On July 4, 1776, Americans declared to the world their belief in freedom, not despotism.
249 years later Americans all across the country remain true to those beliefs.
YES to freedom. NO to despotism.
249 years later Americans all across the country remain true to those beliefs.
YES to freedom. NO to despotism.
July 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
On July 4, 1776, Americans declared to the world their belief in freedom, not despotism.
249 years later Americans all across the country remain true to those beliefs.
YES to freedom. NO to despotism.
249 years later Americans all across the country remain true to those beliefs.
YES to freedom. NO to despotism.
“What we are seeing is not merely a “slide toward authoritarianism.” It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating.”
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Despotism at the Door
The thread that ties John Bolton and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is clear: We have a president who wants to operate outside the law.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“What we are seeing is not merely a “slide toward authoritarianism.” It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating.”
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impartial scientific research is the enemy of despotism and so naturally vought wants to destroy it
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule.
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
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Russell Vought is going destroy American Science.
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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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May 29, 2026 at 4:56 AM
impartial scientific research is the enemy of despotism and so naturally vought wants to destroy it
Do you realize the Declaration of Independence says we’re required to remove this administration because of it’s “long train of abuses” and “absolute Despotism”?
August 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Do you realize the Declaration of Independence says we’re required to remove this administration because of it’s “long train of abuses” and “absolute Despotism”?
This is Machiavellian. This is despotism. This is Juristocracy.
Virginians voted to give Democrats the VA House
Virginians voted to give Democrats the VA Senate
Virginians voted to give Democrats the Governorship
Virginians voted to pass a gerrymandering referendum
Despite all this VA Democrats appealed to a MAGA SCOTUS, and lost.
This Is Cowardice. Enough.
Virginians voted to give Democrats the VA Senate
Virginians voted to give Democrats the Governorship
Virginians voted to pass a gerrymandering referendum
Despite all this VA Democrats appealed to a MAGA SCOTUS, and lost.
This Is Cowardice. Enough.
May 15, 2026 at 11:17 PM
This is Machiavellian. This is despotism. This is Juristocracy.
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#RiseAndResist with the most patriotic wisdom in American history:
"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." --Thomas Paine 🦅 🇺🇸
"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." --Thomas Paine 🦅 🇺🇸
August 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
#RiseAndResist with the most patriotic wisdom in American history:
"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." --Thomas Paine 🦅 🇺🇸
"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." --Thomas Paine 🦅 🇺🇸
"In only seven months, we’ve seen a remarkably sustained if somewhat chaotic series of abuses and usurpations in pursuit of the object of despotism.
It’s a purposeful project, not an inadvertent one."
www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
It’s a purposeful project, not an inadvertent one."
www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
Despotism at the Door
The thread that ties John Bolton and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is clear: We have a president who wants to operate outside the law.
www.thebulwark.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"In only seven months, we’ve seen a remarkably sustained if somewhat chaotic series of abuses and usurpations in pursuit of the object of despotism.
It’s a purposeful project, not an inadvertent one."
www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
It’s a purposeful project, not an inadvertent one."
www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
"For what we are seeing is not merely a 'slide toward authoritarianism.' It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating."
Despotism at the Door www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
Despotism at the Door www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
Despotism at the Door
The thread that ties John Bolton and Kilmar Abrego Garcia is clear: We have a president who wants to operate outside the law.
www.thebulwark.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"For what we are seeing is not merely a 'slide toward authoritarianism.' It’s a march toward despotism. And it’s a march whose pace is accelerating."
Despotism at the Door www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
Despotism at the Door www.thebulwark.com/p/despotism-...
“They are the vanguard — the miners, and sappers — of returning despotism. We must repulse them, or they will subjugate us.”
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“They are the vanguard — the miners, and sappers — of returning despotism. We must repulse them, or they will subjugate us.”
That’s the spirit. Nothing less than democracy and a country to save from despotism.
March 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That’s the spirit. Nothing less than democracy and a country to save from despotism.
Exodus from Elon
Diaspora from Despotism
Diaspora from Despotism
November 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Exodus from Elon
Diaspora from Despotism
Diaspora from Despotism
You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.
Trump on DOGE: We’re going to go into Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there. You know that? We’re going to go into Fort Knox. You know about that? We hope everything is fine with Fort Knox. But we’re going to go to Fort Knox and make sure the gold is still there.
February 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.
Despotism.
August 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Despotism.
The current Supreme Court has unilaterally rearchitected our entire system of Government, and done so to favor despotism
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starting to think congress' power of the purse doesn't exist anymore.
September 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The current Supreme Court has unilaterally rearchitected our entire system of Government, and done so to favor despotism
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We’re still standing strong. Democracy demands daylight. MAGA deals despotism in the depths of darkness. We’re fighting 1,000 pages of top-down class warfare against the American majority.
May 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We’re still standing strong. Democracy demands daylight. MAGA deals despotism in the depths of darkness. We’re fighting 1,000 pages of top-down class warfare against the American majority.
Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
congress right now has all the power it needs to put an end to MAGA despotism. they just don’t want to. and there is no set of rules you could devise that could overcome that obstacle.
New in PN: Trump's despotism extends to DC golf courses
"The withdrawal of opportunities for public recreation goes hand in hand with Trump’s larger program of dismantling public services and core components of the welfare state."
"The withdrawal of opportunities for public recreation goes hand in hand with Trump’s larger program of dismantling public services and core components of the welfare state."
Trump's despotism extends to DC golf courses
He views the entire world as a private club he owns and profits from.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New in PN: Trump's despotism extends to DC golf courses
"The withdrawal of opportunities for public recreation goes hand in hand with Trump’s larger program of dismantling public services and core components of the welfare state."
"The withdrawal of opportunities for public recreation goes hand in hand with Trump’s larger program of dismantling public services and core components of the welfare state."
Mass, relentless public protest is all there is. Every other mechanism for stopping despotism has failed. There's a reason that so many state constitutions include the phrase "All political power is inherent in the people"
The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
April 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Mass, relentless public protest is all there is. Every other mechanism for stopping despotism has failed. There's a reason that so many state constitutions include the phrase "All political power is inherent in the people"
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. --Thomas Paine 🔥 🔥 🔥
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. --Thomas Paine 🔥 🔥 🔥
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
fucking despotism
September 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
fucking despotism
