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Anyways, I recommend reading it to get a sense of how ordinary people can go along with such objective horror and atrocities while deluding themselves that it's not that bad. press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt, 2017 edition
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February 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Reuters: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Our country and our communities depend on the freedom of all people to be themselves without fear.

These policy changes are attacks trying to remove transgender people from all walks of public and civic life.

A threat against any one group is a threat against us all.
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Jan 24
The State Department suspended all applications for passport gender changes in response to President Trump's executive order restricting transgender rights.

We know this has caused confusion. We're monitoring the situation closely — here are 2 important things to know.
January 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Really is infuriating how we kept being told by Dems that there was nothing Biden could do about abortion or trans folks for years and now Trump is basically making himself king of the US via executive fiat.
January 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Feel deep in my bones that the backlash to all of this is going to be enormous. Not sure how it will manifest and when it will explode into view, but confident it’s coming.
January 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Looking Back
I used to be somebody.
I used to be 5’10”, but
Now I am 5’8”.
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 PM