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Kenneth Silber
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Writer, editor, fact-checker. Politics, science, history. Based in NJ. https://substack.com/@kensilber https://www.splicetoday.com/authors/Kenneth%20Silber https://www.eriecanalbook.com/
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Pinned
I write about a national disgrace. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
The Hard Way
America-as-predator is a national disgrace. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
I write about a national disgrace. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
The Hard Way
America-as-predator is a national disgrace. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 AM
"The man whose ancestors fled persecution now oversees a draconian campaign to terrorize immigrants—wielding state power against the most vulnerable in a bitter repudiation of his own family’s history." open.substack.com/pub/theunpop...
Stephen Miller’s Assault on America’s Immigrant Legacy: Part I
The man whose Russian Jewish ancestors fled persecution now oversees a sweeping deportation machine designed to terrorize immigrant families
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Multi-layered “look what you made me do” lie.

Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).
mad king moment

from the PBS Newshour correspondent
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"Trump’s megalomania is transforming the United States from inter­national leader into international pariah, and the American people will suffer the consequences for years to come." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I review @andrew-yang.bsky.social's upcoming book and political prospects. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...
Andrew Yang’s Ready for the Next Campaign
His new book’s an eclectic mix of autobiography and aspiration. || Kenneth Silber
www.splicetoday.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:32 AM
A look at how much worse things have gotten in just the past few days. open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
A Five-Alarm Fire in Minnesota
The Trump administration experiments with dictatorship
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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a year in and trump is in free fall with the public across every conceivable issue
CNN poll finds majority of Americans say Trump is focused on the wrong priorities | CNN Politics
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is f...
www.cnn.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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The EU making a free trade deal with Mercosur and opening the path to more Chinese electric vehicle sales.

Canada buying more cars from Mexico and South Korea while also cutting a deal for Chinese EVs.

The world didn't stop because the US threw a tantrum. Mostly just pushed others closer together.
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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This is the way.
80 co-sponsors on resolution impeaching Noem on three articles: obstruction of Congress, 'violation of public trust' (ICE crimes), and self-dealing corruption.

www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
January 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.
January 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"Tyranny requires constant effort, and even more so when trying to impose it on a country which has no history at the national level of overtly authoritarian rule. Hence there are cracks in the façade." substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Dictator's Treadmill
Once you're on it, you can't get off
substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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In an interview yesterday with Reuters, President Trump boasted that he has accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.”

www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 1:48 PM
"The right-wing talking points, the disgusting social media comments cheering on the violence, the expected milquetoast both-sidesism of legacy news media have all contributed to a surrealness around the actual events on the ground..." www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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We've gone from broken windows policing to breaking windows policing.
January 14, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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Marco Rubio, June 2012.
January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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No president has ever more clearly deserved impeachment, conviction, and disqualification than Donald J. Trump after Jan 6, 2020. The failure of most Senate Republicans to do their duty will echo for eons. They should be forever defined by their disgrace, cowardice, and betrayal.
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Greenland's prime minister says:

"We don't want to be part of the USA (...) If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark"

www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...
Jens-Frederik Nielsen: ’Vi vælger Kongeriget Danmark’
Der var klar tale fra den grønlandske regeringsleder, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, da han holdt pressemøde med statsminister Mette Frederiksen (S). Her gjorde Nielsen det klart, at Grønland vælger Danmark o...
www.dr.dk
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Remember who you are, liberal.
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM