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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This is the way. Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to leave a message for your Senator and Representative (they will connect you). IT WORKS.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The Congress represents the PEOPLE. House Republicans have closed shop and left town until SEPTEMBER to give the President time to interfere with a witness (Ghislaine Maxwell). ==>SHUT DOWN THE SENATE! NOW. Demand it. @democrats.org @schumer.senate.gov #EPSTEIN

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

YES. "Turning the other cheek" is what got us all into this mess, and has underpinned popular distrust in the leadership class. DEMAND REAL LEADERSHIP and hold criminals accountable. The system works when we make it work.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

They're going to offer her a pardon in exchange for... something.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

ABSOLUTELY. This is the only way forward if your opponent breaks rules & norms when you follow them. Your response: "Ok, I guess I can do this to you now." THEN FOLLOW THRU & DO IT. Your opponent will learn to observe rules out of self interest. (Theories of mutually assured destruction apply).

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

THIS. Absolutely. Our elected representation has abdicated responsibility. Hold them accountable. Demand better!

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

For MAGA voters, "I was tricked" offers cover to ease cognitive dissonance. Many will need the offramp that it was a trick: to dodge accountability for their harmful & malicious choices, and to avoid appearing stupid/gullible. The Epstein file might present the perfect excuse mechanism. #EPSTEIN

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It is true in some cases, and not true in others. "I was tricked" offers cover to ease cognitive dissonance. Many will need space to say they were tricked: to dodge accountability for such a harmful/malicious choice, or to avoid appearing stupid. The Epstein file might present the perfect excuse.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

If your opponent breaks rules when you always follow them, this is the only way forward. The idea here is to say, "Ok, I guess I can do this to you now." Then do it. Your opponent will then observe rules out of self interest. (Theories of mutually assured destruction apply here).

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Dissolve and re-org the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It's an artifact from the Global War on Terror, when torture was legalized. Now it's perpetrating domestic terrorism through ICE. We don't want illegal secret police. Prosecute these criminals who deprive people of civil rights.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Delay has been costly. DJT has enablers and accomplices. Hold the criminals accountable. Reform the Supreme Court. Demand better! #NoKings

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

There is also a fundamental American satisfaction at seeing the people in charge ("elites") doing something patently stupid and getting knocked down a few rungs for it. A very specific form of "Schadenfreude", the underlying resentment of which was harnessed in a populist presidential campaign.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It has been a slow motion coup since Trump and the Muskovites took an axe to the federal government, to include firing Inspectors General and military JAG chiefs. Resist now! Restore Constitutional order! The longer they are in power, the more entrenched the authoritarianism. #NoKings #Resist

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Friendly reminder: these Marines can't merely refuse to follow orders that deploy them to a certain location. Don't assume they personally want to deploy (it's not fun). DO assume that they signed up to serve their country and believe in the Constitution also. #NoKings #NoRetreat

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Don't obey in advance, but also: don't give them the photo ops they want. They want a burning CVS to loop on FOX News State Propaganda. 👇

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Megan McArdle is Bloomberg’s token "libertarian"... endlessly griping about regulation and liberal ideals while riding every advantage they've given her. Repetitive, wrong, hypocritical engagement farming. Libertarian in theory, trust-fund statist in practice. @opinion.bloomberg.com #EndOligarchy

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

A friendly reminder: DO NOT obey in advance. What is your plan to resist? #RESIST #NoKings #NoRetreat #EndOligarchy #RenewOurRepublic

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Even if you don't go out to protest, calling your elected reps matters. Everyone can do something to #RESIST:

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Everyone can do something. What is your plan to #RESIST?

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This will not be limited to California. Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to leave a message for your Senator and Representative (they will connect you). DEMAND that they RESIST authoritarian power consolidation! #RESIST #NoKings #NoRetreat #EndOligarchy #RenewOurRepublic

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

"[Curtis]Yarvin, a man who a normal society would relegate to screaming his ideas on the corner of less trafficked streets, is evidence of just how far the wealthy have been allowed to warp our culture. The way out, of course, requires taming that power." 2/2 @kcraybould.bsky.social #StopOligarchy

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Quaint that Nixon looks progressive now. Demand: - Presidential pardon & immunity reform - SCOTUS reform - Equal Rights Amendment - A NEW New Deal, taking into account AI - Healthcare for all - Expand House of Representatives - Ranked choice voting DEMAND BETTER! #NoRetreat

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Libra on Fire 🔥 ⚖️ @libraonfire.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

. First they arrested a sitting judge. Now they arrest a sitting mayor. You think you’re all not next!? EVERYONE ready to get off their ass and collectively do something yet? .

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

You are very welcome-- I'm grateful for your voice on this. I hope more people dig into the full interview and your book. Your insights help make sense of a dangerous moment (and hopefully make it harder to ignore).

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

12/12 Conspiracy theories are emotional diagnostics. They reveal what facts can’t: people feel unseen, disrespected & betrayed. Trumpism thrives by turning paranoia into power. Ignore that, and we’ll lose our republic. DEMAND REFORM! Medicare for all! Equal Rights Amendment! #StopTheCoup #NoRetreat

salon.com

How everything became a conspiracy theory

Journalist Phil Tinline explains how the fear of losing democracy gave us America's first autocrat

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

11/12 Democracy can’t be saved with slogans. It must deliver. ==>When voters hear “save democracy,” many just hear “protect the status quo.” Until that changes, conspiracy narratives will keep winning. #RenewOurRepublic #EndOligarchy #Resist

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

10/12 To reach those who believe in conspiracy theories, focus on how life is often random. Most people accept that daily accidents & coincidences happen. Conspiracism thrives on the idea that *everything* is connected. Gently challenge this view by pointing out the everyday randomness in our lives.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

9/12 People who believe conspiracy theories aren’t stupid: they’re often educated & highly analytical. But they're in pain & they’ve been burned; they need answers and seek a way out. Dismissing or mocking them feeds the very alienation that drew them in. How to reach them? #Resist #RenewOurRepublic

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

8/12 Conspiracy theories offer meaning when reality feels rigged. They spread fast, feel true, and promise control. Real conspiracies are rare and hidden; theories are sweeping and seductive. Knowing the difference is key to resisting collapse. Who believes this stuff?

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

7/12 Why did a known hoax endure? Because it *felt* true. It echoed fears about power, secrecy, & control. @philtinline.bsky.social shows how satire morphed into “proof” for militia groups and deep state believers, making it a blueprint for how conspiracy thinking spreads. #NoRetreat #StopTheCoup

simonandschuster.com

Ghosts of Iron Mountain

A compelling work of investigative journalism that explores the surprising origins and hidden ramifications of an epic late 1960s hoax, perpetrated...

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

6/12 "Report from Iron Mountain" (1967) was a satirical hoax claiming the USA needed war to thrive. It suggested fake threats like UFOs & pollution. Although fiction, many on the far right embraced it, seeing it as proof of a “deep state.” Tinline shows how this shaped modern MAGA conspiracism.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

5/12 The Oklahoma City bombing wasn’t just a tragedy, it was a signal flare. Rooted in 90s militia culture and conspiracies around Waco and Ruby Ridge, it marked when fringe paranoia turned deadly. Those same narratives: anti-government, apocalyptic-- still pulse at the heart of MAGA ideology.

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Oklahoma City bombing - Wikipedia

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

4/12 All this isn’t new. In 1964, Richard Hofstadter described the “paranoid style,” a pattern of political fear and conspiracy that’s haunted America across centuries. We just stopped listening until it screamed through old & new media. harpers.org/archive/1964... #RenewOurRepublic #StopTheCoup

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The Paranoid Style in American Politics, by Richard Hofstadter

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

3/12 Conspiracies thrive when truth feels insufficient. They aren't about logic: they're about pain & powerlessness. The promise: you're not crazy, they are lying. Trump’s “I alone can fix it” wasn’t a boast. It was a lifeline to millions. #Resist #NoRetreat #EndOligarchy

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

2/12 Trumpism rose from real discontent: inequality, elite distrust, lost identity, tech-fueled anxiety, and political alienation. In that chaos, conspiracy theories offered certainty, and strongmen offered clear answers. That mix birthed MAGA. #StopTheCoup #EndOligarchy

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

1/12 Conspiracy theories are more than fringe noise: they're "warning lights flashing on democracy's dashboard." @philtinline.bsky.social breaks down how American conspiracism went from satire to statecraft—and how we ignored the signs until it was nearly too late. #NoRetreat #RenewOurRepublic

salon.com

How everything became a conspiracy theory

Journalist Phil Tinline explains how the fear of losing democracy gave us America's first autocrat

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

11/12 Democracy can’t be saved with slogans. It must deliver. When voters hear “save democracy,” many just hear “protect the status quo.” Until that changes, conspiracy narratives will keep winning. #RenewOurRepublic #EndOligarchy #Resist

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

9/11 People who believe conspiracy theories aren’t stupid-- they’re often highly analytical. But they're in pain and they’ve been burned. Dismissing or mocking them feeds the very alienation that drew them in. How do we reach out them? #NoRetreat #Resist

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Chicago is on to something.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Ever thought about quitting Amazon Prime? it's a strategic tool that rakes in recurring revenue, drives customer engagement, and enables tons of data collection (for an oligarch). There are many other BETTER options. #Resist #EndOligarchy

salon.com

All my friends are quitting Amazon

Whether it’s politics, fighting consumerism or just trying to save a few bucks, here's why we are cutting back.

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

YES. It will never be easier to RESIST and oppose than NOW. Begin by repeating the truth. Then, find someone doing something you admire and join them. #EndOligarchy #RESIST #RenewOurRepublic

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Renew Our Republic @renewourrepublic.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

This is what representative leadership looks like. Resist now! #StopOligarchy #RenewOurRepublic #RESIST

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