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Florida, USA
Joined February 2022
DataRepublican doing a great job as usual
🚨🚨 THE ILLEGITIMACY PLAYBOOK / THE DEMOCRACY FILES: A PRIMER 🚨 I will be using this thread to track all drops, so bookmark it. I spent most of yesterday backing everything (now 312 gigabytes) up in various sources and getting the materials out to others. I also produced an AI video (below) to explain the whole thing to others are not on 𝕏 - feel free to distribute. Here's the primer: USAID, the foreign aid agency, had a democracy office. Inside the agency, it was called DRG. Officially, DRG administered "democracy assistance." They'd go inside countries they thought were sliding into authoritarianism and help the opposition there. That assistance included election monitoring, judicary support, independent media, and civil society building. You may have heard the term "color revolution." The model comes from Serbia in 2000, where trained student activists brought down Milosevic with the help of Western governments, after sustained protests. With the help of USAID's democracy office, this model was implemented in many other countries to topple governments: Georgia's "Rose Revolution" in 2003, Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" in 2004, and many more. Then last year, DOGE shut down USAID. But the USAID democracy office didn't stop. They formed a group called the Democracy Renewal Group, the same initials as their office (USAID Democracy, Human Rights, Governance). Their goal: apply their own playbook to the United States itself. This goal became a plan, called Renew American Democracy (RAD). It invoked the "4 B's" framework. Block - use lawfare and protests to make life harder for the Trump administration. Bridge & Belong - control dialogue and win people over. The final and most important B is Build. Build means redesigning the American government itself, and the crisis is the opening. In their own words: "We can take that breakdown moment and leverage it for a big structural reform, you know, refounding moment." - Danielle Reiff, DRG lead. Calls show DRG working alongside DSA on ideas of creating a different government, one that does away with the Constitution itself. DRG does not run the Block operations. They hand it to UDA, the United Democracy Alliance. One organizer calls it a "huge galaxy": lawsuits, street protests, non-cooperation. They list No Kings, Indivisible, MoveOn, 50501, and many other mega-activist NGOs among their members. Another organizer calls UDA Erica Chenoweth's project. Chenoweth is the Harvard professor behind the three-and-half-percent rule of regime change: get that share of a country's populace onto the streets, and historically, the movement wins. The UDA is very "hush-hush." They have no website, no roster, no filings. Then come the red lines: things the Trump administration could do, such as calling the Insurrection Act on protesters, that would mean that the federal government, in their words, "crosses the threshold into illegitimacy." Nobody voted on those lines. There was no public debate. These red lines were developed within secretive working groups, and in a paper addressed to governors and staff. In the words of Reiff/DRG: "So that if there is a red line crossed in terms of a Constitutional crisis, like everyone's already pre-organized. And so Mike Smith actually said, he goes, oh, you guys have the day after tomorrow plan." Cross a line, and the paper's options include states refusing to lend their resources to federal officials, and governors convening what it calls a "Third Continential Congress." Running the UDA's Insurrection Act working group: Rear Admiral Mike Smith (RET) of National Security Leaders of America (NSL4A). NSL4A is also credited with operationalizing UDA, the blocking operations. NSL4A consists of about 1,600 ex-officers, spies, diplomats. They're turning red lines into indicators and running a situation room to monitor them throughout the midterms and beyond. The NSL4A's lawyers told them to stop recording meetings in case of subpoenas. But the rest of the network continued to record. DRG works in conjunction with Renew to Thrive (R2T), which ended up accidentally publishing 400+ calls and thousands of documents. These calls and documents were never meant for our eyes, but it's them, on tape. Thousands of NGOs and billions of dollars are involved in this endeavor. Most of them believe they're saving democracy. The problem is that people who spent their careers deciding when other countries' governments had lost their legitimacy wrote that test for ours, in private, and planned for what comes after. Who decides when your government is legitimate?
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Trying to erase real history is not making the statement the barbarians think it is. Eagle's Nest was a landmark in history and a good restaurant. I am glad I got to see it in person. Europe needs to get a hold of this quickly or else the West in Europe will not exists.
Adolf Hitler’s former alpine residence, Eagle’s Nest (Kehlsteinhaus), was almost completely destroyed by a major fire German police are investigating possible arson. The building stands at the summit of Mount Kehlstein, at an altitude of 1,834 meters. By the time the first crews arrived, the historic structure was fully engulfed, and heavy fire equipment could not get close. The fire caused such severe damage that local police say the building is unlikely to be saved. On the way to the fire, officers stopped and detained a motorcyclist. Traunstein criminal police are now questioning him to determine whether he is linked to the incident.
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Musk in front of a congressional committee.....
Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway Respond to Elon Musk Warning Democrats Are Coming for Him “I talked to congresspeople and heard they’re coming after Elon … On November 4th, you are going to see the mother of all subpoena requests for him … If you can't stand the heat Elon, get the f**k out of the kitchen.”
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Didn't she say Trust the science during Covid? This is a sad reality for many people....
Christina Applegate reveals MS misdiagnosis in shocking health update: ‘I lost everything’ trib.al/TuAEhUy
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Orange County just locked in nearly $800 MILLION in tourist tax dollars — $350M alone for the Dr. Phillips Center — in a 6-1 rushed vote by an outgoing commission the night before early voting. Vote YES on Amendment 3 - Never let them tell you they don't have money for critical services
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Orange County, Florida (Orlando area) commissioners voted on the evening of Monday, October 19, 2026, to approve a roughly $786–$800+ million spending plan using existing Tourist Development Tax (TDT, or “hotel/bed tax”) revenues. This was not a new tax or a rate increase—the TDT remains a 6% tax on hotel stays and short-term rentals of less than six months. Instead, the board committed future uncommitted TDT funds to specific projects and grant programs.⁠Orlandosentinel The Vote and Process Result: Approved 6-1. Commissioner Kelly Martinez Semrad was the sole no vote. Supporters included Mayor Jerry Demings and Commissioners Nicole Wilson, Mike Crabb, Mayra Uribe, Maribel Gomez Cordero, and Mike Scott.⁠Orlandosentinel The plan was proposed by outgoing Mayor Demings (drawing on a summer 2026 Citizen Advisory Task Force report, with some adjustments). It followed a lengthy, contentious meeting with dozens of public speakers and a labor-union-led protest outside chambers urging a delay.⁠Floridapolitics Critics (including unions, some tourism industry groups, and political candidates) called the process rushed, with limited notice, and argued it locks in large sums just before the November 3, 2026 election that will reshape the commission and elect a new mayor. Supporters said the projects will deliver lasting community and tourism benefits and that waiting risked higher costs or lost opportunities.⁠Floridapolitics Major Allocations Key items from the approved plan (totals and exact line items vary slightly by report but center on ~$780–$800 million; some funding stretches over years):⁠Wftv $350 million: Expansion of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (largest share; reduced from a $400 million proposal to maintain recommended reserves). Includes new theaters, event spaces, an outdoor amphitheater, and parking. $75 million: Renewal of the Orange County Application Review Committee (ARC) Grant Program (roughly 2029–2033). $52.5 million: Parking garage at Camping World Stadium (Florida Citrus Sports; starting around 2028). $50 million: Natural Resource Tourism Infrastructure Grant Program (over 10 years starting ~2028). $50 million: Eco-Tourism Grant Program (over 10 years starting ~2028). $46 million: UCF sports facilities (new track facility and soccer stadium expansion). $30 million: Transformation of Forest Lake Golf Club in Ocoee into an entertainment destination. $25 million: I AM / 8 Waves Children’s Museum in Winter Garden (starting ~2027). $20 million: Eatonville Heritage Tourism District. ~$12.5 million: Creative City Project’s Immerse Festival (partly from existing grants). Increase of about $3 million annually: Arts and Cultural Affairs funding (raising its share from 5% to 6% of the first four cents of the tax, starting 2027). Additional items noted in coverage include funding for an Eatonville museum of culture and history ($60 million), an Orange Audubon Natural History Museum at Apopka Birding Park ($12 million), and other smaller grants/projects. The Orange County Convention Center expansion received no funding in this round, despite advocacy from some tourism interests.⁠Wftv Context and Restrictions TDT collections have been strong (recent fiscal years approaching or exceeding $400 million annually, the highest of any Florida county). By state law, the money is largely restricted to tourism promotion (typically a substantial share for marketing) and tourism-related capital projects/venues. There is ongoing local interest in broader uses such as transportation or affordable housing, but that would require Florida Legislature changes; both major gubernatorial candidates have expressed openness to greater flexibility. Critics of Monday’s vote argued it reduces future options if those rules loosen.⁠Floridapolitics In short, Orange County committed hundreds of millions in existing tourist-tax revenue to arts venues, sports facilities, grant programs, and smaller tourism-related projects across the county, with the largest single piece going to the Dr. Phillips Center. The decision was contentious mainly over process, timing relative to the election and leadership transition, and priorities.
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Ahhhhh...Paris is gorgeous during riot season Everything is fine <chef's kiss>
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Elon Musk’s companies did all of this in the last 6 weeks.
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Florida Panhandle: Cybertruck keeps the power on after hurricane. Food saved. Starlink on. Family secure. What can your truck do for you?
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Amish country in Ohio… the Max blends in perfectly 😅
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Need to power the band on a Saturday night…. @cybertruck
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I present to you …. Cleveland 🤣🔥
Cracker of the Day #CTESPN
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Lima, OH supercharger. Filled up and ready to go
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Starlink has been phenomenal
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Damn this Beaver…
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Road trip!!!!!
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Chapek is dealing with this right now.....
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Ohio State Football
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