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The person who posted about a Kentucky state police procession to the coroner's office issued a correction, saying they were escorting the body of a police officer.

“Part of our task right now is to recognize that hope is a discipline, a way of grasping what’s at stake. This requires looking back and envisioning the future to strengthen our capacity to manage the present.” www.americaamerica.news/p/hope-is-a-...

Hope Is a Discipline

This hateful regime wants to exhaust us and convince us that victory will be theirs. We have the individual and collective power to prove them wrong.

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If Joe Biden was President and was about to strike Iran, Donald Trump would be screaming about two things: first, he would say Biden can't strike without Congress' approval; second, he would say that unlike Biden, Trump would not start new wars.

The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This 147-year-old law embodies an American tradition that sees military interference in civilian affairs as a threat to both Democracy and Personal Liberty.

Normalcy bias involves underestimating the possibility of disaster and believing life will remain normal, even in the face of significant threats or crises. We have to fight against this. It’s part of how Trump and his fascist regime wins. www.americaamerica.news/p/heeding-th...

Heeding the Warnings

We must avoid normalcy bias, expand our imagination, and both recognize and confront the fascistic danger of the Trump regime

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A definition of normalcy bias: “a cognitive bias which leads people to disbelieve or minimize threat warnings. Consequently, individuals underestimate the likelihood of a disaster, when it might affect them, and its potential adverse effects.”

Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · last yr.

Regarding the markets plunging abd Trump’s desire to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, far too many people still think they’re dealing with a sane person and that he won’t destroy the American economy to feed his own ego and delusions of singular brilliance.