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We live in a rogue and dangerous country.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
June 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We live in a rogue and dangerous country.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
Do what you need to do to maintain your internal peace. Hold the core of your spirit. Pray for peace. Commit yourself to justice. And just rest.
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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
June 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
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Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people suppo...
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March 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? We teamed up with history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat to answer the internet's burning questions about authoritarianism and fascism.
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This video puts words to the sorrow, anger and exasperation that scientists are feeling better than any video I've seen anywhere. Thanks @adamconover.net
youtu.be/46XaJvIxPeY?...
youtu.be/46XaJvIxPeY?...
Trump Hates Science
YouTube video by Adam Conover
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March 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This video puts words to the sorrow, anger and exasperation that scientists are feeling better than any video I've seen anywhere. Thanks @adamconover.net
youtu.be/46XaJvIxPeY?...
youtu.be/46XaJvIxPeY?...
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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
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Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
February 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.
Pick it up and spread the word. #Macklemore speaking up!
MACKLEMORE - fucked up (official video)
YouTube video by Macklemore
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February 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Pick it up and spread the word. #Macklemore speaking up!
Here’s a theme song for the new American revolution
Moon Walker - Monopoly Money (Official Music Video) | New Rock Song 2025
YouTube video by Moon Walker
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February 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Here’s a theme song for the new American revolution
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Let's recap:
An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars.
Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions.
Republicans don't want to know what he's doing.
Zero oversight.
...🧵
An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars.
Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions.
Republicans don't want to know what he's doing.
Zero oversight.
...🧵
February 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Let's recap:
An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars.
Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions.
Republicans don't want to know what he's doing.
Zero oversight.
...🧵
An unelected oligarch is currently taking a blowtorch to the federal government and making unilateral decisions about how/where to allocate your tax dollars.
Democrats aren't allowed to ask him any questions.
Republicans don't want to know what he's doing.
Zero oversight.
...🧵
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Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
Trying to embrace the optimism on this beautiful weekend.
What Trump's Doing
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
February 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Trying to embrace the optimism on this beautiful weekend.
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REPORTER: With your efforts to reduce the federal workforce, are there any concerns about protecting the public?
TRUMP: Everybody is replaceable. We want them to go to into the private sector. It's our dream to have everybody almost working in the private sector.
TRUMP: Everybody is replaceable. We want them to go to into the private sector. It's our dream to have everybody almost working in the private sector.
January 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
REPORTER: With your efforts to reduce the federal workforce, are there any concerns about protecting the public?
TRUMP: Everybody is replaceable. We want them to go to into the private sector. It's our dream to have everybody almost working in the private sector.
TRUMP: Everybody is replaceable. We want them to go to into the private sector. It's our dream to have everybody almost working in the private sector.
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Elon Musk is running the Twitter playbook on the US government: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Is Running the Twitter Playbook on the Federal Government
The US Office of Personnel Management is telling federal workers to get in line—or get out.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Elon Musk is running the Twitter playbook on the US government: www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Generally speaking people trust scientists, surprisingly. Less trust among men, conservatives, and populists. How much of this is based on the current value of facts as a basis for policy?
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Generally speaking people trust scientists, surprisingly. Less trust among men, conservatives, and populists. How much of this is based on the current value of facts as a basis for policy?
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So how’s it going so far?
January 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So how’s it going so far?
This executive order overturning prohibitions on discriminatory hiring procedures for government contractors seemed so strange. WHO would he want to award government contracts to and what for? But then I remembered that he just pardoned the Proud Boys. His Brownshirts-in-waiting.
Trump Just Revoked Anti-Discrimination Rules Enacted By LBJ In 1965
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
www.huffpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This executive order overturning prohibitions on discriminatory hiring procedures for government contractors seemed so strange. WHO would he want to award government contracts to and what for? But then I remembered that he just pardoned the Proud Boys. His Brownshirts-in-waiting.
In spite of the efforts to convince you otherwise:
Americans did not give Trump a mandate.
Republicans are not a majority.
The United States of America is not an autocracy.
These policies are not inevitable.
Your anticipatory compliance grants them a victory they haven’t earned. Fight back!
Americans did not give Trump a mandate.
Republicans are not a majority.
The United States of America is not an autocracy.
These policies are not inevitable.
Your anticipatory compliance grants them a victory they haven’t earned. Fight back!
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In spite of the efforts to convince you otherwise:
Americans did not give Trump a mandate.
Republicans are not a majority.
The United States of America is not an autocracy.
These policies are not inevitable.
Your anticipatory compliance grants them a victory they haven’t earned. Fight back!
Americans did not give Trump a mandate.
Republicans are not a majority.
The United States of America is not an autocracy.
These policies are not inevitable.
Your anticipatory compliance grants them a victory they haven’t earned. Fight back!
You are seen. You are heard. You are worthy. I will always be an ally.
January 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
You are seen. You are heard. You are worthy. I will always be an ally.
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Leonard Leo spent $540million packing the Supreme Court. He didn't spend that kind of money to put impartial jurists on the bench.
He bought the court.
Elon Musk spent $250million getting Trump elected.
That's three-quarters of billion dollars for 2 branches of our government.
That is America.
He bought the court.
Elon Musk spent $250million getting Trump elected.
That's three-quarters of billion dollars for 2 branches of our government.
That is America.
December 7, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Leonard Leo spent $540million packing the Supreme Court. He didn't spend that kind of money to put impartial jurists on the bench.
He bought the court.
Elon Musk spent $250million getting Trump elected.
That's three-quarters of billion dollars for 2 branches of our government.
That is America.
He bought the court.
Elon Musk spent $250million getting Trump elected.
That's three-quarters of billion dollars for 2 branches of our government.
That is America.
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