Jack, in the not too distant past, I mentioned and cited an article which discussed the self-inflicted harm that came to many family members of those associated with the Nazi regime.
It is said this current gang in Washington is using a playbook that has been used by dictators throughout history. Why, does it seem, they are following history but know nothing, as history has shown, of the harm that will come to their own sons and daughters? Or, are they so heartless and deranged they don’t care?
Powerful point, Mary...and you’re right to connect it to history.
Short answer: they think they’re the exception.
Authoritarians and their courtiers run on a toxic cocktail of:
(1) short-term power math (“win today, we’ll fix the fallout later”), (2) optimism bias (“it won’t touch my family”), (3) proximity to the throne (“we’re protected”), (4) information bubbles (only hearing what flatters the plan), and (5) sunk-cost loyalty (once you’ve crossed lines, you double down).
Layer on the dehumanization of opponents and the belief they can always buy an exit...new passports...lawyers...friendly judges...and you get people who will drive the bus off a cliff and swear the ground will rise to meet them.
History’s receipts say otherwise. Elites under Nazis...Soviets...juntas...and kleptocracies watched their own children pay...exile...shame...legal ruin...even prison...because systems that eat the law eventually eat their loyalists.
The playbook they’re following is old; the blind spot is older: hubris.
They don’t know… or they don’t care… because power now feels worth any later price paid by someone else.
What we do with that:
Make consequences visible and personal. Name names...document decisions...and map chains of command so no one can hide behind “policy.”
Deterrence messaging to insiders. Quiet channels + loud public signals: “This ends with accountability. Flip early, or you go down with the ship.”
Lock in future cost. Support investigations...preservation orders...FOIA...and international/legal partnerships that survive election cycles.
Starve the bubble. Flood local media...community groups...and professional associations with facts; isolate propaganda.
Recruit the wavering. Every apparatus has soft-loyalists. Give them off-ramps and witnesses’ protection...moral and practical.
And for us: eyes up, spine straight. We don’t just rage at their cruelty...we raise the certainty that actions taken today will follow their families tomorrow in courts...careers... reputations...and history books. That’s how you cut through the hubris. That’s how you stop the bus.
I'm terribly afraid that we can't stop this. It's not pessimism. Things are now accelerating at a more alarming rate and I've already been alarmed since last November. I'm afraid for my husband and my kids and I. I feel so helpless while I'm watching everything burn down in real time. Every time we see a little pushback, we lose so much more ground every day.
I'm trying so hard to keep fighting and not lose hope but I'm not going to lie. This week I'm starting to lose my ability to compartmentalize and I'm starting to unravel a little. I'm listening to people like you and Lev Parnas who keep telling us to fight back but I'm not seeing a way through.
I hear you, Angie. And I believe you. What you’re feeling isn’t weakness...it’s a healthy alarm system doing its job under relentless strain.
Let’s do two things right now: steady your nervous system and restore your agency with a simple, repeatable plan.
First: stabilize the body (2 minutes)
4-2-6 breath ×3 (nose in 4, hold 2, mouth out 6).
Posture lock: feet planted, shoulders back, chin level. Say out loud: “I own the frame.”
Limit the bleed: set a 10-minute timer for news/feeds, twice a day. Outside that window... mute it. (You’re not ignoring reality...you’re denying panic an all-day lease.)
Second: protect your family (today)
When fear is about your husband and kids...convert fear into preparedness:
Contacts card: print a one-page family sheet (phones, meds, doctors, 2 trusted neighbors). Put copies in wallets + car glove box.
Docs bundle: IDs, insurance, prescriptions, a recent family photo—scan to a secure cloud + one USB stick.
Micro-kit: 72-hour basics in one tote (meds, chargers, cash, copies of docs). Prepared ≠ paranoid; it’s a pressure valve.
Third: reclaim agency (daily “3–2–1”)
3 calls/messages to reps/prosecutors/editors (one script, three sends).
2 recruits: text two people the key action + your one-sentence why.
1 donation or volunteer block (even $5 or 15 minutes).
Fourth: weekly battle rhythm (pick one anchor day)
One local action: school board...council...library, election office. Local pushes stick and they don’t trend...which is why they’re powerful.
One skills rep: practice a script (phone, testimony), or learn one new tool (public records request...poll-worker signup).
One community touch: small circle Zoom or coffee with two friends...share scripts...divvy tasks. Isolation is an accelerant...community is a firebreak.
Fifth: mental “frame flips” for the worst moments
“Acceleration” → proof of desperation. Strong regimes don’t need purges.
“We push, they surge back” → lag vs. lead indicators.
Structural wins (court filings, records preserved, local coalitions) are quiet until they suddenly aren’t.
“I can’t compartmentalize” → containment, not compartment: two news windows, then back to movement, family, sleep. You’re not escaping; you’re preserving strength.
If you start to unravel again (script to keep handy)
Name it: “My system is overloaded.”
Breathe 4-2-6 ×3.
Ground: name 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste.
Move one inch: send one call/email using your saved script.
Close the loop: text me (or your trusted person) “Loop closed.” We train your brain to associate action → relief.
Two truths to carry
Hope is a verb. It’s not a mood you wait to feel; it’s the result of tiny actions done while scared.
Calm is a weapon. Authoritarians feed on panic. Your steadiness starves them and keeps your circle moving.
You’re not alone, Angie. You’re not powerless. Tonight: do the breath...print the contact sheet...and send one message to recruit two people for one concrete task this week. Then sleep. We fight smarter in the morning...together.
It’s not 47- it’s his handlers— he just shows up, from time to time. I pretty much figure, all the assination attempts of this year, were staged, for Party sympathy. Fake. Are our Generals talking?
I get the instinct, Beverly...there’s clearly a machine around him. But here’s our rule: separate what we can prove from what we fear.
Don’t let rumor eat our focus.
If you want to know whether the brass is pushing back...watch verifiable signals...not whispers:
Resignations/retirements with pointed language from flag officers.
On-the-record memos or testimony (JCS, combatant commands) contradicting political orders.
Readiness posture changes (alerts, force movements) paired with public rationale.
Inspector General findings and GAO reports...dry, but they bite.
Coordinated statements from former SecDefs/Joint Chiefs (they don’t do that lightly).
Leak → corroboration by multiple reputable outlets (one rumor is noise; three independent confirmations is smoke).
On the “staged attempts” idea: while we can’t substantiate that with hardcore evidence, at the very least...we can say a LOT of what happened that day is very suspect.
Our power is receipts + pattern...and staying away from speculation...for the most part.
We win by being calm, precise, and loud.
Action today: pick one signal source (IG/GAO docket, Armed Services hearings, or JCS press room) and track it weekly. Then recruit two to do the same. We turn anxiety into a watchdog network...and we don’t get played by noise.
I like your thoughts, Jack, but who are you? I like to know more about my information sources than just a first name and a general outline of your experience.
Here’s my straight answer: I don’t make this publication about me. I make it about democracy, and about giving you tools that work in the real world.
What I do share is the part that matters to the work: I build these newsletters from a mix of professional experience (including time in the military and years around psychology / mental & emotional health) plus deep research across law...policy...history...and current ops. I synthesize that into actionable pieces...clear frames...practical drills...and step-by-step moves you can take today.
How I operate (so you can judge the product...not the personality):
Receipts over rumors. I lean on primary docs...sworn testimony...reputable reporting...and pattern analysis.
Triangulation. Multiple sources or it doesn’t make the cut. If the facts shift...I update.
Action bias. Every piece aims to educate...inform...and stay compelling enough to keep you reading...and finishes with concrete next steps.
Reader-first clarity: just the highest signal I can give you in the least amount of time.
Do I keep personal details tight? Yes. Not because there’s something to hide (I've discussed some details of my life that have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people on podcasts, videos, etc. ) but because the details of my life...aren’t the mission.
The mission is making you stronger...calmer...and more effective in the fight for a functioning democracy.
If you want to evaluate your source...use the same yardstick I use on others:
Are there receipts you can check?
Are claims separated from conjecture?
When they’re wrong, do they correct?
Do they offer useful actions...not just outrage?
That’s the standard I hold myself to...every issue. If I keep meeting it...I’ve earned your trust. If I don’t...you should call me on it.
Bottom line: I’m here to deliver well-researched...field-tested...readable briefings that leave you better informed and better equipped...every time. The biography can stay quiet. The work speaks.
He has to be when he lets Kash Patel remove the senior anti-terrorist agents from DC, or has Noem going after innocent folks instead of drug kingpins. And as far as I was concerned, as a Russia specialist, he tried to give our country to Putin when they met in Alaska.
I do think the Epstein files could sink him. Not necessarily for pedophilia, though he must have known it was happening, but for gross misconduct or illegal activities of a financial kind.
I have been following Ellie Leonard and Tara Palmieri on the Epstein horror. I read that Birthday Book and it was really disturbing. Tara and Ellie have re-published excerpts from court documents and e-mails. All of it is so distressing.
I’m afraid Maxwell is going to get off on a technicality.
Beria wasn’t the “vision man.” He was the apparatus: purge architect...dossier factory...loyalty enforcer who weaponized bureaucracy to break opponents and terrify insiders.
That’s the lesson: don’t fixate on the frontman...track the enforcers + machinery that make terror scalable.
Two fast moves:
Start a “Beria list” for today: who’s writing the purge memos...vetting lists...loyalty oaths, rule changes? Names...roles...receipts.
Share one concrete receipt (policy text, memo, bill) with two people and a 1-sentence brief: what it does, who it targets...how to resist.
We spotlight the operators...not just the orator. Sunlight breaks the spell. Onward.
I don't think he has enough time left to do all that. He obviously has people in place to step up when he is gone. Unless he thinks he's going to live forever. Which he is not. But some of the monsters he surrounds himself with are worse; they're younger, and they are well versed in the whole horror show; some of them have already composed much of it: Project 2025.
You’re exactly right, Jan: personalities pass, projects persist. The danger isn’t just one man...it’s the apparatus and its succession plan (Project 2025, Schedule F, loyalist pipelines). So we fight the machine, not just the mascot.
Here’s how we counter a successor model:
1) Choke the pipeline (personnel is policy).
Push state and local civil-service protections that block Schedule-F–style purges in your state agencies and universities.
Pressure professional orgs (bar associations, medical boards, veterans groups) to name and shame members signing on to purge/loyalty schemes.
2) Deny the fast start (day-one agenda blockers).
Pre-file state legislation that rejects cooperation with unlawful federal purges or mass deputizations.
Back lawsuits now that challenge the legal groundwork (vacancies abuse, blanket reclassification, unitary-executive overreach). Injunctions ready on Day 1 = months of delay.
3) Target the playbook’s hinges.
Rulemaking & OMB choke points: comment, sue, and stall management memos that centralize control.
Procurement: watchdog big AI/policing/immigration contracts—block sole-source awards, force bids into the sunlight.
Appropriations riders: press your members to add “no funds may be used to…” language that defangs purges and loyalty tests.
4) Map the successors—then spotlight.
Build/share a live “bench chart” of who would run Justice, DHS, Pentagon, OMB under the project. Publish histories, conflicts, and stated purge goals. Sunlight breaks momentum.
5) Local is the firewall.
Election offices, sheriffs, city councils, school boards—adopt pro-democracy resolutions and MOUs refusing illegal orders. Small jurisdictions add up to a national brake.
This week’s tight loop (15–30 min/day):
Mon: Call state reps—ask for a civil-service protection bill (anti-Schedule F at the state level).
Tue: Submit one public records request (appointments, purge lists, vendor emails).
Wed: Join/strengthen a local election defense or public-records coalition.
Thu: Write one letter to the editor naming Project 2025’s top three risks for your community.
Fri: Recruit two friends to adopt the same loop next week.
Anchor line (say it out loud): “Movements outlive men...but so do counter-movements.”
We plan for succession, too: delay...dilute...deter...document. That’s how you beat a horror show even when the cast changes. Onward.
Jack, in the not too distant past, I mentioned and cited an article which discussed the self-inflicted harm that came to many family members of those associated with the Nazi regime.
It is said this current gang in Washington is using a playbook that has been used by dictators throughout history. Why, does it seem, they are following history but know nothing, as history has shown, of the harm that will come to their own sons and daughters? Or, are they so heartless and deranged they don’t care?
Powerful point, Mary...and you’re right to connect it to history.
Short answer: they think they’re the exception.
Authoritarians and their courtiers run on a toxic cocktail of:
(1) short-term power math (“win today, we’ll fix the fallout later”), (2) optimism bias (“it won’t touch my family”), (3) proximity to the throne (“we’re protected”), (4) information bubbles (only hearing what flatters the plan), and (5) sunk-cost loyalty (once you’ve crossed lines, you double down).
Layer on the dehumanization of opponents and the belief they can always buy an exit...new passports...lawyers...friendly judges...and you get people who will drive the bus off a cliff and swear the ground will rise to meet them.
History’s receipts say otherwise. Elites under Nazis...Soviets...juntas...and kleptocracies watched their own children pay...exile...shame...legal ruin...even prison...because systems that eat the law eventually eat their loyalists.
The playbook they’re following is old; the blind spot is older: hubris.
They don’t know… or they don’t care… because power now feels worth any later price paid by someone else.
What we do with that:
Make consequences visible and personal. Name names...document decisions...and map chains of command so no one can hide behind “policy.”
Deterrence messaging to insiders. Quiet channels + loud public signals: “This ends with accountability. Flip early, or you go down with the ship.”
Lock in future cost. Support investigations...preservation orders...FOIA...and international/legal partnerships that survive election cycles.
Starve the bubble. Flood local media...community groups...and professional associations with facts; isolate propaganda.
Recruit the wavering. Every apparatus has soft-loyalists. Give them off-ramps and witnesses’ protection...moral and practical.
And for us: eyes up, spine straight. We don’t just rage at their cruelty...we raise the certainty that actions taken today will follow their families tomorrow in courts...careers... reputations...and history books. That’s how you cut through the hubris. That’s how you stop the bus.
-Jack
Thank you for these details.
Of course, Mary. Thank YOU.
-Jack
Great question. What do you think, Jack?
I'm terribly afraid that we can't stop this. It's not pessimism. Things are now accelerating at a more alarming rate and I've already been alarmed since last November. I'm afraid for my husband and my kids and I. I feel so helpless while I'm watching everything burn down in real time. Every time we see a little pushback, we lose so much more ground every day.
I'm trying so hard to keep fighting and not lose hope but I'm not going to lie. This week I'm starting to lose my ability to compartmentalize and I'm starting to unravel a little. I'm listening to people like you and Lev Parnas who keep telling us to fight back but I'm not seeing a way through.
I hear you, Angie. And I believe you. What you’re feeling isn’t weakness...it’s a healthy alarm system doing its job under relentless strain.
Let’s do two things right now: steady your nervous system and restore your agency with a simple, repeatable plan.
First: stabilize the body (2 minutes)
4-2-6 breath ×3 (nose in 4, hold 2, mouth out 6).
Posture lock: feet planted, shoulders back, chin level. Say out loud: “I own the frame.”
Limit the bleed: set a 10-minute timer for news/feeds, twice a day. Outside that window... mute it. (You’re not ignoring reality...you’re denying panic an all-day lease.)
Second: protect your family (today)
When fear is about your husband and kids...convert fear into preparedness:
Contacts card: print a one-page family sheet (phones, meds, doctors, 2 trusted neighbors). Put copies in wallets + car glove box.
Docs bundle: IDs, insurance, prescriptions, a recent family photo—scan to a secure cloud + one USB stick.
Micro-kit: 72-hour basics in one tote (meds, chargers, cash, copies of docs). Prepared ≠ paranoid; it’s a pressure valve.
Third: reclaim agency (daily “3–2–1”)
3 calls/messages to reps/prosecutors/editors (one script, three sends).
2 recruits: text two people the key action + your one-sentence why.
1 donation or volunteer block (even $5 or 15 minutes).
That’s compounding. Tiny wins...stacked daily...beat despair’s story.
Fourth: weekly battle rhythm (pick one anchor day)
One local action: school board...council...library, election office. Local pushes stick and they don’t trend...which is why they’re powerful.
One skills rep: practice a script (phone, testimony), or learn one new tool (public records request...poll-worker signup).
One community touch: small circle Zoom or coffee with two friends...share scripts...divvy tasks. Isolation is an accelerant...community is a firebreak.
Fifth: mental “frame flips” for the worst moments
“Acceleration” → proof of desperation. Strong regimes don’t need purges.
“We push, they surge back” → lag vs. lead indicators.
Structural wins (court filings, records preserved, local coalitions) are quiet until they suddenly aren’t.
“I can’t compartmentalize” → containment, not compartment: two news windows, then back to movement, family, sleep. You’re not escaping; you’re preserving strength.
If you start to unravel again (script to keep handy)
Name it: “My system is overloaded.”
Breathe 4-2-6 ×3.
Ground: name 5 things you see, 4 you feel, 3 you hear, 2 you smell, 1 you taste.
Move one inch: send one call/email using your saved script.
Close the loop: text me (or your trusted person) “Loop closed.” We train your brain to associate action → relief.
Two truths to carry
Hope is a verb. It’s not a mood you wait to feel; it’s the result of tiny actions done while scared.
Calm is a weapon. Authoritarians feed on panic. Your steadiness starves them and keeps your circle moving.
You’re not alone, Angie. You’re not powerless. Tonight: do the breath...print the contact sheet...and send one message to recruit two people for one concrete task this week. Then sleep. We fight smarter in the morning...together.
-Jack
It’s not 47- it’s his handlers— he just shows up, from time to time. I pretty much figure, all the assination attempts of this year, were staged, for Party sympathy. Fake. Are our Generals talking?
I get the instinct, Beverly...there’s clearly a machine around him. But here’s our rule: separate what we can prove from what we fear.
Don’t let rumor eat our focus.
If you want to know whether the brass is pushing back...watch verifiable signals...not whispers:
Resignations/retirements with pointed language from flag officers.
On-the-record memos or testimony (JCS, combatant commands) contradicting political orders.
Readiness posture changes (alerts, force movements) paired with public rationale.
Inspector General findings and GAO reports...dry, but they bite.
Coordinated statements from former SecDefs/Joint Chiefs (they don’t do that lightly).
Leak → corroboration by multiple reputable outlets (one rumor is noise; three independent confirmations is smoke).
On the “staged attempts” idea: while we can’t substantiate that with hardcore evidence, at the very least...we can say a LOT of what happened that day is very suspect.
Our power is receipts + pattern...and staying away from speculation...for the most part.
We win by being calm, precise, and loud.
Action today: pick one signal source (IG/GAO docket, Armed Services hearings, or JCS press room) and track it weekly. Then recruit two to do the same. We turn anxiety into a watchdog network...and we don’t get played by noise.
Sleep well.
-Jack
I like your thoughts, Jack, but who are you? I like to know more about my information sources than just a first name and a general outline of your experience.
Appreciate the straight question, Ed.
Here’s my straight answer: I don’t make this publication about me. I make it about democracy, and about giving you tools that work in the real world.
What I do share is the part that matters to the work: I build these newsletters from a mix of professional experience (including time in the military and years around psychology / mental & emotional health) plus deep research across law...policy...history...and current ops. I synthesize that into actionable pieces...clear frames...practical drills...and step-by-step moves you can take today.
How I operate (so you can judge the product...not the personality):
Receipts over rumors. I lean on primary docs...sworn testimony...reputable reporting...and pattern analysis.
Triangulation. Multiple sources or it doesn’t make the cut. If the facts shift...I update.
Action bias. Every piece aims to educate...inform...and stay compelling enough to keep you reading...and finishes with concrete next steps.
Reader-first clarity: just the highest signal I can give you in the least amount of time.
Do I keep personal details tight? Yes. Not because there’s something to hide (I've discussed some details of my life that have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people on podcasts, videos, etc. ) but because the details of my life...aren’t the mission.
The mission is making you stronger...calmer...and more effective in the fight for a functioning democracy.
If you want to evaluate your source...use the same yardstick I use on others:
Are there receipts you can check?
Are claims separated from conjecture?
When they’re wrong, do they correct?
Do they offer useful actions...not just outrage?
That’s the standard I hold myself to...every issue. If I keep meeting it...I’ve earned your trust. If I don’t...you should call me on it.
Bottom line: I’m here to deliver well-researched...field-tested...readable briefings that leave you better informed and better equipped...every time. The biography can stay quiet. The work speaks.
I'm glad you're here, Ed.
-Jack
This be some scary shit, Jack 😱‼️ and will reStack ASAP 💯👍
Right there with you, Karen...scary as hell… and we don’t blink.
Thank you for the reStack boost...that signal cuts through noise.
Do two quick reps today:
4-2-6 breath ×3 to lock calm.
Recruit two friends to read + act.
Fear noticed. Frame flipped. Forward. Onward.
-Jack
It is possible. He is certainly leaving us wide open.
Indeed, Alexandra. He certainly is.
-Jack
He has to be when he lets Kash Patel remove the senior anti-terrorist agents from DC, or has Noem going after innocent folks instead of drug kingpins. And as far as I was concerned, as a Russia specialist, he tried to give our country to Putin when they met in Alaska.
I do think the Epstein files could sink him. Not necessarily for pedophilia, though he must have known it was happening, but for gross misconduct or illegal activities of a financial kind.
I have been following Ellie Leonard and Tara Palmieri on the Epstein horror. I read that Birthday Book and it was really disturbing. Tara and Ellie have re-published excerpts from court documents and e-mails. All of it is so distressing.
I’m afraid Maxwell is going to get off on a technicality.
As always another insightful & important article. Thank you Jack. Will restack.
Grateful for you, Lori...thank you. 🙏
And the reStack matters; that signal punches through the noise.
Two quick reps today:
4-2-6 breath ×3 to lock calm and focus.
Recruit two to read + act (one call, one donation, one share).
Insight → action → momentum. Onward.
-Jack
I’ll get back with more later, but when I saw Stalin mentioned it occurred to me from whom Miller was sep at birth: Beria.
Sharp catch, Randy...and chillingly apt.
Beria wasn’t the “vision man.” He was the apparatus: purge architect...dossier factory...loyalty enforcer who weaponized bureaucracy to break opponents and terrify insiders.
That’s the lesson: don’t fixate on the frontman...track the enforcers + machinery that make terror scalable.
Two fast moves:
Start a “Beria list” for today: who’s writing the purge memos...vetting lists...loyalty oaths, rule changes? Names...roles...receipts.
Share one concrete receipt (policy text, memo, bill) with two people and a 1-sentence brief: what it does, who it targets...how to resist.
We spotlight the operators...not just the orator. Sunlight breaks the spell. Onward.
-Jack
Restacking, but I may be asleep when you post your next. It’s been one action packed MF of a day.
Love it, Cherae...thank you for the reStack. 🙌
Crash hard. Sleep is strategy...not surrender. Quick reset before lights out:
4-2-6 breath ×3
Say it out loud: “I own the frame; tomorrow I move the ball.”
When you wake: run the 3-2-1—
3 messages/calls (one script, three sends)
2 recruits to read + act
1 donation or 15-min volunteer block
Action-packed MF of a day becomes compounded momentum. Onward.
-Jack
I don't think he has enough time left to do all that. He obviously has people in place to step up when he is gone. Unless he thinks he's going to live forever. Which he is not. But some of the monsters he surrounds himself with are worse; they're younger, and they are well versed in the whole horror show; some of them have already composed much of it: Project 2025.
You’re exactly right, Jan: personalities pass, projects persist. The danger isn’t just one man...it’s the apparatus and its succession plan (Project 2025, Schedule F, loyalist pipelines). So we fight the machine, not just the mascot.
Here’s how we counter a successor model:
1) Choke the pipeline (personnel is policy).
Push state and local civil-service protections that block Schedule-F–style purges in your state agencies and universities.
Pressure professional orgs (bar associations, medical boards, veterans groups) to name and shame members signing on to purge/loyalty schemes.
2) Deny the fast start (day-one agenda blockers).
Pre-file state legislation that rejects cooperation with unlawful federal purges or mass deputizations.
Back lawsuits now that challenge the legal groundwork (vacancies abuse, blanket reclassification, unitary-executive overreach). Injunctions ready on Day 1 = months of delay.
3) Target the playbook’s hinges.
Rulemaking & OMB choke points: comment, sue, and stall management memos that centralize control.
Procurement: watchdog big AI/policing/immigration contracts—block sole-source awards, force bids into the sunlight.
Appropriations riders: press your members to add “no funds may be used to…” language that defangs purges and loyalty tests.
4) Map the successors—then spotlight.
Build/share a live “bench chart” of who would run Justice, DHS, Pentagon, OMB under the project. Publish histories, conflicts, and stated purge goals. Sunlight breaks momentum.
5) Local is the firewall.
Election offices, sheriffs, city councils, school boards—adopt pro-democracy resolutions and MOUs refusing illegal orders. Small jurisdictions add up to a national brake.
This week’s tight loop (15–30 min/day):
Mon: Call state reps—ask for a civil-service protection bill (anti-Schedule F at the state level).
Tue: Submit one public records request (appointments, purge lists, vendor emails).
Wed: Join/strengthen a local election defense or public-records coalition.
Thu: Write one letter to the editor naming Project 2025’s top three risks for your community.
Fri: Recruit two friends to adopt the same loop next week.
Anchor line (say it out loud): “Movements outlive men...but so do counter-movements.”
We plan for succession, too: delay...dilute...deter...document. That’s how you beat a horror show even when the cast changes. Onward.
-Jack