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William Lindsey :toad: · 80w
"They told us they would smash the institutions that safeguard our democracy. And that is exactly what they are doing. Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe w...
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"To be clear, 'they' are not just Donald Trump and his billionaire co-pilot. Over the past half-century, an anti-democratic movement has coalesced in the United States. It draws on super-wealthy funders, ideologues of the new right, purveyors of disinformation and Christian nationalist activists. Though it pretends to revere the founders and the Constitution, it fundamentally rejects the idea of America as a modern pluralistic democracy."

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William Lindsey :toad: · 80w
"Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to demand that they stand against President Donald Trump and his sidekick Elon Musk as they unilaterally di...