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I am skeptical by nature and yet also hopeful. The human condition is full of possibilities, not all of them evil. Secular redemption is good enough. Let’s survive, strive and thrive.
Habeas Corpus the Epstein Files!
October 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Habeas Corpus the Epstein Files!
The Taliban, Hegseth’s new advisers. Shoot first, and ask later why majors are not generals and real estate rats are not presidents.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders." Idjit.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders." Idjit.
September 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Taliban, Hegseth’s new advisers. Shoot first, and ask later why majors are not generals and real estate rats are not presidents.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders." Idjit.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders." Idjit.
US universities have already warned that first-time foreign student enrollment on campuses are projected to fall by about 30 per cent this fall, potentially costing the education sector $2.6 billion in tuition revenue
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Student arrivals to US continue to fall, declines from Asia most pronounced
The sharp downturn follows a series of policy changes and administrative hurdles from the White House around tightening immigration and foreign student scrutiny
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August 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
US universities have already warned that first-time foreign student enrollment on campuses are projected to fall by about 30 per cent this fall, potentially costing the education sector $2.6 billion in tuition revenue
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If Martial Law in the Nation’s capital does not rub you wrong, think about the 47 tinpot dictator who will deploy Hummers on every Main Street, including your MAGA snowflakes' ones. He hates you because you can not line his greedy pockets and are only the backdrop to his megalomania.
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If Martial Law in the Nation’s capital does not rub you wrong, think about the 47 tinpot dictator who will deploy Hummers on every Main Street, including your MAGA snowflakes' ones. He hates you because you can not line his greedy pockets and are only the backdrop to his megalomania.
Trust in the US is eroding. Now the question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy: it’s when | Kenneth Mohammed
As Sachs said, the US cannot lead the world by force for ever. The reality is the world isn’t walking away from the US – it’s walking toward itself. One currency at a time.
As Sachs said, the US cannot lead the world by force for ever. The reality is the world isn’t walking away from the US – it’s walking toward itself. One currency at a time.
July 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trust in the US is eroding. Now the question isn’t if the dollar will lose supremacy: it’s when | Kenneth Mohammed
As Sachs said, the US cannot lead the world by force for ever. The reality is the world isn’t walking away from the US – it’s walking toward itself. One currency at a time.
As Sachs said, the US cannot lead the world by force for ever. The reality is the world isn’t walking away from the US – it’s walking toward itself. One currency at a time.
Racism is on the loose in the Executive. Goebbels Miller is un-American and a traitor to the Constitution.
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Making Immigration Great Again
Trump has reminded America that immigrants are people
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July 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Racism is on the loose in the Executive. Goebbels Miller is un-American and a traitor to the Constitution.
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We still have a Constitution despite the Supreme Court’s kneeling to a threadbare unitary executive theory.
The judiciary should not defer to the executive branch over the Alien Enemies Act. "When the facts are so clear, and the stakes of judicial deference so high, the courts must exercise their independent judgment," Brennan Center experts write at @volokhc.bsky.social.
Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives’ Military Judgment
Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin of the Brennan Center make the case against judicial deference to Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We still have a Constitution despite the Supreme Court’s kneeling to a threadbare unitary executive theory.
Not 47’s big decisions
The big decisions that have to be got right—predictability; stability; honesty; integrity; money that holds its value; investment in knowledge and technology; making people feel that they live in a society of rules, not a society of fear.
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The big decisions that have to be got right—predictability; stability; honesty; integrity; money that holds its value; investment in knowledge and technology; making people feel that they live in a society of rules, not a society of fear.
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The Courts Won’t Save Democracy From Trump
George Conway on Trump, the rule of law, and why the legal system is failing
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July 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Not 47’s big decisions
The big decisions that have to be got right—predictability; stability; honesty; integrity; money that holds its value; investment in knowledge and technology; making people feel that they live in a society of rules, not a society of fear.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The big decisions that have to be got right—predictability; stability; honesty; integrity; money that holds its value; investment in knowledge and technology; making people feel that they live in a society of rules, not a society of fear.
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That the purpose of government is not to glorify power, but to protect life, preserve liberty, and ensure justice for all.
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THE DECLARATION OF RESISTANCE
July 4, 2025
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July 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
That the purpose of government is not to glorify power, but to protect life, preserve liberty, and ensure justice for all.
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Judge Luttig speaks for the spirit of liberty, ideology aside. In the White House a diktator tramples freedom.
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The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
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July 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Judge Luttig speaks for the spirit of liberty, ideology aside. In the White House a diktator tramples freedom.
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Charlie Kirk is a social media provocateur who is a bottom-feeder from the MAGA trash heap and as believable as the tooth fairy. His megaphone is a hate machine.
June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Charlie Kirk is a social media provocateur who is a bottom-feeder from the MAGA trash heap and as believable as the tooth fairy. His megaphone is a hate machine.
We respect our military precisely because its role in defending the nation means that the military does not get involved in politics.
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Keeping Politics Out of the Military
U.S. national security depends on citizens’ trust in our armed forces. We lose that if we turn soldiers into law-enforcement officers.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We respect our military precisely because its role in defending the nation means that the military does not get involved in politics.
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Colombia’s dire president gets desperate
Gustavo Petro wants to save his legacy
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June 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Trump and other Republicans mock Democrats after Minnesota lawmaker killings
Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, said that the United States had entered an era of “violent populism”.
Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, said that the United States had entered an era of “violent populism”.
June 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Trump and other Republicans mock Democrats after Minnesota lawmaker killings
Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, said that the United States had entered an era of “violent populism”.
Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, said that the United States had entered an era of “violent populism”.
Immigration raids could 'devastate' construction in the United States, says industry leader
What people really need to understand is we have a workforce shortage in this country, period.
What people really need to understand is we have a workforce shortage in this country, period.
June 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Immigration raids could 'devastate' construction in the United States, says industry leader
What people really need to understand is we have a workforce shortage in this country, period.
What people really need to understand is we have a workforce shortage in this country, period.
Death came to Minnesota. Who sent it? It matters not, but death took two lives in the name of chaos. We grieve for our collective loss, and the violence that is being bred in the heart of America. Murder and hatred grow, fueled by resentment and hostility. Peace is possible. Let's make it happen.
June 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Death came to Minnesota. Who sent it? It matters not, but death took two lives in the name of chaos. We grieve for our collective loss, and the violence that is being bred in the heart of America. Murder and hatred grow, fueled by resentment and hostility. Peace is possible. Let's make it happen.
Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed and ejected from Kristi Noem media appearance in Los Angeles
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Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed and ejected from Kristi Noem media appearance in Los Angeles
The California Democrat appeared at a press conference held by the Secretary of Homeland Security to ask about the government’s immigration policies
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June 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed and ejected from Kristi Noem media appearance in Los Angeles
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