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We are not Nazis. – Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance We are not Nazis. Also: No Kings, No Dictators. By Joyce Vance, Feb 05, 2026 I wrote this piece, titled “Are We The Nazis Now?” back in October last year. There were so many awful things happening, mostly to immigrants, but by then, some Americans had started to protest their…
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Speed-Running Tyranny: Did Hitler Really Take Germany in 36 Days? – A DWD BRIEF
Editor’s Note: For some historical context, I worked with Gemini 3 AI to explore an oft-quoted Hitler “fact.” See below for our findings. This was inspired by the speed of Trump’s facist and right-wing Republican/GOP takeover of American Democracy in his last and second term. –DrWeb In the world of political commentary, a specific “fact”…
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Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them – GovTrack.us
Tracking Congress & the White House Legislative Recap Dec. 19, 2025: Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them » Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them Get Legislative Recap Updates In Your Inbox! Sign up (it’s free!) to get posts like this straight to your inbox. You’ll be able to choose…
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Trump Did In One Year What Took Putin 20 Years, Says Julia Ioffe – Bloomberg
Julia Ioffe on Why Putinism Won’t Die With Putin The Motherland author talks about reclaiming Russia’s women, the “demented family heirlooms” of Soviet trauma, and the country’s relationship with its chief decision-maker. By Mishal Husain, November 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM EST Telling the story of a country through its women is an epic undertaking…
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Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in ‘chaos’ under current regime – NPR
World Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in ‘chaos’ under current regime October 11, 20255:42 PM ET, By Alana Wise Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is in chaos and called for the removal of Venezuela’s authoritarian President…
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Civil Discourse – The American Dictator – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance The American Dictator By Joyce Vance, Sep 06, 2025 Tonight, we have the specter of an American president trying to take control of an American city for thinly veiled political reasons. Not for the first time, or even the second, but for the third. This time, Donald Trump lacks even…
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Letters from an American – August 26, 2025 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, August 26, 2025 By Heather Cox Richardson Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J. Trump suggested that Americans want a dictator. In a meeting in the Cabinet Room that lasted more than three hours, during which he listened to the fulsome praise of his cabinet officers…
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How A President Becomes A Dictator: By Executive Order – OpEd – Eurasia Review
How A President Becomes A Dictator: By Executive Order – OpEd April 24, 2025, By John and Nisha Whitehead 130 executive orders in under 100 days. Sweeping powers claimed in the name of “security” and “efficiency.” One president acting as lawmaker, enforcer, and judge. No debate. No oversight. No limits. This is how the Constitution dies—not…
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Letters from an American – Heather Cox Richardson – March 17, 2025
Excerpt from the post: From 1942 to 1945, the Code Talkers were key to every major operation of the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. The Code Talkers were Indigenous Americans who used codes based in their native languages to transmit messages that the Axis Powers never cracked. The Army recognized the ability of tribal…
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‘Nothing like this in American history’: the crisis of Trump’s assault on the rule of law – The Guardian
Editor’s Note: this is the prompt I made for the AI image: “Show a hollow empty shell of President Trump, as he defies and ignores the Supreme Court, Congress, Judges, rule of law, and become dictator like Putin over American citizens.. cry, cry, against the dying of the light of Democracy“ — good work AI…
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Donald Trump Should Never Be Allowed Within 1,000 Feet of the White House Again: A Pocket Guide | Vanity Fair
If you or someone you know still needs convincing, allow us. By Bess Levin, July 13, 2022 If you’re reading this, then you probably already know: Donald Trump is reportedly thinking about running for president a third time. As he would only be one of a handful of ex-presidents to run again after losing reelection,…
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DEAD SOUL | Vanity Fair | October 2008 | About Putin…
By Masha Gessen & Stéphane Lavoué, October 2008 Nearly every weekday morning one of Moscow’s central arteries, the Kutuzovsky Prospect, empties out suddenly, and an eerie, otherworldly silence takes hold. This means that police have sealed all the on-ramps to Kutuzovsky, an eight-lane avenue that cuts through the city from the west straight through to…
