Timothy Snyder, a Yale scholar and an authority on European political history, has spent decades studying the rise of fascist movements. With the ascension of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, Snyder sees echoes from history, and warns that the time to save America from autocracy is in short supply.
“I think things have tightened up very fast; we have at most a year to defend the republic, perhaps less,” Snyder stated in an interview with German outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung. “What happens in the next few weeks is very important.”
Snyder, whose multiple books include On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, points out that Americans must dispense with wishful thinking about institutions helping to curb Trump’s power. In fact, that misguided notion is precisely what landed us in this situation.
Dancing With Fools 
Where the road ends…
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Who are those two ghouls?
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Stephen Miller and Joseph Goebbels
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Another nice day in the neighborhood, plenty of sun again.
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Goebbels and Miller, yes. These two, not as good as the men are.
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Good?
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Up to the TVD bridge and return without splashing through standing water in an unspeedy 50 minutes. A circling Swainson’s hawk, seen twice.
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7 pm
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I recently learned that potatoes are in the nightshade family. Do you avoid potatoes, Den?
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White potatoes yes, red potatoes ok
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Been on a movie binge, free HBO, Cinemax and Showtime all weekend including today on Dish. watched 6 or 8, can’t remember.
Monsoon continues with wind, terror tree still there, knock on wood.
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Shoot, forgot about that, I don’t get Skinemax and usually DVR the movies they show before they are released to HBO 3 months or so down the road.
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At least some people keep their skeletons in the closet well manicured.
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