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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

substack.com/@snyder/note... “The fascism is a tool to divide, to divert, to direct people towards a false us and them. Whereas the real us and them is that they have their hands in our wallet.”

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Modern Fascism, the Collapse of Truth, and Why Americans Need “Small Courage”

A recording from Timothy Snyder and Sharon McMahon's

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/one-big-co... "There are grifters and liars and fantasists immersed in conspiracy culture, but there are also many people who simply refuse to surrender their conscience or curiosity to a social imperative to look the other way."

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One Big Cosmic Watergate

On conspiracy theories, conspiracy facts, and the uncanny valley in between.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A criminal president with the power to appoint a corrupt Attorney General is a true weakness of our system. It immediately creates the largest criminal cartel on Earth.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug... "Weakness is dangerous, and Trump is dangerously weak. And, as weaklings do, he blames others for his own failures, and thereby makes everything worse."

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War Through Weakness

Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

staceyabrams.substack.com/p/they-want-... "rather than accept a woman’s right to choose, these politicians – masquerading as bounty hunters – have decided to reach across state lines and drag the rest of the country into enforcing horrific laws with a body count"

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They Want Their Abortion Bans to Follow You

Three states are asking the Supreme Court to export their abortion bans across state lines. Bodily autonomy—and democracy—are on the line.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

X Whistleblower: Elon Musk Allowed Russian Interference In 2024 Election thiswillhold.substack.com/p/x-whistleb... “I was part of a team that was directly ordered to manipulate Twitter’s systems to influence the 2024 US presidential election.”

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X Whistleblower: Elon Musk Allowed Russian Interference In 2024 Election

Former X employee makes alarming allegations about Elon Musk and the 2024 election. And, of course—Russia, Russia, Russia.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong... "The basis of politics in the Trump regime is sado-populism. Rather than offer policy that benefits Americans, Trump uses the government to hurt some, and offer their pain as a spectacle to everyone else."

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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution

Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

steady.substack.com/p/another-sh... "According to Feeding America, one in five children in America is food insecure. One in five. And now millions more will lose the food assistance they do get from the government in the coming months."

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Another Shoe Is About To Drop

Trump targets the most vulnerable

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... "Many indicators of voter sentiment suggest the Democrats are favored to take back control of the House of Representatives, and potentially the Senate."

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The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mapped

These graphics explain what the Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and House of Representatives

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Bright Lights, Big Dystopia sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bright-lig... "In the AI dystopia, the narrator is no longer You, but a corrupted composite."

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Bright Lights, Big Dystopia

In the 21st century, every novel is a horror novel.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here’s How to Save American Democracy from the Oligarchs lucid.substack.com/p/heres-how-... “The general finding is that the more unequal a society, the less likely people are to be socially tolerant, to trust one another, to favor equality, and to participate in voluntary associations.”

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Here’s How to Save American Democracy from the Oligarchs

A guest post by oligarchy and kleptocracy expert Casey Michel

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Propaganda works. He created an illusion of strength. He promised the return of alleged status loss. Fiction is comforting to his supporters.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Self enclowment. Ha ha. Trumpism is often about putting on a suit and walking up to a microphone and assuming they can do what they have seen other people do on TV. Ignorance and pomp.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A case study in the moral decay of MAGA -white male incompetence, belligerence -attacking smart black women -accusing Dems of criminality while protecting Trump criminality -attacking lawyers and judges without addressing the evidence -Name calling like a toddler -caught red handed lying

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Regime Change and Corruption snyder.substack.com/p/regime-cha... "Anne described a coalition of actors who have never before controlled the federal government: those bent on destroying the administrative state, Christian nationalists, white supremacists, and tech and crypto oligarchs."

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Regime Change and Corruption with Anne Applebaum

A recording from Timothy Snyder's live video

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Self-humiliation is a hallmark of Trump fealty. A surrender of honor and dignity.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

snyder.substack.com/p/trump-powe... "The US is rapidly deflating its own power, both immediately, by torching alliances and losing wars, and over the long term, by hollowing out the economy, social mobility, and the research and educational base that power actually rests on."

snyder.substack.com

Trump, Power, What Comes Next with Robert Reich

A recording from Timothy Snyder and Robert Reich's conversation

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Voting with your wallet works.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "One is an authoritarian who represses the media and has a strong allergy to democratic elections. The other is head of the Chinese Communist party."

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Trump swoons over strongman soulmate Xi – are you feeling jealous, Vladimir?

Deference was deafening as US president rolled out red carpet for world’s biggest jailer of journalists – perhaps he was seeking tips

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

steady.substack.com/p/he-said-xi... "Trump kicked out 3 news organizations from the WH, tagging them with his tired “fake news” moniker. The outlets sued, the judge sided with the media. Reporters must be admitted. By ignoring the judge, Trump once again thumbed his nose at the rule of law."

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He Said, Xi Said

Trump spent his day kowtowing

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Anatomy of Exhaustion daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/the-anatom... "For generations, the primary tool of systemic maintenance has been gaslighting—convincing the public that their material decline is an individual failure rather than a structural feature."

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The Anatomy of Exhaustion

How the Myth of Normalcy Collapsed

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Customer engagement vs digital addiction. The risk of designing habit forming products. dave-sloan.medium.com/customer-eng... @catherine-price.bsky.social

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Customer engagement vs digital addiction

The risk of designing habit-forming products

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

open.substack.com/pub/thenextm... "In 1776, the Crown raided a newspaper’s offices for publishing critical commentary about the royal regime. The Stamp Act smothered America’s nascent free press in the cradle, charging publishers sympathetic to the rebels under Britain’s seditious libel laws."

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King Trump’s Press Ban

Banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico is straight out of the 1776 playbook—the British Crown’s playbook, that is.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th... "Trump is a corporate raider doing what corporate raiders do. He seeks to destroy the media much as he seeks to destroy the US itself." @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

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Gutting the Fourth Estate

The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived." - Starship Troopers, a movie about fascism.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A fictional president craving fictional praise.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An illegitimate president needs to put on a suit and give a speech in front of flags every day to hide his illegitimacy.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring steady.substack.com/p/trumps-ban... "Journalism has survived dictators, despots, and others who have tried to control the Fourth Estate. It will survive Donald Trump too."

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Trump’s Ban Is Backfiring

As the media unites against him

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

lucid.substack.com/p/a-reckonin... "A principle of autocratic behavior is that such leaders rarely course correct. Instead they double down: aggressions increase as their legitimacy decreases, and the mania to control the narrative grows. Trump is well into the autocratic backfire process."

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A Reckoning for the Free Press in America, as a Weakened Trump Escalates His Attacks

White House Press Bans, and a Dangerous Media Merger

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"According to last week’s Times-Siena poll, when likely voters were asked which party the word “elitist” describes, 43 percent said Republicans while 33 percent said Democrats."

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rise-o... "Trump Republicans have instead aimed populist fury at immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, Black and Latino people, “communists,” Muslims, so-called “woke” leaders, “coastal elites,” “childless cat ladies,” and other scapegoats."

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The Rise of AI Populism

Are we on the cusp of a political realignment against corporate power?

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frostellicus @maxellxlii.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Violence is the language of fascism. Ironsides’ monologue at the beginning of Starship Troopers covers it rather well youtu.be/EBxgrr0wL8M?...

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Starship Troopers: Failure of Democracy (HD)

YouTube video by Nightbound

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A fictional president. Causing very real problems. And then trying to fix them with fictional leadership.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some schools are trying a no device policy. "Human connection happens when you look each other in the eyeballs." www.instagram.com/reel/DVyT84Y...

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Instagram

Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-gre... "A fiscal rescue is necessary because ticket sales and fundraising plunged after the trustees added Trump’s name to the building in December."

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Trump’s Worst Fear

His vanity, narcissism, vainglory, and vindictiveness are mere symptoms

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Sheeran Effect! daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/the-sheera... "The sudden retreat to “neutrality” in the face of ongoing human suffering and clear corporate bullying didn’t protect his brand—it cratered it."

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The Sheeran Effect!

How Ed Sheeran, Billionaire Bullying, and the Streisand Effect Backfired

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lies and bigotry. It's a hell of a political platform!

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchy-... "The internet, far from spreading knowledge and reason, favored conspiracy thinking and habits of mind inconsistent with freedom and the rule of law."

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Oligarchy, Neo Fascism, and Liberation

Lesson ten in my lecture series

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Counter point: All of Trump's failures are self inflicted. He creates problems which makes him exceptionally incompetent.

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Dave Sloan @dave-sloan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/i-wandered... "AI is the technofascist replacement for life, stripped of the qualities that make it worth living: love, imagination, curiosity, the natural world."

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I Wandered Lonely in The Cloud

How AI is destroying the life of the mind.

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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

You went to the protest. Great. That took courage. Fascism is not stopped by people who show up for one march and skip the next election. Fascism is stopped by people who register, vote, and bring their friends along to. #GetReadyToVote 🇺🇸

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