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1. ALTERNATIVE FACTS: Contrary information matching one’s preferred narrative or interpretation of events.
2. ALT-RIGHT: catch-all descriptor for a faction of ultra-conservatives with white nationalist or anti-Semitic ideologies
3. ANTIFA: Anti-fascist movements and organizations, treated as a whole
4. APPROPRIATION LAWS: the act of setting apart something for its application to a particular usage, to the exclusion of all other uses and refers to the legislative designation of money for particular uses, in the context of a budget or spending bill
5. BIGLY: widespread mishearing of Trump’s use of big-league
6. BLUE WAVE: major Democratic electoral gain
7. CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW: prohibited unregulated contributions (“soft money”) to national political parties and limited the use of corporate and union money to fund ads discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election
8. CANCEL CULTURE: a modern form of ostracism when someone is thrust out of social or professional circles.
9. CARAVAN: procession of Central American asylum seekers to US/Mexico border
10. CDC: the US department of health
11. COLLUSION: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose
12. CONCEDE ELECTION: the act of a losing candidate publicly yielding to a winning candidate after an election
13. CONSERVATIVES ADHERENTS: of a political philosophy favoring and preserving traditional values
14. COVFEFE: Trump tweeted, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”
15. DEEPFAKE: realistic digitally composed video used to misrepresent someone
16. DEFUNDING POLICE: a movement to refocus US police departments by reassigning parts of budgets to more community-oriented work
17. DELETED FAMILY UNIT: bureaucratic term referring to asylum-seeking families whose children were removed
18. DUMPSTER FIRE: poorly-handled out-of-control situation
19. EIGHTEEN (18) U.S. CODE § 610: Coercion of political activity
20. EIGHTEEN (18) U.S. CODE § 872: Extortion by officers or employees of the United States
21. EXECUTIVE TIME: presidential down-time
22. FACTICIDE: killing or distortion of facts
23. FAKE NEWS: actual news claimed to be untrue
24. FASCIST: far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and the economy
25. FLATTEN THE CURVE: the ability to manage the number of medical cases so as to not overwhelm the hospital system
26. FOREIGN EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE: prohibits the president from accepting personal benefits from any foreign government or official
27. HIMPATHY: flow of sympathy away from female victims toward their male victimizers
28. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM: is the main investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives
29. IDENTITY POLITICS: based on certain elements of one’s makeup, such as skin color, ethnic background or gender
30. IMPEACH: process by which a legislative body addresses legal charges against a government official
31. INDIVIDUAL 1: pseudonym for Trump in documents from the Mueller investigation
32. INSURGENT: a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government acting contrary to the policies and decisions of one’s own political party
33. INSURRECTION: Rebellion or uprising, refusal of obedience, open resistance against the orders of established authority.
34. INTRANSIGENCE: refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility
35. IMPLICIT BIAS: attitudes towards people or associate stereotypes with them without our conscious knowledge.
36. LOCKDOWN: restricting movement outside homes or geographic districts
37. MAGA: Trump’s Make America Great Again slogan
38. NEW NORMAL: the state to which an economy, society, etc. settles following a crisis, when this differs from the situation that prevailed prior to the start of the crisis.
39. OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE: an act “corruptly, by threats or force, or by any letter or communication, influencing, obstructing, impeding, or endeavoring to influence
40. OLIGARCHY: power structure in which power rests with a small number of people
41. ORBITING: ending communication with someone while still monitoring them on social media
42. OUTBREAK: sudden appearance of a disease in a community or geographic location
43. PANDEMIC: an event in which a disease spreads across several countries
44. PHARMACEUTICAL DEHUMANIZATION: is what they do
45. PHARMACEUTICAL DEHUMANICISTIC: is displaying explicit bias
46. PHARMACEUTICAL DEHUMANIST: is what they are
47. PRESSURE CAMPAIGN: intimidation, threats, and covert techniques relying heavily on the use of mass media and mass communications to persuade politicians the public wants or demands a particular action
48. PROGRESSIVES: US replacement for the word “liberals” term of abuse in American politics
49. PUSSYHAT: Pink knitted hat worn by demonstrators at the Women’s March
50. QANON: far-right conspiracy theory of Satan-worshipping cannibalistic pedophiles running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against U.S. President Trump
51. QUARANTINE: Restricting physical movements to one’s home or institution, separated from all others
52. Racially Charged: a deliberately vague racist attempt regarding racism
53. RECLAIMING MY TIME: Phrase used in congressional hearings when politicians are allotted a specific amount of time to speak and/or question those called to testify at such hearings.
54. RINO: Republican in Name Only
55. SANCTUARY CITY: municipal jurisdictions limiting their cooperation with national government’s effort to enforce immigration law
56. SECOND AMENDMENT: protecting the right to keep and bear arms
57. SEDITION: subversion of the constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or rebellion against, established authority
58. SELF-ISOLATE QUARANTINED: after being exposed to Covid-19 to help stop the spread of virus
59. SHELTER-IN-PLACE: being confined to one’s home
60. SHITHOLE COUNTRIES: Trump’s description for places he does not want to accept immigrants from
61. SOCIAL DISTANCING: distance individuals should keep from each other
62. STABLE GENIUS: is a proposed Act of Congress requiring presidential candidates to have a medical exam and publicly disclose the results before the general election (Trump refused the exam – IQ 110–115, with Borderline PSYCHOTIC FLAVORINGS: a Pathological Liar with a Gigantic Helping of Sociopathology)
63. SUPER SPREADER: a single person or event propagating “clusters” of a virus outbreak
64. TAKE A KNEE: Kneel in protest when others are standing
65. TENDER-AGE SHELTER: Children in Cages
66. TODAY YEARS OLD: an indication someone has just recently learned something
67. TRADE WAR: countries trying to damage each other’s trade, typically by the imposition of tariffs or quota restrictions
68. TRUMPERY: worthless nonsense.
69. TWEETSTORM: series of connected tweets about a particular subject, often a passionate rant
70. TWENTY-FIFTH AMENDMENT: removing the president from office if s/he becomes incompetent, dies or resigns,
71. VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION: is not a crime, however, it is a civil matter
72. WALL: proposed barrier along the US/Mexico border to prevent illegal crossings
73. WHITE CALLER CRIME: White people calling police on Black people for doing common-place things
74. WHO: World Health Organization
75. WOKE: Suggesting a high level of social consciousness
76. WUHAN: largest city in central China
77. WYPIPO: Humorous phonetic spelling of “white people” used to flag white privilege, cluelessness,
78. ZOOM MEETING: Group meetings held over videoconferencing channels

These were just off the top, feel free to add your own in the comments section

press Kristeen Irigoyen-Hernandez Human Rights Advocate, Researcher/Chronological Archivist and member in good standing with the Constitution First Amendment Press Association (CFAPA.org) Kristeen Irigoyen-Hernandez aka Lady2Soothe Follow @OurVoicesEcho