A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>“Scholars often note that the American Revolution of 250 years ago was a movement not to change the status quo but to protect it. The colonists who became revolutionaries sought to make sure that patterns of self-government established over generations could not be overturned by officials seeking to seize power.</p><p>We seem to be at it again….”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOffProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyVsOligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyVsOligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyVsAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyVsAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGEbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGEbros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LettersFromAnAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LettersFromAnAmerican</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/april-5-2025</span></a></p>