2/Buoyed by his Gaza delusion, Trump wants to impose "peace" on Ukraine. But his plan is a surrender, demanding Ukraine render itself defenseless in the future (reduce the military, no NATO membership, no NATO troops in Ukraine). Makes the USA Putin's partner in the defeat and surrender of Ukraine.

Empathy, caring, supporting your neighbors. Listening patiently to those you disagree with.

2/have to deal with populations that are more rural, have more evangeligicals, and more non-college educated voters. So it's crucial to build on these victories to expand the Democratic message and base, becoming as inclusive as possible. Make the GOP suffer for inflation, ICE excesses, corruption!

In 2024, there were an estimated 80,391 drug overdose deaths in the US, a significant decrease of nearly 27% from the previous year. This decline is the largest one-year drop ever recorded in U.S. history regarding drug overdoses. Trump doesn't even know the popuilation of his own country.

The President of Texas A&M should resign, not for the fault of allowing gender identity issues to be discussed in a literature class, but for failing to defend academic freedom and integrity in the face of unscientific views being forced on his university as strict boundaries.

if they found the lecture conflicted with their values. Firing university officials under the obviously false pretext of course description issues, because the Governor and MAGA state officials objected to ANY mention of gender identity issues in a UNIVERSITY (!) classroom is appalling.

to expect any course on literature, even children's literature, to pay attention to how that literature addresses issues of gender.
So this is totally normal. The student who filmed and reported the incident was not "kicked out" of the class, but told (properly) that they were free to leave ...

so that schools can have the same course taught by different faculty in different times. Every faculty member usually puts their own expertise forward in shaping the course they are assigned, as long as the general content conforms to the course description. In 2025, it is not unreasonable...

The pretext for the firing, since what the instructor did was NOT illegal, is that the course content did not match the course description in the catalog (!). If that is grounds for firing, virtually all faculty in the USA are toast. Catalog course content is usually general ...

This opens the way for faculty to be fired for teaching that climate change is a threat, that immigration is important for economic growth, or (ironically) that America is facing creeping authoritarianism. Soon, if MAGA conservatives don't like it, it can no longer be taught.

WE HAVE OUR ANSWER: SCOTUS overturned the lower court judgement and gave Trump's ICE permission to grab people on the basis of race, accent, job, or location. Thanks to SCOTUS this is no longer a free country for people of Hispanic descent or working in construction or farming or low-wage jobs.

Yes, because the sun will not come up tomorrow and the winds will forever stop blowing. Insanity.

It's not either or: Changing material conditions can open people to new ideas and create new common sympathies or resentments. Material conditions + ideas + emotions + reactions by states and publics to changing conditions are all part of explaining why revolutions arise and how they unfold.