Ken Budd
@kenbudd.bsky.social
Writer on travel, health, and other cool stuff. Bylines: Washington Post, The Atlantic, Nat Geo, NYT, Best American Travel Writing. Author of the memoir, The Voluntourist. Co-host, @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social.
Add me to the list. Cancelled Disney+ on Friday.
September 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Add me to the list. Cancelled Disney+ on Friday.
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yup. I wrote something similar last week
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
"the very word “America” conjures up the celebrated ideal of “America the free”. But “America the free” are just words and they are rapidly losing all meaning."
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
"the very word “America” conjures up the celebrated ideal of “America the free”. But “America the free” are just words and they are rapidly losing all meaning."
Grand Designs: the loss of American freedom
Exactly seven months into Trump's second term, we have reached 1000 authoritarian actions. Here I lay out the enormity of what has happened.
christinapagel.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
yup. I wrote something similar last week
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
"the very word “America” conjures up the celebrated ideal of “America the free”. But “America the free” are just words and they are rapidly losing all meaning."
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
"the very word “America” conjures up the celebrated ideal of “America the free”. But “America the free” are just words and they are rapidly losing all meaning."
Reposted by Ken Budd
Authoritarians who unwind democracy are similar in one respect.
They seek to take control of centers of power and dissent in society. Call it the authoritarian checklist. Trump’s second term is best understood by his systemic checking off of this checklist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
They seek to take control of centers of power and dissent in society. Call it the authoritarian checklist. Trump’s second term is best understood by his systemic checking off of this checklist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Authoritarians who unwind democracy are similar in one respect.
They seek to take control of centers of power and dissent in society. Call it the authoritarian checklist. Trump’s second term is best understood by his systemic checking off of this checklist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
They seek to take control of centers of power and dissent in society. Call it the authoritarian checklist. Trump’s second term is best understood by his systemic checking off of this checklist.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...