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“Conversation in public, shared spaces has a special power in these polarised, lonely, even dehumanising times. A sense of community requires much more than a few chairs on the pavement, but it is a good place to start.” My opinion piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age | María Ramírez
It’s great to see so much support for the value of ‘taking the breeze’ – the authorities must respect public space too, says María Ramírez, journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
“Conversation in public, shared spaces has a special power in these polarised, lonely, even dehumanising times. A sense of community requires much more than a few chairs on the pavement, but it is a good place to start.” My opinion piece @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Move the Cup
Now, FIFA needs to remove the World Cup from the US...athletes expected to attend are black, brown and yellow, many with tattoos. They are not safe here, they are prey for ICE and could be kidnapped and sent to some concentration camp. And foreign sports fans are even more vulnerable.
Move the Cup.
Move the Cup.
June 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Move the Cup
The Golden Dome. This is what Musk is after. And it seems it´s too late to stop him.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Chartbook 381 Trumpite futurism Part 2: Taking Musk's "space junk" seriously.
As Elon Musk’s period at the court of President Trump appears to be coming to an end, the gloating commentary will not be long in the waiting.
adamtooze.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Golden Dome. This is what Musk is after. And it seems it´s too late to stop him.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Must read
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
www.newyorker.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Must read
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Los EEUU de América se están desintegrando.
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Los EEUU de América se están desintegrando.
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Department of Government Efficiency, for example
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
March 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford
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This ridiculous deflection is such a non sequitur.
Due process is what distinguishes us as a people from the monsters who do commit heinous crimes. If there’s no due process, we’re a society that can just lynch people on an accusation, with no need to get it right.
Due process is what distinguishes us as a people from the monsters who do commit heinous crimes. If there’s no due process, we’re a society that can just lynch people on an accusation, with no need to get it right.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
March 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This ridiculous deflection is such a non sequitur.
Due process is what distinguishes us as a people from the monsters who do commit heinous crimes. If there’s no due process, we’re a society that can just lynch people on an accusation, with no need to get it right.
Due process is what distinguishes us as a people from the monsters who do commit heinous crimes. If there’s no due process, we’re a society that can just lynch people on an accusation, with no need to get it right.
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Elias Law Group: “President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his Administration in court.”
March 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Elias Law Group: “President Trump’s goal is clear. He wants lawyers and law firms to capitulate and cower until there is no one left to oppose his Administration in court.”
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Truer words were never spoken.
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It's really outrageous that so many people calling for "substantive" discussions about politics and a turn away from "identitarianism" dismiss Jamelle as "woke" when he's been writing nonstop about US history and the constitution — what does his "wokeness" consist of exactly?
if you just scan the headline — or if you’re just uncurious — you’ll think this is a “trump bad” piece but if you read it you’ll find that it is my attempt to explain what makes something “anti-constitutional” and why that is distinct from an “unconstitutional” act.
Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional (Gift Article)
Where all this goes is still up to us.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's really outrageous that so many people calling for "substantive" discussions about politics and a turn away from "identitarianism" dismiss Jamelle as "woke" when he's been writing nonstop about US history and the constitution — what does his "wokeness" consist of exactly?
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While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
March 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
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“The fact that Elon Musk, a de facto prime minister acting with the authority of the president, can cancel federal programs without a peep from the majority in Congress is a sign of constitutional rot.”
Limp, lazy, and complicit, @thune.senate.gov.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Limp, lazy, and complicit, @thune.senate.gov.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Opinion | How Far Gone Are We? (Gift Article)
A typology of constitutional crises and constitutional rot.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“The fact that Elon Musk, a de facto prime minister acting with the authority of the president, can cancel federal programs without a peep from the majority in Congress is a sign of constitutional rot.”
Limp, lazy, and complicit, @thune.senate.gov.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Limp, lazy, and complicit, @thune.senate.gov.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
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In mere weeks, the Trumpists have managed to turn America from a democratic system – albeit one with significant flaws – into one that no longer deserves to be counted among the world’s democracies. America is something else now.
We need to recalibrate our expectations.
We need to recalibrate our expectations.
Sunday reading: What Authoritarianism Means
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
New piece:
I wrote about why even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, why they overestimated democratic resilience – about what America is now, and what comes next?
New piece:
What Authoritarianism Means
Even critical observers underestimated the speed and scope of the Trumpist assault, they overestimated democratic resilience. What is America now, and what comes next?
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In mere weeks, the Trumpists have managed to turn America from a democratic system – albeit one with significant flaws – into one that no longer deserves to be counted among the world’s democracies. America is something else now.
We need to recalibrate our expectations.
We need to recalibrate our expectations.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The Democratic party began to lose its constituency (the working class), as early as the 70s.
With Clinton it admitted that the markets where the best judges of policy.
Obama bailed out a reckless financial sector, while the taxpayers bore the brunt of the crisis.
With Clinton it admitted that the markets where the best judges of policy.
Obama bailed out a reckless financial sector, while the taxpayers bore the brunt of the crisis.
March 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Democratic party began to lose its constituency (the working class), as early as the 70s.
With Clinton it admitted that the markets where the best judges of policy.
Obama bailed out a reckless financial sector, while the taxpayers bore the brunt of the crisis.
With Clinton it admitted that the markets where the best judges of policy.
Obama bailed out a reckless financial sector, while the taxpayers bore the brunt of the crisis.
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how about we compromise
March 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
how about we compromise
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Europe has to pay more for its own defence.
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
March 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Europe has to pay more for its own defence.
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
One debate is whether they should "Buy European" weapons or buy them from America or other allies.
One really BAD statistic is polluting the debate: that the EU buys 80% of its weapons from overseas. Ursula von der Leyen repeated it today. It's wrong. 🧵
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Elon Musk called someone "a small man".
That‘s the tweet.
That‘s the tweet.
March 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Elon Musk called someone "a small man".
That‘s the tweet.
That‘s the tweet.
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On shoring all Canadian aluminum would require "over 40 million megawatt-hours of electricity. This is nearly four and a half times the annual electricity production of the Hoover Dam, enough to power 460 data centers or the entire state of Nevada for a year" buff.ly/sSkoSPq
March 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On shoring all Canadian aluminum would require "over 40 million megawatt-hours of electricity. This is nearly four and a half times the annual electricity production of the Hoover Dam, enough to power 460 data centers or the entire state of Nevada for a year" buff.ly/sSkoSPq
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After Elon Musk has been insinuating to turn off Starlink in Ukraine, Poland‘s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is reminding Musk that Poland is paying for it, and he is making clear that if Musk follows through that Poland will abandon Starlink altogether for being an unreliable service.
March 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
After Elon Musk has been insinuating to turn off Starlink in Ukraine, Poland‘s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is reminding Musk that Poland is paying for it, and he is making clear that if Musk follows through that Poland will abandon Starlink altogether for being an unreliable service.
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NYT: “.. Rubio had been privately furious with Mr. Musk for weeks, ever since his DOGE team effectively shuttered an entire agency that was supposedly under Mr. Rubio’s control: the [USAID] .. But, in the extraordinary cabinet meeting .. Mr. Rubio got his grievances off his chest.”
@nytimes.com
@nytimes.com
Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk
Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NYT: “.. Rubio had been privately furious with Mr. Musk for weeks, ever since his DOGE team effectively shuttered an entire agency that was supposedly under Mr. Rubio’s control: the [USAID] .. But, in the extraordinary cabinet meeting .. Mr. Rubio got his grievances off his chest.”
@nytimes.com
@nytimes.com
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