When MAGA Tries to Unlock Freedom with the Tools of Tyranny A psychological autopsy of the movement that confuses strength with subjugation and freedom with obedience.

Probably the most insightful and comprehensive examination of the MAGA mindset I've read. Perhaps less an assessment and more a diagnosis.
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OMG: Republican DESTROYS her career with INSANE video YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

'Let them eat cake and die' basically.
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penguins can’t wait to make 200 trade deals with President Stumblefuck and Chuck Schumer writes a strongly-worded letter

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Trump Breaks America, Voters Yawn? (w/ Anne Applebaum) | Focus Group YouTube video by The Bulwark

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You are not safe. YouTube video by Adam Conover

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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U A Call for Constructive Engagement

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Tracking Project 2025:
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"The emergency is here, the crisis is now..."
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The Art of Justifying Evil YouTube video by DarkMatter2525

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How Actually Crazy is This Mess? YouTube video by vlogbrothers

After reading and watching 10s of hours of economists on the current tariff crisis, Hank's take lands.
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Historian Timothy Snyder helps us understand this current moment through the lessons of history YouTube video by Connecticut Public Podcasts

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Enemies of Democracy Playing Cards A standard poker deck featuring satirical portraits of 54 Americans destroying democracy in the United States by Todd Alcott

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For those who see empathy as a weakness, there are hard lessons ahead. Your burden is also ours. #paradoxoftolerance

Why Bob Woodward worries about Trump's America YouTube video by Washington Post

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Whether we recognize fascism in time depends on how quickly and how well we learn to recognize propaganda. Our survival as a free society now rests on the vigilance of citizens, not the virtue of leaders.

"Accusation in a mirror"

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Don’t let them scare you.

Don’t let them get you to give up hope.

This is what they want more than anything.

Their evil is never more alive than when we sleep.

Why Stupidity is More Dangerous Than Evil – Dietrich Bonhoeffer YouTube video by Psyphos

Faith vs. Reason
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Bernie Sanders WALKS OUT of interview YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

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History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED YouTube video by WIRED

Let's at least call it what it is.
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.

History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED YouTube video by WIRED

The people who most need to understand this, won't. For the rest of us, buckle-up bcup, it's time to re-learn old lessons.
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the REAL reason conservatives HATE empathy YouTube video by Michael Burns

The Christian right's attack on "woke" has morphed into an attack on empathy. I guess it was only a matter of time. #CrystallineHypocrisy.
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March 16, 2025 Yesterday, President Donald Trump reached back to 1798 for authority to expel five people he claims are members of a Venezuelan gang.

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🚨BREAKING: Trump DECLARES All Biden PARDONS VOID by Post YouTube video by MeidasTouch

On Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM, Donald Trump posted he is “voiding” all of former President Biden’s pardons and he is having the DOJ go after people Biden pardoned. Earlier, Trump declares war powers via the Alien Enemies Act youtu.be/d-Wf3JQNjEU?...

Schiff Fully Dismantles Trump Lies in Fiery Speech YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff

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Musk And Trump Are Trying To Break The Government So Billionaires Can Take It Over - Ezra Klein YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

This.
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Matthew Desmond - “Poverty, by America” & What It Takes to Close the Poverty Gap | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

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‘Pod Save America’ Hosts MOCK Leftists for Not Embracing Them as Bernie Bros YouTube video by The Humanist Report

Clear insights and hindsights.
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