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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRunning record of the normalization of the authoritarian state
under Trump, as compiled by Amy Siskind.
"Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so youll remember."
https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-32-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-252680d31be6
Searchable database.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2159#!/vizhome/AmySiskindWeeklyListOfChanges_0/AmySiskindDashboard
cheyanne
(733 posts)The repubs gave us the first glimpse of how you use a compliant congress to subvert democracy. In this case, and it will be only the first, we see that the process for passing laws will now consist of secrecy, no negotiations, and speed.
There of course will be the obligatory bribes and threats to compel others to vote for a bill. This then becomes the slippery slope of corruption for those who decide to go along to get along. Once they have voted for Trumpcare, these repubs will be even more dependent on Trump and GOP for their political lives.
niyad
(113,259 posts)Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,500 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Will pass it around.