David T. Beito
@lysanderwright.bsky.social
A history professor with books on the rise and fall of mutual aid, T.R.M. Howard, Rose Wilder Lane, and the New Deal's protracted war on the Bill of Rights.
Northport, Alabama history.ua.edu/people/david-t…
Scary stuff and the reporters at CBS seem to be cheerleaders for Germany's smug and Orwellian censorship regime.
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Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime | 60 Minutes
In the U.S., most of what we say online, even if it’s hate filled, is protected by the First Amendment as free speech. But in Germany, prosecutors and cops police the internet.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Scary stuff and the reporters at CBS seem to be cheerleaders for Germany's smug and Orwellian censorship regime.
www.cbsnews.com/video/polici...
www.cbsnews.com/video/polici...
2014 borders and NATO membership (Swiss style neutrality is a more worthy goal) were always unrealistic. If any deal looks better than that which Boris Johnson helped to scuttle in 2022, I'll be surprised. The sad difference is that so many Ukrainians died needlessly in the interim.
February 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
2014 borders and NATO membership (Swiss style neutrality is a more worthy goal) were always unrealistic. If any deal looks better than that which Boris Johnson helped to scuttle in 2022, I'll be surprised. The sad difference is that so many Ukrainians died needlessly in the interim.
From 2014...when many on the left were quite comfortable accusing USAID of being in bed with the CIA.
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Is USAID the New CIA? Agency Secretly Built Cuban Twitter Program to Fuel Anti-Castro Protests
“U.S. Secretly Created 'Cuban Twitter' to Stir Unrest.” That is the name of an explosive new article by the Associated Press detailing how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) created...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
From 2014...when many on the left were quite comfortable accusing USAID of being in bed with the CIA.
www.democracynow.org/2014/4/4/is_...
www.democracynow.org/2014/4/4/is_...
Some powerful moments in a much-maligned project. This is about as close to a complete version that we have.
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The Day The Clown Cried (1972)- Reconstructed
YouTube video by The Fleapit
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January 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Some powerful moments in a much-maligned project. This is about as close to a complete version that we have.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDkx...
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“People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Ruiz Evans said on Saturday. “I hate Donald Trump,” he added. “I am full-blooded Mexican. The day he went on TV and said all Mexicans are rapists, I said, ‘He can go f*** himself.’ “
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California secession proponents get green light to take next steps toward ‘Calexit’
“People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Calexit leader Marcus Ruiz Evans told The Independent
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January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
“People think if you’re a secessionist, you’re crazy,” Ruiz Evans said on Saturday. “I hate Donald Trump,” he added. “I am full-blooded Mexican. The day he went on TV and said all Mexicans are rapists, I said, ‘He can go f*** himself.’ “
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Anyone convicted of sedition needs a full pardon (not just a commutation) for that offense. Long before Eugene Debs went to prison under that malleable standard, it belonged in the same discredited category as blasphemy laws.
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Using sedition and domestic terrorism laws against rioters is overkill - Washington Examiner
Opinion Using sedition and domestic terrorism laws against rioters is overkill By David Beito March 22, 2023 12:23 AM Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Print Opinion Using sedition and domestic terroris...
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January 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Anyone convicted of sedition needs a full pardon (not just a commutation) for that offense. Long before Eugene Debs went to prison under that malleable standard, it belonged in the same discredited category as blasphemy laws.
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A life sentence for facilitating peaceful transactions among consenting adults is hard to fathom, let alone justify.
Why Trump should keep his promise to free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who
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January 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A life sentence for facilitating peaceful transactions among consenting adults is hard to fathom, let alone justify.
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"Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the mansions of the superrich. In fact, many private companies that respond to wildfires now work for insurers..."
Insurance firms are sending firefighters to defend homes amid LA wildfires
Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the superrich – many work for insurers seeking to minimize the policies they’d have to pay out
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January 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the mansions of the superrich. In fact, many private companies that respond to wildfires now work for insurers..."
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Before taking office, Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles had said she would not go abroad. She was overseas when wildfires erupted.
Before Taking Office, L.A.’s Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad
Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles has been criticized for being out of the country when the wildfires broke out. Three years ago, she promised in an interview to cut back on her world travel and focus o...
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January 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Before taking office, Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles had said she would not go abroad. She was overseas when wildfires erupted.
NPR is trying to avoid funding cuts by depicting its stations as unique conduits of information for communities hit by disasters. Perhaps the folks there need to read my article about how talk radio performed this role in Tuscaloosa:
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David T. Beito: Talk Radio Rides to the Rescue in Tuscaloosa
In The Wall Street Journal, David T. Beito of the University of Alabama writes about how Clear Channel stations promoted
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January 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
NPR is trying to avoid funding cuts by depicting its stations as unique conduits of information for communities hit by disasters. Perhaps the folks there need to read my article about how talk radio performed this role in Tuscaloosa:
www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...
www.wsj.com/articles/SB1...
“And you know,” he added, “when you have millions of people reading, going online, reading this stuff, it is — anyway, I think it’s — I think it’s really shameful.”
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Biden Calls Meta’s Ending of Fact-Checking Program ‘Shameful’
Responding to a question from a reporter, the president said he believed Americans “want to tell the truth.”
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January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“And you know,” he added, “when you have millions of people reading, going online, reading this stuff, it is — anyway, I think it’s — I think it’s really shameful.”
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It's no secret that months of pandemic-era lockdowns led to dramatic learning loss among American children. What has surprised researchers is exactly which students were most affected, especially in math.
Girls may have been hit hardest by pandemic learning loss
It's no secret that months of pandemic-era lockdowns led to dramatic learning loss among American children. What has surprised researchers is exactly
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January 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It's no secret that months of pandemic-era lockdowns led to dramatic learning loss among American children. What has surprised researchers is exactly which students were most affected, especially in math.
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That "anti-establishment" appointee sure folded quickly.
Gabbard reverses course on key intel-gathering tool as nomination teeters
Tulsi Gabbard is changing her tune on a key intelligence-gathering authority she once sought to repeal as her Senate confirmation hangs in the balance.
punchbowl.news
January 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
That "anti-establishment" appointee sure folded quickly.
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Reminder: Insurance is not a savings account. It's a hedge against an unlikely scenario. A house located in a fire zone catching on fire is a likely scenario. Californians would stop building in fire zones if California legalized new affordable housing in cities and didn't cap fire insurance rates.
January 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reminder: Insurance is not a savings account. It's a hedge against an unlikely scenario. A house located in a fire zone catching on fire is a likely scenario. Californians would stop building in fire zones if California legalized new affordable housing in cities and didn't cap fire insurance rates.
Canada did not have a central bank until 1934.
December 27, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Canada did not have a central bank until 1934.
A majority of the members of the Israeli Palestinian Confederation (IPC) have endorsed a Swiss style canton system for Israel-Palestine. Full lively debate here:
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Recording of the December 22, 2024, IPC simulation with David Beito
Ninety-six percent of the participants in the survey conducted during the simulation supported the idea of a common federal government for the people in Israel/Palestine. The IPC parliament ratifie…
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December 24, 2024 at 3:12 AM
A majority of the members of the Israeli Palestinian Confederation (IPC) have endorsed a Swiss style canton system for Israel-Palestine. Full lively debate here:
ipconfederation.org/recording-of...
ipconfederation.org/recording-of...
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Biggest laugh I’ve had in a week is Trump saying he knows all there is to know about automation.
December 13, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Biggest laugh I’ve had in a week is Trump saying he knows all there is to know about automation.
The Brian Thompson murder has prompted comparatively few calls for gun control. It would seem a perfect opportunity for Democrats to call for a crackdown on ghost guns, but they don't seem too interested in pursuing that opportunity.
December 11, 2024 at 11:03 PM
The Brian Thompson murder has prompted comparatively few calls for gun control. It would seem a perfect opportunity for Democrats to call for a crackdown on ghost guns, but they don't seem too interested in pursuing that opportunity.
John Fetterman on the online reaction to the killing of Luigi Mangione: "It's vile. And if you've gunned someone down that you don't happen to agree with their views or the business that they're in, hey, you know, I'm next, they're next, he's next, she's next.”
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 AM
John Fetterman on the online reaction to the killing of Luigi Mangione: "It's vile. And if you've gunned someone down that you don't happen to agree with their views or the business that they're in, hey, you know, I'm next, they're next, he's next, she's next.”
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I'm probably a bit late to the punch here, but:
At what point does "I hate rich people/corporate execs" become legit dehumanization?
My assessment is that it starts when you're willing to celebrate their deaths and their killers.
#PeopleArePeople
At what point does "I hate rich people/corporate execs" become legit dehumanization?
My assessment is that it starts when you're willing to celebrate their deaths and their killers.
#PeopleArePeople
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
I'm probably a bit late to the punch here, but:
At what point does "I hate rich people/corporate execs" become legit dehumanization?
My assessment is that it starts when you're willing to celebrate their deaths and their killers.
#PeopleArePeople
At what point does "I hate rich people/corporate execs" become legit dehumanization?
My assessment is that it starts when you're willing to celebrate their deaths and their killers.
#PeopleArePeople
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Luigi Mangione gave four stars to the Unabomber Manifesto, three stars to Hillbilly Elegy
Luigi Mangione
Luigi Mangione has 295 books on Goodreads, and is currently reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedel...
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December 9, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Luigi Mangione gave four stars to the Unabomber Manifesto, three stars to Hillbilly Elegy
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Courts continue to dramatically overestimate the abilities and honesty of cops.
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Smell of Raw Cannabis Enough for Police to Search a Vehicle, Illinois Supreme Court Rules. Smell of Burnt Cannabis is Not
The disparity — that the smell of unsmoked marijuana is justification for a warrantless search, while the smell of smoked pot is not — “defies logic,” Justice Mary K. O’Brien wrote in her dissent.
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December 8, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Courts continue to dramatically overestimate the abilities and honesty of cops.
news.wttw.com/2024/12/05/s...
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