Thaddeus Austin

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

If you do one thing today, read and share this link. It is the tech oligarchs’ plan to take over the government and build a post-democratic America, proven to be well underway.

To understand the tech bros, we must think like them—they view our democracy as an outdated system that must be replaced:

joe alter (@joealter)

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YouTube video by The Mean Old Man Channel Homebrew Motor Controller: Slow Painful Progress, but progress nonetheless

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2025 Barred Owls Branch Out And Explore The Forest https://youtu.be/l-WyWntZun4 Watch the owlets from the 2025 Barred Owl Cam leave their nest box for the first time. Moss and Maple have officially graduated to their next stage of development! The...

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YouTube video by The Mean Old Man Channel Motor Controller Goes In

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There's a big old boot coming for an orange hind end.

Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic | CNN Business On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t ...

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YouTube video by Comedy Central Key & Peele - Black Ice

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Stolen from FB...

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders Where Do We Go From Here?

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I was vaccinated against measles when Kennedy was President. Monday, at my annual chackup my doctor tested me to see if I am still immune. The MMR vaccine is still going strong.

One and done, folks. Science works. There is no excuse not to eliminate this disease, except ignorance and superstition.

YouTube video by Jim's Radio Shop Message to My American Viewers

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This one was really hard to hear.

YouTube video by Indivisible Twin Cities AG Keith Ellison Town Hall

Minnesota Attorney General Keith ellison took part in a virtual Town Hall last night. Worth watching! YOu can cut straight to him about 10 minutes in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HeR...

Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine Haltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

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Conspiracists are about to get a dose of reality Antivaxers, cranks and fantasists thrive in safe, stable societies but the days of consequence-free idiocy may be ending

Good article: www.thetimes.com/article/b3bb...

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

YouTube video by Jacob Mitchell It Got Grandma!: Chimp at Zoo Throws Poo in Grandma's Face!

And lest we forget....

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Dallas Police Refuses to Join ICE Immigration Raids, Launches Outreach Meetings with Migrants Instead "There's no room for fear in our community," said Interim Chief Michael Igo on his X account, adding that "we're here to serve and protect all Dallas residents"

Here's something nice: www.latintimes.com/dallas-polic...

Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.

Want to track all the lawsuits that are challenging Trump's assault on Democracy? There's a lawsuit tracker here: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

Creation is unfinished.

One of my favorite films