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Time for a national civic uprising »
David Brooks: “It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.”
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George III and Donald Trump »
“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
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Speaking the truth »
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How to protect democracy »
So many of us feel helpless in the face of the onslaught of the daily attacks on our democracy. That’s a primary goal of the authoritarian playbook — push us into a fetal position where we hide away in fear. But there are small steps each of us can take to reverse that fear, and take action to confront tyranny in ways that change the dynamics of the current political climate.
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Restoring American Leadership »
We are at the crossroads, facing the end of the democratic republic that was imagined by our founders. Our Declaration of Independence rings hollow as we now have a president who is as much a tyrant as the king from whom we declared ourselves independent. The principles and ideals of our government as expressed in the Federalist Papers, in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are being tossed aside as the concepts of due process, the rule of law, and the guarantees of the First Amendment are being ignored by the Trump administration.
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Why Twitter and Facebook but not Bluesky? »
The social media landscape is dominated by right wing ownership. Elon Musk and Mark Zukerberg are notably supportive of the Trump administration. Musk built X into a propaganda machine in support of Trump’s campaign, leveraging that support to gain control over the administration. Zuckerberg’s Meta (parent of Facebook, Threads, and Instagram) will officially end its fact checking system on Monday, April 7, 2025 likely leading to further erosion of an objective reality.
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Working to bring Democratic representation to South Eastern Oregon »
Cliff Bentz is a devotee of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and has handed over to the Trump administration the responsibilities that rightfully fall to the Article 1 branch of government, Congress. He has shirked his constitutional duties and enabled a fascist takeover of the United States, preferring the devastation wreaked by Elon Musk’s firings and cuts to agencies and departments of government that provide services to citizens and the world.
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