1/ When Trump was first elected, many thoughtful and knowledgeable people wrote about how to recognize (and stop) authoritarian regimes.

The Ford govt in Ontario, and Kenney govt in Alberta exhibit many of the signs associated with such regimes.
openglobalrights.org/how-to-identif… 2/ After Trump's election, Bill Moyers wrote about journalist Martin Mycielski's tips on recognizing and surviving authoritarian regimes. Many such guides were written around 2016, after Trump was elected.

How do Ford and Kenney fare on these lists?

billmoyers.com/story/increasi…

@Sandra18361757 @John1MD @AB_MD_WarRoom Tips - bc social media follows you around, you need to build the foundation for an anonymous account
- create a new email (not Google, try proton)
- get a new phone number, burner phone is fine
- if possible, create your account from a computer you don't normally use @Sandra18361757 @John1MD @AB_MD_WarRoom 2/ Tips
- graphics/images include location data - either strip out the data, or only use images from somewhere else like your cousin's trip France
- you may need a 2nd email backup - why not create it now
protonmail.com

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1/ The gun lobby wants us to believe that regulating guns will reduce gun ownership and is an overreach by the state.

Let's look at cars. At first, there were no rules or regulations. They could be built any which way. And anyone could drive them.

Then came the awful rules... 2/ Drivers had to register their intent to drive - the first driver's licenses. Then, OMG, they had to pass tests to get the license, indicating they had to know some rules. And this license put them into govt DB!

Surely, this killed the car!

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Border control...

1. Send US immigration agents & lawyers to Mexico's southern border. Accept asylum applications there.

2. Increase immigration agents in Central & South America - accept asylum applications there

3. Marshall plan - help improve local economies in L America 4. Increase $ immigration processing - eliminate the backlog (more ppl will go thru formal process when it takes 2yrs, not the current 20 years)

5. Expedite ALL immigration apps in the same way as Melania Trump

6. Extend farmworker visas to be multi-year

@WayneFreedman We do know that Kavanaugh voluntarily joined a frat that exulted in illegal behavior - assault, rape, theft, drunkenness. Why would a "virgin" join such a frat?

While we know people can change, K's story is that he was a quiet, bible-studying, studious, virgin. @WayneFreedman People desiring to be virgin, respectful of women - don't join the frat everyone knows regularly assaults and rapes women. That has a "rape basement".

For K to be " virgin", we have to believe that...

a) he attended NONE of the parties, events, activities of the frat
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