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NEW: Eric and Eliot bemoan the shameful meltdown in the Oval Office between VP Vance, President Trump and President Zelensky - and note that those who are blaming Zelensky for rising to the bait are objectively pro-Putin.
Emergency Podcast: An Oval Office Ambush
Eric and Eliot bemoan the shameful meltdown in the Oval Office between VP Vance, President Trump and President Zelensky.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
NEW: Eric and Eliot bemoan the shameful meltdown in the Oval Office between VP Vance, President Trump and President Zelensky - and note that those who are blaming Zelensky for rising to the bait are objectively pro-Putin.
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine
Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
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The Belarusian regime has banned my book, Gulag: A History, presumably because they don't want anyone to realize that the past is repeating itself
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/4476/g...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/4476/g...
Gulag by Anne Applebaum: 9781400034093 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • This magisterial and acclaimed history offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin,....
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January 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Belarusian regime has banned my book, Gulag: A History, presumably because they don't want anyone to realize that the past is repeating itself
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/4476/g...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/4476/g...
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My God, Sagan had it pegged long ago.
January 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My God, Sagan had it pegged long ago.
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The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…
January 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The Air Force will no longer teach its recruits about the Tuskegee Airmen, Black pioneer pilots honored for their service during World War II. Also halted, teaching the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, the female World War II pilots who were essential in ferrying warplanes…
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I’ll always call it Twitter and I’ll always call it the Gulf of Mexico, spare me the cult stupidity. Period.
January 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ll always call it Twitter and I’ll always call it the Gulf of Mexico, spare me the cult stupidity. Period.
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In the 1930’ies Germany, they had Hitlerjugend, as they knew indoctrination of children was important for the future of the party..
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/24/u...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/24/u...
U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether a religious school can also be a public school
An Oklahoma Catholic school wants to be the first religious public charter school in the country.
www.chalkbeat.org
January 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In the 1930’ies Germany, they had Hitlerjugend, as they knew indoctrination of children was important for the future of the party..
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/24/u...
www.chalkbeat.org/2025/01/24/u...
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"It’s become fashionable in some circles to explain that we who have opposed Trump can’t *just* oppose Trump, can’t *just* resist Trump, can’t *just* seek to check Trump, can’t *just* work to defeat Trumpism. The truth is closer to the opposite."
An All-Out Assault on the Rule of Law
Trump won’t let laws get in the way of his power.
www.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"It’s become fashionable in some circles to explain that we who have opposed Trump can’t *just* oppose Trump, can’t *just* resist Trump, can’t *just* seek to check Trump, can’t *just* work to defeat Trumpism. The truth is closer to the opposite."
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Can’t wait t’git my hands on nem cheap eggs!
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can’t wait t’git my hands on nem cheap eggs!
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Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies
“I would love to leave, but I don't know where I'd go," said one staffer.
www.politico.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Preparing mass layoffs of civil servants in order to replace them with loyalists is another move from the authoritarian playbook
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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"The bedrock of security and economic cooperation is already in place, and ensuring locals get a piece of the windfall is almost always less expensive than suppressing their anger over being looted." True in Greenland, and in general. www.thebulwark.com/p/allies-are...
Allies Are Assets, You Idiots
With their loose talk about Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, Trump and his followers show they don’t get what we get from those relationships.
www.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"The bedrock of security and economic cooperation is already in place, and ensuring locals get a piece of the windfall is almost always less expensive than suppressing their anger over being looted." True in Greenland, and in general. www.thebulwark.com/p/allies-are...
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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For authoritarians, placing oneself and one’s supporters above the law is generally the point. But pardons establish a special pact between the pardoner and the pardoned. The relationship between authoritarian leaders and paramilitaries:
Get Ready for Trump’s Jan. 6th Pardons
Here’s what happens when an authoritarian pardons paramilitaries.
www.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For authoritarians, placing oneself and one’s supporters above the law is generally the point. But pardons establish a special pact between the pardoner and the pardoned. The relationship between authoritarian leaders and paramilitaries:
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•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
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"This isn’t a party in shambles. It’s not even a party in the wilderness. What it is, is a party in opposition. Obviously, they’d prefer to be governing. But opposing Trump’s plans and schemes isn’t ignoble at all."
Dems Don’t Have to Inspire, They Have to Oppose
A party out of power doesn’t have to be in splendid array. It has to be pugnacious.
www.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"This isn’t a party in shambles. It’s not even a party in the wilderness. What it is, is a party in opposition. Obviously, they’d prefer to be governing. But opposing Trump’s plans and schemes isn’t ignoble at all."
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John Eastman is most famous for his 2020 "coup memos," but maybe he should be more famous for pushing an erroneous, revisionist interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Where the Right-Wing Campaign Against Birthright Citizenship Comes From—and Why It’s Wrong
What a shock: The MAGA-loving Claremont Institute and John Eastman of “coup memos” notoriety are the biggest boosters.
www.thebulwark.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
John Eastman is most famous for his 2020 "coup memos," but maybe he should be more famous for pushing an erroneous, revisionist interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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January 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Appears…?????
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Happy New Year!