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Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
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Power doesn’t just come from laws and leaders. It flows through banks, screens, stores, and supply chains. To fight authoritarianism, we have to pull the plug from below. #PoliticalEcology #Oligarchy #MutualAid #Resistance #SolidarityEconomy #PublicPower
How to Break the Grip: Resisting Authoritarianism from Below
Why Real Resistance Begins Where We Live, Not in the Halls of Power
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Power doesn’t just come from laws and leaders. It flows through banks, screens, stores, and supply chains. To fight authoritarianism, we have to pull the plug from below. #PoliticalEcology #Oligarchy #MutualAid #Resistance #SolidarityEconomy #PublicPower
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On June 11, 2025, the DOJ quietly made denaturalization a top priority, signaling a chilling shift in the meaning of American citizenship. When naturalized citizens can be stripped of their rights without trial, protest becomes a privilege—and belonging, a performance.
Citizenship on Trial: The Quiet Expansion of a Dangerous Power
How Denaturalization Is Being Recast as a Tool of Political Control
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
On June 11, 2025, the DOJ quietly made denaturalization a top priority, signaling a chilling shift in the meaning of American citizenship. When naturalized citizens can be stripped of their rights without trial, protest becomes a privilege—and belonging, a performance.
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The 2025 budget isn’t about restraint—it’s about control. It guts care, expands enforcement, and turns public funds into tools of loyalty and punishment. This is how democracy gets hollowed out. #2025Budget #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #TrumpAgenda #PoliticalEcology
The Budget of Their Dreams: How the 2025 Agenda Funds Oligarchy and Builds Authoritarian Power
Privatize, Punish, Control: What the 2025 Budget Is Really Building
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The 2025 budget isn’t about restraint—it’s about control. It guts care, expands enforcement, and turns public funds into tools of loyalty and punishment. This is how democracy gets hollowed out. #2025Budget #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #TrumpAgenda #PoliticalEcology
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We don’t need to imagine an authoritarian future. We’re living through its gradual construction—under Trump, but not by him alone. This isn’t a coup. It’s a reconfiguration of state power. To resist it, we must first see it clearly. #Authoritarianism #Trumpism #Project2025 #Democracy
The Authoritarian Playbook in American Hands
How authoritarianism has been adapted to American conditions—and why recognizing its domestic roots is essential to resisting it.
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We don’t need to imagine an authoritarian future. We’re living through its gradual construction—under Trump, but not by him alone. This isn’t a coup. It’s a reconfiguration of state power. To resist it, we must first see it clearly. #Authoritarianism #Trumpism #Project2025 #Democracy
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Trump didn’t build the system. He took it over. What he commands now is bigger than politics—an ecosystem of privatized power and manufactured dependence. We fight back not just by opposing him, but by confronting the system beneath him.
#Democracy #Resistance #Oligarchy #MutualAid
#Democracy #Resistance #Oligarchy #MutualAid
Resisting the System That Trump Didn’t Build—But Now Commands
How to Resist an Authoritarian System Designed for Extraction, Control, and Oligarchic Rule
jamesbgreenberg.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Trump didn’t build the system. He took it over. What he commands now is bigger than politics—an ecosystem of privatized power and manufactured dependence. We fight back not just by opposing him, but by confronting the system beneath him.
#Democracy #Resistance #Oligarchy #MutualAid
#Democracy #Resistance #Oligarchy #MutualAid
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We need to stop pretending that authoritarianism is something foreign to the American experience. It isn’t an invading force. It’s already here, and has been for sometime. It’s rooted in infrastructure, economic arrangements,
July 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We need to stop pretending that authoritarianism is something foreign to the American experience. It isn’t an invading force. It’s already here, and has been for sometime. It’s rooted in infrastructure, economic arrangements,
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Another one. This one is a bird.
January 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Another one. This one is a bird.
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Claims about USAID funding are spreading online.
Many are not based on facts, and most are being spread from from trump’s administration and Elon Musk.
apnews.com/article/usai...
Many are not based on facts, and most are being spread from from trump’s administration and Elon Musk.
apnews.com/article/usai...
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online. Many are not based on facts
False and misleading social media posts are circulating online as the Trump administration moves to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.
apnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Claims about USAID funding are spreading online.
Many are not based on facts, and most are being spread from from trump’s administration and Elon Musk.
apnews.com/article/usai...
Many are not based on facts, and most are being spread from from trump’s administration and Elon Musk.
apnews.com/article/usai...
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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
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February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
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After decades of free trade between the US and Canada, the American president’s tariff threat to a relationship worth $91bn has prompted a reckoning among policymakers. Here’s why: www.ft.com/content/5f2b...
February 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
After decades of free trade between the US and Canada, the American president’s tariff threat to a relationship worth $91bn has prompted a reckoning among policymakers. Here’s why: www.ft.com/content/5f2b...
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If you have a pending tax refund, consider leaving the account open but moving your assets to a new account. Once the payment is processed, transfer any remaining funds from the old account.
February 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you have a pending tax refund, consider leaving the account open but moving your assets to a new account. Once the payment is processed, transfer any remaining funds from the old account.
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Suggestion to Americans: If you used a current bank account with funds on a recent tax return, it may be wise to contact your bank and request a change. Account and routing numbers are accessible, and Elon Musk’s staff have access to this information. Stay safe and protect your assets.
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Suggestion to Americans: If you used a current bank account with funds on a recent tax return, it may be wise to contact your bank and request a change. Account and routing numbers are accessible, and Elon Musk’s staff have access to this information. Stay safe and protect your assets.
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I love our neighbors so much!
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I love our neighbors so much!
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It’s cool how much of the political media invented an election that definitely did not happen and are basing their coverage of Trump on results he definitely did not get.
January 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It’s cool how much of the political media invented an election that definitely did not happen and are basing their coverage of Trump on results he definitely did not get.
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And, in case you’ve forgotten from the first go-round, two other points never to forget:
1. Trump and his aides often lie.
2. Trump and his appointees often screw things up.
1. Trump and his aides often lie.
2. Trump and his appointees often screw things up.
A reminder
January 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And, in case you’ve forgotten from the first go-round, two other points never to forget:
1. Trump and his aides often lie.
2. Trump and his appointees often screw things up.
1. Trump and his aides often lie.
2. Trump and his appointees often screw things up.
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Intelligence sources say that the blast of frigid weather coming from the north is Canada's first retaliation for Trump's threat of a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. "Curses!" thundered Trump. "Trudeau is wrecking my special day!"
"Vous êtes les bienvenus!" replied Trudeau.
"Vous êtes les bienvenus!" replied Trudeau.
January 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Intelligence sources say that the blast of frigid weather coming from the north is Canada's first retaliation for Trump's threat of a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. "Curses!" thundered Trump. "Trudeau is wrecking my special day!"
"Vous êtes les bienvenus!" replied Trudeau.
"Vous êtes les bienvenus!" replied Trudeau.
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Canadian officials said they specifically want to focus on goods made in Republican or swing states, where the pain of tariffs would affect Donald Trump's allies. nyti.ms/3Wj7zVl
January 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Canadian officials said they specifically want to focus on goods made in Republican or swing states, where the pain of tariffs would affect Donald Trump's allies. nyti.ms/3Wj7zVl
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How switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in COVID protection
“N95s are up to 75 times more effective at preventing infection with COVID-19 than surgical masks, according to a study”
www.axios.com/2022/01/11/n...
“N95s are up to 75 times more effective at preventing infection with COVID-19 than surgical masks, according to a study”
www.axios.com/2022/01/11/n...
How switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in COVID protection
A recent study shows why fitted masks like N95s are superior to surgical masks.
www.axios.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
How switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in COVID protection
“N95s are up to 75 times more effective at preventing infection with COVID-19 than surgical masks, according to a study”
www.axios.com/2022/01/11/n...
“N95s are up to 75 times more effective at preventing infection with COVID-19 than surgical masks, according to a study”
www.axios.com/2022/01/11/n...