Black CoffeeChoose Democracy: Resources to stop a coupchoosedemocracy.usMany US Americans watched with terror and pain the recent attempted coup. For many of us, we had never witnessed anything like this in our country. …
Black CoffeeFederal Cops Are Already in Seattle and the Mayor Is Pissedverified_publisherVICE - Paul BlestA federal plane landed just south of downtown Seattle with officers from Customs and Border Patrol. Federal agents have arrived in Seattle, and local officials aren’t happy. King County Executive Dow Constantine tweeted on Thursday night that a federal plane had landed at the King County …
Black CoffeeRuth Ben-Ghiat on Trump and the bitter American truth: "We do not have a real democracy"verified_publisherSalon - By Chauncey DeVegaAt the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, there's a poster which identifies "The 12 Early Warning Signs of Fascism." Here are the criteria: Powerful and continuing nationalism • Disdain for human rights • Identification of enemies as a unifying cause • Rampant sexism • Controlled mass media • Obsession …
Black CoffeeHere's Why Cities Won't Be Able to Stop Trump's Secret Policeverified_publisherVICE - Greg WaltersWhile Trump's tactics against protesters may be brazenly unconstitutional, legal scholars say they’ll be very hard for mayors and governors to stop. Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned Tuesday that while she welcomes a “partnership” with …
Black CoffeeU.S. passports are worthless — "Welcome to the Plague States of America"boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder"Americans have gone from having access to most of the world to being banned from most of it," writes Indi Samarajiva for Medium Politics. "An …
Black CoffeeThe Scientist Who Predicted 2020's Political Unrest Reveals What Comes Nextverified_publisherVICE - Jamie CliftonCatching up with Peter Turchin, whose theory predicted a period of political violence starting this year. In 2012, VICE published an article titled, "2012 Is Bullshit; 2020 Is When We'll Really Be in Trouble". That headline was fairly prophetic: while 2012 saw the embers of the Arab Spring uprisings …
