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“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. . .Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”

— Carl Sagan
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Trump declares war on Christmas
April 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The numbers are pretty striking. And what’s also striking is that support for Trump’s performance on a wide range of issues has declined across the board. Polls matter.

Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social plus Will Selber and @samsteindc.bsky.social:
Why Trump’s Sinking Poll Numbers Matter
Plunging popularity can’t by itself defeat Trump. But it can help juice the opposition to Trumpism.
www.thebulwark.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The Kremlin claimed today that it had driven Ukrainian forces out of the Kursk region of Russia after months of bitter fighting, and for the first time acknowledged the presence of North Korean troops helping its forces in the area.
Russia claims complete ‘liberation’ of Kursk, admits North Korea assistance
It’s the first time the Kremlin has acknowledged the estimated 11,000 North Korean troops fighting for Moscow in the region.
www.politico.eu
April 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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April 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Experts have warned that overturning Roe would lead to higher maternal mortality & criminal prosecution of patients & doctors. Since Dobbs, 100s of women have been criminally charged over pregnancies. “This is blood on the arrow that stabs at Democracy,” says @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social #Velshi
‘This is blood on the arrow that stabs at Democracy’: Abortion bans threaten all our rights.
“We have to understand the dismantling of Roe as being an assault against democracy,” says Georgetown Law professor Michelle Goodwin. This week, a Louisiana woman pleaded not guilty to a felony charge after allegedly giving her teenage daughter abortion-inducing medication that was prescribed and shipped from a doctor in New York, where the medication is legal. The NYC-based doctor was also indicted on a felony charge for allegedly prescribing and sending the medication to Louisiana after a telemedicine appointment. “Once you begin to say that women’s lives have no meaning, that their autonomy, that their equal protection, that all of the things that are protected in the constitutional rights do not apply to them, then you can say then for other people too in other circumstances.”
www.msnbc.com
March 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Never back down, never go along with authoritarians.
March 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Ethical Diamond Company Only Uses White Children To Mine
http://theonion.com/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Today is Rosa Parks's birthday.

We remember her courage.
We remember her fearless resistance.
We remember her leadership in the Civil Rights Movement.

We will never stop fighting racial injustice.
February 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM