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Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
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These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.
Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...
Gov. Ferguson signs bill restricting out-of-state military forces in Washington
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington without explicit permission.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.
This is a real life example of a small business getting f*cked by Trump Tariffs
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1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."
3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."
This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Miller is a lunatic.
March 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Miller is a lunatic.
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We wrote this to push back against suggestions that an energy abundance strategy is, in itself, a climate strategy nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
Energy Abundance Alone Won't Fix the Climate
Energy abundance isn't a climate strategy—it delays clean energy progress, harms global cooperation, and repeats past policy mistakes.
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March 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.
March 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a very important point. Breathlessly vague headlines and summaries of these executive orders created for the executive powers it does not have. This kind of press contributed to authoritarian regime change.
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When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
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March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
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Understand that this El Salvador gulag deportation was done partly in order to make the fascist video that the president now transmits, with his fascist message. The cameras are all set up in advance.
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Understand that this El Salvador gulag deportation was done partly in order to make the fascist video that the president now transmits, with his fascist message. The cameras are all set up in advance.
I’m seeing the words “treason,” “treasonous,” and “impeachment” showing up in my feed this evening more than ever before… gives me some modicum of hope.
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I’m seeing the words “treason,” “treasonous,” and “impeachment” showing up in my feed this evening more than ever before… gives me some modicum of hope.
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you’ve never seen a public beating by the american president of a wartime ally like this before.
as stunning as the vance munich speech, but this time directly by the us president.
as stunning as the vance munich speech, but this time directly by the us president.
February 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
you’ve never seen a public beating by the american president of a wartime ally like this before.
as stunning as the vance munich speech, but this time directly by the us president.
as stunning as the vance munich speech, but this time directly by the us president.
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87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs.
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023.
Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023.
Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?
February 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
87% of jobs at Amazon pay less than $20 an hour while half of its warehouse workers struggle to cover food and housing costs.
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023.
Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?
Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth increase by $7.9 million an hour in 2023.
Is this the "free market" Bezos is so desperate to defend?