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We are living through the most dangerous challenge to the free government of the United States that anyone alive has encountered. What happens next is up to you and me. Don’t be afraid.

-- David Frum
The Atlantic, 03/2017
04:50 PM - Sep 19, 2023
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...the way that liberty must be defended is not with amateur firearms, but with an unwearying insistence upon the honesty, integrity, and professionalism of American institutions and those who lead them.
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Get into the habit of telephoning your senators and House member at their local offices, especially if you live in a red state.
04:51 PM - Sep 19, 2023
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Press your senators to ensure that prosecutors and judges are chosen for their independence—and that their independence is protected.
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Support laws to require the Treasury to release presidential tax returns if the president fails to do so voluntarily.
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Urge new laws to clarify that the Emoluments Clause applies to the president’s immediate family, and that it refers not merely to direct gifts from governments but to payments from government-affiliated enterprises as well.
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Express your support and sympathy for journalists attacked by social-media trolls, especially women in journalism, so often the preferred targets.
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Honor civil servants who are fired or forced to resign because they defied improper orders.
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Keep close watch for signs of the rise of a culture of official impunity, in which friends and supporters of power-holders are allowed to flout rules that bind everyone else.
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TwentyTwentyUSA
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Please read more here:

"How to Build an Autocracy"
The Atlantic - 03/2017
David Frum

https://tinyurl.com/589dud...

And share... This article is stunningly prescient..
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Mac Gardiner
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