The United States is undergoing “substantial autocratization” — defined as the loss of democratic traits — that has accelerated precipitously under Trump. washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
This is particularly alarming in light of what the group’s historic data show: Only 1 in 5 democracies that start down this path are able to reverse the damage before succumbing to full-blown autocracy.
“Everything we see in terms of decline on these indicators is exactly the pattern of decline” seen in other autocratizing nations, like Turkey and Hungary, both of which ceased to be classified as democracies in recent years. #VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
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💣 Epstein files show Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein were business partners in an advertising tech company deal signed in late 2012—contradicting Lutnick’s claim of having cut ties in 2005
The company written on the first page, AdFin Solutions inc. is a EU based company delivering tailored corporate and financial services designed to elevate businesses across international markets.
#AdFinSolutions
Epstein SAR's report indivs and banks:
Over $1B in suspicious activity from 2003-2019
Darren K Indyke (Epstein Captain)
Harry Beller (Epstein accountant)
Joseph P Dwyer (NYPD)
Financial Trust Co (Epsteins money laundering co)
Ghislaine Maxwell
Richard Kahn HBRK Assoc (accountant)
Hyperion Air (Lolita owner)
Jege LLC (Epstein)
Neptune LLC
NES LLC (Maxwell fought them for money she says she was owed)
New York Strategy Goup (RE firm)
The C.O.U.Q. Foundation (Wexners private foundation)
Wexner Children's Trust (Oh the irony)
Andre Gennadevich Silinsky
LSJ Employees (we think it's a Wexner Epstein group)
The Sweater Trust (Venture cap firm)
Eva Birgitta Andersson-Dubin (model & scientist)
Alan Dershowitz
Glenn Russel Dubin (Hedge fund mgr)
Charles Gerald Goldsmith
Lisa Gayle Kahn
Jeffrey A. Schantz (lawyer)
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🔥Andrew Kerr, an architect with 20+ years experience, who has worked on several Federal projects.
1. With a projected size of 90K sf and a budget of $300M, the cost per square foot would be $3,333. No building costs anywhere near that. dailykos.com/stories/2025/1…
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Here's why the new White House ballroom project is not real. (The demo is obviously real.) Some background - I am a licensed Architect with 20+ years of experience. I have worked on multiple Federal projects with sensitive building programs that required
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background checks
1. With a projected size of 90,000sf and a newly revised budget of $300M, the cost per square foot would be $3,333. No building costs anywhere near that. $1,000/sf is astronomical
2. Let's assume, since we are drawing in the classical, style, that the
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The report the DOJ scrubbed form their site which seems to have been completed during the Biden Admin but I could be wrong
A thread:
WHAT NIJ RESEARCH TELLS US ABOUT DOMESTIC TERRORISM
NIJ-funded research projects have led to a better understanding of the processes that result in violent
action, factors that increase the risk of radicalizing to violence, and how best to prevent and respond to
violent extremism nij.ojp.gov
Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism
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@LindseyGrahamSC SC
@SenatorHagerty TN
@SenHydeSmith MS
@SenLummis WY
@RogerMarshallMD KS
@SenMullin OK
@SenatorRicketts NB
@SenatorRisch ID
@SenatorRounds SD
@SenDanSullivan AK
@SenThomTillis NC
Tuberville and McConnell are retiring
Who's running against them?
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@LindseyGrahamSC @SenatorHagerty @SenHydeSmith @SenLummis @RogerMarshallMD @SenMullin @SenatorRicketts @SenatorRisch @SenatorRounds @SenDanSullivan @SenThomTillis Thom Tillis has a for sure Democrat challenger: Former Rep. Wiley Nickel. They are waiting to see if Governor Roy Cooper will run
Zach Wahls and J.D. Scholten are running against Joni Ernst
Joe Walsh might be running against Lindsey Graham
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