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@odannyboy

Designer. Author. Neutral Good Gen Xer. San Franciscan in Pittsburgh. Keeper of the Saffervesence.

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Survey: Four in Ten Americans Are Susceptible to Authoritarianism, But Most Still Reject Political Violence Authoritarian views most prevalent among those who hold favorable views of Trump, supporters of Christian nationalism, white evangelical Protestants, and weekly churchgoers WASHINGTON (September 10…

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Who likes authoritarianism, and how do they want to change their government? The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.

A 2024 Pew Research Center study across 24 nations found 31% of people support authoritarian systems, such as a strong leader who can act without interference.

Recent studies indicate that roughly 40% of Americans exhibit authoritarian leanings.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

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a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face with his mouth open and the words `` hard no '' written above him . ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is making a funny face with his mouth open and the words `` hard no '' written above him .
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Markwayne is actually a noble title, and is the Oklahoma equivalent to "Marquis," and may be passed on at the same time your father gives you his car dealership

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a man in a purple shirt is holding a silver bowl and saying your boot sir ALT: a man in a purple shirt is holding a silver bowl and saying your boot sir
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I'm seeing the same. 2x the Tom

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an elderly man says i love democracy ALT: an elderly man says i love democracy
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*This Fuller guy left a colossal, detailed, humanly-unreadable archive of his orthogonal, visionary ramblings, and you know, maybe an AI could do something actually useful with all that

*I wonder what

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I certainly have never been interviewed on national news since

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I coined the term β€œtopless meeting” (for a meeting without laptops) which was an Oxford Dictionary Finalist for Word of the Year 2008 and Time Magazine’s #10 Buzzword of 2008

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And 165 non-artificial schoolchildren were blown up by all this advanced and precise targeting. Congrats to everyone involved on achieving this brave new world.

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PEPFAR, the program to stop hundreds of thousands of children and adults from dying of HIV/AIDS, was $6.5 billion a year.

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Jasmine Crockett for Speaker of The House

04.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nightmare fuel

04.03.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The are pre-Ellison-ing themselves

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Is The Atlantic now run by Bari Weiss too?

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How come β€œHow are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?

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Each one of those three missiles costs 33% more than the annual budget of the national park where I work.

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And I thought the Elks Club was hot

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It's almost like the FIFA Peace prize means nothing to him.

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There's oil in Cuba?!?

I think they're safe

01.03.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t let it go unnoticed that none of the other Dem senators have called for a vote of no confidence on Schumer’s leadership.

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Some days are like that

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Manhattan, straight up

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Me, wondering why I’m putting myself through this #SOTU

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I need a drink

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33 of the people pardoned by Trump for January 6 have committed more crimes including molesting children and killing people while drunk driving.

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trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.

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