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Americans are neither as hostile to socialism as they once were
nor as positive toward capitalism as they have been in the past.
More important than polling, however, is the fact that for many Americans the “communist threat” is a total abstraction.
There are tens of millions of voters (
who were young children when the Soviet Union fell.
There are millions more who weren’t yet born.
For these Americans, communism is as much a concern as the missile gap …

Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.
Fifty-four percent of Americans, down from 60% in 2021, have a positive opinion of capitalism, while a steady 39% view socialism positively.

43% of Americans view socialism positively

Positive views of big business are down to 35%;
Capitalism steady at 55%
https://news.gallup.com/poll/714653/socialism-positive-rating-tops-first-time.aspx

Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time
Socialism's appeal is at a new high, but it remains less popular than capitalism and well below free enterprise.

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"In light of Donald Trump’s attempts to rename a gulf, lakes and even states after “America”, South Park, the animated satirical program that has long skewered those in power, has announced an official name change. For its 29th season, the Comedy Central series will be known as “South America”."
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South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes
Satirical program’s new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump’s requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

The historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book "Country of Lords" is a history of Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America.
Phillips-Fein studies conservatism and “questions about capitalism and democracy”.
Her first book "Invisible Hands", was a study of businessmen who fought the New Deal of the 1930s.
Her second, "Fear City", about the New York economic crisis of the 1970s, was a finalis…

Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury …
— Amendment V, United States Constitution
Two hundred and fifty years since the nation’s founding, and almost as many since the adoption of the Bill of Rights,
the role of the grand jury in the American criminal justice system continues to spark debate.
Recently, scrutiny of the grand jury and renewed calls to strengthen it as a bulwark…

Trust, But Verify: Three Grand Jury Reforms to Hold the Government Accountable
Steps should be taken to strengthen grand juries by giving courts and defense counsel more tools to act as a much-needed check on prosecutors.

Trump has signed a little-noticed national security directive identifying
“anti-Christian” and “anti-American” views as
indicators of radical left violence.
Called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7,
it’s being referred to as “NSPM-7” by administration insiders.
“This is the first time in American history that there is an
all-of-government effort to dismantle left wing terrorism,”
Trump’s homeland security advisor Stephen Miller said,

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

In an age of Donald Trump’s tyranny, we are surrounded by sellouts.
Millions of Americans now believe that.
In his tremendous new book, “Profiles in Cowardice,”
veteran journalist Jacob Weisberg goes a way towards proving it
The book focuses on some of the many so-called leaders Weisberg describes as
“the weak and the too willing,”
those “who have betrayed their most important civic responsibilities”
by capitulating to President Trump’s authoritarian…

Disgustingly willing partners in Trump’s lethal overreach have been many: Brent Larkin
Ten years ago this month, I asked JD Vance whom he planned to vote for in the presidential election between Trump and Hillary Clinton. “I’ll probably vote third-party,” he answered. “But I’m definitely not voting for Trump." Today, Vance is just another profile in cowardice, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke,
whose company commands a market capitalization near $154 billion,
told his social media followers this week that a tax-tiered voting system
—one that would strip voting rights from anyone who pays no income tax
—would be a “good system.”
That two-word endorsement,
dropped into a viral thread,
has reignited a debate over wealth, power,
and democracy that most Americans thought was settled more than a century ago.
Th…

Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?
Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.

The FBI says that anti-capitalist graffiti can indicate a mobilization to violence and can be reported to the bureau,
according to a counterterrorism report obtained through a public records request.
The public safety awareness report, dated Jan. 30, states that “anarchist violent extremists,” dubbed AVEs by the FBI, “pose [a] persistent public safety threat.”
Among the activities the report claims are “potential indicators of AVE ['anarchist violent extremist'] mob…

FBI Report Describes Graffiti as a Tactic of “Anarchist Violent Extremists”
The report also adds new ambiguous justification for FBI action such as “making claims” against business or governments.