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For the friend comparing this to the Russian Revolution, I feel like a more apt comparison is the fall of the USSR. Just like then, everything's being chopped up for parts and divvied up amongst a few oligarchs, undoing the work of millions over the past 70+ years.

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Excellent point.

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If we had a real labor movement in this country, it would be calling for mass demonstrations in DC, demanding that Musk and his minions get the hell out, and that they be prosecuted for breaking and entering and theft of government property.

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Blow their phones up. I’m retired: I’m literally spending all day tomorrow calling my rep and senators all day long. And unions. And anyone else I can think of. Over and over again via speaker and Siri as I go about my day, exercising or whatnot.

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There’s hope and a deep sweetness in you, Hamilton Nolan.

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He’s a good guy but what I value most is his fighting spirit.

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We should all be thankful for people like Catherine and you and everyone who doesn't just stand by and let the nazis do whatever they want in this truly "evil city", easily taken over by a bunch of absolute traitors who don't give a damn about this country. Poor old Jesus, helpless and alone.

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Thank you for keeping this open while I finish school and can't afford any extras. We out here and appreciate you more than you know

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Hamilton,

This is some of the most poignant, eloquent, touching writing you've written. Please keep eating your Wheaties, and getting good sleep so your brain, your wit and your pen

continue to inspire and guide us.

Maureen Welch

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I love that you let me comment without being a paid subscriber. I want to support as many as I can. But, I want to be able to afford some support. A one time donation box would be perfect for that. I can't afford to back 10 or you for $80 a yr, you see? But, if I have $20, $30 when I pop in now and then, I'd like to be able to drop it on you.

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Thank you for telling the truth and for telling it so damn well, Hamilton.

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"We will all be buried deep in shit. And then the seeds will grow." Amen. Preach, Brother Nolan.

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This is a great article. keep up the fight.

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So, do the half-dozen pimply DOGE gamers currently destroying the country have 24/7 security? It’d be a shame if someone Luigi-ed them. I’m really worried about their safety.

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Indeed, the Russian leader, Josef Stalin, said something very similar.

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Oh, don’t worry: I’m absolutely certain they’ll win and we’ll autonormalize it. Maybe with online complaints, which’ll be allowed if they’re smart. Because we are self-neutering and willfully weak.

In all seriousness, Luigi jokes aside, thus far, we are the weakest opposition to authoritarianism in history. I don’t recall South Koreans or their opposition party sitting around wringing their hands wondering what to do.

Nolan should be organizing ongoing resistance—or better yet trying to keep up with the wave. What's he reduced to? Begging us to rise to the level of a once-homeless woman with no resources but plenty of guts. More power to him, but he shouldn’t have to be doing it.

Shame on us.

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God bless Catherine.

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HamNo, please know that I am dead serious when I say that I hope you get outside and enjoy yourself sometimes. It's maddening reading your dispatches, so I can't imagine what it's like writing them over and over. We're not just subscribing for your articles, we're subscribing so you can keep writing them! Self-care!

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Well done -- people don't realize those evil bureaucrats are actually professionals committed to doing a decent job for the common good and have built their internal meanings around that. The epic scandals are there for all to see - no time to run and hide, but effective resistance is so badly needed!

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Now that Trump is offering “asylum” to white Afrikaners and has cut off all support to South Africa, maybe it’s a good time to hook up with our comrades over there who ran uMkhonto weSizwe. There’s a few still kicking; I bet they could teach us a lot.

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There’s a California accent? Do you mean people speaking Spanish?

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There's definitely a California white people accent too

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