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"The #US is no longer a #democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards #autocracy at a faster rate than #Hungary and #Turkey.

...the US ... has lost its long-term status as a liberal democracy."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

#Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USA #UnitedStates

Becovich 13h ago

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Prof. Sam Lawler 2d ago

@Becovich That is a question no one has ever made SpaceX answer.

Starlink is designed to try to sell slightly-lower-latency links at a steep premium.

To do that, the Starlinks need to fly low.

To fly low and provide continuous coverage, SpaceX needs a lot of them.

Versus Iridium managing with 76 active satellites.

Becovich 13h ago

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Georg Weissenbacher 1d ago

@skaphle @Becovich as @michael_w_busch writes, the problem is not necessarily bandwidth - satellites can provide a very high bandwidth - it is latency. Satellites in geostationary orbit, for instance, have a latency of 1/4 of a second. That’s why Musk’s satellites need to fly low. But that reduces the area they can cover.

"This is the reality Donald has created. Not strength. Not victory. Just chaos. And we are only three weeks in."

~ Mary Trump

#Trump #Iran #war #death #destruction #violence #megalomania #MalignantNarcissism #stupidity
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https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-daily-wrap-up-495

The Daily Wrap Up

16 March, 2026

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

Painting of a Cherub 🖼️

Becovich 2d ago

Bison 2d ago

Hello, I'm a woodcarver, and this is what I do ✌️

You can help me a lot by sharing my work, so people can buy or commission me sculptures.

Praying for octopus blessings on your life 🐙🙏

#art

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JA Westenberg 2d ago

Conservatives built an economy that requires two incomes to do what one did and then blamed women for going to work

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Lizzie---3d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10eOgwc53qM

The Epstein Files Coverup With Representative Maxwell Frost

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B Archer 3d ago

"If he goes down, they all go with him... Now is absolutely the time to get involved."
by Heather Cox Richardson
#uspol
https://youtube.com/shorts/00AtoKHFUgs?si=G9In9gESIzALtBlK

“If He Goes Down, They All Go With Him”

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