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The deep historical forces that explain Trump’s win
Our research shows that political breakdown, from the Roman Empire to the Russian revolution, follows a clear pattern: workers’ wages stagnate, while elites multiply
www.theguardian.com
If you are wondering what's really going on, this is a good place to start.
"… impersonal social forces that foment unrest and fragmentation, …three factors: popular immiseration, elite overproduction and state breakdown."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
"… impersonal social forces that foment unrest and fragmentation, …three factors: popular immiseration, elite overproduction and state breakdown."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
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Video: Students huddle together in library after fatal shooting at Brown University
The video was captured during a shelter-in-place order that followed the shooting, which killed two students and injured nine others.
www.wmur.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As we remember the Sandy Hook shooting today, as I reflect on how we have failed our children by failing to do more since then, as I sit here thinking about my daughter Jaime & all victims of gun violence, my only question is when will this country have had enough?
www.wmur.com/article/brow...
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Democratic Socialism
A Social Democracy
A Representative Democracy
A Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy
A Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Call it whatever you want, it’s way better than a fascist authoritarian broligarchy.
A Social Democracy
A Representative Democracy
A Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy
A Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Call it whatever you want, it’s way better than a fascist authoritarian broligarchy.
December 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Democratic Socialism
A Social Democracy
A Representative Democracy
A Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy
A Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Call it whatever you want, it’s way better than a fascist authoritarian broligarchy.
A Social Democracy
A Representative Democracy
A Constitutional Hereditary Monarchy
A Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy
Call it whatever you want, it’s way better than a fascist authoritarian broligarchy.
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“America is a Gun”
By Brian Bilston
By Brian Bilston
December 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“America is a Gun”
By Brian Bilston
By Brian Bilston
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There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless.
American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.
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>The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'
Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
www.readtheline.ca
December 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
>The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
>Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”
Accurate.
www.readtheline.ca/p/matt-gurne...
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Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Israel's biggest con trick: Hiding the true numbers it has killed in Gaza
Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means
jonathancook.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Israel has penned us all into a 'debate', one entirely divorced from reality, that relates only to those killed directly by its bombs and gunfire – not the genocide it is waging by other means.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/israels-bi...
Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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Boycott the 2026 World Cup. Defend Human Rights and Dignity.
December 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Boycott the 2026 World Cup. Defend Human Rights and Dignity.
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"Failure, at some point in your life, is inevitable. But GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE."
—Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States
Lincoln refuses to give up on the 13th Amendment:
youtu.be/1qjtugr2618?...
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—Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States
Lincoln refuses to give up on the 13th Amendment:
youtu.be/1qjtugr2618?...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Failure, at some point in your life, is inevitable. But GIVING UP IS UNFORGIVABLE."
—Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States
Lincoln refuses to give up on the 13th Amendment:
youtu.be/1qjtugr2618?...
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—Joseph R. Biden, 46th President of the United States
Lincoln refuses to give up on the 13th Amendment:
youtu.be/1qjtugr2618?...
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I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I’m actually terrified to do this, but here goes.
One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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One request. You do not comment until you read the entire thread. And you are respectful when you do. If not I will either restrict you or block you depending on how hateful you are.
Great, glad we’re on the same page, let’s begin.
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#Billionaires plotted to overthrow FDR in 1933 and we were intentionally never taught about it. Have you heard of this before? The "Business Plot". The media of the time called it a hoax. Gov buried the report. I was able to find documentation. #History we ignore gets repeated. Ever heard of this? 👇
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
#Billionaires plotted to overthrow FDR in 1933 and we were intentionally never taught about it. Have you heard of this before? The "Business Plot". The media of the time called it a hoax. Gov buried the report. I was able to find documentation. #History we ignore gets repeated. Ever heard of this? 👇
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Trump’s Hell will be: having the Nobel just out of reach.
Art by @mjhiblenart.bsky.social
Art by @mjhiblenart.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Trump’s Hell will be: having the Nobel just out of reach.
Art by @mjhiblenart.bsky.social
Art by @mjhiblenart.bsky.social
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You think Black voters in the 60s didn't feel outrage? Can you imagine how many times they had to vote for people they had righteous moral objections to? They did it, they fought the battle on every field. People who can't vote because of moral outrage are speaking from a place of privilege
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
You think Black voters in the 60s didn't feel outrage? Can you imagine how many times they had to vote for people they had righteous moral objections to? They did it, they fought the battle on every field. People who can't vote because of moral outrage are speaking from a place of privilege
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Anyone thinking that the US military is chock full of good people being led into doing bad things by the amoral cowards in Trump’s regime needs to I) give their head a wobble and II) read up on Nazi generals, many of whom were upstanding citizens with ethics. Before the Nazis, but then didn’t mind.
NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.
The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.
"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"
Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."
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December 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Anyone thinking that the US military is chock full of good people being led into doing bad things by the amoral cowards in Trump’s regime needs to I) give their head a wobble and II) read up on Nazi generals, many of whom were upstanding citizens with ethics. Before the Nazis, but then didn’t mind.
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It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It's almost impossible to make me feel sorry for Trump, but the sheer depth of his brokeness, combined with his age, the utter humiliation involved in this farce was making me legit sad.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM