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History teacher explains psychology behind Trump cult in a thought provoking video.
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History teacher explains psychology behind Trump cult in a thought provoking video.
Must watch.
open.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
History teacher explains psychology behind Trump cult in a thought provoking video.
open.substack.com/pub/denzien/...
open.substack.com/pub/denzien/...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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I wish everyone understood this! Trump & MAGA admire Putin as a "strong leader", agree w/ his "anti-woke" ideology, and don't care what Russia does in Europe because they think it doesn't affect their interests. And Putin knows how to pander to them, has them wrapped around his little finger.
March 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I wish everyone understood this! Trump & MAGA admire Putin as a "strong leader", agree w/ his "anti-woke" ideology, and don't care what Russia does in Europe because they think it doesn't affect their interests. And Putin knows how to pander to them, has them wrapped around his little finger.
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It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. (2/3)
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. (2/3)
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Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance
A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...
theins.press
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
theins.press/en/news/280037
theins.press/en/news/280037
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Trump’s bullying is damaging what had been one of the closest alliances in the world. Now 1 in 4 Canadians view the US as an enemy. Only 39% have a favorable view. Canadians are boycotting U.S. goods and canceling trips. Canada is considering canceling a $19 billion order for F-35s. wapo.st/4kOoIkK
Opinion | Trump’s bullying is turning Canada from friend to foe
In fantasizing about Canada as the 51st state, Trump’s is doing needless real-world damage.
wapo.st
March 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump’s bullying is damaging what had been one of the closest alliances in the world. Now 1 in 4 Canadians view the US as an enemy. Only 39% have a favorable view. Canadians are boycotting U.S. goods and canceling trips. Canada is considering canceling a $19 billion order for F-35s. wapo.st/4kOoIkK
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A system that rewards companies for enabling authoritarianism will inevitably and consistently produce authoritarianism.
That’s not a political opinion — it’s a design specification.
That’s not a political opinion — it’s a design specification.
Why Do Corporations Love Authoritarianism?
The least fun fact you're likely to read today:
IBM helped the Nazis.
Through its German subsidiary Dehomag, "Big Blue" custom-engineered Hollerith punch card machines specifically designed to meet the Third Reich's requirements for tracking, sorting, and processing human beings.
These were specialized systems developed to enhance the efficiency of
www.joanwestenberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A system that rewards companies for enabling authoritarianism will inevitably and consistently produce authoritarianism.
That’s not a political opinion — it’s a design specification.
That’s not a political opinion — it’s a design specification.
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To what end has Trump so provoked Canadians? It is hard to think of a foreign policy move more futile or self-defeating. Barring a military blitzkrieg to seize Ottawa, the chances of Canada becoming the 51st state are approximately zero. 90% of Canadians oppose becoming a U.S. state. wapo.st/4kOoIkK
Opinion | Trump’s bullying is turning Canada from friend to foe
In fantasizing about Canada as the 51st state, Trump’s is doing needless real-world damage.
wapo.st
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
To what end has Trump so provoked Canadians? It is hard to think of a foreign policy move more futile or self-defeating. Barring a military blitzkrieg to seize Ottawa, the chances of Canada becoming the 51st state are approximately zero. 90% of Canadians oppose becoming a U.S. state. wapo.st/4kOoIkK
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Trump talks about Canada much the way that Putin talks about Ukraine — as a wayward province that isn’t really a country in its own right.
“If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S.,” Trump said last week. “Makes no sense.”
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“If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S.,” Trump said last week. “Makes no sense.”
wapo.st/4kOoIkK
Opinion | Trump’s bullying is turning Canada from friend to foe
In fantasizing about Canada as the 51st state, Trump’s is doing needless real-world damage.
wapo.st
March 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Trump talks about Canada much the way that Putin talks about Ukraine — as a wayward province that isn’t really a country in its own right.
“If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S.,” Trump said last week. “Makes no sense.”
wapo.st/4kOoIkK
“If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S.,” Trump said last week. “Makes no sense.”
wapo.st/4kOoIkK
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This is an opportunity for nations like Canada to reclaim the mRNA platform by investing heavily in its local development. It truly is transformative technology that will help define a new age of immunotherapy.
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is an opportunity for nations like Canada to reclaim the mRNA platform by investing heavily in its local development. It truly is transformative technology that will help define a new age of immunotherapy.
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We cannot reward Putin for his criminal actions, where there are murdering people,raping people,kidnapping children. There are tens of thousands of children that have been abducted from Ukraine andbrought into Russia.He's a beast,he's an animal, he's a dictator.We cannot let this become normalized."
February 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We cannot reward Putin for his criminal actions, where there are murdering people,raping people,kidnapping children. There are tens of thousands of children that have been abducted from Ukraine andbrought into Russia.He's a beast,he's an animal, he's a dictator.We cannot let this become normalized."
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A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia (Noah Shachtman/Wired)
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February 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A profile of Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian tech executive involved in a $93M insider trading scheme and released by the US in a 2024 prisoner swap with Russia (Noah Shachtman/Wired)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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A brilliant and harrowing dispatch by @doctoroxford.bsky.social from the frontline of Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. A brave country fights on. Essential reading & heart-breaking too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A brilliant and harrowing dispatch by @doctoroxford.bsky.social from the frontline of Russia's bloody war against Ukraine. A brave country fights on. Essential reading & heart-breaking too. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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“This vacuum needs to be filled with complexity, otherwise it will be filled with populism – and that’s another form of lying with more damage.”
"If we don't allow politicians to converse in a way that isn't reduced to simplicities, that leaves a vacuum of complexity filled by populists who sound like they are talking with substance"
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
A big win of the modern right has been to close the space in which nuance can even sit.
My culture piece 👇
Complexity Is Reality – But There’s No Possibility For It In Today’s Political Culture
One of the biggest triumphs of the modern political right has been to close the space in which nuance and ambiguity can even sit, writes Hardeep Matharu
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“This vacuum needs to be filled with complexity, otherwise it will be filled with populism – and that’s another form of lying with more damage.”
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Yes, the war in Ukraine needs to end, but Trump is not just lying about Russia’s aggression, but repudiating the “nearly eight-decade core belief that the United States was safer in a world where it stood against aggression and authoritarianism and for freedom” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?
In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yes, the war in Ukraine needs to end, but Trump is not just lying about Russia’s aggression, but repudiating the “nearly eight-decade core belief that the United States was safer in a world where it stood against aggression and authoritarianism and for freedom” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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Massive protest and march in Tallinn, Estonia in support of Ukraine. (📷 @marii_est )
#3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #Estoniaprotests #StandWithUkraine
#3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #Estoniaprotests #StandWithUkraine
February 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Massive protest and march in Tallinn, Estonia in support of Ukraine. (📷 @marii_est )
#3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #Estoniaprotests #StandWithUkraine
#3E #EndOligarchy #EndImpunity #Estoniaprotests #StandWithUkraine
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President Macron:
"Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe.It's started.It's got a strong army,it's attacking us on information,cyber,migration.I can mention other things.It's destabilizing us,it's attacking our interests in Africa,it's provoking us,testing us at sea,in the air"
"Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe.It's started.It's got a strong army,it's attacking us on information,cyber,migration.I can mention other things.It's destabilizing us,it's attacking our interests in Africa,it's provoking us,testing us at sea,in the air"
February 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
President Macron:
"Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe.It's started.It's got a strong army,it's attacking us on information,cyber,migration.I can mention other things.It's destabilizing us,it's attacking our interests in Africa,it's provoking us,testing us at sea,in the air"
"Russia is already aggressive towards the whole of Europe.It's started.It's got a strong army,it's attacking us on information,cyber,migration.I can mention other things.It's destabilizing us,it's attacking our interests in Africa,it's provoking us,testing us at sea,in the air"
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The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The United States by virtue of a bipartisan commitment to biomedical research created one of the most vibrant, productive research ecosytems in the world. People came from all over to study here, do research here. It was a monumental accomplishment by both parties. 1/
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“They told us they would smash the institutions that safeguard our democracy. And that is exactly what they are doing,” the author @katherinestewart.bsky.social writes. “Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe what we are seeing?”
Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes?
There can be no appeasement. None.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“They told us they would smash the institutions that safeguard our democracy. And that is exactly what they are doing,” the author @katherinestewart.bsky.social writes. “Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe what we are seeing?”
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Russia is forming unmanned systems forces and plans to recruit up to 210,000 personnel for the new branch by 2030, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Feb 6th.
kyivindependent.com/russia-to-re...
kyivindependent.com/russia-to-re...
Russia to recruit 210,000 personnel for drone forces by 2030, Syrskyi says
According to Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, 66% of Russian equipment destroyed in January resulted from various types of Ukrainian attack drones.
kyivindependent.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Russia is forming unmanned systems forces and plans to recruit up to 210,000 personnel for the new branch by 2030, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Feb 6th.
kyivindependent.com/russia-to-re...
kyivindependent.com/russia-to-re...
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The truth is that insurrection / right-wing political violence is being legalised, because if you engage in it there is a good chance that you will be pardoned & moreover that prosecutors & FBI agents investigating it will be persecuted & fired. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The truth is that insurrection / right-wing political violence is being legalised, because if you engage in it there is a good chance that you will be pardoned & moreover that prosecutors & FBI agents investigating it will be persecuted & fired. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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It's mostly obvious. But it's worth saying explicitly and this is an example. Under the heading of "DEI" they're not simply banning some new things from the last decade but also what is simply civil rights enforcement and even (as here) the mere recognition & expression of racial & ethnic identity.
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's mostly obvious. But it's worth saying explicitly and this is an example. Under the heading of "DEI" they're not simply banning some new things from the last decade but also what is simply civil rights enforcement and even (as here) the mere recognition & expression of racial & ethnic identity.
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Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.eenews.net
February 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."
www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
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Putin trolls Europe about "the master" Trump | Ian Bremmer | World In :60
YouTube video by GZERO Media
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February 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM