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#recommendedreading Bertold Brecht. The Risistable Rise of Arturo Ui. This 1941 political satire sets the rise of fascism in Chicago, showing the tactics of intimidation and exploitation. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Musk accuses Trump whistleblower Vindman of ‘treason,’ says ‘he will pay’
Elon Musk on Wednesday suggested retired Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman “committed treason” and “will pay” after the former Trump impeachment witness accused the tech billio…
thehill.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:53 PM
#recommendedreading Bertold Brecht. The Risistable Rise of Arturo Ui. This 1941 political satire sets the rise of fascism in Chicago, showing the tactics of intimidation and exploitation. thehill.com/policy/techn...
#recommendedreading oh, I don't know... THE ROOM??
AP News mobile app screencapture shows two very disparate headlines bumped up against each other.
AP News mobile app screencapture shows two very disparate headlines bumped up against each other.
November 30, 2024 at 12:41 AM
#recommendedreading oh, I don't know... THE ROOM??
AP News mobile app screencapture shows two very disparate headlines bumped up against each other.
AP News mobile app screencapture shows two very disparate headlines bumped up against each other.
#recommendedreading Reamde, Neal Stephenson. Stephenson's trademark genius to connect seemingly disparate geopolitical happenings into a narrative that draws a reader into realizing that nearly everything in the book is based on actual events.
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong
A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday.
apnews.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
#recommendedreading Reamde, Neal Stephenson. Stephenson's trademark genius to connect seemingly disparate geopolitical happenings into a narrative that draws a reader into realizing that nearly everything in the book is based on actual events.
apnews.com/article/hong...
apnews.com/article/hong...
#recommendedreading Thoreau, Henry David. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. 1849.
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good." MLK Jr re: the influence of HDT's essay.
denverite.com/2024/11/25/d...
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good." MLK Jr re: the influence of HDT's essay.
denverite.com/2024/11/25/d...
Elon Musk, Republicans blast Denver mayor for resistance plans — but what does the law say?
The mayor's office says "conflict between our law enforcement and the military is not our plan or desire."
denverite.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:10 PM
#recommendedreading Thoreau, Henry David. On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. 1849.
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good." MLK Jr re: the influence of HDT's essay.
denverite.com/2024/11/25/d...
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good." MLK Jr re: the influence of HDT's essay.
denverite.com/2024/11/25/d...
#recommendedreading Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. Four Walls Eight Windows. 1993
Set in 2024, Butler envisioned a distopian US population and corrupt government. The only hope is to break free of Earth.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Set in 2024, Butler envisioned a distopian US population and corrupt government. The only hope is to break free of Earth.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump 2.0 has a Cabinet and executive branch of different ideas and eclectic personalities
Donald Trump’s personnel choices for his new Cabinet and White House reflect his signature positions on immigration and trade but also a range of viewpoints and backgrounds that raise questions about ...
apnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:13 PM
#recommendedreading Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower. Four Walls Eight Windows. 1993
Set in 2024, Butler envisioned a distopian US population and corrupt government. The only hope is to break free of Earth.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Set in 2024, Butler envisioned a distopian US population and corrupt government. The only hope is to break free of Earth.
apnews.com/article/trum...
#recommendedreading
Protocol for the Modern Diplomat. Foreign Institute. US Department of State
In 2017, #45 stood, hands clasped in front of him, while Chancellor Merkle prompted him to shake hands for cameras. “But of course his refusal was calculation.”
apnews.com/article/germ...
Protocol for the Modern Diplomat. Foreign Institute. US Department of State
In 2017, #45 stood, hands clasped in front of him, while Chancellor Merkle prompted him to shake hands for cameras. “But of course his refusal was calculation.”
apnews.com/article/germ...
German ex-leader Merkel says she felt sorrow at Trump's comeback and recalls awkward non-handshake
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she felt “sorrow” at Donald Trump’s return to power and recalls that every meeting with him was “a competition: you or me.”
apnews.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:27 PM
#recommendedreading
Protocol for the Modern Diplomat. Foreign Institute. US Department of State
In 2017, #45 stood, hands clasped in front of him, while Chancellor Merkle prompted him to shake hands for cameras. “But of course his refusal was calculation.”
apnews.com/article/germ...
Protocol for the Modern Diplomat. Foreign Institute. US Department of State
In 2017, #45 stood, hands clasped in front of him, while Chancellor Merkle prompted him to shake hands for cameras. “But of course his refusal was calculation.”
apnews.com/article/germ...
#recommendedreading
Eco, Umberto. How to Spot a Fascist. Harvill Secker, London. 2020.
Growing up in the days of Mussolini, Eco's essay establishes 14 essential characteristics of fascism. Italy's current prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is noted for being strongly right-wing nationalist.
Eco, Umberto. How to Spot a Fascist. Harvill Secker, London. 2020.
Growing up in the days of Mussolini, Eco's essay establishes 14 essential characteristics of fascism. Italy's current prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is noted for being strongly right-wing nationalist.
November 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
#recommendedreading
Eco, Umberto. How to Spot a Fascist. Harvill Secker, London. 2020.
Growing up in the days of Mussolini, Eco's essay establishes 14 essential characteristics of fascism. Italy's current prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is noted for being strongly right-wing nationalist.
Eco, Umberto. How to Spot a Fascist. Harvill Secker, London. 2020.
Growing up in the days of Mussolini, Eco's essay establishes 14 essential characteristics of fascism. Italy's current prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is noted for being strongly right-wing nationalist.
#recommendedreading Johnston, Seth A. How NATO Adapts : Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017 "This book was the most requested title at NATO Headquarters Library when it was published in 2017" Foreign Policy Research Institute
President-elect Trump has picked Matthew Whitaker, who briefly served as acting attorney general in the first Trump administration, to serve as ambassador to NATO. Whitaker does not bring foreign policy experience to the job.
Trump Picks Matthew Whitaker, Former Acting Attorney General, to Be U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Mr. Whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general in Mr. Trump’s first term.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
#recommendedreading Johnston, Seth A. How NATO Adapts : Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017 "This book was the most requested title at NATO Headquarters Library when it was published in 2017" Foreign Policy Research Institute
#recommendedreading Page, Elliot. Pageboy: A Memoir. First edition, Flatiron Books, 2023. Elliot Page reflects on their own life and the impact of being in the public eye as an actor where image is everything. Personhood understood.
apnews.com/article/sara...
apnews.com/article/sara...
House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for first transgender member
House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol...
apnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:33 PM
#recommendedreading Page, Elliot. Pageboy: A Memoir. First edition, Flatiron Books, 2023. Elliot Page reflects on their own life and the impact of being in the public eye as an actor where image is everything. Personhood understood.
apnews.com/article/sara...
apnews.com/article/sara...
#recommendedreading Hill, Jess. See What You Made Me Do : The Dangers of Domestic Abuse That We Ignore, Explain Away, or Refuse to See. Sourcebooks, 2019. To understand why some voters whose self interest would actually be hurt by 47's policies would vote for his agenda.
Following Republican President-elect Donald Trump's victory in this month's election, some US pollsters are scrambling to understand why their surveys once again underestimated his support among American voters reut.rs/4hXNqgL
Once again, polls underestimated Trump. Experts only have a hunch why
Following Republican President-elect Donald Trump's victory in this month's election, some U.S. pollsters are scrambling to understand why their surveys once again underestimated his support among American voters.
reut.rs
November 20, 2024 at 7:53 PM
#recommendedreading Hill, Jess. See What You Made Me Do : The Dangers of Domestic Abuse That We Ignore, Explain Away, or Refuse to See. Sourcebooks, 2019. To understand why some voters whose self interest would actually be hurt by 47's policies would vote for his agenda.