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Every. Single. Word. 🎯 🎯 🎯 shorturl.at/SKwi7
Frenchman Sears Trumps "Court Of Nero" In Scathing, Must-Read Speech
Every now and again a piece of rhetoric perfectly encapsulates the time. The Gettysburg address was one such work. Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln hastily scribbed out the framework of the speech o...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Every. Single. Word. 🎯 🎯 🎯 shorturl.at/SKwi7
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Sign of the day…
March 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Sign of the day…
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
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‘You are displaying a level of historical ignorance that is treacherous.’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social responds to those who think Donald Trump’s threat to democracy is being exaggerated.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social responds to those who think Donald Trump’s threat to democracy is being exaggerated.
February 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
‘You are displaying a level of historical ignorance that is treacherous.’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social responds to those who think Donald Trump’s threat to democracy is being exaggerated.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social responds to those who think Donald Trump’s threat to democracy is being exaggerated.
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Yes. Finally, some meaningful pushback against these constitutional outlaws.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Lawyers for Justice Dept. employees threaten to sue, saying dismissals violate the law.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yes. Finally, some meaningful pushback against these constitutional outlaws.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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An underappreciated aspect of the Nazi rise is how quickly German *society* fell into line. In early March 1933, a majority of German voters voted against the Nazis. By late spring, pretty much the whole country backed them. How did that happen? Here's a little thread. (1/6)
Superb article in the Atlantic yesterday about how Hitler destroyed the political system of the Weimar Republic between January and March of 1933.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An underappreciated aspect of the Nazi rise is how quickly German *society* fell into line. In early March 1933, a majority of German voters voted against the Nazis. By late spring, pretty much the whole country backed them. How did that happen? Here's a little thread. (1/6)
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