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Democracy is a way of life.
Democracy is a way of life.
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Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states.
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states.
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/
“In a system that worked, a politician would not be an object of fandom; they could not afford to be this entitled or this reckless.”
From: @davidjroth.bsky.social
From: @davidjroth.bsky.social
What Job Is A Guy With A Nazi Tattoo Qualified For? | Defector
The man that my wife and I found ourselves talking to at the bar of a restaurant in Rockland, Maine in the summer of 2019 had arrived in town as your fancier visitors do, which is by boat. He told us ...
defector.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“In a system that worked, a politician would not be an object of fandom; they could not afford to be this entitled or this reckless.”
From: @davidjroth.bsky.social
From: @davidjroth.bsky.social
From: Margaret Atwood for The Poetry Foundation
The Loneliness of the Military Historian
This is why few people ask me to dinner, though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary. If I roll my eyes and mutter, if I clutch at my heart and scream in horror like a third-rate actress ch...
www.poetryfoundation.org
October 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
From: Margaret Atwood for The Poetry Foundation
From: Michael Hauser Tov for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
A harm-reduction playbook for covering populists
Michael Hauser Tov, chief political correspondent at Haaretz, sets out a research-backed harm-reduction playbook for our addiction to covering populist politicians.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From: Michael Hauser Tov for @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
From: @boltsmag.org
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
From: @boltsmag.org
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How is this real life
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How is this real life
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my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)
September 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
June 10, 2025
Today President Donald J.
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
June 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
“Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
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We're expanding reproductive rights.
We're erasing medical debt.
We're making going to college in-state easier than ever before.
We’re investing in shovel-ready sites for new homes and businesses.
And we're lifting the burdens Illinoisans face because it's the right thing to do.
We're erasing medical debt.
We're making going to college in-state easier than ever before.
We’re investing in shovel-ready sites for new homes and businesses.
And we're lifting the burdens Illinoisans face because it's the right thing to do.
June 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We're expanding reproductive rights.
We're erasing medical debt.
We're making going to college in-state easier than ever before.
We’re investing in shovel-ready sites for new homes and businesses.
And we're lifting the burdens Illinoisans face because it's the right thing to do.
We're erasing medical debt.
We're making going to college in-state easier than ever before.
We’re investing in shovel-ready sites for new homes and businesses.
And we're lifting the burdens Illinoisans face because it's the right thing to do.
From: Francis Fukuyama
The Tragedy of Elon Musk
He not only squandered the opportunity to sensibly reform government. His antics have ruined the reputation of electric vehicles.
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
From: Francis Fukuyama
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Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Federal officers entered Rep. Jerry Nadler’s office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides. The confrontation happened shortly after the aide observed federal agents detaining migrants in a public hallway outside an immigration courtroom.
