“…you can’t vote out the mafia. US officials needed to hold Trump’s criminal network accountable for their crimes and admit to the American public the full extent of institutional failure. … But US officials had no interest in doing that because their loyalty lies elsewhere… There was a narrow window in which this crisis could have been remedied. Biden chose to defenestrate democracy while letting the burglars climb inside.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #usa

“Trump has never been popular and remains unpopular. Musk is even more loathed. …it took a bipartisan effort to enable this disaster, and the aims of its players are transnational.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump #musk

“What citizens can do is know their values and have each other’s backs. You have been betrayed. None of you deserve it. You are all survivors of an abusive state. They will try to split this country into parts for resource extraction and they will encourage you to attack each other to make their job easier. Refuse them.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#values #kindness

“Never sacrifice your humanity or that of others. If you find yourself willing to negotiate another’s humanity, that is when they’ve won something real. That is when you’ll have surrendered your soul.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#values #humanity

“Trump and his backers move very fast. … Right now, they are testing loyalty and purging possible opponents. There are no limits as to what he will do. When it comes to Trump, in any given scenario, think of the worst thing he could do and know it is the thing he likely will do. The reason: because he can. This is why it was essential to stop him early.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump

“It is less important that people define this government as fascist (even though it is) than that they know they are being screwed, spied on, and denied a future. I do not believe that the way people should learn this is “the hard way”. I hope the mass firings of federal employees, including hard-working people like the stewards of our national parks, end that terrible logic. Innocent people should not have to suffer so that misguided people can “learn”.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #usa

“…it is important to highlight the concrete cruelties of this administration and that anyone could be next. … You are not safe even if you think you are. But you are safer when you acknowledge the existence of the goddamn mafia, and band with others to expose it.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump

“…stand up for those targeted. We are living in a time of incredible threat and pain, and no one deserves to feel alone, or like they will be abandoned out of political convenience. … This is a civil rights issue: an important one, and a straightforward one.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
(Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter Feb 26, 2025)
#values

“Trump is easier for me to understand… Musk is more unpredictable, as are his tech cohort. It’s not hard to understand what they want — money, power, depopulation… — but predicting their daily activity is difficult. … That said, Musk is much more erratic than Trump. Whereas Trump is a career criminal whose behavior and beliefs have remained consistent over decades, Musk shifts alliances and behaves in wild ways. So yes, things may backfire.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #musk

“…I think the odds of someone powerful getting in a real feud with Musk are high, and he may get ousted. How much damage is done by that point is hard to say. The US crisis should be viewed as a global crisis, one made worse by technological dependence.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#musk