This isn't happening in isolation. From our gutted public health infrastructure to universities facing massive funding cuts, from targeted law firms to destabilized international alliances – these seemingly disparate events reveal an assault on American institutions.
There's no internal logic to it or organizing philosophy; instead it’s a collection of disparate interests advancing their own agendas through Trump, who serves as the capricious decider.
I disagree. There is logic to it. They are doing the work of our enemies, full stop. Americans are too dumb to get it despite ample documentation.
Republican Senator Murkowski hints at what may explain the puzzling lack of mass protest: "We are all afraid... retaliation is real."
I am hoping that she opened the floodgates
Grow a pair Lisa. FFS.
Many of you ask what you can do. Rather than offering a generic checklist, I'm encouraging something more personal: Take some time to yourself to consider, what matters most to you? What skills can you bring? What small step feels both effective and safe?
Because here's the truth. The manager isn't coming to save us. We've entered what I call the "find out" phase after months of "messing around" with our democratic foundations.
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Too much if u keep pretending no crisis yet.