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New Mexicans say “Fu*k No!” to a wannabe King

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Is this our 1773 Boston Tea Party moment? On September 25, Donald Trump threw down the gauntlet with his NSPM 7 – Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. Read this national security memo in its entirety here to learn what Trump and his handlers think about our popular protests, and what they’re planning to do. Trump characterizes our rallies as political violence.

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Maria Ressa – Fighting Back Against Trump’s Authoritarian Algorithm With Truth

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Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and author of the book “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” sits down with Jon Stewart for a conversation about Trump’s authoritarian attacks on free speech in the wake of Disney taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air in fealty to the president and his hand-picked FCC Chair.

Ressa, who in 2020 was jailed in the Philippines for her journalism criticizing the country’s former president Rodrigo Duterte, warns about the similarities between the dictatorship she lived under and the Trump administration.

They also discuss how tech companies use authoritarian governments as case studies to inform their algorithms and manipulate democratic elections, and the importance in this political moment for Americans to take peaceful action before their rights are continually stripped away.