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Prof. Juan Cole examines some stereotypes about Iran.

Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True www.juancole.com/2025/06/thin...
Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn't need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack Israel, its neighbors or the US. Reality: Iran has not launche...
www.juancole.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Hey, UK: How about “BrEntry”?
March 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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King Charles should rescind the state visit he offered Trump and give it to Zelenskyy instead
March 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Hahah my friend is making me watch the WWE pay per view, which is in Canada, and the crowd is absolutely booing the Star Spangled Banner into the ground. And then erupts for O Canada. My dad was like “Good for them. Good for them”
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Kurt Vonnegut writing about the hypocrisy of so-called Christians.

#Vonnegut #Writing
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🚨The European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas : “The free world needs a new leader”

The United States is weaker and more isolated than ever.
February 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”

But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.

If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Timothy Snyder - Five failures in the Oval Office today (5 minutes)

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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JD and 47 are being disgusting. As Z tries to argue truth (in his second or third language) they attack him. So repulsive. I hope my co-citizens see through the lying and the biased spin.
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Two valuable things Ukraine has: rare earth metals and a president
February 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize?

I think we have a winner.
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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What does RFK Jr.'s decision to end a 54-year-old transparency policy have to do with Watergate?

I tell you at Law Dork. Read and subscribe today: www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy
The Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday.
www.lawdork.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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"2015? I wasn't here."
February 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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pay the president and the government drops your case?
BREAKING

The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
popular.info
February 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Dear #MAGA

when they cut your Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, and SNAP, when they take away your overtime & unemployment benefits & cut your wages, when your food is no longer safe to eat, know that we liberals/Dems weren't fighting against you, we were fighting for you.
February 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Trump's CFPB just dropped its lawsuits against:

-Capital One, for cheating depositors out of $2B+ in interest
-Rocket Homes, for providing kickbacks to agents and brokers
-Vanderbilt Mortgage, for trapping customers in risky loans 

It's open season for corporate crooks.
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Trump and Vance are part of the tiny percentage of Americans who sympathize more with Russia (4%) than Ukraine (62%) and who view Putin more favorably (75% unfavorable) than Zelensky (28% unfavorable) today.yougov.com/politics/art...
February 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Putin's proposed "peace" plan: Ukraine demilitarizes (gives up its right and ability to defend itself), accepts all Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, and submits to denazification. We all know that Russia started the war, Putin is the dictator, and it is Russia that truly deserves the N-word.
February 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM