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Being sensible and understanding are now rebellious acts to the pervasive power of affiliation. Inclusion shouldn’t require imposed ignorance and unconditional loyalty.
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I back the spirit of No Kings, but in hindsight at least, why not use the word TYRANT instead?
September 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I back the spirit of No Kings, but in hindsight at least, why not use the word TYRANT instead?
This tyranny, like all tyrannies, relies on a rigged game. Such as not needing to provide good reasons for transgressions committed if blame can be redirected without criticism.
September 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This tyranny, like all tyrannies, relies on a rigged game. Such as not needing to provide good reasons for transgressions committed if blame can be redirected without criticism.
1. Tyranny
"The exercise of some purportedly "governmental", but actually oppressive, power to which no one can claim any legal or moral right--->
"The exercise of some purportedly "governmental", but actually oppressive, power to which no one can claim any legal or moral right--->
September 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
1. Tyranny
"The exercise of some purportedly "governmental", but actually oppressive, power to which no one can claim any legal or moral right--->
"The exercise of some purportedly "governmental", but actually oppressive, power to which no one can claim any legal or moral right--->
To those who support the government’s use of force in LA, did you feel the same way two weeks ago? Or could you be in it for the head pats?
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
To those who support the government’s use of force in LA, did you feel the same way two weeks ago? Or could you be in it for the head pats?
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I just wanna say something really plainly that I haven’t seen spelled out like this
There is no such thing as legal immigration anymore. Because they are taking people at their citizenship hearings they are taking people who are doing everything by the book.
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There is no such thing as legal immigration anymore. Because they are taking people at their citizenship hearings they are taking people who are doing everything by the book.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I just wanna say something really plainly that I haven’t seen spelled out like this
There is no such thing as legal immigration anymore. Because they are taking people at their citizenship hearings they are taking people who are doing everything by the book.
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There is no such thing as legal immigration anymore. Because they are taking people at their citizenship hearings they are taking people who are doing everything by the book.
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"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed."
-Simone de Beauvoir
-Simone de Beauvoir
June 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed."
-Simone de Beauvoir
-Simone de Beauvoir
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“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
*Trinity College Library. Dublin, Ireland.
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
*Trinity College Library. Dublin, Ireland.
May 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
*Trinity College Library. Dublin, Ireland.
- Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
*Trinity College Library. Dublin, Ireland.
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics.”
-Plutarch
-Plutarch
April 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics.”
-Plutarch
-Plutarch
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This aged badly
March 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This aged badly
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What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
March 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
As others have mentioned, this proven incompetence with Signal-gate has just scratched the surface of this admin’s overall incompetence and absence of interest in Americans’ well-being.
March 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As others have mentioned, this proven incompetence with Signal-gate has just scratched the surface of this admin’s overall incompetence and absence of interest in Americans’ well-being.
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A reminder to all: Don’t text after the fifth cocktail.
March 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A reminder to all: Don’t text after the fifth cocktail.
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How did it happen that this comedian understands what is happening in Ukraine better than the administration of the President of the United States of America? 🤔
🎥: Shahak Shapira
🎥: Shahak Shapira
March 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How did it happen that this comedian understands what is happening in Ukraine better than the administration of the President of the United States of America? 🤔
🎥: Shahak Shapira
🎥: Shahak Shapira
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Threatening to impeach judges who check your power is proof you need judges checking your power.
March 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Threatening to impeach judges who check your power is proof you need judges checking your power.
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We're All Ukrainians Now: How Trump Normalized The Politics of Extortion
In this video, we expose how Trump’s Ukraine extortion scheme—demanding political favors for weapons—set a precedent now echoed as California seeks funds to rebuild from wildfires.
youtu.be/DNPcYRJI-aU
In this video, we expose how Trump’s Ukraine extortion scheme—demanding political favors for weapons—set a precedent now echoed as California seeks funds to rebuild from wildfires.
youtu.be/DNPcYRJI-aU
We're All Ukrainians Now: How Trump Normalized The Politics of Extortion
YouTube video by The Intellectualist
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January 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We're All Ukrainians Now: How Trump Normalized The Politics of Extortion
In this video, we expose how Trump’s Ukraine extortion scheme—demanding political favors for weapons—set a precedent now echoed as California seeks funds to rebuild from wildfires.
youtu.be/DNPcYRJI-aU
In this video, we expose how Trump’s Ukraine extortion scheme—demanding political favors for weapons—set a precedent now echoed as California seeks funds to rebuild from wildfires.
youtu.be/DNPcYRJI-aU
What’s up with no italicization options yet?
December 3, 2024 at 1:16 AM
What’s up with no italicization options yet?