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This is the part of the story where future generations ask, “Why didn’t anyone stop it?”
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Republicans have a new favorite talking point: calling anyone who disagrees with them a “communist” instead of addressing the affordability crisis—or the fascist MAGA takeover eating their own party alive. I’ll keep calling them out.
July 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Republicans have a new favorite talking point: calling anyone who disagrees with them a “communist” instead of addressing the affordability crisis—or the fascist MAGA takeover eating their own party alive. I’ll keep calling them out.
Today's installment from HCR provides connections between a 1945 US Army pamphlet and the news of today.
A characteristic of fascism:
“The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.”
archive.org/details/Army...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-22-2026
A characteristic of fascism:
“The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.”
archive.org/details/Army...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-22-2026
Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
March 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for...
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July 23, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Today's installment from HCR provides connections between a 1945 US Army pamphlet and the news of today.
A characteristic of fascism:
“The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.”
archive.org/details/Army...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-22-2026
A characteristic of fascism:
“The people run democratic governments, but fascist governments run the people.”
archive.org/details/Army...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-22-2026
More things Lincoln never said:
“An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people … until wealth is aggregated in a few hands … and the republic is destroyed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/nati...
“An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people … until wealth is aggregated in a few hands … and the republic is destroyed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/nati...
Lincoln's Words? Not In These Cases
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM
More things Lincoln never said:
“An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people … until wealth is aggregated in a few hands … and the republic is destroyed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/nati...
“An era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people … until wealth is aggregated in a few hands … and the republic is destroyed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/nati...
“There’s no doubt that the landscape has moved dramatically away from sympathy for Israel as Israel has acted in utterly unsympathetic ways.”
-- Brad Lander
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/n...
-- Brad Lander
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/n...
Brad Lander Wins N.Y. House Primary in Which Israel Became a Top Issue
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2026 at 5:42 AM
“There’s no doubt that the landscape has moved dramatically away from sympathy for Israel as Israel has acted in utterly unsympathetic ways.”
-- Brad Lander
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/n...
-- Brad Lander
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/n...
Big Think and Jonny Thomson, paraphrasing philosopher David Hume's 1751 work, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals:
"We need prosocial, amiable, cooperative people because it makes everything just a little less rubbish"
"We need prosocial, amiable, cooperative people because it makes everything just a little less rubbish"
June 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Big Think and Jonny Thomson, paraphrasing philosopher David Hume's 1751 work, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals:
"We need prosocial, amiable, cooperative people because it makes everything just a little less rubbish"
"We need prosocial, amiable, cooperative people because it makes everything just a little less rubbish"
Treason: Canada is under attack. US is complicit. Same playbook as #Brexit
"We are seeing an explosion of online foreign actors spreading disinformation and hate about Canada and Alberta. This pattern of fake pages and offshore BOT farms to stoke division"
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
"We are seeing an explosion of online foreign actors spreading disinformation and hate about Canada and Alberta. This pattern of fake pages and offshore BOT farms to stoke division"
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
The Threat to Canada Is Coming From the White House
It’s time to investigate U.S. foreign interference in the Alberta separatist movement.
charlieangus.substack.com
June 10, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Treason: Canada is under attack. US is complicit. Same playbook as #Brexit
"We are seeing an explosion of online foreign actors spreading disinformation and hate about Canada and Alberta. This pattern of fake pages and offshore BOT farms to stoke division"
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
"We are seeing an explosion of online foreign actors spreading disinformation and hate about Canada and Alberta. This pattern of fake pages and offshore BOT farms to stoke division"
charlieangus.substack.com/p/its-time-f...
There has always been a group of people who refused to acknowledge that other people have perfectly valid reasons for wanting to pursue their own goals rather than yours.
We call most of those people "toddlers"...
-- Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u...
We call most of those people "toddlers"...
-- Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u...
Pluralistic: AI and a world without migrants (27 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
May 29, 2026 at 11:37 AM
There has always been a group of people who refused to acknowledge that other people have perfectly valid reasons for wanting to pursue their own goals rather than yours.
We call most of those people "toddlers"...
-- Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u...
We call most of those people "toddlers"...
-- Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u...
This is not law and order.
This is state violence.
This is state violence.
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
May 28, 2026 at 6:36 AM
This is not law and order.
This is state violence.
This is state violence.
Another famous idea from Cory Doctorow:
"What the technology does is nowhere near as important as who it does it *to*, and who it does it *for*"
Paraphrased from somewhere in pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/v...
"What the technology does is nowhere near as important as who it does it *to*, and who it does it *for*"
Paraphrased from somewhere in pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/v...
Pluralistic: Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox (11 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
May 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Another famous idea from Cory Doctorow:
"What the technology does is nowhere near as important as who it does it *to*, and who it does it *for*"
Paraphrased from somewhere in pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/v...
"What the technology does is nowhere near as important as who it does it *to*, and who it does it *for*"
Paraphrased from somewhere in pluralistic.net/2025/09/11/v...
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May 19, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Is no one allowed to remember what happened the last time we did something stupid?
-- Cory Doctorow, May 2026
-- Cory Doctorow, May 2026
May 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Is no one allowed to remember what happened the last time we did something stupid?
-- Cory Doctorow, May 2026
-- Cory Doctorow, May 2026
“Jim Crow 2.0? No Faux King Way!”
-- from the comments
-- from the comments
May 17, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“Jim Crow 2.0? No Faux King Way!”
-- from the comments
-- from the comments
Modern take on Marxism (describing surveillance pricing)
Instead of "from each to their own ability, to each according to their need"
We now have
"from each according to their desperation, to each according to our power"
pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/s...
Instead of "from each to their own ability, to each according to their need"
We now have
"from each according to their desperation, to each according to our power"
pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/s...
Pluralistic: The cod-Marxism of personalized pricing; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 3) (11 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
May 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Modern take on Marxism (describing surveillance pricing)
Instead of "from each to their own ability, to each according to their need"
We now have
"from each according to their desperation, to each according to our power"
pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/s...
Instead of "from each to their own ability, to each according to their need"
We now have
"from each according to their desperation, to each according to our power"
pluralistic.net/2025/01/11/s...
The real existential AI threat isn't that we'll accidentally teach the word-guessing program so many words that it awakens and becomes a vengeful god.
May 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The real existential AI threat isn't that we'll accidentally teach the word-guessing program so many words that it awakens and becomes a vengeful god.
"We are watching the collective moral failure and complicity of America’s political institutions, courts, media, and the business class of the most powerful nation on earth."
And we ask ourselves, how did we get here?
charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-the-m...
And we ask ourselves, how did we get here?
charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-the-m...
When the Monster Took the Stage
Tonight the world stands frozen as the madman with the nuclear codes brags that destroying a civilization is how to negotiate with an adversary.
charlieangus.substack.com
April 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
"We are watching the collective moral failure and complicity of America’s political institutions, courts, media, and the business class of the most powerful nation on earth."
And we ask ourselves, how did we get here?
charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-the-m...
And we ask ourselves, how did we get here?
charlieangus.substack.com/p/when-the-m...
We're focused on the wrong 1%.
"What I would say is that the only minority destroying this country is the billionaires."
-- James Talarico
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
#HumanRights
www.them.us/story/james-...
"What I would say is that the only minority destroying this country is the billionaires."
-- James Talarico
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
#HumanRights
www.them.us/story/james-...
James Talarico Stands By Defense of Trans Youth: “Focus on the Real Problem”
“The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes,” Talarico told MS NOW.
www.them.us
April 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
We're focused on the wrong 1%.
"What I would say is that the only minority destroying this country is the billionaires."
-- James Talarico
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
#HumanRights
www.them.us/story/james-...
"What I would say is that the only minority destroying this country is the billionaires."
-- James Talarico
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
#HumanRights
www.them.us/story/james-...
"The only thing worse than surveillance capitalism is surveillance socialism"
--
Big Think and Andrey Mir, March 31 2026
#SurveillanceCapitalism #Human
bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/3-ways-to-...
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Big Think and Andrey Mir, March 31 2026
#SurveillanceCapitalism #Human
bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/3-ways-to-...
3 ways to prove you’re human online
As AI overwhelms the web, we will need a way to distinguish people from machines.
bigthinkmedia.substack.com
April 3, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"The only thing worse than surveillance capitalism is surveillance socialism"
--
Big Think and Andrey Mir, March 31 2026
#SurveillanceCapitalism #Human
bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/3-ways-to-...
--
Big Think and Andrey Mir, March 31 2026
#SurveillanceCapitalism #Human
bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/3-ways-to-...
Are US policy decisions being used to manipulate markets?
For those not following along at home, the answer is yes. It's a transparent pump-and-dump scheme by a bunch of #treasonous #crooks who happen to own a government. Welcome to the #upsidedown.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...
For those not following along at home, the answer is yes. It's a transparent pump-and-dump scheme by a bunch of #treasonous #crooks who happen to own a government. Welcome to the #upsidedown.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...
Treason in the Futures Markets
People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 25, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Are US policy decisions being used to manipulate markets?
For those not following along at home, the answer is yes. It's a transparent pump-and-dump scheme by a bunch of #treasonous #crooks who happen to own a government. Welcome to the #upsidedown.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...
For those not following along at home, the answer is yes. It's a transparent pump-and-dump scheme by a bunch of #treasonous #crooks who happen to own a government. Welcome to the #upsidedown.
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...
"War is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
-- Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book 1, Ch. 1, Section 24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_vo...
-- Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book 1, Ch. 1, Section 24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_vo...
March 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
"War is merely the continuation of politics by other means."
-- Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book 1, Ch. 1, Section 24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_vo...
-- Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book 1, Ch. 1, Section 24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_vo...
Why?
"Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power."
-- David Rothkopf
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-...
"Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power."
-- David Rothkopf
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-...
Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters
Let's be honest about the roots, costs and consequences of the Iran War
davidrothkopf.substack.com
March 8, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Why?
"Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power."
-- David Rothkopf
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-...
"Because to some people, whether he is insane or malevolent or repugnant or not matters less than whether his actions will feather their nests, increase their power."
-- David Rothkopf
davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/living-in-...
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-- Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_...
-- Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_...
March 2, 2026 at 8:09 AM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-- Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_...
-- Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_...
"Look, I come up with stupid ideas all the time, but I've learned the hard way that if I open my teeth and let these mental farts escape from my face, the people around me will tell me that I'm an asshole and make me feel bad."
-- Cory Doctorow, 2025-09-24
pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/r...
-- Cory Doctorow, 2025-09-24
pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/r...
Pluralistic: The billionaires aren’t OK (24 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Look, I come up with stupid ideas all the time, but I've learned the hard way that if I open my teeth and let these mental farts escape from my face, the people around me will tell me that I'm an asshole and make me feel bad."
-- Cory Doctorow, 2025-09-24
pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/r...
-- Cory Doctorow, 2025-09-24
pluralistic.net/2025/09/24/r...
"Why sell hope when fear guarantees more clicks?"
-- Meghan Hays, 24 Sep 2025
#outrage #clickbait
www.meidasplus.com/p/sex-no-lon...
-- Meghan Hays, 24 Sep 2025
#outrage #clickbait
www.meidasplus.com/p/sex-no-lon...
Sex No Longer Sells: Hate Does
Hate became the new currency.
www.meidasplus.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Why sell hope when fear guarantees more clicks?"
-- Meghan Hays, 24 Sep 2025
#outrage #clickbait
www.meidasplus.com/p/sex-no-lon...
-- Meghan Hays, 24 Sep 2025
#outrage #clickbait
www.meidasplus.com/p/sex-no-lon...