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@gryphonx23.bsky.social

Information/intelligence Analyst. Amateur historian. Budding Stoic. Martial artist. Swordsman. Father. I study current geo-politics in America and the world. And fight with swords on the weekends.

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Latest posts by gryphonx23.bsky.social on Bluesky

SNAP is making $186 Billion in cuts
They are adding work requirements and putting time limits for being on the program
Children, Seniors & disabled donโ€™t deserve food.
Republicans only want Americans to eat if they suffer

MAGA is a sick cult of Hate
The American Dream is a fucking nightmare.

09.09.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

tRump's Tariffs will wreck our economy and may lead to another Great Depression.
The rest of the world is trying to divest itself of US interests, but global economics are intimately intertwined. The best they can hope to do is limit the impact of US economic collapse on their nations.

20.08.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Democracy dies a slow death, bled slowly by 1000 small cuts.

To be clear, I am not saying I think this is going to happen in the U.S.

I am saying it has already started.
12/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Deny and dispute any election as โ€œriggedโ€ or โ€œfixedโ€ that doesnโ€™t go in your favor and then refuse to accept the results. Install loyalists and supporters who will be beholden to the Leader for their own power.
11/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally, step five: Consolidation of Power. Rewrite the rules so the Leader doesnโ€™t have to leave. Control elections to keep your own Party in power and take representation away from any opposition.
10/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Incite violence by being violent towards protesters and then use excessive force against all protesters. Focus the media on the โ€œBad Riotersโ€ and the โ€œHeroic Troops.โ€ When people canโ€™t protest or organize, thereโ€™s no one left to stop the slide into the next step.
9/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fourth, suppress protest and dissent. The U.S. was founded on protest and dissent. Violent protest to be accurate (despite what is taught in many history classes.) Use the police, the military, claim any protest, no matter how peaceful, is a โ€œriot.โ€
8/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dehumanizing LGBTQIA+ and immigrants makes it โ€œacceptableโ€ and itโ€™s easier to move on to others, like non-whites in general, women, and political opposition.
7/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Third, target marginalized groups. It is easier to take rights away from people who donโ€™t have a lot of power. Claiming rights donโ€™t apply to them, labelling them as criminals, as dangerousโ€”despite evidence to the contraryโ€”makes them less than human.
6/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Claim fraud is being planned for every election and work to rig elections in the Leaderโ€™s favor. If people think the system is broken, they lose their trust in its ability to work. They will accept a โ€œstrong manโ€ who promises to โ€œfix it.โ€
5/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Second, attack trust in elections, in the courts, and in institutions generally. Replace competent professionals with incapable and self-serving loyalists. Call it corruption if any court rules against the Leaderโ€™s actions and policies.
4/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flood the air waves with misinformation and disinformation. If you can convince a base of supporters that this ONE source is the only REAL NEWS, you can spread your propaganda faster.
3/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First, control the media. Call the press (and anyone that doesnโ€™t agree with you) the enemy of the state. Restrict what they are โ€œallowedโ€ to talk about by punishing them for reporting what you donโ€™t like.
2/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Authoritarian takeovers donโ€™t happen overnight. A democratic nation slides into authoritarianism gradually. Rights are chipped away a little bit at a time, so the masses donโ€™t really notice.
1/12

19.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Protect yourself and your community from Criminals and Predators

30.07.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are losing while we fight among ourselves

30.07.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œCurrently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,โ€ the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.

09.06.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4142    ๐Ÿ” 1441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 437    ๐Ÿ“Œ 805
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Those who deny what is happening from here on, WANT this to happen. Because they think it benefits them in some way

09.06.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is no longer an excuse to claim ignorance...The regime knows this, has been planning this, and is certain Americans will fold...

09.06.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Musk and tRump's public tantrum is just a distraction.
Russel Vought is pushing Project2025 through without either of their interference
The ICE-stapo is still kidnapping people off the streets and detaining/rendering them to foreign nations without due process.
Stay focused. Keep fighting.

05.06.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

While we who are NOT MAGA extremists are planning for a post-tRump world, when we pursue those that enabled tRump, ignored law & due process, & worse...
They are planning to keep hold of their power so they NEVER suffer the consequences of their actions

08.05.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For no reason in particular

08.05.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fuck me.
Just saw Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com post with the fecking red hats.
WTAF? Some of his posts on Bluesky are critical of the fascist regime...But then this BS.

I am so much more than disappointed.

30.04.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FELON47 expressly stated he wants to escalate, do the same to US Citizens.
Under the US Constitution every Person is innocent until proven guilty. They must be charged w/ a crime & given their Due Process.
tRump's Regime wants to strip that very principle away from American Citizens.
26/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We MUST learn the lessons of history. People like tRump donโ€™t stop. They only escalate. He and his fascist advisors will not be content with attempting to disappear 300 immigrants into CECOT, ripping them away from their families and lives and hoping for them to die there.
25/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

their ultimate goal is to be able to do the same to you, your children and your family, and to your neighbors.

Anyoneโ€”ANYONEโ€”can be renditioned when the government strips away the right to Due Process.
24/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If they can snatch people off the street, kidnap them from their homes in the middle of the night, & send them to a prison camp in a foreign country w/o Due Process, & make unsubstantiated claims about them,
23/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If there is no Due Process, how do you prove you are not guilty? How do your refute any accusations made against you? They can smear you in the court of public opinion, say whatever they want about you and have it broadcast by the obedient state media
22/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It will take no time for them to move to those who criticize him and his regime, those who speak out against his un-Constitutional and illegal actions to destroy American democracy.
That is exactly what happened in N@zi Germany.
21/26

23.04.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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