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Commodity Identity
How a society built on consumption leaves us rootless, reshapes our relationships, and turns grievance into political power
19 hrs ago
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James B. Greenberg
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The Pledge Republicans Fail to Understand
Why allegiance to the Republic means defending the Bill of Rights, not dismantling it
Oct 14
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James B. Greenberg
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The Shutdown as Loyalty Test
How Trump turns fiscal deadlock into a weapon for Project 2025 — reshaping trust, silencing dissent, and teaching Americans to live as subjects of favor…
Oct 13
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James B. Greenberg
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The Epstein Files and the Silencing of Adelita Grijalva
Why Speaker Johnson is blocking a duly elected representative and what it means for democracy.
Oct 12
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James B. Greenberg
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The Enemy Within: The Politics of Repression in America
How dissent is reclassified as disloyalty and the state turns citizens into suspects.
Oct 11
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James B. Greenberg
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The Republic Is Not Yet Lost
How institutions, law, and civic culture still hold tools to resist authoritarian capture, if we choose to use them
Oct 10
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James B. Greenberg
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The Generals’ Ultimatum — Purging the Last Independent Institution
How Trump turned Quantico into the stage for a purge, ordering the military to fall in line and declaring war on Americans as the “enemy within.”
Oct 9
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James B. Greenberg
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The Long Shadow of Separation
How immigration raids turn neighborhoods into stages of fear, bureaucracies into weapons, and compassion into defiance.
Oct 8
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James B. Greenberg
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Constructing a Military Dictatorship: A Strategic Outline of Authoritarian Drift
How Trump is dismantling the Bill of Rights piece by piece, turning freedoms into privileges, and training Americans to live as if their liberties were…
Oct 7
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James B. Greenberg
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The Shutdown as Strategy: Authoritarianism by Other Means
How Trump has transformed government shutdowns from rare breakdowns into deliberate weapons to punish opponents, reallocate resources, and remake the…
Oct 6
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James B. Greenberg
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The Gospel of the Hidden Hand: Conspiracy Theories in Authoritarian Politics
How conspiracy theories migrate from fringe beliefs to political weapons of authoritarian power
Oct 5
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James B. Greenberg
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When Culture Becomes a Weapon
How culture wars and scapegoating divide Americans and pave the way for authoritarian rule
Oct 4
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James B. Greenberg
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