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Epstein survivors accuse ‘condescending’ Todd Blanche of gaslighting in meeting held as part of his AG bid | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-survivor-todd-blanche-attorney-general-b3016540.html

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In 2023, presidential candidate Donald Trump, seemingly out of nowhere, promised to hold a contest that would lead to the creation of 10 “freedom cities” on federal lands.
The trial balloon barely registered at the time, lost in the daily deluge of outrageous claims.
Since the new administration took office, however, would-be country starters have been on a lobbying blitz, determined to turn Trump’s pledge into reality.
“The energy in DC is absolutely electric,”
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The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

For a bit more interesting context, the Russian Empire at the time could be described as a white supremacist Christian nationalist autocracy that persecuted internal minorities. Russia was at the authoritarian backstop for all of Europe. They were a key part of the Holy Alliance that pushed hard for international censorship and autocratic alliances, and would even send troops to suppress democratic uprisings against autocrats in other countries.
They were so central to maintaining international autocracy that people on the international left would argue that, for freedom anywhere to survive "the tsar must die."
This is definitely just historical musing and not a #USPol post.