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Gary Carrico: PoliSci Professor and author, songwriter and music publisher (ASCAP), promoter, artist manager and (reformed) musician, trivia ringer. Author of "Truth and Power: An American Government Owner's Manual"

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Post image 17.07.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21237    πŸ” 5850    πŸ’¬ 355    πŸ“Œ 212
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2 for the Price of 1 When the cost is existential...

When the price to democracy is existential...
From my latest Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/truthand...

03.07.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, I mean he's working FOR a Russian asset, so...

23.06.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?

You’re kidding.

22.06.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 56639    πŸ” 8523    πŸ’¬ 1331    πŸ“Œ 231
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Trump orders strike on Iran Operation Midnight Shammer gets to play strongman

Ann Telnaes revisited a cartoon from 2003 @anntelnaes.bsky.social
substack.com/@anntelnaes/...

22.06.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 946    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 13

...and the "agents" should be arrested and tried.

22.06.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nothing Forbes has ever said has aged well....

22.06.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster from the No Kings protests, in Philadelphia. Sign has a picture of a Smokey The Bear (head of a bear wearing a hat that says "Smokey" on it). The text on the poster reads "Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars"

Poster from the No Kings protests, in Philadelphia. Sign has a picture of a Smokey The Bear (head of a bear wearing a hat that says "Smokey" on it). The text on the poster reads "Only You Can Prevent Fascist Liars"

#NoKings

15.06.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3305    πŸ” 539    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 12

Really Mark? How exactly did those Signal and Chatham House group chats with technofascists help anything?

09.06.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revision Chronicles 3.4: The Ultimate Tipping Point? When the "fetus of monarchy" begets the birth of fascism...

When the "fetus of monarchy" begets the birth of fascism...
From my latest Substack:
truthandpower.substack.com/p/revision-c...

25.05.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revision Chronicles 3.4: The Ultimate Tipping Point? When the "fetus of monarchy" begets the birth of fascism...

The end of accountability means the end of democracy...
From my latest Substack:
truthandpower.substack.com/p/revision-c...

22.05.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump elevating fringe GOP figures β€” including 2 who called Obama an Clinton β€˜terrorists' Radical GOP members have attacked a woman's right to vote, called President Barack Obama a β€œterrorist leader,” and described former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as β€œa terrorist with amnesia.” An...

The #kakistocracy grows uglier and louder...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267217...

20.05.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

16.05.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 12531    πŸ” 3842    πŸ’¬ 809    πŸ“Œ 672

Do someone who knifes you and someone who blames you for being attacked have the right to go to a bar afterwards and write out your future on a napkin? No? That’s the scenario when Putin and Trump talk about a "deal" for Ukraine.

18.05.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3091    πŸ” 736    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 23
DOGE Attempts Takeover of GAO Just after noon today DOGE representatives contacted the Government Accountability Office and...

YGTBFKM. "DOGE" trying to infiltrate the GAO?
News Flash, Elon - It's a damned CONGRESSIONAL support agerncy...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

16.05.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revision Chronicles 3.3 - A New Tipping Point When the oligarchs own the watchdogs...

The Oligrach Media?...
From my latest Substack:
truthandpower.substack.com/p/revision-c...

24.04.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can’t Change It We are now cranking up another edition of the β€œwill he or...

Every American, especially media types, needs to read and digest this.
As a poitical scientist, I can tell you that this is spot-on...
From Josh Marshall:
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotu...

18.04.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A quick reminder that this phony "DOGE" has already committed literally millions of counts of federal crimes in accessing data of American citizens from the SSA --- now this:
rawstory.com/doge…

17.04.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Milwaukee faces lead crisis without CDC experts RFK Jr. fired "The people who were answering our questions are just gone,” City Health Commissioner Michael Totoraitis said in an interview after the firings Tuesday at

This inexcusable and patently evil.
Another Trump kakistocracy that is once again killing Americans...
www.eenews.net/articles/mil...

09.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.

24.03.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 47568    πŸ” 11767    πŸ’¬ 816    πŸ“Œ 544
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Judge bars DOGE access to sensitive personal information at 3 federal agencies WASHINGTON β€” The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Personnel Management and Treasury Department were temporarily barred by a federal judge on Monday from disclosing the β€œpersonally identifiable ...

OK, now we're getting somewhere --- a start, at least...
www.rawstory.com/judge-bars-d...

24.03.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...if they're actually allowed to read history.

24.03.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...especially the fascist at the top.

23.03.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All you need to know about Twitter

23.03.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 58682    πŸ” 13164    πŸ’¬ 3076    πŸ“Œ 1196

Ya think?
He is following the Heritage 2025 playbook to emulate the Hungarian neo-fascist model.
Say the word... fascism
rawstory.com/chris…

20.03.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So... they're recalling all the Tesla Swastitrucks because "parts are falling off".
My question is, how can they tell it's not just trash blowing out of a rolling dumpster?...

20.03.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?

20.03.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 73221    πŸ” 10983    πŸ’¬ 2420    πŸ“Œ 486

MSM, STOP normalizing Trump's meaningless "orders".
He has zero legal power to abolish a cabinet department.
Say so...

20.03.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0