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  1. With #Republicans, in contrast, #PamBondi was smooth & solicitous. She expressed her #fealty to #Trump, calling him “the most transparent president in American history” & saying that she’d “loved” seeing a photo of herself having dinner with him. The almost 5hr hearing was a portrait of an AG as the president’s #loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for an equal branch of government.

    #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState

  2. With #Republicans, in contrast, #PamBondi was smooth & solicitous. She expressed her #fealty to #Trump, calling him “the most transparent president in American history” & saying that she’d “loved” seeing a photo of herself having dinner with him. The almost 5hr hearing was a portrait of an AG as the president’s #loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for an equal branch of government.

    #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState

  3. With #Republicans, in contrast, #PamBondi was smooth & solicitous. She expressed her #fealty to #Trump, calling him “the most transparent president in American history” & saying that she’d “loved” seeing a photo of herself having dinner with him. The almost 5hr hearing was a portrait of an AG as the president’s #loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for an equal branch of government.

    #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState

  4. With #Republicans, in contrast, #PamBondi was smooth & solicitous. She expressed her #fealty to #Trump, calling him “the most transparent president in American history” & saying that she’d “loved” seeing a photo of herself having dinner with him. The almost 5hr hearing was a portrait of an AG as the president’s #loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for an equal branch of government.

    #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState

  5. With #Republicans, in contrast, #PamBondi was smooth & solicitous. She expressed her #fealty to #Trump, calling him “the most transparent president in American history” & saying that she’d “loved” seeing a photo of herself having dinner with him. The almost 5hr hearing was a portrait of an AG as the president’s #loyalist rather than as a constitutional officer with the appropriate respect for an equal branch of government.

    #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #MafiaState

  6. #KashPatel’s nom as #FBI director is also considered a harder sell.

    …The display of #fealty on Capitol Hill reflects #Trump’s far greater command over the #Republican Party than when he was first sworn in to office in 2017. In 2016, Republican senators had outperformed Trump on the ballot & felt little debt to the political novice. This time, almost every incoming senator in a competitive race underperformed Trump, & the party has been remade in his image.

    #JFC #law #democracy #autocracy

  7. #KashPatel’s nom as #FBI director is also considered a harder sell.

    …The display of #fealty on Capitol Hill reflects #Trump’s far greater command over the #Republican Party than when he was first sworn in to office in 2017. In 2016, Republican senators had outperformed Trump on the ballot & felt little debt to the political novice. This time, almost every incoming senator in a competitive race underperformed Trump, & the party has been remade in his image.

    #JFC #law #democracy #autocracy

  8. #KashPatel’s nom as #FBI director is also considered a harder sell.

    …The display of #fealty on Capitol Hill reflects #Trump’s far greater command over the #Republican Party than when he was first sworn in to office in 2017. In 2016, Republican senators had outperformed Trump on the ballot & felt little debt to the political novice. This time, almost every incoming senator in a competitive race underperformed Trump, & the party has been remade in his image.

    #JFC #law #democracy #autocracy

  9. #KashPatel’s nom as #FBI director is also considered a harder sell.

    …The display of #fealty on Capitol Hill reflects #Trump’s far greater command over the #Republican Party than when he was first sworn in to office in 2017. In 2016, Republican senators had outperformed Trump on the ballot & felt little debt to the political novice. This time, almost every incoming senator in a competitive race underperformed Trump, & the party has been remade in his image.

    #JFC #law #democracy #autocracy

  10. #KashPatel’s nom as #FBI director is also considered a harder sell.

    …The display of #fealty on Capitol Hill reflects #Trump’s far greater command over the #Republican Party than when he was first sworn in to office in 2017. In 2016, Republican senators had outperformed Trump on the ballot & felt little debt to the political novice. This time, almost every incoming senator in a competitive race underperformed Trump, & the party has been remade in his image.

    #JFC #law #democracy #autocracy

  11. @realTuckFrumper competence will not be a factor in #trump appointees. All that matters is #fealty

  12. @realTuckFrumper competence will not be a factor in #trump appointees. All that matters is #fealty

  13. @realTuckFrumper competence will not be a factor in #trump appointees. All that matters is #fealty

  14. @realTuckFrumper competence will not be a factor in #trump appointees. All that matters is #fealty

  15. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  16. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  17. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  18. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  19. “That’s the big question,” #RuthBenGhiat said, adding that it depends partly on #Trump’s ability to impose party #fealty, #intimidate critics & install competent bureaucrats who are effective at using levers of #power to advance his personal aims.

    “It is about criminalizing #dissent,” she said. “There is a method to his madness in that he has taken people on a journey of #indoctrination.”

    #law #autocracy #tyranny #authoritarianism #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

  20. The meditative ritual might appear incongruent w/the raucous epicenter of the nation’s #conservative movement, but #Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the #GOP into a kind of #ChurchOfTrump. His insistence on absolute #devotion & #fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from #Congress to the #RNC to rank-&-file #voters.

    #MAGA #pride #greed #wrath #envy #lust #gluttony #sloth #idolatry #Blasphemy #Violence #Adultery #Thief #Liar

  21. The meditative ritual might appear incongruent w/the raucous epicenter of the nation’s #conservative movement, but #Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the #GOP into a kind of #ChurchOfTrump. His insistence on absolute #devotion & #fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from #Congress to the #RNC to rank-&-file #voters.

    #MAGA #pride #greed #wrath #envy #lust #gluttony #sloth #idolatry #Blasphemy #Violence #Adultery #Thief #Liar

  22. The meditative ritual might appear incongruent w/the raucous epicenter of the nation’s #conservative movement, but #Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the #GOP into a kind of #ChurchOfTrump. His insistence on absolute #devotion & #fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from #Congress to the #RNC to rank-&-file #voters.

    #MAGA #pride #greed #wrath #envy #lust #gluttony #sloth #idolatry #Blasphemy #Violence #Adultery #Thief #Liar

  23. The meditative ritual might appear incongruent w/the raucous epicenter of the nation’s #conservative movement, but #Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the #GOP into a kind of #ChurchOfTrump. His insistence on absolute #devotion & #fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from #Congress to the #RNC to rank-&-file #voters.

    #MAGA #pride #greed #wrath #envy #lust #gluttony #sloth #idolatry #Blasphemy #Violence #Adultery #Thief #Liar

  24. The meditative ritual might appear incongruent w/the raucous epicenter of the nation’s #conservative movement, but #Trump’s political creed stands as one of the starkest examples of his effort to transform the #GOP into a kind of #ChurchOfTrump. His insistence on absolute #devotion & #fealty can be seen at every level of the party, from #Congress to the #RNC to rank-&-file #voters.

    #MAGA #pride #greed #wrath #envy #lust #gluttony #sloth #idolatry #Blasphemy #Violence #Adultery #Thief #Liar

  25. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    My point.

    The bad thing is, I would actually agree with the systemic descriptions and the connotations of #TechnoFeudalism. If you factor in the #TESCREAL dimension of #Elmo and the #PayPalMafia et al, you even gave the medieval "beliefs" dimension. And no-one will argue that if you receive millions of dollars of seed capital, you owe your #liege aka #VC #fealty. And, yes they collect rent, and yes, they either inherited the "rights" or acquired them, charging rent.

  26. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    My point.

    The bad thing is, I would actually agree with the systemic descriptions and the connotations of #TechnoFeudalism. If you factor in the #TESCREAL dimension of #Elmo and the #PayPalMafia et al, you even gave the medieval "beliefs" dimension. And no-one will argue that if you receive millions of dollars of seed capital, you owe your #liege aka #VC #fealty. And, yes they collect rent, and yes, they either inherited the "rights" or acquired them, charging rent.

  27. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    My point.

    The bad thing is, I would actually agree with the systemic descriptions and the connotations of #TechnoFeudalism. If you factor in the #TESCREAL dimension of #Elmo and the #PayPalMafia et al, you even gave the medieval "beliefs" dimension. And no-one will argue that if you receive millions of dollars of seed capital, you owe your #liege aka #VC #fealty. And, yes they collect rent, and yes, they either inherited the "rights" or acquired them, charging rent.

  28. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    My point.

    The bad thing is, I would actually agree with the systemic descriptions and the connotations of #TechnoFeudalism. If you factor in the #TESCREAL dimension of #Elmo and the #PayPalMafia et al, you even gave the medieval "beliefs" dimension. And no-one will argue that if you receive millions of dollars of seed capital, you owe your #liege aka #VC #fealty. And, yes they collect rent, and yes, they either inherited the "rights" or acquired them, charging rent.

  29. @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    My point.

    The bad thing is, I would actually agree with the systemic descriptions and the connotations of #TechnoFeudalism. If you factor in the #TESCREAL dimension of #Elmo and the #PayPalMafia et al, you even gave the medieval "beliefs" dimension. And no-one will argue that if you receive millions of dollars of seed capital, you owe your #liege aka #VC #fealty. And, yes they collect rent, and yes, they either inherited the "rights" or acquired them, charging rent.

  30. #PaulRyan also makes a sad appearance…. #Romney tells Coppins that Ryan called him during the 1st #impeachment…, seemingly lobbying Romney to acquit. Preserve your viability w/#Republicans, Ryan advises; preserve your ability to do good.

    “It’s advice that once seemed plausible & which guided many upright people to enter the #Trump admin as voices of #sanity. The 1st problem w/it is that the #cult of #Trumpism demands absolute #fealty. One moment of honest dissent & you are cast from the ranks.

  31. #PaulRyan also makes a sad appearance…. #Romney tells Coppins that Ryan called him during the 1st #impeachment…, seemingly lobbying Romney to acquit. Preserve your viability w/#Republicans, Ryan advises; preserve your ability to do good.

    “It’s advice that once seemed plausible & which guided many upright people to enter the #Trump admin as voices of #sanity. The 1st problem w/it is that the #cult of #Trumpism demands absolute #fealty. One moment of honest dissent & you are cast from the ranks.

  32. #PaulRyan also makes a sad appearance…. #Romney tells Coppins that Ryan called him during the 1st #impeachment…, seemingly lobbying Romney to acquit. Preserve your viability w/#Republicans, Ryan advises; preserve your ability to do good.

    “It’s advice that once seemed plausible & which guided many upright people to enter the #Trump admin as voices of #sanity. The 1st problem w/it is that the #cult of #Trumpism demands absolute #fealty. One moment of honest dissent & you are cast from the ranks.

  33. #PaulRyan also makes a sad appearance…. #Romney tells Coppins that Ryan called him during the 1st #impeachment…, seemingly lobbying Romney to acquit. Preserve your viability w/#Republicans, Ryan advises; preserve your ability to do good.

    “It’s advice that once seemed plausible & which guided many upright people to enter the #Trump admin as voices of #sanity. The 1st problem w/it is that the #cult of #Trumpism demands absolute #fealty. One moment of honest dissent & you are cast from the ranks.

  34. #PaulRyan also makes a sad appearance…. #Romney tells Coppins that Ryan called him during the 1st #impeachment…, seemingly lobbying Romney to acquit. Preserve your viability w/#Republicans, Ryan advises; preserve your ability to do good.

    “It’s advice that once seemed plausible & which guided many upright people to enter the #Trump admin as voices of #sanity. The 1st problem w/it is that the #cult of #Trumpism demands absolute #fealty. One moment of honest dissent & you are cast from the ranks.

  35. @Npars01 @rbreich

    ...and the #GreatDepression.

    Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
    We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
    This must be remedied.
    Back to 70-90% income-tax...

  36. @Npars01 @rbreich

    ...and the #GreatDepression.

    Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
    We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
    This must be remedied.
    Back to 70-90% income-tax...

  37. @Npars01 @rbreich

    ...and the #GreatDepression.

    Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
    We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
    This must be remedied.
    Back to 70-90% income-tax...

  38. @Npars01 @rbreich

    ...and the #GreatDepression.

    Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
    We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
    This must be remedied.
    Back to 70-90% income-tax...

  39. @Npars01 @rbreich

    ...and the #GreatDepression.

    Listening to #MatthewCooke's American Origin Stories finally convinced me that all #US institutions were set up chiefly to protect the "landed gentry." #Billionaires are the new #aristocracy, and they are not benign. In a #feudal society, #fealty was rewarded by the feudal lord. Today, everyone is just a disposable "input factor."
    We live in a virtually global #plutocracy.
    This must be remedied.
    Back to 70-90% income-tax...