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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@nilsskirnir" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nilsskirnir</span></a></span></p><p>True.</p><p>What I meant to say is that this is no clash of ideas about "what is best for the country" anymore, as between rivaling political parties, nor even an ideological "culture war." The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> is a hostile government takeover, planned decades ago and executed step by step:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598555451884508" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1125</span><span class="invisible">98555451884508</span></a></p><p>While the economic-theory foundation was masterminded by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesBuchanan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesBuchanan</span></a>, the legal strategist was the (later on) SCOTUS Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/113240354636843089" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1132</span><span class="invisible">40354636843089</span></a><br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@SmithsonianRoulette" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SmithsonianRoulette</span></a></span> </p><p>One of the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination plot.</p><p>This page provides more information:</p><p><a href="http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/powell.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects</span><span class="invisible">/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/powell.html</span></a></p><p>Did you know that Powell was completely constipated for more than a month after his arrest?</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AbrahamLincoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbrahamLincoln</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LincolnAssassinationConspirators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LincolnAssassinationConspirators</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Constipation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constipation</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sueden.social/@BlumeEvolution" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlumeEvolution</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Longtermism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longtermism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gesellschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesellschaft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politik</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faschismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Klimakrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klimakrise</span></a> <br>(3e/n)</p><p>...den Brandbrief</p><p> "CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM <br>Attack on American Free Enterprise System". 2)</p><p>👉Es kann argumentiert werden, dass mit der Ernennung <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a>|s durch den kriminellen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republikanischen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republikanischen</span></a> Präsidenten <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RichardNixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardNixon</span></a> im Okt. 1971 der Marsch der US-Rechten durch die Institutionen begann.👈 Dieser erreichte mit der Wahl des verurteilten Kriminellen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> im..</p><p>2)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598555451884508" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1125</span><span class="invisible">98555451884508</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025<br>Investigative podcast shows toxic legacy of founding father of modern American plutocracy<br><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/powell-memo-project-2025-plutocracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenation.com/article/society/</span><span class="invisible">powell-memo-project-2025-plutocracy/</span></a></p><p>Powell Memo Changed America<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113034395106394010" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1130</span><span class="invisible">34395106394010</span></a></p><p>Master plan: Legalizing corruption<br><a href="https://the.levernews.com/master-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">the.levernews.com/master-plan</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowellMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowellMemo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RalphNader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphNader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnablingFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnablingFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TAXtheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TAXtheRich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Powell Memo Changed America<br>Architect: US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell<br><a href="https://www.levernews.com/master-plan-episode-3-the-memo-that-changed-america" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">levernews.com/master-plan-epis</span><span class="invisible">ode-3-the-memo-that-changed-america</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum,_1971" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F.</span><span class="invisible">_Powell_Jr.#Powell_Memorandum,_1971</span></a><br>* tobacco industry champion<br>* wrote confidential memo for U.S. Chamber Commerce<br>* anti-Communist/anti-New Deal blueprint for conservative business interests to retake America<br>* based partly on Powell's reaction activist Ralph Nader</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113093285576894645" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1130</span><span class="invisible">93285576894645</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PowellMemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowellMemo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RalphNader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RalphNader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>There’s a New <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Memo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memo</span></a>, and It’s Wildly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racist</span></a> </p><p>This <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/essay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>essay</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/excerpted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>excerpted</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Antidemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antidemocratic</span></a>: Inside the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a>’s 50-Year <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Plot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plot</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a>, which will be released on Tuesday from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MarinerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarinerBooks</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/john-roberts-supreme-court-racist-lewis-powell-memo.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/08/john-roberts-supreme-court-racist-lewis-powell-memo.html</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGAnomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAnomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MustReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MustReads</span></a></p><p>(1/n)</p><p>As I was discussing the "root of all evil" in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> present-day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> political thinking with <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jeramee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jeramee</span></a></span> a while back, I had my misgivings about dating the Republican counterattack against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigGovernment</span></a> to the 1971 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a> "CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM Attack on American Free Enterprise System").</p><p>IMO, it was not. It started years earlier, at the latest in 1965,...</p><p>1)<br><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/t</span><span class="invisible">he-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> </p><p>So, here you go. The root of all evil later-day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LewisPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewisPowell</span></a>'s CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM<br>Attack on American Free Enterprise System" written in 1971:</p><p><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/t</span><span class="invisible">he-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/</span></a></p>