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Resist the regime.

Reading books is resistance.

Buying books is resistance.

Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrating books is resistance.

Resist this regime.
April 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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….is that good?
To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.
*S&P 500 FUTURES SINK 1.9%, NASDAQ 100 FUTURES SLIDE 2.7%
April 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The stable genius “Groceries, I used it on the campaign. It’s such an old-fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It’s a bag with different things in it,” he said.
April 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country

"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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It’s also logistically impossible. It’s wrong. It’s unconstitutional. And every single federal employee should send @elonmusk & Trump an email and tell them both to go fuck themselves.
February 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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This fantastic piece by Stewart Patrick is an excellent summary of the wrecking ball that Trump is taking to the entire international order crafted by Dem & Repub presidents over 80 yrs.

Who does this benefit?

The Kremlin, for certain. No one else.

carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
The Death of the World America Made
Donald Trump’s war on multilateralism is misguided and dangerous.
carnegieendowment.org
February 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Please, everyone, drop what you’re doing and read this:
I go to @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for historical perspective and contemporary context about the dystopia we're experiencing. Snyder's post today has both, plus real actionable guidance. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hi. I'm paralyzed with indecision 🤷‍♀️
January 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM