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Master List: Authoritarian and Anti-Constitutional Actions by Donald Trump (2025)
The last update to this was on May 10, 2025. Let me know if I forget to add to it. This post is a rolling chronicle of executive orders, proclamations, federal memoranda, and allied state-level initiatives that legal scholars, journalists, and watchdog groups have flagged as authoritarian, unconstitutional, or corrosive to democratic norms since President…
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Habeas Corpus Is the Line—And They’re Getting Ready to Cross It
In one of the most alarming developments yet, Stephen Miller—senior adviser to Donald Trump—has openly said the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus. This isn’t just legal jargon. This is the right that prevents the government from locking you up indefinitely without a trial. It is the bedrock of civil liberty, the final…
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Is Trump Just A Paper Tiger Bully?
So now, out of the blue, this happened: US-China trade deal live: Tariffs to be lowered for 90 days, US stock futures rally It’s not really surprising. Trump has been doing this on-again, off-again tariff bullshit since day one. But why? I really don’t understand the point unless it’s just political theater—that Trump is a…
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This Isn’t a War—But It Might Be the Prelude
We’re not in a civil war. We’re not in a revolution. But we’re not in peacetime either. What we’re in, right now, is something like the silence before the storm. The part where the government lays the groundwork, tightens its grip, and tests how far it can go before someone pushes back. This week, the…
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Project 2025: The Plan to Break Democracy and Crown a President King
Click here for the full Project 2025 document. – Mandate for Leadership – The Conservative Promise. What if I told you there’s already a detailed plan in motion to dismantle the U.S. government as we know it—and it’s 900 pages long? That’s not hyperbole. That’s Project 2025. Backed by the Heritage Foundation and over 140…
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First They Cut the Generals: The Quiet March Toward Authoritarianism
It didn’t start with tanks in the streets. It started with a press release about “efficiency.” On May 5, 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a sweeping 20% cut to the U.S. military’s four-star generals — a move framed as bureaucratic streamlining. But look closer and you’ll see something else: a dangerous pattern of consolidation,…
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I Hate My Mother-in-law
Man. It feels so good to just say it. I HATE my mother-in-law. Just last night, I came to home after an amazing day hanging out with my unhoused friends. I was feeling so great. She met me on the porch with a big smile on her face. She said, “I have something for you.”…
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Cyber Self-Defense: STOP Before You Use Tor or a VPN
This is the second video in my Cyber Self-Defense series. And I had to make it right away, because as soon as I posted the first one, I realized something important: People are going to jump into tools like Tor and VPNs without understanding how they actually work. And if you’re trying to stay off…
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Digital Self-Defense in the Age of Authoritarianism: Why I’m Launching This Series Now
I’m starting something new. It’s not a tech series, not exactly. It’s not just politics either. It’s survival. It’s resistance. I’m calling it Digital Self-Defense. If you’ve been paying attention—really paying attention—you know something’s happening. Our privacy is vanishing. Protesters are being criminalized. Journalists are being targeted. Judges are being intimidated. The government is gearing…
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The Hollow Center: Why We Keep Getting Leaders Like Trump
This can’t be said clearly enough: Donald Trump is not some brilliant tactician. He’s a moron. A buffoon. A guy who apparently thinks tariffs are a game of darts and numbers are just suggestions. 145%? 0%? Who knows! Even he doesn’t seem to know. The real problem isn’t just Trump, though. It’s what we’re doing…
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Lancaster’s Mayor Wants a Fentanyl Genocide – Here’s My Response
In this video, I react to California Mayor R. Rex Parris’s chilling comments about giving homeless people “all the fentanyl they want” to eliminate them. I draw disturbing historical parallels to Nazi-era dehumanization, question the logic and morality of his so-called “plan,” and call out the absurd cruelty and ignorance behind such rhetoric. This isn’t…
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The problem with DEI is that it did not go far enough
Maybe my biggest issue I have with Democrats is that they are too much in their heads. I don’t trust one single value a Democrat professes. The last time I remember, Democrats swore they loved immigrants, diversity equity and inclusion, and having a woman being president. That’s all out the window now. They will happily…
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Donald Trump Is Not A Fascist. STOP SAYING IT!
In the video below, I share why I believe it’s inaccurate to label Donald Trump as a fascist. I walk through the historical definition of fascism, outline its key traits, and compare them to Trump’s actions. While I acknowledge that some of his behavior may be authoritarian or harmful to democratic norms, I argue that…
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Come Get Me, Assholes!
Have you seen this shit: If you want your blood to boil and your spine to quiver, you can read more about it here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/sebastian-gorka-kilmar-abrego-garcia-activists-b2735153.html He said: “It’s not left and right, it’s not even Republican or Democrat. There’s one line that divides us: Do you love America, or do you hate America? It’s really…
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Subscribe to Sage Lewis – The Shadow
This is where I talk about my darker, more angry thoughts.
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Bull-Fucking-Shit: “This kind of violence has no place in our society regardless of what motivates it.”
After Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro was nearly burned to death in his mansion, that was his statement: “This kind of violence has no place in our society, regardless of what motivates it,” Mr. Shapiro said in his first public comments since Sunday morning. That’s always such a convenient statement. It’s always made by the elite…
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Thank You Cards From The Homeless People You Are Helping
Misty has been organizing thank-you cards for supporters. Here’s a picture of her working on making some bead bracelets: She loves crafts, games and decorating. She is always involved with decorating for parties we have. She is always cleaning and organizing. She lives in a basement near Middlebury Chapel. She is really involved in the…
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Spend Less Time Patting Yourself On The Back
Here’s an email I woke up to this morning: As someone that serves in this community, i would like to invite you to please spend less time patting yourself on the back and more time helping people make things work. Praying for a softening of your heart honey 🙂 I think it’s a good time…
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Why Can’t People Be Warm Every Night?
For my wife: Akron’s emergency shelter system is failing its most vulnerable residents, with inconsistent communication and limited low-barrier options—only one exists, and it’s illegal. In response, I’ve opened a mobile community center, providing warmth and dignity to those in need. Despite the minimal cost and overwhelming success of this grassroots effort, local bureaucracies remain…
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Slave Trade in Libya: A Mirror to Our Own Guilt
This is Naima Jamal from Ethiopia who is now being sold as a slave in Libya, this also applies to those behind her. Slave trade is happening in Libya in 2025. She was held by her abductors in Kufra, Libya, with a demand of $6000 ramson. Here is her photo in Ethiopia before she was…
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I Just Sold 15 Broad Street
December 19, 2024 For my wife… I just sold 15 Broad Street in Akron after owning it for 14 years. While it started as the home for my marketing company SageRock, its most meaningful chapter was hosting The Homeless Charity and Second Chance Village – a homeless-run day center and tent city that the city…
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Dear White Moderate: Your ‘Order’ Is Killing Us
MLK’s Warning to Today’s Liberal Elite I am going to begin my articles from now on with a new section called: “For my wife…” She gets the fire hydrant of me all the time and reading an overly wordy essay is not what she calls a good time. Consider it a tl;dr. For my wife…I…
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Is this Guardian Article Suggesting The Homeless Turn To Violence?
I just got a comic from the Guardian from First Dog on the Moon: “10,000 people are becoming homeless every month – you’d think the government would do something about it” This cell caught my attention: The comic has a powerful line: “As the kids all say these days – the purpose of a system…
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Why I Think It’s Important We Support The Brian Thompson Assassin
First, let me say that I don’t come to a state of radical love and acceptance naturally. I am not some aberration of humanity. I am not a natural-born saint. My blood thirst is as alive and well as the rest of humanity. I love vengeance and cold, hard, righteous justice as much as the…
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Akron Beacon Journal editorial board says we should try my idea
Akron Beacon Journal November 30, 2024, “Unsheltered homelessness in the county is up 300%. It’s time to take action | Editorial” I like to make a backup of some of these articles because they almost always disappear from the Beacon Website. Unsheltered homelessness in the county is up 300%. It’s time to take action |…
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I Met With The Mayor Yesterday. Here’s How It Went
I walked out of that meeting exhausted. In my mind, it was a significant point of importance in this decade-long journey. My advocacy for this particular segment of homeless people has pushed me into realms of feeling, thinking, and “praying” in ways that no other work has ever challenged me to do before. This homeless…
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Finding Light in the Shadows: My Journey Through a Protest Camp
In a world that often feels dark, the smallest kindnesses reveal the light we carry within. As a person who experiences the suffering, hopelessness, and meaninglessness of life VERY deeply, it is absolutely critical for my mental well-being to acknowledge the WHOLE truth. I spent 2 nights living in this tent during my one-person protest…
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People First
I can’t lie. I’m excited about a Trump presidency. He will probably do some fun, interesting things. I’m hoping for more self-driving Teslas driving around, smashing into plate glass windows. I’m hoping for Amazon drones falling on old ladies walking to church. The deregulation that he’ll do for business should be entertaining and creative. But…
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The Well of Sadness
Finding Light in the Depths of Loss and Displacement (This was written the day after the November 5, 2024 presidential election where Donald Trump won his second term as president. Many Democrats had been told that he is a fascist and he is going to steal Democracy and go after “the enemy within” which are…
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The Last Tent Standing: A Protest, a Privilege, and a Nation’s Divide
Reflections on class, privilege, and the hidden biases that shape our society. It’s 6:50am on Friday, November 1, 2024. It’s 45 degrees. I’m the last tent standing. I’m the last anything standing, really. They brought trucks and bobcats and cleaned everything that wasn’t bolted down on 4 separate properties. That was surprising. All I ever…
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