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CousinIT

(12,220 posts)
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:51 AM Dec 5

Heather Cox Richardson: It's Bonkers and it's Going to Get Worse

Worth a listen/watch, as everything she does is. She explains how the US got to where it is today: a shithole domineered over by a petty fascist tyrant:

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Heather Cox Richardson: It's Bonkers and it's Going to Get Worse (Original Post) CousinIT Dec 5 OP
Crypto and bitcoin.................... Lovie777 Dec 5 #1
Well worth listening Wild blueberry Dec 5 #2
K&R! This is a really good overview of how we got here and . . . peggysue2 Dec 5 #3
Throwing ouit alliances that keep us safe, and one other point... NowsTheTime Dec 6 #4
She's good at pulling stuff like that out. I've lost count of how many times CousinIT Dec 6 #5

peggysue2

(12,379 posts)
3. K&R! This is a really good overview of how we got here and . . .
Fri Dec 5, 2025, 12:48 PM
Dec 5

Where Agent Orange and his den of thieves want to take us.

It lines up with everything I've read and gnashed my teeth over--the privatization theory of all public programs, the tech bro angle, the Spheres of Influence theory and, of course, the inherent racism, sexism and gender bias at the center of the anti-democratic MAGA Universe. Kleptomania is at the root of all the craziness because wealth and power for the Chosen, the inner circle, drives the mania and is further fueled and defended by the understanding that white men and only white men of wealth should be ruling the roost.

If we want a reason to resist and push back, this is what it's all about in a clear, condensed manner.





NowsTheTime

(1,248 posts)
4. Throwing ouit alliances that keep us safe, and one other point...
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 02:26 PM
Dec 6

from 38:00 to 40:00 minutes she talks about the danger of throwing away alliances with Europe etc.

from 40:00 to 43:00 minutes the plan to gain influence over the Western hemisphere...they tried Canada and Greenland...now trying Central and South America .....I don't know why this wasn't obvious to me before?

CousinIT

(12,220 posts)
5. She's good at pulling stuff like that out. I've lost count of how many times
Sat Dec 6, 2025, 02:29 PM
Dec 6

I've asked myself, "Why didn't I see that?" while listening to her.

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