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“Civic education reform is, literally, essential to the continued vitality of American Constitutional government as we know it.” – U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter (retired)
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
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This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
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Stephen Miller thinks reminding people of their oaths of office is “calling for an insurrection,” which should tell you exactly how he feels about the Constitution
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Stephen Miller thinks reminding people of their oaths of office is “calling for an insurrection,” which should tell you exactly how he feels about the Constitution
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"For decades, most Americans professed to support an immigration system that encouraged and rewarded people who followed the rules...Now the signal is being sent that following the law will put you in harm’s way."
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
Arrested for Following the Rules
The danger of ICE’s strategy of targeting immigrants fulfilling their legal responsibilities.
www.thebulwark.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"For decades, most Americans professed to support an immigration system that encouraged and rewarded people who followed the rules...Now the signal is being sent that following the law will put you in harm’s way."
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
www.thebulwark.com/p/arrested-f...
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Where we are as a country
An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Where we are as a country
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They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
KARL: Tariffs have been removed from some food items. How soon do we expect prices on those goods will go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
HASSETT: The prices for those goods weren't necessarily going up just because of tariffs
KARL: So they might not go down?
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They really are going with immaculate asymmetry of tariffs, which didn't raise prices when they were imposed but will cut them when they're withdrawn.
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Trump’s order that DOJ investigate ties between Epstein and Democrats is deviously brilliant—an ongoing investigation can be used as a reason, even if pretextual, to block public disclosure of the file.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Justice Department to Investigate Epstein Ties, but Not to Trump
President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the dealings of Democrats with Jeffrey Epstein, after a week in which his own relationship with the convicted sex offender was in the…
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Trump’s order that DOJ investigate ties between Epstein and Democrats is deviously brilliant—an ongoing investigation can be used as a reason, even if pretextual, to block public disclosure of the file.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
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It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's too easy to be distracted by the economic story of the day. The more important story is of our system fraying: The rule of law is decaying, Bribery spreading, crony capitalism normalized. It won’t show up in next quarter’s data, but when our kids try to build their lives.
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Dylan Thomas: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Dylan Thomas: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
Donald Trump: “Die without complaining.”
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"Elise Stefanik's choices are less puzzling if she sees the race [for New York governor] as yet another way to demonstrate her fealty to Trump."
www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...
www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...
Elise Stefanik’s Bad Bet on MAGA Politics
For a promise of power, she has let herself be yanked around. Now she’s launched a Trumpian campaign for governor of New York.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"Elise Stefanik's choices are less puzzling if she sees the race [for New York governor] as yet another way to demonstrate her fealty to Trump."
www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...
www.thebulwark.com/p/elise-stef...
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Did Donald post this because he is deeply dishonest or irreparably stupid? I'm thinking both . . .
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Did Donald post this because he is deeply dishonest or irreparably stupid? I'm thinking both . . .
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When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
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Unions are calling foul on Trump’s latest scheme to turn the federal government into his personal fan club. The administration’s so-called “merit restoration” plan would force job applicants to pledge allegiance to Trump’s political agenda, gutting decades of civil service neutrality.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Unions are calling foul on Trump’s latest scheme to turn the federal government into his personal fan club. The administration’s so-called “merit restoration” plan would force job applicants to pledge allegiance to Trump’s political agenda, gutting decades of civil service neutrality.
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Court finds Trump Administration is violating its order to provide full SNAP benefits. I will discuss with Ana Cabrera at @MSNBC at 11:15 am ET. In our judicial system, losing litigants may appeal court orders with which they disagree, but they may not defy them.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Court finds Trump Administration is violating its order to provide full SNAP benefits. I will discuss with Ana Cabrera at @MSNBC at 11:15 am ET. In our judicial system, losing litigants may appeal court orders with which they disagree, but they may not defy them.
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NEW from our Bill Kristol: "The current state of American capitalism isn't sustainable. It doesn't deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of 'eat the rich' is to fix the current 'let them eat cake' distortion of capitalism into which we've fallen."
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NEW from our Bill Kristol: "The current state of American capitalism isn't sustainable. It doesn't deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of 'eat the rich' is to fix the current 'let them eat cake' distortion of capitalism into which we've fallen."
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If only there was a single image showing his psychopathy
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If only there was a single image showing his psychopathy
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He’s saying taxpayers will step in and backstop their companies when the AI bubble bursts — as we have done so many times before.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
He’s saying taxpayers will step in and backstop their companies when the AI bubble bursts — as we have done so many times before.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
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Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Democratic Rep. Yassamin Ansari was outside Mike Johnson's office today holding up a sign that read: "Mike Johnson is starving families and gutting health care to cover up the Epstein files. CHANGE MY MIND."
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We’re moving toward a world where hazard trumps risk, where the presence of a chemical matters more than the dose, where “natural” automatically beats “synthetic” regardless of testing/oversight. This isn’t progress. It’s regression to a pre-scientific worldview where fear & marketing trump science.
The Clean Beauty Paradox: When 'Safe' Becomes Subjective
How the shift from risk to hazard assessment is redefining cosmetic safety
theunbiasedscipod.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’re moving toward a world where hazard trumps risk, where the presence of a chemical matters more than the dose, where “natural” automatically beats “synthetic” regardless of testing/oversight. This isn’t progress. It’s regression to a pre-scientific worldview where fear & marketing trump science.
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AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
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Opinion | Virginia has a Republican governor and Republican attorney general and is in a country with a Republican president, Republican Congress, and a tacitly Republican Supreme Court. Here's why its election was rigged by Democrats.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Opinion | Virginia has a Republican governor and Republican attorney general and is in a country with a Republican president, Republican Congress, and a tacitly Republican Supreme Court. Here's why its election was rigged by Democrats.
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Congratulations to Mary Sheffield on her historic win to become Detroit’s next mayor, and the FIRST woman to ever lead the city. Mary’s leadership in Detroit and commitment to our community is inspiring.
So proud to celebrate this moment for Detroit, for women, and for the future of Michigan.
So proud to celebrate this moment for Detroit, for women, and for the future of Michigan.
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Congratulations to Mary Sheffield on her historic win to become Detroit’s next mayor, and the FIRST woman to ever lead the city. Mary’s leadership in Detroit and commitment to our community is inspiring.
So proud to celebrate this moment for Detroit, for women, and for the future of Michigan.
So proud to celebrate this moment for Detroit, for women, and for the future of Michigan.
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LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
LEAVITT: It's absolutely true that there's fraud in California's elections
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
Q: What's the evidence of that?
LEAVITT: It's just a fact
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom: I will not raise my children to think Donald Trump is an acceptable American leader. He is a con artist, a predator, a malignant narcissist, and the worst president in our nation's history.
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jennifer Siebel Newsom: I will not raise my children to think Donald Trump is an acceptable American leader. He is a con artist, a predator, a malignant narcissist, and the worst president in our nation's history.