Notes to My Future Self
by Brad Rourke
Shining a light on the things we will want to remember when we wonder what happened.
THE RECORD
EARLIER NOTES
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Building a Permanent Guard in DC
Our national capital has what appears to be a permanent occupying force.
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Trump Anti-Birthright Orders
We are one changed mind away from reopening the question of who is born a citizen. The administration seems intent on doing so.
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Trump Nepo Government
Would-be kings assemble royal courts and hand out titles to family and friends.
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ICE Airport Arrests
The airport security every traveler passes through is now part of the immigration dragnet.
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Ohio Antigay Billboards
The scapegoat list always grows. Yesterday trans people, today gay families, tomorrow whoever is next.
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National Guard Detains Veteran
Troops trained for combat, stationed in neighborhoods, produce exactly this.
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Ballot Emergency?
The emergency appears to be that too many people might vote in a way the leader does not like.
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Trump Confession
A government that funds its friends and defunds its opponents is using public money as an instrument of loyalty.
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Trump Foreign Election Fund
Where the United States used to try to export the ideals of democracy, now it has put right wing influence on a grant schedule.
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Trump Sells Wall Street Faster Access
The president is selling a subscription service to milliseconds of access.
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Trump IRS Targets Free Speech
When they tell you what they’re planning, believe them.
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Trump Sowing Vote Doubt
It’s easy to see what appears to be the aim of the speech. Leaders in autocracies like Hungary and Venezuela spread doubt about elections they feared losing, then cited that doubt to reject the results. Our midterm elections are coming up in November. The doubt is being sown now.
