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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Thanks, J.D. Protect women and girls: release the Epstein Files!
September 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thanks, J.D. Protect women and girls: release the Epstein Files!
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Vance: "If you're a man and you see the pleading eyes of a girl looking up for protection, then we have to protect our girls and our women in this country."
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Vance: "If you're a man and you see the pleading eyes of a girl looking up for protection, then we have to protect our girls and our women in this country."
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Day one of our sit-in. Bring back the hostages and end the war!
Like David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil's Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in in Greensboro NC, it is time to stop and say enough is enough.
Like David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil's Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in in Greensboro NC, it is time to stop and say enough is enough.
August 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day one of our sit-in. Bring back the hostages and end the war!
Like David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil's Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in in Greensboro NC, it is time to stop and say enough is enough.
Like David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil's Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in in Greensboro NC, it is time to stop and say enough is enough.
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July 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
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All of Bluesky right now.
June 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All of Bluesky right now.
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I don't know guys, there are a lot of scholars of authoritarianism in the United States and most of them are not yale history and philosophy professors, and most of them are not leaving the country voluntarily and then getting big nytimes write ups about it
May 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I don't know guys, there are a lot of scholars of authoritarianism in the United States and most of them are not yale history and philosophy professors, and most of them are not leaving the country voluntarily and then getting big nytimes write ups about it
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Please take him.
April 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Please take him.
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There's a reason the White House didn't reveal the text of the "agreement" when making their big press splash announcing their agreement: It's a cup of tea without the bag.
Congrats to the journos who breathlessly reported on a US-UK deal that isn't. You got played (again).
Congrats to the journos who breathlessly reported on a US-UK deal that isn't. You got played (again).
It's a "deal," not a deal:
"This document serves to define the general terms for the EPD that set forth the shared desires of the US and the UK... Both the US and the UK recognize that this document does not constitute a legally binding agreement."
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
"This document serves to define the general terms for the EPD that set forth the shared desires of the US and the UK... Both the US and the UK recognize that this document does not constitute a legally binding agreement."
ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's a reason the White House didn't reveal the text of the "agreement" when making their big press splash announcing their agreement: It's a cup of tea without the bag.
Congrats to the journos who breathlessly reported on a US-UK deal that isn't. You got played (again).
Congrats to the journos who breathlessly reported on a US-UK deal that isn't. You got played (again).
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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
April 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning
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Brunswick Maine!!💙
April 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Brunswick Maine!!💙
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Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
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Your pants are on fire Tracy Flick. By which I mean you are a liar.
March 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Your pants are on fire Tracy Flick. By which I mean you are a liar.
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my t-shirt asserting that my assent to a protection racket is consistent with my firm's principles has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles
In an email message on Thursday evening, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp reassured employees that the deal with President Trump was in keeping with the firm’s principles.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
my t-shirt asserting that my assent to a protection racket is consistent with my firm's principles has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...
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Dems should vote no on cloture on the CR, and they should publicly, and loudly, make the case that the Republicans are shutting down the government in the service of vandalizing the government.
March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dems should vote no on cloture on the CR, and they should publicly, and loudly, make the case that the Republicans are shutting down the government in the service of vandalizing the government.
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub... Sage political advice for the anti Trumpers out there.
Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat
Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
open.substack.com/pub/newrepub... Sage political advice for the anti Trumpers out there.
A blizzard of noxious executive orders? The sadistic circus has arrived!
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A blizzard of noxious executive orders? The sadistic circus has arrived!