The Last Weekend Under the Republic As we relish these two days free of toil, those of us at Obeying in Advance wanted to take a moment to reflect upon the long roller coaster we’ve been on since June 16, 2015. And to remind Americans of one thing: This is still not normal. An America divided like never before. George Washington’s… Read More
Trump sues the Des Moines Register Donald Trump has put his sights on yet another media outlet. In his efforts to suppress any media coverage that could be be seen in any way as oppositional, he has put forth a lawsuit against newspaper The Des Moines Register. The suit also targets parent company Gannett and pollster Ann Selzer. Of all things,… Read More
Sanders: Oligarchy is Here Senator Bernie Sanders discusses how Elon Musk threatened Republican Congressmembers into voting against an important healthcare bill.… Read More
Bernie Sanders: “This is what authoritarianism is all about.” Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) suggests that President Biden grant “pre-emptive pardons” to the members of the January 6th Investigatory Committee. His comments come in response to Donald Trump’s suggestion that the members of the former congressional committee “should go to jail.”… Read More
Dr. Frankenstein realizes the monster has made it out of the laboratory As we mentioned before, Mitch McConnell sounded the alarm on Trump earlier this week. But he’s not relenting. Trump and MAGA were undoubtedly grown in the legacy GOP’s petri dish. But now that contagion is out of the lab and running amok. Like Dr. Frankenstein, now that he realizes his creation is terrorizing the villagers,… Read More
Comedian Sarah Silverman on Kissing the Ring Comedian Sarah Silverman on the mega-rich engaging in pre-emptive obedience.… Read More
Mitch McConnell: Hey This Trump Guy Might Be Dangerous Mitch McConnell may have arguably let Donald Trump be the wind that set the GOP ship sailing farther right while he was at the helm. But after enjoying the convenience of Trump’s momentum, he did finally criticize him for the January 6th insurrection, calling his actions that day a “disgraceful dereliction of duty.” He’s finally… Read More
Out of the Mouths of Bayes: An AI Primer on Media Appeasement in the Early Stages of Hitler’s Rise to Power OP: I am noticing that since Trump won the election that major media outlets are pivoting to be in line with him. Did this happen with German media when Hitler came to power? ChatGPT said: The dynamic between media and political power can vary greatly depending on the historical, cultural, and institutional context. Comparing the… Read More
Rachel Maddow warns of the 5 fronts in the transition to a “tin pot tyranny” On election night, Maddow gave an impassioned missive about the transition from democracy to tyranny, and what that looks like. She also conjured up visions of the American people rising up in resistance, but gave little sense of how that would manifest. Nonetheless, she shared important lessons from history where other nations pivoted from a… Read More
NY Times Opinion Column Warns: BELIEVE HIM In a last ditch plea to the American electorate just prior to the election, the New York Times makes a splash by concisely stating the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency in a full-page spread with large font.… Read More