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In large measure, owing to the Big Beautiful, uh, Huge Bullshit Bill that cleared the House and comes before the Senate, I’ve come across a lot of online stuff to do in the way of petitions to sign and emails to send, but CALL YOUR SENATORS!!! If they’re in a Red State, call them on the hour, leave a message. If email is more your style, BE A TROLL. Spam them. Resend the same email. Lucky me: I have Senators Cornyn and Cruz, two of the finest cowards on the map! You’ll find info in the graphics attached about the bill (which saves me time from whinging on about it) and numbers to call to talk to either a Senator’s aide or to leave a message. If you do get through by some chance, to a senator, and they’re likely to push for this bill, be polite but firm. My emails are stern, my voice messages are I hope, polite but firm. I don’t cuss, so there’s that. Which from me, is a big deal. Double-click or tap the graphics if they’re too small. US Republican Senators Contact info: Ten Things that...

This might seem obvious, but Snyder’s points are subtler. Would we know when a paramilitary or a troop of assembled paramilitaries has decided to secure a neighborhood, town, region? We think so, of course. Even absent Trumpian direct support, there’s a good likelihood that in some parts of the United States, people would actually be supportive of an occupying force to enforce the rampant scourges of liberals, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, and BIPOC people.  With   government support? Then we’d be very much in SS territory.  Is this and the following chapter alarmist? It’s difficult to say. We live in a country where guns outnumber people, where the Second Amendment is enshrined as a religious text and where we have grown inured to mass shootings. In areas where gun owning and open carry or even concealed carry without a license is a sign of vigilance and damn near a moral duty, is it really such a stretch to imagine seeing a militarized “neighborhood watch”? Snyder opens th...