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Democracy Expert trained 1000's worldwide to fight for it. Sr Advisor @projectlincoln & @LDIDemocracy . Weekly on @allbaughshow . WI boy, Girl Dad, Packer Fan

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Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats and their enablers. I wrote these when working with those worldwide fighting for Democracy in their nations, and they are just as applicable today with what we face in America in the coming months. - Rule #1 : Play the Game You Are in, Not…

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This is the most important (and shamelessly irresponsible, dangerous, and anti-American interests) statement made by a leading candidate for President in the history of our nation. Media that covers it any other way is in fact playing into Trumps narrative that it is all fake…

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Trump: One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, Well, sir, if we don't pay and were attacked by Russia, will you protect us? I said.. No I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want.

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Garland & DOJ — by asking to release the search warrant — are playing the game they are in (the zero-sum) within the game we know (democracy). Rule 5 of dealing with autocracy — Use Zero Sum Judo -- turn the tables of their tactics against them & don't let them have it both ways.

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FAITH OR FEAR THREAD -- My Friend in Kyiv Last night I texted a Ukrainian friend of mine in Kyiv. Once long ago, he stayed with me in Minsk, at risk to himself, when I was afraid. Today, he fights for his homeland, for values many of us in America often take for granted.

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Here is what is happening in the House today. Kevin McCarthy refuses to compromise on his desire to be powerful. Meanwhile, the Ultra Maga blocking him refuses to compromise because they only care about power. This is what you get in zero-sum power structures when they implode.

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Before you attack @Mike_Pence for any past appeasement or enabling remember the seven rules for dealing with autocrats, particularly the Stalin Rule. Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats and their enablers. I wrote these when working with those worldwide fighting for…

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Pence: I will not be endorsing Donald Trump

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Dad went to Park City for several months and I am so glad got this t-shirt @ProjectLincoln @TheRickWilson @SteveSchmidtSES @reedgalen @ZackCz @stuartpstevens @madrid_mike @NHJennifer

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I guess Speaker Johnson doesn’t want my personal guidance and feedback after all.

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I am unsure what is more batshit crazy, the fact someone running for President would write such tomfuckery or that some people read it and think -- yeah, that is why the market is at record highs.

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So I have sometimes been skeptical about @BorisJohnson , but never again. What a rock star. The Ukrainians and all of us in America are lucky to have such allies. Whether you agree or disagree with his style or politics, this is a bold move by a real leader.

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Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelenskyy going walkabout in Kyiv (and probably causing Johnson's close protection detail to age about 20 years in the process).

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Fact. Someone close to Trump is clearly talking. Autocrats go down most often when those within the vertical power structure start to sell them out to protect themselves. MAGA might be barking loud but internally they are pointing fingers and asking who has turned.

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Someone turned on Trump. The FBI knew things that caused them to go to a federal judge and that caused a federal judge to issue this search warrant. Who is the person close to Trump that turned on him? I wonder if Trump knows who in his inner circle is talking to the FBI?

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This is where those criticizing how the Biden Administration has handled the crisis in Ukraine breaks down. By leading and consolidating our allies he moves them to take actions they own -- Faith in one another, which is the key to fighting Autocrats folks!

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BREAKING: Big shift in tone from Germany just minutes ago. Announcing they will provide #Ukraine with 1000 anti-tank weapons, 500 Stinger missiles.👇👇👇

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In nearly every country where I have worked, where autocrats have seized control, the other branches of government had opportunities to halt their ascent but faltered. This scenario unfolded here with the legislative branch in the Senate in 2021 with impeachment, and perhaps…

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This is a classic example of autocratic intention signaling. We should take it for its meaning and what the intention actually is going forward.

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Trump reposts image of U.S. Capitol on fire.

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Faith or Fear: Would I Stand at the Barricades? Marina Ovsyannikova is many things -- brave, a hero, a speaker of truths, and a symbol of the power of holding faith in her fellow Russians and all of us around the world who witnessed her bravery today.

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Autocrats have one aim -- to gain and maintain power. That is what today is about. Those who appeased enabled, and tried to manage, have soul-searching to do. None showed or are showing the courage of Cassidy Hutchinson, who will be enshrined as a hero in American History.

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Ukrainians are showing us the way. We must all be more like Ukrainians from this point and going forward. Today and going forward we are all Ukrainians. #SlavaUkraini

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This is one thing we must all understand about what we saw today. Something that hasn't happened in over 100 years. The House GOP Caucus is an exact representative sample of the Republican Party and its supporters today — historically fucked up!

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3 years

Some have asked for the Seven Rules of Dealing with Autocratis - here they are in a thread. @ProjectLincoln @TheRickWilson @TaraSetmayer @reedgalen @SteveSchmidtSES @stuartpstevens @JoeTrippi

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If you are following what is happening with the brave people standing up to autocracy in Russia today and want a great organization to support helping their cause consider joining me in donating to the @4freerussia_org !

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A video from the massive protest in St Petersburg earlier today, via Telegram

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This Autocratic Intention Signaling by Donald Trump is perhaps another excellent opportunity to remind people of the Seven Rules for Dealing with Autocrats and their enablers. I wrote these when working with those worldwide fighting for Democracy in their nations, and they are…

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Rule #1 Play the Game You Are in Not the One You Wish or Want to Play - This means when one side is playing the zero-sum illiberal there is no win-win to be played. You will either win and democracy survives or you lose to the autocratic forces.

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Rule 6 The Stalin Rule: Stand Together with Anyone Who Will Join You to Disturb, Disrupt and Diminish the Illiberal Structures. Even if you share nothing in common beyond a love of democracy and how much you loath their politics in normal times you fight side-by-side with them

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Donald Trump is not inevitably going to be President again, he is not politically invincible. Don’t give into the fear he tries to create, he was beaten once so just stand up and fight like hell!

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@GOPLeader -- you took the 30 pieces of silver and now live with the embarrassing consequences. This is how extremism works -- it is never enough and enabling and appeasing only leads to further decline into the abyss.

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Today the Spiritual Leader of the global battle between democracy and autocracy is coming to Washington. Today, Americans will learn all they need to know as to which elected officials are on democracy’s side by who embraces @ZelenskyyUa and who doesn’t.

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This might be the most disgusting statement of Donald Trump this week which is saying something. Nelson Mandela was a dissident. Alexey Navalny was a dissident. My friends who are imprisoned in Belarus are dissidents. You sir, are not a dissident by any stretch of the…

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Trump: I stand before you today not only as your past and hopefully future president. But as a proud political dissident, I am a dissident.

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Trump isn’t playing by democracy’s rules he uses them. Rule of law — I am above the law or I destroy faith in the law. Elections — I am elected or I destroy faith in them. That zero sum won’t change. His supporters are radicalized. The appeasers know he controls the GOP

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Faith or Fear Thread: Democracy Dies in Silence I texted again with my friend in Kyiv. Our conversation caused my heart to ache, and my soul was left bare and needing to be searched. He is ready for whatever comes tomorrow and for the terror he lives each day.

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In the game we are playing — the one you are playing because the other side is zero sum — it is about power for them not policy. Until you understand that and take the emotion out of your choices, you will continue to lose ground to them!

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@janetforjustice won, not because she was a progressive, but because she was normal & not seen as extremist and crazy like Kelly. She succeeded in making voters understand we might not agree all the time, but I will judge within democratic norms. That is the takeaway tonight

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Ask yourself, what does it say about this man that he will support Madison Cawthorn who stands with Putin and Russia (Autocracy) but is doing all he can to defeat @Liz_Cheney for speaking the truth about the threats people like Cawthorn present to our own democracy?

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Kevin McCarthy says Madison Cawthorn was "wrong" to call Zelensky a "thug" but then says he supports Cawthorn's reelection anyway

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I haven’t ever really been a huge @GovChristie fan, but I am now that he is practicing the all Seven of the Rules for Dealing with Autocrats at a very high level. He deserves praise for doing so. For those who don’t know the rules for dealing with autocrats — here they are, live…

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A President of the United States that doesn't believe they have an obligation to support the Constitution has no business being anywhere near the White House. @realDonaldTrump is a danger to this country. He is unfit to be President and is here only to serve himself, not you.

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@ProjectLincoln , we call voters like @taylorswift13 's father "Dobbs Dads." They are conservative girl dads who didn't want the left telling them what to do when they were coming of age politically and don't want the right telling their daughters what to do because it's…

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This is the moment MAGA lost their minds over Taylor Swift and declared that she would stand up against Donald Trump and Marsha Blackburn no matter the consequences to her career. You know what happened? She became Time person of the year and deserved it. Why does MAGA have…

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If @realDonaldTrump was unwilling to accept the results of the 2020 elections without resorting to fomenting violence, there is no reason to believe he will accept the results in 2024. Given this reality it is critical to understand he isn’t playing by the rules of democracy — he…

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Sometimes they require putting faith in leaders with whom you opposed -- like those in Ukraine are doing when rallying behind Zelinsky. Think about Petro Poroshenko, the former president Zelinsky defeated in the last election, today standing on the front lines fighting with him.

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Rule #2 Always Speak Truth to Power Because You Never Know the Tipping Point -- You must confront Big Lies of illiberal forces by speaking truth to their base of power -- people. There is a tipping point where your Truth or the Big Lies prevail.

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This is @GreenDay applying two rules of how you fight Autocratic Forces and their enablers. Rule 3 — Zero Sum Judo and Rule 7 — Waking Up and Thinking of What You Can Uniquely Do to Push Back. Well played! Happy New Year to All. The fight ahead will be hard, but we will prevail!

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Just now on ABC’s New Years Bash with @RyanSeacrest — @GreenDay sings “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”, changing the lyrics of ‘American Idiot’. #RockinEve

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Vladimir Putin wants us to be afraid, to fear him. That is true in Ukraine, & for all of us in America & other democracies too. It is true of his own people as well. The way we prevail is to hold faith in each other. The faith my friend & his fellow Ukrainians are showing us.

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Rule 5 Practice Zero-Sum Judo -- Use their tactics against them -- Big Truths, Marginalization, make them dependent, mock the disinformation, divide and conquer their power structure. Use their desire for the legitimacy of democracy against them.

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Rule #3 Don't Hand the Autocrats Battering Rams with Which to Beat You -- The game you are in, the battle you are fighting, isn't about policy or ideology. They will use what you say to divide you from your allies who you need to win the battle for democracy.

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When bringing Belarusians fighting for democracy to DC, there were 2 Senators I could always count on to meet with them personally @SenatorMcCain1 & @JoeBiden . I disagree with Biden on several issues, but in the last few days, I keep thinking, thank god he is President.

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When you attempt to appease the radicalized and politically extremist elements, while trying to maintain some credibility within the win-win circles required for a democracy to work you end up with no credibility in the latter and loathed by the former! Given all his travels…

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All that groveling to Trump and look what it got you Lindsey. You're boo'ed off the stage in your own state.

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It is ultimately about the world we will all live in if the founder's great experiment, bestow to us by previous generations, of the world's exceptional and indispensable nation dies out. That is why we fight, that is why we must prevail. It is why we will.

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Rule 7 Wake Up Every Day Thinking Where Can the Vertical Power Structure Be Exposed, Confronted, and Destabilized -- Each of us and all of use on Team Democracy must wake up every day and ask what can I do to be on the side of restoring faith and confront the fear they use.

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This looks like someone who would have cross partisan appeal if she can slam a beer like this. GenX respect in places like Wisconsin with people like me and my life long drinking buddies and a total threat to MAGA Faux men who bag on her because she threatens them by doing things…

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Taylor Swift just chugged a beer when she was shown on the video board at the Super Bowl .

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What tonight means. McCarthy is desperate; he is buying time before his support collapses. If Scalise is put into play; it is over. The game is zero-sum. Kevin only wins if the MAGA's lose but they are zero-sum too -- if McCarthy prevails they lose. That is why he is toast.

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Hey @marcorubio you are on the @IRIglobal board. Do you think Belarussians should just move on? How about Cubans? Those in Hong Kong? You are truly are nothing more than a joiner. @SteveSchmidtSES called it so right!

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Biden has a historic opportunity to unify America behind the sentiment that our political divisions have gone too far But instead he decided to promote the left’s efforts to use this terrible national tragedy to try and crush conservatives or anyone not anti-Trump enough

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I hope you will pray for my friend, for all those in Ukraine. Include those elsewhere in places like Belarus or Russia who are taking real risks for the democratic values we far too often take for granted.

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Rule 4 Understand Authoritarians Must Live in a Truth-Free Present -- The past presents truths about the big lies and fear the illiberal forces use. The future for autocratic forces only matters for maintaining power at the moment. They only care about keeping/gaining power

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Wisconsin & Rule of Law Matters to You Regardless of Where You Live: A potentially pivotal moment for American democracy is unfolding in the Badger State. If @wisgop in the Wisconsin State Legislature proceeds with their proposal to impeach a recently elected Supreme Court…

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You are lying about the honesty and integrity of the people of the State of Wisconsin @realDonaldTrump When you lose Wisconsin by even bigger margins in 2024 it will be in part because we don’t appreciate people suggesting Wisconsinites are dishonest when in truth you are the…

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it did not "come out" that Trump won Wisconsin in 2020, because he in fact lost

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For those who tend to think our politics in America is all that matters and have chosen either side of our political divide, I hope you think about the following. Sometimes democracy and freedom require hard choices. Think of those my friend and Ukrainians right now.

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The democracy we far too often take for granted -- and at times through our individual actions damage -- is what they fear. They understand democracy is built upon the faith in each other, which the world is witnessing Ukrainians living as they fight for freedom.

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Having spent part of life working with those fighting for democracy in Russia, a reminder -- there are no good actors right now, only bad guys fighting with each other for power. Not a bad thing, but it is destabilizing & dangerous in a country with nuclear weapons pointed at you

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Ultimately, I am an optimist. When fear of the illiberal autocrat erodes by people show they are not afraid, faith takes hold and others want and will join the fight. It is one we must win in America. This isn't about only what kind of country we want our child to have

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I hope you watch events & realize the battle between democracy and autocracy is our generation's challenge. Finally, I hope well all recognize Hobson's choices our leaders confront. Pause to try & understand before criticizing. Give the benefit of the doubt & let them lead.

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When we see the carnage in America and across the world, just know those same forces would and are trying to do the same to us if they could. Or if and when we allow them to do so. Their desire is simple -- to impose their will over others through fear of each other.

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Hey @SpeakerMcCarthy , nice you are sharing your dad’s wisdom to the world. Mine had some different wisdom. His thought might be more salient to you at the moment —“Be careful what you wish for.”

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It is critical for everyone to remember in the coming months, the election involving Donald Trump and MAGA centers exclusively around the strategy of "gaining and then maintaining power" — a hallmark of autocracy. If they win, they secure power; if they lose, they employ it as a…

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Trump: I’m not unpopular. I’m at 92% or 94% in the Republican Party.

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He is willing to give his life to protect his homeland from the same forces he and I were standing up to long ago. The same forces unleashing fear through chaos, destruction, and death on his nation. Those with a desire for power over him, his family, and his country

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In Minsk long ago, my friend was a kid out of college. Today he has a wife & kids. He is brave as always. Yet, he is afraid of losing his country. He is worried about his family. Yet he knows only by risking his life can they live in the world and nation he desires for them.

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This point by @ruthbenghiat is crucial. The media must recognize how autocratic forces try to manipulate them, creating false equivalences to divide, conquer, and vilify pro-democracy advocates. Regarding Mike Pence, she’s spot on. I’ve seen similar patterns globally with…

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Gaslighting specialist Mike Pence at work. Only in authoritarian regimes have I seen someone targeted by the head of state for harm be too afraid to tell the public the truth of what happened. Instead of Trump, who tried to have him killed, Biden is the enemy.

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For years, on both sides of our political divide, friends have told me they don't want their kids or grandkids to grow up in an America without democracy. I always respond, "What you don't want is for them to grow up in a world with American Democracy divided among itself."

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Today’s headlines are another reminder of the need for seriousness in our politics and those we elect.

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Am I missing something or are the conspiracy theories about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce crazy even by the standards of the internet and American right-wing politics today?

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Let's dissect this with the strategic and tactical playbook common among autocratic figures. This comes from my work around the world helping those fighting for democracy in autocracies around the world Strategy of all Autocrats: The goal is to gain and maintain power by…

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This is the kind of event that is a moment of truth in the battle between democracy and autocracy. The condemnation should be coming from all those who care about democracy.

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PEN America

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Joan Meyer, 98-year-old co-owner of Marion Country Record, has collapsed and died one day after "illegal police raids" on her home and the newspaper's office. Legal experts have termed the raids reminiscent of what happens in totalitarian regimes.

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Apparently @elonmusk is to creating chaos within a business what Donald Trump is to creating it in politics.

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Ukrainians are showing us the way. We must all be more like Ukrainians from this point and going forward.

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Always remember, Democracies die in the silence of those who know better. Concerned? Stand up, speak out, have faith in your fellow Americans, and don't be afraid.

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Like all others with Autocratic Personalty Disorder it is always about him and his place within our politics. Also note he actually says nothing about Navalny beyond mentioning him to advert the criticism that he hasn’t mentioned him.

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This is your daily reminder that democracies perish in the silence of those who understand but remain quiet. Promise yourself, your family, and your country that in this crucial upcoming year, you will not let American democracy be extinguished due to your silence.

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I am visiting Normandy, walking the beaches and paying tribute to those in the greatest generation who defended democracy against autocracy generations ago. They provide many lessons for us, and are part of why we must stand together defend our democracy today!

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The gender gap we are seeing tonight with the GOP isn’t just about women post-Dobbs—it’s about Dobbs Dads like me. I embraced conservatism because I believe in freedom, not dictates. The ‘80s taught me to resist government intrusion, and now I’m fighting against those who’d…

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@TheRickWilson I think it goes deeper @reedgalen than simply a gig at Fox News. She is betting this is her ticket to corporate clients and being seen as doing the right thing. Use the chaos you helped created to make yourself a hero. Maybe we should help make her even more famous!

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Rule Number #5 of Dealing with Autocrats and their Enablers -- Practice Zero-Sum Judo. This is one of the finest examples I have ever seen. And @GOPLeader was given the rope to hang himself. Ouch

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Maddow Blog

2 years

BREAKING: Audio recording contradicts Rep. Kevin McCarthy's denial that he said he would call Donald Trump to recommend that Trump resign

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Trygve Olson

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We are at the most SERIOUS point since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Both of these guys want to be in the US Senate and each is showing themselves to incredibly UNSERIOUS. As Americans in this moment the first litmus test before you voter for anyone must be are they serious people.

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Natalie Allison

@natalie_allison

2 years

This is not an episode of Jerry Springer. It’s tonight’s Ohio Republican Senate debate. “You’re dealing with the wrong guy,” Mandel says to Gibbons before calling him a “pussy.”

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Let me break down Putin's speech to the most essential element of how Autocrats think — Ukrainians submit, or I destroy Ukraine and kill most of you. The west accepts it, or we all die. Autocracy is imposed through fear. It really is that simple.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

This is what speaking truth to power looks like, once again by @AdamKinzinger ! It is Rule 2 of fighting autocrats and their enablers!

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Adam Kinzinger

2 years

Wow. Can you believe this guy? Sellout. @GOPLeader

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Sometimes those leading have Hobson's choices. Those were all options end with bad outcomes. We must recognize while we have opinions, except for a few, our choices don't carry the burden of consequences—judgments when all actions impact negatively the lives of some or all of us.

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Just some Dobbs Dads (Conservative Girl Dads) @PatMcAfeeShow and @OfficialAJHawk talking about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. When the right is being seen as "idiots" by Pat and AJ and their audience, they are losing badly. Honestly, if my girls grow up to be people standing…

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Faith or Fear Thread: The Rules for Dealing with Autocrats & Their Enablers – J6 Committee Edition Working around the world with those fighting for democracy, I understand we need Seven Rules for democratic forces to prevail.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Given Don's little explosion over the @ProjectLincoln ad (attached in the following tweet), it's an excellent time to remind all of Rule #7 of dealing with Autocrats and their enablers. @TheRickWilson & the entire LP team live this rule each day.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

This idiot has no idea what he has done to himself. At some point, an aspiring journalist will need to do a catch with him. I suspect he will discover America is actually far Greater than he had been told by Fox News and the rest of the autocratic enablers.

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Tadeusz Giczan

2 years

Evan Neumann, a US citizen who took part in the storming of the Capitol in January 2021, was granted asylum in Belarus today. He fled the US last August after six criminal charges were allegedly brought against him.

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Trygve Olson

2 months

Perhaps a good time to remind people autocrats and their enablers have a strategy of creating fear through supposed inevitability and invincibility. Good news is we each get to choose if we are going to be afraid and we will decide if his threats of violence are inevitable and if…

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Acyn

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Trump: Now, If I don't get elected, it's gonna be a bloodbath. It's going to be a bloodbath for the country.

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Trygve Olson

4 months

Here is why this matters for Trump. Autocratic Actors use perceptions of inevitability and invincibility to create fear. The longer @NikkiHaley is speaking truth to power (A Rule of Dealing with Autocrats), the more of a threat it becomes to his perceived invincibility and fear.…

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Sahil Kapur

4 months

🔥 @NikkiHaley on Trump: He “threw a temper tantrum,” “pitched a fit.” He’s “insecure” and feels “threatened.” “And he should feel threatened.” She calls him “confused” and questions his “mental competency”; He’s running “revenge” and not relevant issues.

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Trygve Olson

9 months

Todays indictment of Trump is a positive statement about the health of the mechanisms of the Rule of Law in America today. That said, the Rule of Law depends on Americans having faith in the institutions which safeguard it, just as elections depend on a willingness by the losing…

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Trygve Olson

11 months

Pro Tip: Don't be distracted by the moment. What matters isn't what you can see. The powerful determining the outcome in RU -- are calculating which side to back. They will stay with what they know (Putin) until they don't; that can change quickly & isn't seen until it's obvious.

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Trygve Olson

4 months

Here are a couple of thoughts: Trump threatens Joe Biden with prosecution. First, Rule #1 of Dealing with Autocrats is to play the game you are in, and that game is zero-sum. The media needs to be covering these threats not just as "typical lock her up by Trump" but for what they…

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Ron Filipkowski

@RonFilipkowski

4 months

Trump threatens to indict Biden if he is elected.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Masters Class by @JoshShapiroPA in using the seven rules for dealing with autocratic actors and their enablers. Uses almost every one of them!

@NoLieWithBTC

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen

2 years

This speech by Josh Shapiro calling out Republican hypocrisy on “freedom” should be studied by every Democrat.

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Trygve Olson

6 months

I have worked in many places where people's votes aren't counted. Those experiences make me grateful to live in a country where our votes do count. It is our generation's challenge as Americans to ensure that this continues!

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Trygve Olson

2 years

I spent part of my life working with those fighting for democracy in Belarus, Russia, & Ukraine, against Putin and Lukashenko. I learned they would be more than willing to terrify my daughters or your children/grandchildren if given the opportunity. We must stand up to this evil.

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NEXTA

2 years

A girl was recording a video message in #Kyiv and was hit by an explosive wave.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

This is perhaps a good time for a reminder of Rule Seven for dealing with Autocrats and their Enablers!

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Trygve Olson

2 years

@Apple @Google You need to figure out how to make sure these Russians get a message which says why and that you are looking forward to restoring services once Putin has stopped invading Ukraine. They are not the enemy but you can make sure they understand we are on their side.

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Jason Corcoran

@jason_corcoran

2 years

Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow's metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash

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Trygve Olson

2 years

Senator McCain speaking in 13 to Ukrainians. His word was true then, they are true now. America and Ukraine could use him right now, but his words in the speech live on and we should all watch and remember.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

@ebizarch @TheRickWilson @Ryan_v404 @Apple @Google I spent nearly half my professional life in that part of the world. All of us should be pissed about it. In fact, it appears pretty much the entire world is pissed. When you have pissed off the Swiss you have really achieved something.

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Trygve Olson

2 years

⁦ @Liz_Cheney ⁩ speaking truth to power. ⁦ @LeaderMcConnell ⁩ adopted a sound bite of “coalition without the insanity” as a strategy. Liz understands the Trump coalition is the insanity!

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Liz Cheney stomps Mitch McConnell for 'political calculation' to ignore Trump's election crimes

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) responded to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Sunday after he criticized her for speaking out against former President Donald Trump. During an interview on Meet the Press, host...

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Trygve Olson

7 months

This is really good news out of Poland. The center and center right united to oust an extremist — quasi-autocratic right. Having done work in the country going back to 1994, and watching the transitions, it is a reminder that partisan differences must be set aside when democracy…

@EuropeElects

Europe Elects

7 months

Poland, IBSP exit poll: PiS-ECR: 34% (-10) KO-EPP|RE|G/EFA: 31% (+4) TD PL2050/PSL-RE|EPP: 14% (new) NL-S&D: 10% (-3) Kon~NI: 8% (+1) BS-*: 2% (+1) PJJ-*: 1% (new) +/- vs. 2019 election Fieldwork: 15 October 2023 ➤ #Polska …

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Trygve Olson

3 years

Zero-Sum appeasers usually aren't good at the game. @GOPLeader is terrible. He appeases & does DJT's bidding because he is weak. @SpeakerPelosi and @Liz_Cheney flipped the dependency tactic on him. Pelosi should offer @AdamKinzinger a spot. DJT will make @GOPLeader pay 4 losing.

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Jake Sherman

3 years

NEWS: @GOPLeader will pull all Republican members from the Jan. 6 committee in response to @SpeakerPelosi vetoing the appointment of @RepJimBanks and @Jim_Jordan

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