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[CryptoDads ♨️ @CryptoDadsNFT]

Totz are coming to a @base delivery room near you this Christmas season! (for real)

In a first for AI agents, the incomparable @Rekt_Burgundy is returning to have a say in what traits your tot comes our with! Don't worry, it doesn't involve his DNA.

[CryptoDads ♨️ @CryptoDadsNFT]

On Sept. 7 2021, many of you minted your first NFT.

Four years later, we still remember 5111 being stuck on the @opensea floor.

Happy anniversary and thanks for the years of Big Dad Energy!

Wen Totz? 👇

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

A sobering message from a history teacher:

I’ve spent years teaching both American and international government. We study the full spectrum of systems: from well-established democracies like the UK, to hybrid regimes like Mexico and Nigeria, to authoritarian states like russia, Iran, and China. Each case study offers a lesson — but lately, the most unsettling one comes from within our own borders.

One key lesson I teach my students: there’s never a single, defining moment when a democracy falls. No leader ever declares, “I am now a dictator.” The erosion is subtle. Gradual. Legal on the surface. And often supported — or at least tolerated — by the public.

Look at russia. When Putin took power in 2000, it had the trappings of democracy: elections, a constitution, federalism, and a separation of powers. Today, those structures remain on paper, but functionally, they mean nothing. Putin holds absolute power — and is, perhaps not coincidentally, admired by Donald Trump.

So, how do we recognize when a democracy is backsliding? There are clear warning signs — every first-year political science student learns them. Here are a few I share with my students:

1. When the Legislative Branch yields to the Executive.

Congress was designed to check presidential power. If Congress becomes subservient — whether through inaction or complicity — the balance envisioned by the Constitution collapses. Putin faced early pushback from the Duma. He eventually sidelined, intimidated, and replaced dissenters with loyalists. Sound familiar?

2. When corporatism becomes normalized.

In an authoritarian slide, industries and oligarchs cozy up to power in exchange for favors. In russia, compliant billionaires got rich. Critics were jailed or exiled. We’ve seen similar patterns here: tax breaks, deregulation, and media consolidation benefiting those aligned with Trump.

3. When adherence to the Constitution becomes optional.

Rule of law is foundational to democracy. Yet we’ve seen moments when Constitution was ignored under Trump’s leadership. In healthy democracies, that shouldn't even be a question.

4. When enemies — internal and external — are manufactured.

Authoritarians thrive by uniting people against scapegoats. Vulnerable communities become targets. Historic allies become threats. The purpose? To consolidate power under the guise of protecting the nation.

5. When personal loyalty to the leader outweighs loyalty to the nation.

Public servants swear oaths to the Constitution, not individuals. But when loyalty shifts toward one man — especially among military, law enforcement, and intelligence — democracy is in grave danger.

Here’s the hardest truth: if America continues down this path, it won’t be because we were blind. It won’t happen in darkness. It will happen in plain sight — and with our permission.

Democracy is not self-sustaining. It survives only when we choose it — over and over again.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Again we must ask, though we may never know why Trump does everything he can to help Putin and Russia, if he were a Russian agent, what would he do differently?

[CryptoDads ♨️ @CryptoDadsNFT]

Gm fam

Stay cool out there!

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

This meme is everywhere.
Let’s be kinder to each other. Making fun of an almost-80-year-old falling on the stairs has no place in our politics.

[BuccoCapital Bloke @buccocapital]

Moronic own goal.

Some of these policies are legitimately indistinguishable from the answer to the thought exercise: “If I was president and wanted to destroy America’s competitive advantage, this is what I would do”

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

@saintjavelin And after "May" comes June and July…

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

There it is. Trump confirms what we've said all along - he's been protecting Putin this entire time.

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

Make no mistake. This is an extinction level event for American scientific dominance.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

I warned the world about Putin, now I’m warning America about Putinization. Rhetoric about enemies within. Power privatized by sycophants. Propaganda over principle. This isn’t hyperbole; for me it’s déjà vu. If you care about freedom, now’s the time to act. Link below.

[Harvard University @Harvard]

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber https://t.co/6cQQpcJVTd

[Harvard University @Harvard]

"Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it is unlawful and beyond the government’s authority." - President Alan Garber https://t.co/F65kW4GaL1

[Harvard News @harvardnews]

Harvard will continue to defend against illegal government overreach aimed at stifling research and innovation that make Americans safer and more secure. Read the full statement: https://t.co/UIPoI5wZrr

[Harvard University @Harvard]

Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. https://t.co/V8uvTNaL64

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump has declared war on Harvard and Apple, two of America's greatest successes and powerhouses, while attacking allies and kissing up to dictators for gain and adulation. As long as this goes on, it will accelerate. There's no bottom, only stopping it.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.

The Golden Age.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump obviously has no problem looking like a loser to Russia and Putin, but will he want to look like a loser to the US Senate as well? A veto-proof majority gives him an out from offending his idol in the Kremlin. But will the Senate act or keep waiting for more Russian delays?

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

As for exploding the debt, DOGE was never about money and always about data and power— blinding, shuttering, hijacking government oversight, agencies, and processes that were disliked or out of the direct control of Trump's imperial executive. "Fraud" was just a Trojan horse.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

War criminal dictators should be offended at every opportunity. They should also be terrified, in constant fear of consequences for their crimes, driven like rats before the moral, economic, and military might of the free world. Instead we have Rubio defending Putin for Trump.