The camel's nose has pushed into the tent. Accommodation is *not* a strategy to deal with Nazis.
The man favored to be Germany’s next chancellor opened the door to working with the Alternative for Germany to pass tough new immigration restrictions, potentially breaking a longstanding effort to shun a party with neo-Nazis ties classified as “confirmed extremist” by German domestic intelligence.
‘Firewall’ Around the Far Right Wobbles in Germany
Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The camel's nose has pushed into the tent. Accommodation is *not* a strategy to deal with Nazis.
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Either the most, or the least, self-aware headline in the WaPo's history.
January 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Either the most, or the least, self-aware headline in the WaPo's history.
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At the home of Scott Jennings, Trump violating the Constitution by ignoring its provisions is merely "pushing the boundaries."
Sad.
Sad.
January 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
At the home of Scott Jennings, Trump violating the Constitution by ignoring its provisions is merely "pushing the boundaries."
Sad.
Sad.
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In 1933, America's diplomats would have sent briefings like this back home. Wild that we're here, but here we are. www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...
Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows
Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies "co-governing power", according to a confidential document seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
In 1933, America's diplomats would have sent briefings like this back home. Wild that we're here, but here we are. www.reuters.com/world/us/ger...
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President-elect Trump and his family on Friday started selling a new cryptocurrency token, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
President-elect Trump and his family on Friday started selling a new cryptocurrency token, a potentially lucrative new business that ethics experts assailed as a blatant effort to cash in on the presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...
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@jvl.bsky.social with the perfect quote:
"That’s the dual hermeneutic the populists use for evaluating the world. If you’re an expert who got one thing wrong, it damns you. If you’re a total lunatic crank who gets one thing right, it makes makes you bulletproof."
"That’s the dual hermeneutic the populists use for evaluating the world. If you’re an expert who got one thing wrong, it damns you. If you’re a total lunatic crank who gets one thing right, it makes makes you bulletproof."
Why is it that elites are held to a standard of perfection at all times, and populists are held to no standard at all?
Did the ‘Elites’ Really Fail Us?
Understanding our descent into the ravine of populism.
www.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@jvl.bsky.social with the perfect quote:
"That’s the dual hermeneutic the populists use for evaluating the world. If you’re an expert who got one thing wrong, it damns you. If you’re a total lunatic crank who gets one thing right, it makes makes you bulletproof."
"That’s the dual hermeneutic the populists use for evaluating the world. If you’re an expert who got one thing wrong, it damns you. If you’re a total lunatic crank who gets one thing right, it makes makes you bulletproof."
I was kind of surprised how fun it was.
January 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I was kind of surprised how fun it was.
For a while I thought maybe the ERA got into our Constitution as it should, but now it just sounds like Biden's personal opinion and that's about it.
#ERA #EqualRightsAmendment
"Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
#ERA #EqualRightsAmendment
"Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification (Gift Article)
President Biden’s remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality into the Constitution. But advocates said they could add heft to a future l...
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
For a while I thought maybe the ERA got into our Constitution as it should, but now it just sounds like Biden's personal opinion and that's about it.
#ERA #EqualRightsAmendment
"Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
#ERA #EqualRightsAmendment
"Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/u...
Legendary!!!
Dagger... Sharples with the turnover and Marta beats everyone. 3-1. #KCBaby #ORLvKC #NWSLPlayoffs #VamosPride
November 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Legendary!!!
Good Lord!! That goal by #Marta is the best I have ever seen. Epic. Legendary. #nwslplayoffs
November 17, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Good Lord!! That goal by #Marta is the best I have ever seen. Epic. Legendary. #nwslplayoffs
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
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ugh i’m still writing democracy on all my checks
November 6, 2024 at 2:36 AM
ugh i’m still writing democracy on all my checks
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I expected to wake up exhausted, despondent. but I looked up and for the first time in my life I thought, "there's no one left to look to. it's just us."
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
November 6, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I expected to wake up exhausted, despondent. but I looked up and for the first time in my life I thought, "there's no one left to look to. it's just us."
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
so I am shocked at how I feel: furious, clear-eyed, galvanized. we who saw this from the beginning, for better or worse, it's our time to lead.
The billionaire bends his knee to the tyrant.
October 26, 2024 at 4:38 AM
The billionaire bends his knee to the tyrant.
This is incredibly frightening. Explicit Hitler references should just be overlooked? I used to say this is not America, but I am worried that I am just foolishly naïve.
Chris Sununu on CNN on whether Trump praising Hitler causes him to reconsider his support for him: "No ... we've heard a lot of extreme things from Donald Trump. With a guy like that, it's kinda baked into the vote."
Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads
Chris Sununu on CNN on whether Trump praising Hitler causes him to reconsider his support for him: "No ... we've heard a lot of extreme things from Donald Trump. With a guy like that, it's kinda baked...
www.threads.net
October 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
This is incredibly frightening. Explicit Hitler references should just be overlooked? I used to say this is not America, but I am worried that I am just foolishly naïve.
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The headline here is, "GOP embraces Hitler".
Chris Sununu on CNN on whether Trump praising Hitler causes him to reconsider his support for him: "No ... we've heard a lot of extreme things from Donald Trump. With a guy like that, it's kinda baked into the vote."
Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threads
Chris Sununu on CNN on whether Trump praising Hitler causes him to reconsider his support for him: "No ... we've heard a lot of extreme things from Donald Trump. With a guy like that, it's kinda baked...
www.threads.net
October 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM
The headline here is, "GOP embraces Hitler".
More proof that there is no non-citizen voting crisis (as if you needed more).
www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/p...
Georgia’s Republican secretary of state finds just 20 noncitizens registered to vote out of 8.2 million | CNN Politics
A review of the millions of registered voters in Georgia found just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday.
www.cnn.com
October 23, 2024 at 4:34 PM
More proof that there is no non-citizen voting crisis (as if you needed more).
www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/p...
Venus and a comet fading into the sunset. (Abingdon, VA)
October 16, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Venus and a comet fading into the sunset. (Abingdon, VA)
The ATLAS comet over our little town tonight.
October 15, 2024 at 12:25 AM
The ATLAS comet over our little town tonight.
Fun trip to Paris this weekend, a city that never fails to charm me anew.
October 6, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Fun trip to Paris this weekend, a city that never fails to charm me anew.
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God bless the Philadelphia Inquirer for going there with its headline.
September 12, 2024 at 6:14 PM
God bless the Philadelphia Inquirer for going there with its headline.