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How Trump's America Is Using History the Way Every Strongman Uses It: As a Weapon
On the evening of July 4, 2026, fireworks lit the sky over Washington. On the same afternoon, while the crowds were gathering, the White House quietly posted a 162-page document to its website. The report was titled “Saving America’s Story....
How Trump Is Using the Law the Way Peru's and South Korea's Strongmen Did. They Both Received Life Sentences.
Last week I covered the civil service. The technique was replacement: remove the professionals, install the loyalists, and the state implements whatever you want. This week we move to the fifth technique in the strongman’s playbook. It is r...
I Have Loved America Since I Was a Boy. That Makes This Harder to Write.
Today, the United States turns 250 years old.
I have been thinking about this country since I was thirteen years old. That was when Dutch television aired Centennial, the NBC miniseries based on James Michener’s 1974 novel of the same name...
"You're Fired." Trump Can Now Say That to the People Who Protect You From Fraud, Nuclear Risk, and Unsafe Products.
How step 1 of the Strongman's Playbook made today's ruling possible, what I wrote yesterday, and what Morning Compass reported this morning.
The playbook, two steps at once
The Generals, the Scientists, the Senior Officials. Trump Is Systematically Firing Them. He Follows the Playbook.
A general forced out with no explanation. A scientist reassigned to finance. Eight thousand officials stripped of protection in a day. This is not chaos. It is a technique.
On June 2, 2026, roughly 8,000 of the United States government’s m...
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