Link to an essay from Resilience.org; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (IRAN, SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA, MEDIA and UKRAINE entry for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.  NOTICE 3-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  HEINBERG 3-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM MARCH 25  Trump’s second act: Power, resistance, and the limits of governance, by Richard Heinberg | Resilience.org  To understand shifts toward authoritarian power, such as what appears to be brewing in the United States today, it is helpful to identify trends in the usage of weapons, money, and communications technologies. The Trump-Musk administration has seized these tools quickly and vigorously. READ MORE . . .

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