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3/3 Also, kudos to the primary author of this outstanding resource, Daniel Hunter!

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2/2 *I owe the term "election fuckery" to Anat Shenker-Osorio who used it on her podcast.

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Election Defense Scenarios - Freedom Trainers

1/2 An outstanding resource for understanding Republican election fuckery* & how to respond to it & message around it. It addresses 18 specific scenarios, making it an anti-vote suppression playbook. Recommended on a podcast by Mike Podhorzer & Anat Shenker-Osorio. freedomtrainers.net/scenarios/

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Election Defense Scenarios is a field guide for protecting democracy. This resource walks readers through eighteen detailed scenarios — from voter roll purges and redistricting attacks to armed intimi...

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The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 6h

There is also a lot of research based on the idea that the the brain does in fact work a lot like a computer -- just not necessarily like your desktop. Dennett said it was a like a serial computer realized on a parallel architecture.

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I've been on that bus both literally and figuratively

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The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 7h

I have extensive experience working on many big time campaigns at the highest level and I agree with Willis 99% of the time.

The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 8h

Now you've switched from talking about alternatives to democracy to talking about alternative kinds of democracy.

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The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 17h

They choked when they gave up on the weirdo attacks

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The Fool❌👑 @thefool37.bsky.social · 18h

The only thing worse is all the alternatives

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Democracy should only be a central commitment for those libertarians who believe in actual freedom. For those many libertarians who believe in an ersatz reductionist conception of liberty, democracy is unnecessary.

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Again, this is why I don’t know what to do with NYT’s supposedly hard-hitting “accountability” stories from Lipton & company. Two days later, we get front pages like this. The corruption is 🦗, the illegal ads aren’t called illegal, & “Poor John Roberts can’t vacation in peace” is the lead story 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You’re not going to learn anything by sitting down to lunch with Kevin Hassett or Peter Navarro, other than they have gone all in on lying & fascism. So again, you need to take a step back & make clear that there are prior assumptions & table stakes antes about who one should sit down to lunch with.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

To eliminate ideological bias, go to lunch with someone who thinks that you should: 1. not exist; 2. not be a citizen; or 3. should be murdered in ICE detention or in a foreign country after deportation. You might learn some things! Be sure to pick up the tab as a sign of good-will! #Satire

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Has Mike Rogers disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ken Paxton disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Mike Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Jon Husted disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Susan Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Moody disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Hinson disavowed Elon Musk yet?

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That's hilarious. Absolutely classic. You see, bro, my name is a litmus test for undereducated dumbasses - and you were just detected! Now, go read some Shakespeare (I suggest 12th Night) and get back to me when you're qualified to comment about foolishness.

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my "argument" (more of an observation) stands untouched by your hysterical screed

calm down, bro nobody said anything like all that

The Washington football team's defense just made a major statement on the first two plays of their game against the Colts in London this morning. First play from scrimmage was a blocked pass and the second play was a sack-fumble recovered deep in Colts territory!

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Hell, I'm still wearing what was unfashionable in my 20's!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah but university students are adults and they have a right to assemble

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If Trump just takes money appropriated by Congress for a specific purpose & seizes it to use it for an entirely different purpose, what is the point of having a Congress or appropriating money for anything? I’m sure the Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins must be concerned.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This was me in 2016. Same worry today. 😟

That made Mercieca laugh.

"What makes you think he's going to stand for being impeached?"

But how would he, how could he, resist it?

JM: "I don't know. I don't know. He has not allowed anybody to hold him accountable yet. He has prevented every single institution from holding him accountable."

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

getting absolutely blasted with anti-talarico ads and they are literally all about trans people. hopefully we can learn for the zillionth time about how pointless it is to equivocate on this issue

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.

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As a Columbia poli sci grad, I just want to greet Pompeo with a hearty "Fuck you, pal".

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026

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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It just doesn't rise to the level of butter emails that would justify constant coverage

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My choice in 2028 is the candidate who vows to claw back every taxpayer dime Trump spent on self-aggrandizement - the ballroom, the arch, the ads - and every dime Trump and his family made using the presidency for profit. I think the public would support "Give us the money back" by a 2-to-1 margin.

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As a Columbia grad I just want to greet Pompeo with a hearty "Fuck you, pal!"

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Literal No Kings. Either Article I means something or it doesn't.

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I dont know. Gotta hear the music first.

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The Trump administration has disbanded or weakened federal bodies responsible for investigating threats to election officials and foreign interference, including the DOJ election-threats taskforce and election-security functions at CISA and ODNI. At... TAT: [Hollowing state | Undermining democracy]

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Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn

Credible threats appear to have been overlooked as administration focuses on unverified claims of voter fraud

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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

President Trump said in an interview that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I’m not committing to anything,” Trump said in an interview with Time when asked about the limits... TAT: [Undermining democracy]

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Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms

President Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I&…

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 02/10/2026

The people screaming Democrats are communists want the government to steer industry, wall off trade, hand out checks, punish dissenters, pick economic winners and losers, and call the whole thing “free-market capitalism.”

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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy

MUST READ: "Competitive Authoritarianism In America" by Steven Levitsky, Lucan A. Way. Would love to read a Zack Beauchamp reply since he has argued we are a delegative democracy & not a competitive authoritarian regime. @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...

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The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.

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The Republicans not only lie pathologically, they also weaponize the government and try to rewrite history. They apparently think the USSR was a capitalist utopia.

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This is a white-headed duck photographed at the Oceanographic Institute in Valencia Spain a few weeks ago:

Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy

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The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.

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