Minnecticut Yankee
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Minnecticut Yankee in Nova. Back in BosNYWash after 20 years in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
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By their definition, any notable accomplishment achieved by someone who was not a straight white male -- no matter how or when it happened -- counts as "DEI" and "bias against whites."
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
This is Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense. Labeling the highest ranking black Medal of Honor recipient “DEI.” Pure racism. My latest post. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
March 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
By their definition, any notable accomplishment achieved by someone who was not a straight white male -- no matter how or when it happened -- counts as "DEI" and "bias against whites."
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
It's racism, pure and simple. Stop pretending there's anything more complicated at work here. It's racism.
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Interesting strategy: Tell a big chunk of your customer base you don't give a shit what they think, only what people who hate them think, then insult them again when they leave bsky.app/profile/mims...
Zuckerberg says people who leave his platforms are "virtue signaling"
January 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Interesting strategy: Tell a big chunk of your customer base you don't give a shit what they think, only what people who hate them think, then insult them again when they leave bsky.app/profile/mims...
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Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
January 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist at The Washington Post, says her cartoon below was killed by Jeff Bezos, the paper’s owner. Bezos didn’t want the cartoon to become public because it shows him kneeling before Donald Trump.
You know what to do.
You know what to do.
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
December 23, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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The fact that some Trump critics are rewriting history on his behalf because they fear the implications of acknowledging the truth about January 6 is a tremendously ill omen for the campaign and a potential second Trump administration. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Gift Article: Trump’s Unwitting Enablers
They sound very different from the former president’s toadies, who lavish him with absurd praises. But they are part of the same project.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
The fact that some Trump critics are rewriting history on his behalf because they fear the implications of acknowledging the truth about January 6 is a tremendously ill omen for the campaign and a potential second Trump administration. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Everyone but the most die hard Trump cultists knew january 6 was an insurrection when it happened and knew Trump was responsible. Elite pundits changed their tune only once the courts got involved, rewriting history because they fear the implications of the case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 6, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Everyone but the most die hard Trump cultists knew january 6 was an insurrection when it happened and knew Trump was responsible. Elite pundits changed their tune only once the courts got involved, rewriting history because they fear the implications of the case. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.”
By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.
www.propublica.org/article/chri...
By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.
www.propublica.org/article/chri...
The University Uprooted a Black Neighborhood. Then Its Policies Reduced the Black Presence on Campus...
Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experie...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Black enrollment at Virginia’s Christopher Newport University fell by more than half under longtime president Paul Trible, a former Republican senator who wanted to “offer a private school experience.”
By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.
www.propublica.org/article/chri...
By 2021, only 2.4% of full-time professors were Black.
www.propublica.org/article/chri...
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Pubescent frog of silent war
October 23, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Pubescent frog of silent war