It's short.
From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation
by Gene Sharp is the "tell me more" version, 138 pages. Includes non-violent ways to gum up the progress of tyranny.
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From dictatorship to democracy : a conceptual framework for liberation
by Gene Sharp is the "tell me more" version, 138 pages. Includes non-violent ways to gum up the progress of tyranny.
Jenner & Block, truly one of the preeminent law firms in America today, sued the Department of Justice and essentially the entire Federal Government this morning in a devastating 64-page complaint,
This is notable because of the author, a prominent conservative federal court of appeals judge (retired). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Michael_Luttig
Therefore you can list the "box" as a "unit" number, or "ste" (suite) or "apt" (apartment). Ask the 3rd party service prior to contracting.
I had such a service in NYC (they're common, lotsa businesses love having a Suite address on 5th Ave, or whatever).
I'd test it before committing to a long term contract though.
You don't need a DBA (doing business as) registered with the state for this, but it helps build a business narrative for the IRS and business purposes. And then you can use it in lieu of your name.
Putin wants to break up western alliances, and wouldn't mind a U.S. civil war. He got Trump to say this by saying it's genius. Trump is this gullible, stupid and insane.
Oh dear, the JAGs were fired early on...
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/its-time-for-fresh-bloo...
On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
Bio includes: Former CIA attorney
Maybe before the government closes the door, he buys the thing and privatizes it? In which case, greed. Gargantuan greed.
Marco Rubio absolutely knows due process is a right for all persons subject to U.S. law. It's not only a right for citizens, and having taken this right away from persons, in no meaningful way can it be said it's preserves for citizens.
The federal government is at best in abeyance. And an adversary at worst.
If what you're doing isn't wrong, why not record all of it for history?
I've wondered for some time what most explains people's willingness to hand over nuclear codes to an obviously insane man, for a second time, knowing he's a rapist, a felon, and a vile insurrectionist. He's a persistently untrustworthy liar, and support for this nonsense keeps growing rather than being rejected.
Is it something like mass hysteria? Is his malignant narcissism somehow contagious and becomes collective narcissism?
A war with Canada tells me there's not much, if any, humanity left to save in the United States. Therefore I sooner believe it's a trap.
Electing a mad man or dictator is not equivalent to 3/4 of the states ratifying an amendment to the Constitution. The Yarvin, Thiel, Musk view of using autogolpe to place a CEO-dictatorship in place of Constitutional order is in progress. But the People haven't consented to that. Proposing that they have does enormously heavy lifting for this patrimonial diarchy movement.
https://bsky.app/profile/questauthority.bsky.social/post/3lk...
In 2025 Americans are so anesthetized even the "opposition party" can't say the obvious out loud in public. Let alone the president's cabinet.
People voting for a dictator isn't equivalent to 3/4 of the legislatures ratifying an amendment to the Constitution. The People have not given consent to set aside the Constitutional order.
If the People want to set aside the Constitution, they must do the hard work of convincing enough people in enough states to do it lawfully. Otherwise it's settled with might makes right.
For all the flaws of the founding fathers they definitely understood power. How it gets consolidated. And how to fragment it. Their advice is polyarchy.
What we're witnessing is autogolpe to establish a CEO-dictator, the consolidation of power. In no universe are Trump, Vance, Musk, Thiel, Yarvin on the right side of history. And they will fail.
What are they waiting for? To see if they will come out ahead. It's classic rebel's dilemma.
Eventually the truth will catch up to us all. We'll undeniably realize this is a tyrannical movement that intends to replace the Constitutional order without the consent of the governed.
In no universe is the election of a dictator equivalent to 3/4 of the state legislatures ratifying an amendment to the Constitution.
Replace it by necessity with a CEO-dictator. Isn't that the Yarvin, Thiel, Musk playbook?
"Americans ... have to get over their dictatorphobia"
Doesn't the boundary get broken asking messages be read to me into a BT audio device?
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
3.6B / 100K = 36000 years. It's more like 240M/year to get to 3.6B. The number of human workers isn't flat either. And Tesla isn't going to be making 240M robots a year anytime soon so WTF?
The Constitution says persons are owed due process, in two amendments. Due process isn't limited to only citizens.
I will point out it's a white American man, a rapist and a felon, and vile insurrectionist, along with his corrupt cadre, who are opposing due process. They are abducting people without charges in the night, scurrying them away to a different jurisdiction quickly, while actively slowing justice by inhibiting right to counsel. It's hallmark authoritarianism.
Just because this guy is a lying bigot, doesn't set aside due process.
The consistent theme is weakness. The school coddled Hamasniks on campus through illegal intimidation, harassment, blocking the free movement of people. And now the school coddles and rolls over to the authoritarianism and threats of the Trump regime.
Hopefully you see the obvious trap, having target Mahmoud Khalil as a case for chipping away at the foundation of due process, not merely the perimeter?
The ADL is defending his arrest and deportation. It's obscene.
Trump said vandalism of Telsas will be labeled as terrorism. Who will stop those arrests and eventual deportations? Where would they go? South American countries were lining up to be paid to take U.S. deportees. U.S. citizens absolutely can be made to disappear unless we all understand the law is paramount. Due process can never be set aside.
In aviation we still have VORs, and most airplanes have receivers. The VOR MON (minimum operational network) program retains a minimum number and spacing of VOR transmitters expressly as a back up for GPS/WAAS degradation, which does occur regularly, or failure.
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/at...
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/acf/medi...
https://www.nstb.tc.faa.gov/rt_waassatellitestatus.htm
But OK, if we think an event that renders GPS non-functional for many years is reasonably likely, and may prevent space based navigation redeployment?
eLORAN would seem to tick a lot of boxes, but does mean widespread receiver replacement.
While GBAS exists, it’s a local augmentation system. Redeployment with ground based GPS probably doesn’t work because of the frequencies, low transmission strength, and ground clutter.
What about redeployment of existing GPS satellite technology in high altitude airships?
That’s the limit of it, by design I think. The lack of criminality or even civil offense means the job is predicated on trust to achieve political goals. Once trust is lost, the individual must be removed from office or immense damage will ensue.