fear isn’t a Trump dictatorship. My fear is that he’s softening the ground, redefining what's acceptable, so the next one wont appear as a threat.
They’ll look good, speak calmly, and say “unity” while eroding every pillar of democracy.
Trump is the chaos...the next one is the consolidation.
They’ll look good, speak calmly, and say “unity” while eroding every pillar of democracy.
Trump is the chaos...the next one is the consolidation.
August 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My fear isn’t a Trump dictatorship. My fear is that he’s softening the ground, redefining what's acceptable, so the next one wont appear as a threat.
They’ll look good, speak calmly, and say “unity” while eroding every pillar of democracy.
Trump is the chaos...the next one is the consolidation.
They’ll look good, speak calmly, and say “unity” while eroding every pillar of democracy.
Trump is the chaos...the next one is the consolidation.
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August 4, 2025
August 4, 2025
President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
August 4, 2025
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💙 THESE JUSTICES NEED
TO BE REMOVED!!! 💙
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TO BE REMOVED!!! 💙
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August 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
💙 THESE JUSTICES NEED
TO BE REMOVED!!! 💙
👇👇👇👇
TO BE REMOVED!!! 💙
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Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
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August 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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We’re not just approaching authoritarianism in the U.S...we’re in it now.
Trump’s power grabs (mid-decade redistricting, DOJ weaponization, court-packing, civil liberty rollbacks) are the hallmarks of competitive authoritarianism...democracy in name, but ruled by force and manipulation.
Trump’s power grabs (mid-decade redistricting, DOJ weaponization, court-packing, civil liberty rollbacks) are the hallmarks of competitive authoritarianism...democracy in name, but ruled by force and manipulation.
August 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We’re not just approaching authoritarianism in the U.S...we’re in it now.
Trump’s power grabs (mid-decade redistricting, DOJ weaponization, court-packing, civil liberty rollbacks) are the hallmarks of competitive authoritarianism...democracy in name, but ruled by force and manipulation.
Trump’s power grabs (mid-decade redistricting, DOJ weaponization, court-packing, civil liberty rollbacks) are the hallmarks of competitive authoritarianism...democracy in name, but ruled by force and manipulation.
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DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg
www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...
170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg
DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg
www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/170-dojs-r...
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July 25, 2025
July 25, 2025
“We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
July 25, 2025
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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they literally shut the government down in order to avoid the truth about Epstein. an entire branch of government isn’t working for the American people b/c they are terrified of the truth.
July 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
they literally shut the government down in order to avoid the truth about Epstein. an entire branch of government isn’t working for the American people b/c they are terrified of the truth.
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July 18, 2025
July 18, 2025
[There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight’s letter.]
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
July 18, 2025
They still sound just like this!
July 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They still sound just like this!
Hehe...love this headline.
MAGA Republican Falsely Claims They’re Not Trump’s “Little Bitches” newrepublic.com/post/197561/... via @newrepublic.com
MAGA Republican Falsely Claims They’re Not Trump’s “Little Bitches” newrepublic.com/post/197561/... via @newrepublic.com
MAGA Republican Falsely Claims They’re Not Trump’s “Little Bitches”
Representative Derrick Van Orden was defending his vote for Trump’s disastrous budget, which is expected to decimate his state.
newrepublic.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Hehe...love this headline.
MAGA Republican Falsely Claims They’re Not Trump’s “Little Bitches” newrepublic.com/post/197561/... via @newrepublic.com
MAGA Republican Falsely Claims They’re Not Trump’s “Little Bitches” newrepublic.com/post/197561/... via @newrepublic.com
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May 31, 2025
May 31, 2025
“I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition,” Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine told her colleagues on June 1, 1950.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
May 31, 2025
Received my first graded paper in my graduate program. No promises for the future...but at this moment, I have a 4.0 in grad school.
May 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Received my first graded paper in my graduate program. No promises for the future...but at this moment, I have a 4.0 in grad school.
Last week, Trump claimed that he had already cut deals with 200 nations around the world—five more countries than actually exist.
May 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Last week, Trump claimed that he had already cut deals with 200 nations around the world—five more countries than actually exist.
Can we develop a Project 5202 to reverse the damage?
April 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Can we develop a Project 5202 to reverse the damage?
The robber barons have returned, although with spotlights this time... not within the shadows. But we have to remember that a government bought is not a government owned. Not as long as we know that true power always lies with the people. Act up...act out... make a mess.
April 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The robber barons have returned, although with spotlights this time... not within the shadows. But we have to remember that a government bought is not a government owned. Not as long as we know that true power always lies with the people. Act up...act out... make a mess.
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They're flooding us with crises to fracture our focus. But pluralism isn't our weakness...it’s our power. If we don’t stand together now, we'll lose the right to stand at all.
April 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
They're flooding us with crises to fracture our focus. But pluralism isn't our weakness...it’s our power. If we don’t stand together now, we'll lose the right to stand at all.
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