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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Amazing story about americans being americans. In hell.
80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
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80 Years Ago: Bizarre "Atomic Bowl" Football Game Near Ground Zero in Nagasaki
All-star U.S. game on January 1, 1946, in front of a school which lost 162 students to the atomic bomb just months before. From my current PBS film and book.
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Amazing story about americans being americans. In hell.
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A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.
August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.
Imagine the cognitive dissonance required to play a football game on a field near a middle school obliterated by a nuclear bomb only months earlier....Greg Mitchell tells a story with urgent lessons for our time.
My new film “The Atomic Bowl” is now streaming everywhere via PBS and PBS apps, but starting today it will appear on over 100 stations across the country this week (marking Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Go here for links and stations (bottom of page). gregmitchphoto.com/atomicbowl/
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Imagine the cognitive dissonance required to play a football game on a field near a middle school obliterated by a nuclear bomb only months earlier....Greg Mitchell tells a story with urgent lessons for our time.
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The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.
Five former National Weather Service directors have taken the unusual step of signing onto an open letter warning that cuts to the organization by the Trump administration may soon endanger lives.
Former Weather Service Leaders Warn Staffing Cuts Could Lead to ‘Loss of Life’
The former agency directors say current employees will face an “impossible task” to maintain service just as hurricane season begins.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The moment in week one where he ordered a mass release of water into farmland was the moment it really sunk in what the death of expertise looks like.
April 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This story is by turns so sad and harrowing and ultimately beautiful beyond all earthly reckoning…….RIP, Brendan Thomas Costello Jr. Thank you, Dan Barry for capturing his "dark-humored Irish fatalism flecked with hope and wonder.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
His Death Was Interrupted, Just as He Had Planned
Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This story is by turns so sad and harrowing and ultimately beautiful beyond all earthly reckoning…….RIP, Brendan Thomas Costello Jr. Thank you, Dan Barry for capturing his "dark-humored Irish fatalism flecked with hope and wonder.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
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If I was Ezra Pound’s ghost I’d be pissed that they locked me up in St Elizabeth’s for barking crazy-talk propaganda on behalf of USA’s sworn enemies and now that’s the qualification for getting a high government appointment.
February 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If I was Ezra Pound’s ghost I’d be pissed that they locked me up in St Elizabeth’s for barking crazy-talk propaganda on behalf of USA’s sworn enemies and now that’s the qualification for getting a high government appointment.
I beg the universe and BlueSky please someone answer this.
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I beg the universe and BlueSky please someone answer this.