Maggie MacDonald
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Great suggestions !
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Great suggestions !
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Still, the bottom right for the next 3.5 years is going to be rough
August 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Still, the bottom right for the next 3.5 years is going to be rough
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4) Coordinating opposition is hard, but when it happens it can be rapid (see Ukraine in 2013-2014, Color Revolutions)
5) America's federal system is messy, which makes it hard to fully control
5) America's federal system is messy, which makes it hard to fully control
August 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
4) Coordinating opposition is hard, but when it happens it can be rapid (see Ukraine in 2013-2014, Color Revolutions)
5) America's federal system is messy, which makes it hard to fully control
5) America's federal system is messy, which makes it hard to fully control
Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it …
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Congratulations! Can’t wait to read it …
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Trump isn’t especially popular. And neither is the kind of repression he’s been using in LA.
But that creates a perverse incentive: to escalate, provoke, and polarize further.
It’s clear the Trump admin thinks this is a winning issue.
It’s going to be a long and dangerous summer.
But that creates a perverse incentive: to escalate, provoke, and polarize further.
It’s clear the Trump admin thinks this is a winning issue.
It’s going to be a long and dangerous summer.
June 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump isn’t especially popular. And neither is the kind of repression he’s been using in LA.
But that creates a perverse incentive: to escalate, provoke, and polarize further.
It’s clear the Trump admin thinks this is a winning issue.
It’s going to be a long and dangerous summer.
But that creates a perverse incentive: to escalate, provoke, and polarize further.
It’s clear the Trump admin thinks this is a winning issue.
It’s going to be a long and dangerous summer.
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Democrats don’t control many levers of institutional power in Washington.
This means we’re likely to see them turn to disruptive tactics—like boycotts, walkouts—to signal to voters that things aren’t OK.
This means we’re likely to see them turn to disruptive tactics—like boycotts, walkouts—to signal to voters that things aren’t OK.
June 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Democrats don’t control many levers of institutional power in Washington.
This means we’re likely to see them turn to disruptive tactics—like boycotts, walkouts—to signal to voters that things aren’t OK.
This means we’re likely to see them turn to disruptive tactics—like boycotts, walkouts—to signal to voters that things aren’t OK.
I like your analogy…
June 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I like your analogy…
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4 (cont’d). The fact that our political and economic fortunes revolve around the whims of 2 narcissistic elites is a massive democratic failure.
See what happened in pre-Maidan Ukraine kyivindependent.com/opinion-ukra...
or is happening in Georgia currently www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
See what happened in pre-Maidan Ukraine kyivindependent.com/opinion-ukra...
or is happening in Georgia currently www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Who is Bidzina Ivanishvili, the shadowy billionaire behind Georgia’s pivot to Russia?
Country’s wealthiest and most influential figure has guided shift away from the west while cultivating an air of mystery
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
4 (cont’d). The fact that our political and economic fortunes revolve around the whims of 2 narcissistic elites is a massive democratic failure.
See what happened in pre-Maidan Ukraine kyivindependent.com/opinion-ukra...
or is happening in Georgia currently www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
See what happened in pre-Maidan Ukraine kyivindependent.com/opinion-ukra...
or is happening in Georgia currently www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...