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All the happenings from the week at Ye Olde Blogge! We’ve got Appalachian roots exploration, #COVID19 Cambodian news, what we’ve been reading, and friends of Ye Olde Blogge.
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Tim Snyder’s essay in The New York Times Magazine brilliantly links our recent laws defining what can be taught in school about our history, the culture war on Critical Race Theory, and the authoritarian power grab by the GQP together. It’s well worth the read.
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We all wonder why @GSAEmily doesn’t just sign the papers to ascertain that #BidenHarris are the apparent winners of Election 2020. She is complying in advance with the desires of an authoritarian. She’s heard the messages of Trump and the GOP and is doing what they want. In the meantime, she is responsible for the thousands of deaths from #COVID19 by denying Biden vital information in the transition.
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The fourth and final post inspired by Tim Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” This time I outline the five most important lessons for the #Resistance in America today.
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This is part one of two installments based on Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. We learn our Reagan’s politics of inevitability has led to Trump’s politics of eternity and how #COVID19 played right into Putin’s scheming little hands or how we’re all fucked unless we fight like hell.
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Perhaps you’ve noticed that the rapidly rising tide of tyranny and authoritarianism is swamping all boats. Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny, explains how to Tell if we’re living in tyranny and what to do about It.
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