Anthony Tilghman

“there are only two primary ways for a government to ensure stability: trust or fear. A government is short-lived when it loses or lacks its citizens’ trust unless it can replace trust with fear.”
― Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy

“Both Burns and the CIA station in Moscow had warned that trouble lay ahead for the United States after Putin’s imminent and inevitable reelection. He would seek revenge against America.”
― Tim Weiner, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century – A Gripping Revelatory History of the Modern CIA Based on Unprecedented Access to Six Former Directors

“The seeds of discontent were sown during the Great Recession, as millions of Americans lost their jobs, their homes, their retirement savings, and most importantly, their faith in the system that had promised them the American Dream. The stock market rebounded for the wealthy, but everyday people were left holding the bag.”
― Carl Young, Project 2025: Why You Must Reject this Radical Agenda

“What is missed in a discussion limited to mental illness and lone wolves are the exploitatively political and social contexts that make individuals feel like lone wolves in America. Understanding those contexts is key to understanding why most (but not all) people who commit mass shootings in America are white males, and why white males have committed mass shootings more and more frequently over the last half century.”
― Thom Hartmann, The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics