Whether intentional or through incompetence, it’s still dangerous. We need to push back.

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Economic Danger Signs

The risks continue from recent Trump Administration actions, but these dangers can sometimes be hard to see if we only focus on the short-term consequences. If we peer into the future and view the long-term consequences, we can see the need to stand up now.

For example, tariff threats from the administration had devastating effects in the stock and bond markets [1]. Trump recently backed off somewhat, and the markets responded. However, there isn’t a true reversal of these bad decisions, since President Trump is still claiming that the rest of the world is begging to cut deals. From an interview by Time with President Trump: [2]

Time: Your trade adviser, Peter Navarro, says 90 deals in 90 days is possible. We're now 13 days into the point from when you lifted the reciprocal, the discounted reciprocal tariffs. There's zero deals so far. Why is that?
Trump: No, there’s many deals.
Time: When are they going to be announced?
Trump: You have to understand, I'm dealing with all the companies, very friendly countries. We're meeting with China. We're doing fine with everybody. But ultimately, I've made all the deals.
Time: Not one has been announced yet. When are you going to announce them?
Trump: I’ve made 200 deals.
Time: You’ve made 200 deals?
Trump: 100%.
Time: Can you share with whom?
Trump: Because the deal is a deal that I choose. View it differently: We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it. They don't have to do business with the United States, but I set a tariff on countries.

This is rightly described as “bonkers” [3] – America isn’t a store where the President sets all the prices. And as many have reported previously, Republicans can stop this at any time. [4]

But, the consequences of the tariff fight have not yet been felt by consumers. Arrivals of container ships at American ports are slowly declining, [5] which means that we could soon have less on the shelves to buy, similar to the supply chain disruptions we experienced with COVID:

Increased tariffs means American businesses would need to pay more to receive goods from other countries
This will lead to increased prices for us (1) as these costs are passed along to us or (2) fewer of these goods being available, because these American companies won’t just pay more for the same things
- From our economics classes on how supply and demand works, if there is less supply available, then the prices will go up
This is why business leaders such as Proctor & Gamble’s CEO Jon Moeller warn that “tariffs are inherently inflationary.” [6]

The grocery chain Albertsons has informed suppliers they will not accept tariffs being passed on to them: [7]

Albertsons, which owns 2,200 grocery stores across the U.S., sent a letter to suppliers in late March spelling out how it would deal with price hikes.
“With few exceptions, we are not accepting cost increases due to tariffs,” the letter read (emphasis in the original).
“Suppliers are not permitted to include tariff-related costs in invoices without prior authorization by Albertsons Companies,” it further stated, adding, “Any invoices that include such charges without prior authorization will be subject to dispute and may result in payment delays.”
America’s second-largest grocer explained that this policy stemmed from its commitment “to maintaining the value propositions our customers expect.”

This could be an early warning sign, and we should stay focused on the long-term consequences of these actions; mere reversals may not undo the damage.

Signalgate on Steroids

Merriam-Webster defines the term “on steroids” in its informal use as “greatly increased in size or power beyond what is normal or usual.” [8]

A few weeks ago, I discussed just how reckless the Trump administration is with respect to our national security. [9] In that widely described incident, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared sensitive attack plans on a Signal chat with the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Advisor, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National Intelligence, the Vice President… and a reporter from The Atlantic. [10]

The newly revealed events indicate that Signalgate is far worse that we originally knew.

In a second known instance of Signal chats, Hegseth “shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer.” [11]
In his Pentagon office, Hegseth “had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.” [12] Known as a “dirty” internet line by the IT industry, it connects directly to the public internet where the user’s information and the websites accessed do not have the same security filters or protocols that the Pentagon’s secured connections maintain. [13]

Routing an unsecured line into a secure office as a convenience is an incredibly careless breach of national security and undermines the protection of our servicemembers engaging in critical and dangerous military actions.

And the reaction from Trump administration officials? Double down, dismiss, deflect:

“I don’t view Signal as important,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, en route to Rome for Pope Francis’s funeral. “I think that’s fake news. So, I don’t view it as important.” [14]
“I have 100% confidence in the secretary,” Vice President JD Vance told reporters Wednesday about Hegseth. ”I know the president does and, really, the entire team does.” [15]
Sean Parnell, the chief Defense Department spokesman, denied that Hegseth had shared classified information. “There was no classified information in any Signal chat,” he said on X. [16]
Anna Kelly, a White House deputy press secretary, played down the significance of the second group chat. “No matter how many times the legacy media tries to resurrect the same non-story, they can’t change the fact that no classified information was shared,” she said in a statement. [17]

The national security implications of this reckless behavior are significant, and the subsequent impulses by everyone in the administration show how unserious the leadership team is.

We should know that there is more coming – we just don’t know yet – and something of which we should weigh into our decisions to stand up.

Arresting Judges

On a personal statement, I love living in America because of the culture we create about freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The rule of law is critical to maintaining that culture, since it’s the environment within which we make our life decisions. We need to know that we are free to engage in public life, do what’s needed to raise our families, support our friends, engage in meaningful and productive work, and live life.

And I always want America to be the best version of that ideal, knowing that we’re not perfect, but we do strive to be more perfect.

However, when the bullies start threatening governors, mayors, and judges, because they can’t win the argument but must threaten to get their way, this is evidence we’re backsliding from that ideal.

It got a little more serious this week in what NBC News described as a “serious escalation.” [18]

The FBI arrested a county judge in Milwaukee on Friday, alleging that she obstructed federal authorities who were seeking to detain an undocumented immigrant by escorting the man and his defense attorney though a nonpublic jury door.
The arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan marks a significant escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, in line with its rhetoric about going after local and state authorities on immigration-related matters. It's also marks another step in the Trump administration's battles with judges over federal policy.

Judge J. Michael Luttig, who served as a U.S. circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006, doesn’t think the federal government has a solid case: [19]

On the facts as alleged by the FBI, it’s hard to imagine that the Federal Government could ever prove that Judge Dugan “obstructed or impeded a proceeding before a department or agency of the United States” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. Section 1505 or that she “concealed an individual so as to prevent his discovery and arrest” within the meaning of 18 U.S.C Section 1071.

From Marcy Wheeler, “Some Thoughts on the Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan,” https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/27/some-thoughts-on-the-arrest-of-judge-hannah-dugan/

Of course, much of this is less about the actual facts of the case and more about sending messages. And according to Marcy Wheeler, an independent journalist following much of the Trump administration actions over the past decade, she characterizes this in her latest post on the Judge Dugan’s arrest: [20]

Before Kash Patel's FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan based on charges that she corruptly obstructed the immigration arrest of a defendant before her, FBI never bothered to look for proof that she had that corrupt intent.

Also, when FBI Director Kash Patel posted the arrest of Judge Dugan on social media, he may have done so “in violation of DOJ guidelines designed to prevent prejudice.” [21]

DOJ personnel should not encourage or assist news media in photographing or televising a person held in custody. DOJ personnel should not voluntarily disclose a photograph of a defendant unless it serves a law enforcement function or unless the photograph is already part of the public record in the case. [22]

Protecting Elections

Joyce Vance is an American lawyer who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017 and now serves as a legal analyst for MSNBC. In her great Substack newsletter, Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, she describes how President Trump is overreaching when it comes to our elections and that federal courts are doing their job to uphold the Constitution. [23]

Apparently, Trump wasn’t kidding when he told people 2024 was the last election they’d ever have to vote in if he won.
On March 25, 2025, he issued an executive order—“PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS”—that is a vehicle for making it more difficult for people the Republican Party apparently thinks won’t vote for them to vote. It’s the culmination of decades of voter suppression work, a wish list of measures designed to make it harder to vote, signed off on in the Oval Office, the same place where the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed. Trump’s EO went beyond even the Save Act.

Here's a link to the executive order to which Vance refers. [24] But, as Vance notes, federal courts aren’t having it yet.

Today, a federal judge put substantial portions of that executive order on pause in League of Women Voters et.al. v. Trump. The rationale: presidents don't have the authority to regulate federal elections. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a senior judge in the District of Columbia, issued a preliminary injunction that will prevent key parts of the executive order from going into effect while the litigation moves forward. Her opinion, 120 pages of it, is a careful exposition of the flaws in the EO. [25]

The following sentence from Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s opinion says it best and most concisely: [26]

Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections.

Vance sums things up with the appropriate perspective: [27]

Presidents do not get to dictate the rules in our elections. Today a federal judge reminded Donald Trump that he is not a dictator—not yet, and not ever if federal district judges across the country are permitted to continue doing their jobs.
A decision like this should be a foregone conclusion at the end of this case. No president should try to usurp the power to control elections, let alone be able to do so. The executive order and the lawsuits challenging it underscore just how off the rails Trump is. Every day, part of the spectacle of Trump is his assumption of the role of an autocrat at the expense of the American presidency. And the risk is that it all becomes somehow normalized.
That’s the most important thing for us to push back on right now. American presidents don’t offer themselves up for dinner to the highest bidders, as Trump has done to make money off of his meme coin. They don’t make paper-thin excuses for violating court orders, as this administration is doing in multiple deportation cases. They don’t try to shutter services Americans rely on, like access to Social Security employees for help sorting out benefits or testing milk for safety. Don’t let any of it become normal, not even for a second.

The Need to Stand Up Now

In a previous post (Making Decisions: Individually and Collectively), I described that there are two key factors that weigh into what independent decision makers do – the most likely explanation for what is observed, and their own assessment of the costs associated with getting the decision wrong. I tend to describe these are “facts and feelings” or “truth and consequences.” [28]

[It can be shown that this stems from optimal decision theory, where the terms like “likelihood ratio,” “receiver operating characteristic curve,” “decision cost matrix,” and “threshold” provide the more technical background – this is a great technical text on the topic…] [29]

So, why did I go down this road? Because what we perceive as the consequences to our actions drives our decision making, especially when the facts aren’t changing. This is why bullying works, because the bully wants us to think it’s better for us to go along – the consequences will be worse if you say no.

But bullying only works if we think backing down now is best to prevent the pain overall. And we know that the pain that we think we’re avoiding won’t actually end; it will only be different and likely worse later. The bully never stops and learns that pressure works; more pressure will come in the future.

Standing up now is the least costly move.

Unfortunately, we see that big law firms have caved to demands. [30]

And [Trump] has hinted that he sees the promises of nearly $1 billion in pro bono legal services that he has extracted from the elite law firms — including Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and Willkie Farr & Gallagher — as a legal war chest to be used as he wishes.

[Question: couldn’t these law firms decide to spend their collective $1 billion in legal work to fight the authoritarian rather than work for the authoritarian?]

Major universities have caved to demands. [31]

Columbia University agreed to some of the Trump administration's demands after some $400 million in federal grants and contracts were pulled from the university over allegations of antisemitism.

Major media outlets and tech companies have caved to demands. [32][33][34]

President Trump has signed settlement papers that are expected to require Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay roughly $25 million to resolve a 2021 lawsuit Trump brought against the social media giant. [32]
ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll. [33]
CBS is under extraordinary pressure to resolve its legal battle with the president as it awaits regulatory approval for a merger between its parent company Paramount and Skydance Media. [34]
- Trump originally sought $10 billion in damages. In his amendment filed last month, he increased his claim against CBS to $20 billion.

While CBS seemed to stand by their news reporting, behind the scenes, it appears Paramount’s desire to close the merger and not rankle the Trump administration led to the resignation of Bill Owens, long-time producer of the news magazine 60 Minutes: [35]

"Over the past months, it has also become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it. To make independent decisions based on what was right for 60 Minutes, right for the audience," Owens wrote. "So, having defended this show- and what we stand for – from every angle, over time with everything I could, I am stepping aside so the show can move forward."

However, there are signs of standing up. When Harvard was presented with “numerous demands from the Trump administration that it said would cede control of the school to a conservative government that portrays universities as dangerously leftist,” Harvard rejected these demands. [36]

When international law firm Perkins Coie was targeted by a Trump administration executive order, [37] “the courageous and skillful law firm Williams & Connolly filed a lawsuit on Perkins Coie’s behalf, seeking to enjoin the president’s order on constitutional grounds.” [38]

After President Trump picked a fight with Governor Janet Mills of Maine (which I wrote about in a previous post [39]), the state of Maine sued the Trump administration “for Freezing Funds Used to Feed Children and Vulnerable Adults.” [40]

The bullies won’t stop on their own; they must be backed down by us and others. When we recognize that, we can stand up more and push back. We’re stronger now than we will be if we wait to fight back.

Local Stand Up

On April 19, more Americans protested Trump administration actions across the country, including in Thousand Oaks; here are just a few posts from the local gatherings:

Local Democracy

I did want to share some exciting news - my new book reached #1 on the Amazon Best Sellers list…

Local Democracy in America launched this past Tuesday, and I'm amazed at the response, becoming:

A #1 New Release in the Two-Hour Politics and Social Sciences Short Reads category
A #1 New Release in the Two-Hour History Short Reads category
A top New Release (#6) in Campaigns & Elections category

In this time of national awareness on our democracy, it’s important to reflect on just how critical elections are in our self-governance, and something of which we cannot take for granted.

In my city’s history, officials used undemocratic means to wield their authority, choosing not to hold elections.

This short set of essays describes those recent events, relating them to key American democratic principles:

The integrity of elections
The right to vote
The meaning of representation

Get a Kindle copy today (it's less than $2 and a quick read...). A paperback version of Local Democracy in America is in the works and will be available soon.

A Little History

Marking the Semiquincentennial of American Independence 250 years ago

May 10, 1775 – Second Continental Congress

On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress convenes, and George Washington attends as a delegate from Virginia. [45]

Narratives

The book I’m reading or movie I’m watching

“Killing Eve” - on Netflix

Killing Eve is a BBC America spy thriller television series, following Eve Polastri (played by Sandra Oh), an MI5 investigator tasked with capturing psychopathic assassin Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer). As the chase progresses, the two develop a mutual obsession.

Both Oh and Comer were praised for their performances, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, respectively. [46]

GIF Game

Notes and Sources

[1] Mic Farris, “No Kings,” April 6, 2025, https://www.micfarris.com/articles/no-kings

[2] “Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME,” The New Republic, April 25, 2025, https://time.com/7280114/donald-trump-2025-interview-transcript/

[3] Edith Olmsted, “Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About All His Trade Deals,” The New Republic, April 25, 2025, https://newrepublic.com/post/194421/donald-trump-claim-200-trade-deals

[4] Stephen Groves, “Congress has the power to halt Trump’s tariffs. But Republicans aren’t ready to use it,” Associated Press, April 4, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-republicans-senate-house-2409e9ff50290edac738ad6e4e8e78b9

[5] Paul Roberts, “Tariff tit-for-tat has Seattle waiting for the ships to come in,” The Settle Times, April 25, 2025, https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in

[6] J.J. McCorvey and Rob Wile, “Companies are ramping up warnings about the effects tariffs may have on bottom lines — and consumers,” NBC News, April 25, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/trump-tariffs-stores-companies-economists-warning-for-consumers-rcna202779

[7] Irina Ivanova, “Albertsons tells suppliers to eat the cost of tariffs: ‘We are not accepting cost increases’,” Fortune, April 25, 2025, https://fortune.com/2025/04/25/albertsons-suppliers-tariffs-price-cost/

[8] Mic Farris, “National Security and Social Security,” March 30, 2025, https://www.micfarris.com/articles/national-security-social-security

[9] Jeffrey Goldberg, “The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans,” The Atlantic, March 24, 2025, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=8DuZT5mBYqmK1I4zfwIFq_8-QFi59Pm-BlN2tdO7MF4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

[10] “Steroid,” Merriam-Webster, retrieved April 27, 2025, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steroid#:~:text=on%20steroids,activity%20by%20people%20on%20steroids.

[11] Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt, and Maggie Haberman, “Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat,” New York Times, April 20, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE8.3ydC.doIM-eB3p0Bf&smid=bs-share

[12] Tara Copp, “Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say,” Associated Press, April 24, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d

[14] Steff Danielle Thomas, “Trump brushes off Hegseth criticism” The Hill, April 26, 2025, https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5269200-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-signal-controversy/

[15] Tara Copp, “Hegseth had an unsecured internet line,” Associated Press, April 24, 2025

[16] Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, and Raquel Coronell Uribe, “Pete Hegseth shared information ahead of Yemen strikes in a Signal chat with wife and brother,” NBC News, April 20, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-yemen-rcna202063

[17] Ibid.

[18] Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Kosnar, “FBI arrests Milwaukee judge, alleging she interfered in immigration operation,” NBC News, April 25, 2025, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/fbi-arrests-milwaukee-judge-alleging-interfered-immigration-operation-rcna203006

[19] J. Michael Luttig [@judgeluttig.bsky.social], Bluesky, April 25, 2025, https://bsky.app/profile/judgeluttig.bsky.social/post/3lnnxqudeyc2w

[20] Marcy Wheeler, “Some Thoughts on the Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan,” emptywheel.net, https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/27/some-thoughts-on-the-arrest-of-judge-hannah-dugan/

[21] Ibid.

[22] “1-7.610 - Concerns of Prejudice,” Title 1: Organization and Functions, 1-7.000 - Confidentiality and Media Contacts Policy, Justice Manual, United States Department of Justice, retrieved April 27, 2025, https://www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-7000-media-relations#1-7.531

[23] Joyce Vance, “The Executive Order to End Voting,” Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, April 24, 2025, https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-executive-order-to-end-voting?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=607357&post_id=159908317&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5e7jt&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

[24] Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 14248, “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” March 25, 2025, Code of Federal Regulations, 90 FR 14005, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/28/2025-05523/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections

[25] Joyce Vance, “The Executive Order to End Voting,” April 24, 2025

[26] League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President, 1:25-cv-00946, (D.D.C.), Document 104, April 24, 2025, https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.279032/gov.uscourts.dcd.279032.104.0_2.pdf

[27] Joyce Vance, “The Executive Order to End Voting,” April 24, 2025

[28] Mic Farris, “Making Decisions: Individually and Collectively,” February 9, 2025, https://www.micfarris.com/articles/making-decisions-individually-collectively

[29] Harry L. Van Trees, Kristine L. Bell, and Zhi Tian, Detection Estimation and Modulation Theory, Part I: Detection, Estimation, and Filtering Theory, Second Edition, Wiley, New York, 2013, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470542969/

[30] Michael S. Schmidt, Maggie Haberman, Matthew Goldstein, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess, and William K. Rashbaum, “Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them.,” New York Times, April 16, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/law-firms-deals-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AU8.77Ot.2DtF4sxDjhxU&smid=bs-share

[31] Sareen Habeshian, “Columbia caves to Trump demands to regain $400 million in funding,” Axios, March 21, 2025, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/columbia-trump-federal-funding-protests

[32] Jennifer Jacobs, “Meta to pay Trump $25 million to settle 2021 lawsuit,” CBS News, January 29, 2025, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-trump-25-million-lawsuit-settlement/

[33] Michael R. Sisak, “ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit,” Associated Press, December 14, 2024, https://apnews.com/article/abc-trump-lawsuit-defamation-stephanopoulos-04aea8663310af39ae2a85f4c1a56d68

[34] Sara Fischer, “CBS moves to dismiss $20 billion Trump lawsuit,” Axios, March 6, 2025, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/cbs-files-to-dismiss-trump-lawsuit

[35] David Folkenflik, “'60 Minutes' chief resigns, saying show's independence was compromised,” NPR, April 22, 2025, https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372733/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-trump-paramount

[36] Brad Brooks and Ismail Shakil, “Harvard rejects Trump demands, gets hit by $2.3 billion funding freeze,” Reuters, April 25, 2025, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harvard-will-fight-trump-administration-demands-over-funding-2025-04-14/

[37] Donald J. Trump, Executive Order 14230, “Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP,” March 11, 2025, Code of Federal Regulations, 90 FR 11781, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/11/2025-03989/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp

[38] John W. Keker, Robert A. Van Nest, and Elliot R. Peters, “Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us?,” New York Times, March 30, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion/perkins-coie-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.704.60oX.1HVnLpoUw0km&smid=bs-share

[39] Mic Farris, “Upholding Norms. Breaking Norms,” February 23, 2025, https://www.micfarris.com/articles/upholding-breaking-norms

[40] “Attorney General Aaron M. Frey Sues Trump Administration for Freezing Funds Used to Feed Children and Vulnerable Adults,” press release, April 7, 2025, https://www.maine.gov/ag/news/article.shtml?id=13167569

[41] Bob Carey, [@robertaikencarey], Threads, April 20, 2025, https://www.threads.com/@robertaikencarey/post/DIrHmGFpQV7?xmt=AQGz6_ggeQFq4-Q1PzyKIgonecEvVWmGzCmxlgLMyyxSJw

[42] Hillary Stilwell, [@hillarys62], Threads, April 20, 2025, https://www.threads.com/@hillarys62/post/DIrIS8GpSFv?xmt=AQGz6_ggeQFq4-Q1PzyKIgonecEvVWmGzCmxlgLMyyxSJw

[43] James R Carey, [@james_r_carey], Threads, April 19, 2025, https://www.threads.com/@james_r_carey/post/DIpey9aT9A9?xmt=AQGz6_ggeQFq4-Q1PzyKIgonecEvVWmGzCmxlgLMyyxSJw

[44] Debbie Sullivan, [@debbieosullivan], Threads, April 19, 2025, https://www.threads.com/@debbieosullivan/post/DIpPhnHzZ6x?xmt=AQGz6_ggeQFq4-Q1PzyKIgonecEvVWmGzCmxlgLMyyxSJw

[45] “The American Revolution,” Digital Collections, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, retrieved April 27, 2025, https://www.loc.gov/collections/george-washington-papers/articles-and-essays/timeline/the-american-revolution/

[46] “Killing Eve,” Wikipedia, retrieved April 27, 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Eve

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