### Teresa Baustian

Teresa Baustian

Long time reader of Bleeding Heartland, from Beaverdale neighborhood in Des Moines

Teresa Baustian

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[1h](https://substack.com/@teresabaustian/note/c-281923088 "Jun 24, 2026, 10:23 AM")

Dammit! We have to defeat aristocracy again, in our 250th anniversary.

[Here Be Dragons: Warning Signs from the Edges of Democracy](https://barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/america-is-becoming-an-oligarchy)

America Is Becoming an Oligarchy. And We're Being Trained to Admire It.

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[2d](https://substack.com/@teresabaustian/note/c-280774429 "Jun 22, 2026, 12:02 PM")

Quite alarming, a license for lawlessness.

[One First](https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/234-doj-citizen-suits-and-the-xai)

234. DOJ's Alarming Arguments in the xAI Case

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[3d](https://substack.com/@teresabaustian/note/c-280150768 "Jun 21, 2026, 9:36 AM")

Iowa’s Silent Six……

[Barry Piatt on Politics: - Behind the Curtains](https://piatt.substack.com/p/hold-for-weekend)

Man, What I’d Give For a Good Case of Writer’s Block!