Laurie Jordan

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Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backg...

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The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook | Jonathan Smucker As mass protest surges against Trump and Musk, how can we show up as effectively as possible?

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There’s a pattern in Trump’s power grabs — Vox You’ve surely heard “First They Came,” German pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous poem about the road to Nazi Germany. It’s one of those texts quoted so often that it can feel cliché.

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The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism From media to culture and the arts to the refusal to abide by court orders, we’re nearing ‘Defcon 1 for our democracy’, experts say

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Wanderstop review – a wonderful break from the pressure to win A fallen warrior trades in fighting for putting the kettle on, wandering round gardens and watering plants. Much more than cosy – it’s healing

If you are interested in a relaxing de-stressing game consider Wanderstop. My daughter in law, @kimberlywoods voices the main character. Here is a review from the Guardian and I’ll put a New York Times review in following link. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...

While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons

While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state

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Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas

@vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett Graff is worth reading, sharing, and bookmarking.

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What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

IT IS A COUP This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.

It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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For those exploring civil disobedience:

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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.

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Of course it’s a coup Miss the obvious, lose your republic

“Imagine if it had gone like this.
Ten Tesla cybertrucks, painted in camouflage colors with a giant X on each roof, drive noisily through Washington DC. Tires screech.Out jump a couple of dozen young men dressed in red and black Devil’s Champion armored costumes…
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News outlets doing their jobs deserve our support and attention. Article below is excellent. In my experience The Guardian is doing the Lord’s work right now and if you are financially in a position to support or subscribe please consider. Pro Publica and Vox and many others. Watchdogs are needed!

Why am I getting so many Democratic fundraising texts right now?? I don’t want any texts. Read the room. Go deal with the constitutional crisis. Solve it and maybe I’ll get out my credit it cards.

Dave Troy is a very valuable follow. I admit that some of the stuff on Crypto and Russian philosophers is a challenge to even understand. But his analysis has been very predictive and thoughtful. He understands what the tech bros want to do.

‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s

Excellent article

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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

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Donald Trump sat down for his first wide-ranging interview (“Meet the Press”), and it featured an endless stream of lies and disinformation. In just a single interview, the man who will soon occupy the White House

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This is a helpful article as we try to find our way through this perilous time for democracy.

I’m Team Pete since his DNC chair run and contributed to his exploratory committee. And trivia my son was
friends with Mike Schmul in kindergarten.