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I fear it may be a little too late for them to join the party

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Rule Of Law Conservatives Awkwardly Embrace #Resistance - Above the Law

The conservative legal movement gave rise to Donald Trump. Some of them are committed to figuring out what went wrong.

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October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/18/m...

‘It’s a clown show’: Tens of thousands of Massachusetts federal workers face uncertainty amid government shutdown - The Boston Globe

As politicians remain locked in a standoff to reopen the government, federal workers in Massachusetts don't know whether they will get paid, or have jobs to return to.

www.bostonglobe.com

October 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan

No wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic and cowardly. That is because they are

www.theguardian.com

February 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

www.theguardian.com

January 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM

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www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

www.propublica.org

January 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM

maharbal.bsky.social

@maharbal.bsky.social

Scary stuff. Cops, sherrifs, doctors - it's not just wackos in tin foil hats. I watched a movie in April, 2016 called "The Green Room," a frightening film about a commune of neo-nazis in the Oregon woods.

January 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM

maharbal.bsky.social

@maharbal.bsky.social

very disheartening.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

'The state of democracy in the world is worse than in the 1930s'

The Varieties of Democracy Institute publishes an annual report on the state of democracy. In an interview with Le Monde, the institute's director, Staffan Ingemar Lindberg, analyzes the major trends...

www.lemonde.fr

December 23, 2024 at 3:04 PM

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Now Is Not the Time for Surrender www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

Such inspired leadership - and we wonder why people are so deflated and in no mood to resist. Not sure I can support the DNC anymore. In addition to being corporate shills, they are moral cowards. We need more AOC and less Pelosi