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@davetroy this is so helpful. Sharing it with friends and family. Thanks for the approachable words of practical wisdom.

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Good stuff, thanks for posting. I hope you won't mind my adding an addendum to #5 Recognize That Ideas Are Weapons.

For people doing larger scale organizing, I highly recommend signing up for the Freedom Over Fascism Movement Briefings that are presented on a regular basis by ASO Communications, https://www.asocommunications.com, The Research Collaborative, https://researchcollaborative.org/, and a few others.
Please DM me for a link to sign up.

For everyone, the same folks regularly update their ...

@davetroy j'aime bien Saul Alinski : quand il n'y a rien à faire, c'est qu'il y a beaucoup à faire.

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Folks, read and follow investigative reporter Dave Troy @davetroy

Dave is the best and one of the few who actually demonstrates the courage of his convictions.

Thanks Dave for your clear eyed and searing assessments. We need you more than ever right now.

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Thanks for "#7: Turn Off the News and Read Books" . Depth is needed. We need to understand history. There are also good docuseries (for non- readers); some dramatizations too.

@davetroy This is a must read for all who believe in our democracy and plan on pushing back against the dictator wanna-be who assumes power this next month!

@davetroy Turning over a new leaf, Dave? Or more accurately returning to what made you good before you lost yourself down that Bircher rabbit hole. More aligned to the 2014 you that excelled at humanizing the costs of technological overreach. I'm willing to let past bygones be bygones if you are. As a peace offering hit me up in DM's. Think I have some leads on the juciest story of the year. Just make sure to credit me. Deal?

I confronted my family in 2018 over their support for Trump and in 2023 my chosen family over their harmful ideas.

I kept thinking, “don’t they know they are participating in information campaigns that go against their own self interest?”

I struggled with my relationships but then read this which defined the issue into three categories:

“I’m too upset that I’ve lost yet another good friend to”:

1. conspiracy theories
2. right-wing extremism
3. anti-vax misinformation

https://lissarankin.com/why-comparing-the-unvaxxed-to-the-persecuted-jews-is-an-abomination-why-healthy-boundaries-are-not-the-same-as-fascism/

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Thanks for providing Toad.