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Date: 2024-05-14 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00024457
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DAVID PEPPER

Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines


Original article: https://twitter.com/i/status/1644091869318529024

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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
As we watch the outrageous behavior in Tennessee, it’s a good time to review the “two battles” in politics today

The failure to see the other side’s battle, and to adjust our battle plan accordingly, lets the downward spiral continue unabated.

Apr 6, 2023 ... 5:37 PM ·

David Pepper @DavidPepper

· April 6th 2023

Bottom line: the side that cares about democracy continues to fight a political battle that’s premised on democracy being intact.

The side that opposes democracy is on a warpath against democracy itself at the statehouse level. Meeting little resistance.

The side that cares… David Pepper @DavidPepper ·

Apr 6 …about democracy needs to GET IN THE BATTLE where it’s being waged. NOW! (Or we will have many more days like today across the country.)

I go through all the ways this needs to happen in my book:

3/ amazon.com Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines “It’s the statehouses, stupid.” Laboratories of Autocracy shows that far more than the high-profile antics of politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene or Jim Jordan—and yes, even bigger than Donald... David Pepper @DavidPepper ·

Apr 6 And I write about this all in my newsletter: davidpepper.substack.com Pepperspectives | David Pepper | Substack Saving Democracy: A User’s Guide. Click to read Pepperspectives, by David Pepper, a Substack publication with thousands of readers.



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