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Marina Arvanitis
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A human first, and a human-first Med-Peds primary care MD, MPH professionally
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Orthodox manly toughness
Icon of St Xenia of St Petersburg: a gray haired woman wearing a head scarf and her deceased husband’s military jacket, kneeling in the Smolensk cemetery in the snow. A homeless widow who is praised in prayer an example of manliness and strength in Christ.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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IYKYK
Hands Off Chicago
At the Hands Off Rally in Chicago, a woman holds a Rosati's pizza box with the wording changed with marker to read "Telling Trump to Fuck Off, A Chicago Tradition since 2016"
April 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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#FreedomorDeath
Happy 25th of March to all
Theodoros P. Vryzakis, The Exodus from Missolonghi (detail). Painting depicting a famous battle of the Greek Revolutionary War.
March 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I can't stop thinking about this exchange from They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer.
What are we going to do in this moment, America?
Herr Simon, was greatly interested in the mass deportation of Americans of Japanese ancestry from our W est Coast in 1942. He had not heard of it before, and, when I told him of the W est Coast Army Commander's statement that “a Jap is a Jap,” he hit the table with his fist and said, “Right you are. A Jap is a Jap, a Jew is a Jew.” “A German a Ger- man,” I said. “Of course,” said the German, proudly. “It’s a matter of blood.” He asked me whether I had known anybody connected with the W est Coast deportation. W hen I said “No,” he asked me what I had done about it. W hen I said “Noth- ing,” he said, triumphantly, “There. You learned about all these things openly, through your government and your press. W e did not learn through ours. As in your case, noth- ing was required of us—in our case, not even knowledge. You knew about things you thought were wrong—you did think it was wrong, didn’t you, Herr Professor?” “Yes.” “So. You did nothing. We heard, or guessed, and we did nothing. So it is everywhere.” W hen I protested that the Japanese-descended Americans had not been treated like the Jews, he said, “And if they had been—what then? Do you not see that the idea of doing something or doing noth- ing is in either case the same?”
March 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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The AAP is a 501c3 organization that doesn't lobby congress. Fine. But if this is all the AAP can do when the academy's entire reason for existing is under assault, then what does it mean to "advocate"?
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I mean, these folks all managed to oppose his dangerous ambitions. I'm sure the senator can too.
January 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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So far it's been equal parts moving, fascinating, and funny (including his description of recovering in ICU from nerve agent poisoning).
Photo of Patriot A Memoir by Alexei Navalny
November 19, 2024 at 4:16 AM