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"AUTOCRACY BY EXHAUSTION" As a community, we must stand together or we will fall together This is not a job for one or the few. It's a job for us all. Subscribe. Read. Restack. Share with your friends and family! Michael Cohen Mar 30   On this glorious Sunday, let me ask you something: How much more of this can you take? I mean it. Seriously. Another day, another headline that leaves you stunned, muttering, “What the actual fuck now?”; only for it to be quickly drowned out by tomorrow’s bigger, badder, more batshit-crazy scandal. The sheer volume of madness is becoming a weapon in and of itself. And the sad truth? It’s working. The chaos, the insanity; it’s the new normal. Trump fatigue is real. And it’s deliberate. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. You can’t even finish processing the fallout from one international crisis before another one hits. Trump picks a fight with Ukraine, agai...

In 2017, JOHN DEAN wrote an insightful article worth reading. Among his observations that still ring true are the following:  We know enough about authoritarian supporters from research, and history, to know it will be very hard to change their minds about the leader they adore. They are extremely ethnocentric, dividing the world sharply into people in their in-group, and automatically disliking all others. They feel politicians who promote minority rights and immigration discriminate against them. Donald Trump tells them they are right. He is their champion. They are highly dogmatic. They get their ideas from others in the in-group, especially from their leader, not from evidence and logic. They say there is no evidence that will make them change their minds. They’re quite comfortable believing “alternate facts.” They get great satisfaction from being part of a large movement. Being in a cohesive crowd at rallies thrills them because they silently tell one another, just by being t...

    Watch now   A Top Tesla Investor Calls On Elon Musk To Step Down A top tesla investor is calling on Elon Musk to step down, ICE admits that it deported those without criminal records to El Salvador, more losses pile up for the Administration in court, and more Aaron Parnas Mar 19   Good morning! Today is March 19th and here is your morning news rundown. Before I continue, my work is not funded by billionaires or ad companies. It’s funded by you. Your support has allowed me to do this work full-time, and just today. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber today for access to exclusive lives and articles, and to support me: With that, here is all the news you missed: Ross Gerber , a top Tesla investor, has called on Elon Musk to step down as CEO. He believes the company is facing a serious crisis as its stock prices and sales continue to decline. Speaking to Sky News, he stated,  "They have the best electric vehicles out there... the company's reputation is...