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Jürgen Braungardt
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I am a psychotherapist, and I teach philosophy. I grew up in Germany, and I live in the Bay Area of California.
My Websites: https://jurgen.bio.link/
The sad reality of America: A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters and lost. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
A Councilwoman Intervened During an ICE Arrest. Then She Faced the Voters.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Fentanyl traffickers were responding to consumer demand. They did not create it. The opioid crisis struck white areas not because of a conspiracy to destroy America. It was a devastatingly ironic result of white Americans’ privileged access to the medical system." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
So much for academic freedom. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
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November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@kenmartin.bsky.social
Just so you know: I canceled my ActBlue Account today. Until these 8 Senators are removed or expelled, I will not send another dime to the Democratic Party.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Throw them out of the Democratic party: Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, and Shaheen.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reposted by Jürgen Braungardt
The breakaway group of Democratic Senators defied Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and backed a compromise deal.
Gavin Newsom Vents at Senate Democrats Over Shutdown Vote: ‘Betrayal’
www.newsweek.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...
An ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan
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November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just horrible, what these people are doing. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
‘Strung Up and Tortured’: Hostage Recounts 2 ½ Years of Captivity
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are marching into the abyss. Authoritarian leadership may take hold, but it also leads to the decline of the country and its international position. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In Trump's approach, might makes right. But for how long? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
Opinion | The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does
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October 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Luigi definitely has the potential to become a folk hero in the long run. Now it will become a battle of which narrative wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
Inside Luigi Mangione’s Missing Months
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October 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here is a great way to get old: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nearly 7 million people turn out to demonstrate against Trump and the Republicans, probably the largest demonstration ever in the US, and the New York Times @nytimes.com reports on George Santos and Venezuela, before turning to these demonstrations. Are they asleep?
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The details are interesting: The fires smolder underground for days before they explode again. Global warming and climate change is still vastly underestimated by the general public.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Opinion | ‘What Can Burn Will Burn’
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October 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It get worse and worse. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats
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October 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Reposted by Jürgen Braungardt
we lost a queen 👑
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Politics of Letting People Die: Republican Administrative Violence

It's called Necropolitics (Achilles Mbembe): When policy systematically eliminates vulnerable populations through bureaucratic means, we are witnessing the core mechanism of fascism.
heterologies.net/necropolitics/
The Politics of Letting People Die: Republican Administrative Violence – Heterologies
heterologies.net
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So much for Apple as a champion for privacy and free speech. They are actively collaborating with a fascist Government, throwing out their own principles. #Apple
Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM