Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
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And of course there are a thousand practical lessons in fighting authoritarians, and we are passing them on as best we can as so many thousands of thousands have before us — but for now, for today, this is the one thing I can tell you: stop waiting for someone else to save you. This is it. We’re all we’ve got. Either we do this or no one does.
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It is either the beginning or the end
of the world, and the choice is ourselves
or nothing.
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what you all did there was amazing to see and i'm so sorry you were the ones who had to do it.
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations
I have one suggestion, go after the money of the billionaires funding MAGA.
Here's a list to be Investigated for RICO & sedition.
Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife, Mellon, Seid, Uihlein.
6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.
DeSmog (www.desmog.com)
https://www.desmog.com/2025/01/21/mapped-donald-trump-transatlantic-anti-green-network/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/the-vested-interests-lobbying-for-north-sea-oil-and-gas-expansion/
The fossil fuel industry funds fascism globally.
Tech is co-opted
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got a rare tour inside Apple's new $5 billion campus
Saudi Arabia's millennial crown prince got to see the inside of Apple's new $5 billion campus.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
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63 billionaires funded Jan 6.
Mueller never investigated the recipients of Putin's election meddling.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
This isn’t simply campaign finance, it's vast public corruption on an international scale.
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63 billionaires funded Jan 6.
Mueller never investigated the recipients of Putin's election meddling.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/20/larry-ellison-oracle-trump-election-challenges/
This isn’t simply campaign finance, it's vast public corruption on an international scale.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch the EPA ruling he’s always wanted.
The Intercept (theintercept.com)
The donors that bought 147 congressional election deniers, a Supreme Court, and numerous government bodies
Investigate these entities first.
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,510 -
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision
Decades of contributions aimed at influencing the judiciary bought fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch the EPA ruling he’s always wanted.
The Intercept (theintercept.com)
The donors that bought 147 congressional election deniers, a Supreme Court, and numerous government bodies
Investigate these entities first.
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,5104/
10. Securing American Greatness $67,558,284
11. Senate Leadership Fund $67,445,300
12. Club for Growth $59,846,594
13. Koch Inc $49,092,685
14. Blackstone Group $48,609,890
15. Stand Together Chamber of Commerce $44,801,948
16. Restoration PAC $41,168,363
17. Crownquest Operating $35,752,512
18. Bigelow Aerospace $34,991,590
19. Building America's Future $33,670,000
20. Stephens Inc $27,343,518
21. British American Tobacco $26,175,838
22. American Prosperity Alliance $22,549,000 -
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10. Securing American Greatness $67,558,284
11. Senate Leadership Fund $67,445,300
12. Club for Growth $59,846,594
13. Koch Inc $49,092,685
14. Blackstone Group $48,609,890
15. Stand Together Chamber of Commerce $44,801,948
16. Restoration PAC $41,168,363
17. Crownquest Operating $35,752,512
18. Bigelow Aerospace $34,991,590
19. Building America's Future $33,670,000
20. Stephens Inc $27,343,518
21. British American Tobacco $26,175,838
22. American Prosperity Alliance $22,549,0005/
23. Manzanita Management Group $22,159,143
24. America First Action/America First Policies $21,724,798
25. Mountaire Corp $21,375,080
26. Reyes Holdings $21,192,607
27. Energy Transfer LP $19,321,695
28. Hendricks Holding Co $19,306,538These individuals fund Trump & the GOP's corruption:
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680 -
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23. Manzanita Management Group $22,159,143
24. America First Action/America First Policies $21,724,798
25. Mountaire Corp $21,375,080
26. Reyes Holdings $21,192,607
27. Energy Transfer LP $19,321,695
28. Hendricks Holding Co $19,306,538These individuals fund Trump & the GOP's corruption:
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,6806/
They funded an insane wannabe dictator into the Oval Office. Deliberately.
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091 -
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They funded an insane wannabe dictator into the Oval Office. Deliberately.
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,0917/
These folks fund Trump's kleptocracy.
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705 -
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These folks fund Trump's kleptocracy.
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263
21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,7058/
Tax the rich.
34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556
43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389 -
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Tax the rich.
34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556
43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,3899/
Get rid of Citizens United & their tax cuts.
48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
52. Ross & Sarah Perot $5,643,416
53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530
54. Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899 -
@barbra @inthehands The problem is that by the time the signs of demantia are obvious enough to diagnoze officially, the person is already pretty advanced, (but can still have good days).
In a case such as Trump, because the chief of staff can hide the president on his down days, we don't get to see such obvious signs. The tell will be when he forgets to use utensils during state dinner visible to foreign leaders (or to media).
Differentiating between normal Trump & mental illness is hard
@jfmezei @inthehands We can tell when someone use a sociopath - they will tell you with their actions, and Trump has screamed sociopath for decades. The Goldberg Rule was always bullshit.
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@jfmezei @inthehands We can tell when someone use a sociopath - they will tell you with their actions, and Trump has screamed sociopath for decades. The Goldberg Rule was always bullshit.
@barbra @inthehands And it is because Trump has been sociopath for decades that it becomes hard to diagnose dementia since he is just worse than before and it's impossible to measure until there are clear signs.
Normally, imagining that everyone is against you and stealing stuff from you is textbook psychosis. But Trump has worked so hard to make ennemies, that it is true that everyone is against him.
His inability to let go of crowd sie, and now the 2020 election loss does point to problem.
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@nanowiz @LukefromDC @inthehands
Koch Network waged a decades-long malign influence campaigns to get "corporate personhood".
Their next effort is "AI personhood" so they can buy swarms of AI agents to overwhelm and overturn the will of real people.
It’s time to prepare for AI personhood | Jacy Reese Anthis
Technological advances will bring social upheaval. How will we treat digital minds, and how will they treat us?
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The Person in the Machine: Why AI Personhood Rights Are Inevitable (And Arriving Sooner Than You Think)
As AI outgrows “tool” status, opacity, autonomy, and scale are tearing holes in our human-only accountability framework. By Futurist Thomas Frey The Question Nobody Wants to Answer Here’s a legal scenario that’s coming faster than anyone in power wants to admit: An AI system manages a $4 billion hedge fund. It makes thousands of trading […]
Futurist Speaker (futuristspeaker.com)
AI’s Leaps Forward Force Talks About Legal Personhood for Tech
Emerging technology attorney David Arrick says artificial intelligence’s ability to act beyond the scope of prompts is forcing policymakers to ask hard questions about how we think about these programs.
(news.bloomberglaw.com)
Your Chatbot Will Soon Be Alive - Courtesy the Lawyers and Philosophers
Doctors were once considered Gods, or at least godlike. Lawyers and now philosophers have long tried to grab a similar status -- by birthing artificial people. In the beginning, lawyers created corporate “persons.” And now they’re about to midwife their latest miracle: the AI-person. If you think a ChatBot with rights, duties, and the capacity to be sued (or sue you) sounds absurd, just wait until it asks for counsel.
American Council on Science and Health (www.acsh.org)
For people freaked out over extremely rare non-citizen voter fraud, the GOP are weirdly unperturbed by Putin launching "AI voters" at elections.
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@nanowiz @Npars01 @LukefromDC @inthehands
It was a useful piece of propaganda for the side winning the class war, wasn’t it?
One day, the working class will rise, even in the US.
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@barbra @inthehands And it is because Trump has been sociopath for decades that it becomes hard to diagnose dementia since he is just worse than before and it's impossible to measure until there are clear signs.
Normally, imagining that everyone is against you and stealing stuff from you is textbook psychosis. But Trump has worked so hard to make ennemies, that it is true that everyone is against him.
His inability to let go of crowd sie, and now the 2020 election loss does point to problem.
@jfmezei @inthehands but in the end whether he has dementia is irrelevant - his sociopath alone is enough for an article 25 removal from office, since it renders him unfit to act in the country's best interest.
But like the old saying goes, you get the ruler you deserve. Americans knew what he was, and enough voted for him. The US has only itself to blame because, unfortunately, anyone can become president. Including a known crook.
What would be have done differently if he were a Russian agent? Nothing. Putin bailed him out from certain bankruptcy by guaranteeing a loan through Deutch Bank when no American bank would.
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@jfmezei @inthehands but in the end whether he has dementia is irrelevant - his sociopath alone is enough for an article 25 removal from office, since it renders him unfit to act in the country's best interest.
But like the old saying goes, you get the ruler you deserve. Americans knew what he was, and enough voted for him. The US has only itself to blame because, unfortunately, anyone can become president. Including a known crook.
What would be have done differently if he were a Russian agent? Nothing. Putin bailed him out from certain bankruptcy by guaranteeing a loan through Deutch Bank when no American bank would.
@barbra @inthehands When felon Trump ran for office, his candidacy was challenged in court since constitution bars felons. Supreme court ruled it wasn,t their business to interfere with elections and it was up to the people to choose.
Amd when Supreme Court decided Trump had immunity as President, it was with understanding that Congress was the one with jurisdiction to impeach him for crimes.
25th requires VP, majority of cabinet and majority of Congress to be challenge-proof. Not happening
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My fellow people of the United States, if I have anything to teach from what Minneapolis just lived through, it is this:
Nobody is coming to save us.
Not Congress. Not the courts. Not the ICC or the EU or NATO. Not the generals or the rank and file. Not the press. Not the markets. Not the elections. Not some mythical version of “The People” that materializes out of nowhere as some messianic external force.
We’re it. We’re all we’ve got. If we don’t stop fascism from completely engulfing the US, then nobody stops it.
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[The quote is from the book _The Country Between Us_ by Carolyn Forché. It is some of the most powerful and gut-wrenching poetry I’ve ever read, and the book still burns like a hot coal in my hands when I hold it. The book is among other things the origin of my handle, “in the hands.” Don’t look up that quote; look up the book. Read it slowly. You’ll know the quotes when you find them.]
@inthehands
Thanks for sharing that. Carolyn Forché is my friend's mom but I don't know her work much. I only know she was one of Ta-Nehisi Coates's professors and mentors. I'll have to take a closer look! -
Watching Fedi and the world react to the US president go absolutely unhinged in public, threatening war crimes as his cognitive grip disintegrates before our eyes, watching the horror and the outage…there is something I want to tell you from Minneapolis.
And I’m not sure how, and I’m not sure if I can, but I want to try. People are always thanking us and calling us heroes and asking us for some kind of…something, anything we can offer in the face of the authoritarian march, and well, here it is, here is something, if I can figure out how to say it.
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@inthehands well put. Bracing.
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