Seta Ghazarian

How Regime Change Happens In America Podcast Episode · Fresh Air · 02/19/2025 · 45m

Most people imagine that democracy ends with a military coup. But they are wrong

With @nprfreshair.bsky.social

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US Supreme Court’s Roberts pauses federal judge’s order on Trump administration foreign aid funding U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients.

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients reut.rs/4hWDrIe

27.02.2025 03:56 — 👍 122    🔁 48    💬 23    📌 14

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

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A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

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Of course.

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What Trump Doesn’t Understand About the Military Politicizing the U.S. armed forces won’t just hurt democracy. It will make the military weaker.

“Making the military a political tool of civilian leaders is also a threat, not only to democracy, but to the integrity of the military itself,” Kori Schake writes. A politicized military will struggle to maintain personnel and legitimacy:

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🚨 In re: Provisional Ballot Sufficiency Determination and Provisional Ballot Challenge Hearing of the November 5, 2024 Election Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.

Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
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Just had a great coffee meetup with some fellow local activists. We can't control the universe, but we can lobby our elected officials here in California to eliminate dark money from our state's politics.

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