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Mostly, I want democracy.
May 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mostly, I want democracy.
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In praise of Pete Buttigieg. I concur heartily!
April 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In praise of Pete Buttigieg. I concur heartily!
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This week: Francis, Hegseth, Harvard, Abrego Garcia, cause for optimism, and a falling arch.
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Three R’s
NO SIFT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE NEXT NEW ARTICLES WILL APPEAR ON MAY 12. Resist. Rebel. Rebuild. – Daredevil, from the season finale of Daredevil: Born Again There’s no featured pos…
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April 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This week: Francis, Hegseth, Harvard, Abrego Garcia, cause for optimism, and a falling arch.
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The new Trump tariffs threaten the economy and have tanked the stock market, largely because they make no sense. weeklysift.com/2025/04/07/o...
On Tariffs and the Markets
Wednesday, Trump announced sweeping tariffs against almost every nation on Earth, with Russia being a notable exception. The plan included a 10% tariff on all imports, supplemented by specific tari…
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April 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The new Trump tariffs threaten the economy and have tanked the stock market, largely because they make no sense. weeklysift.com/2025/04/07/o...
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An autocratic movement depends on a myth of its own inevitability and the helplessness of its opposition. Trump's version of that myth took some big blows this week. weeklysift.com/2025/04/07/i...
Is this a turning point?
The scenario where American democracy survives Trump got a little more credible this week. Consider the events of this week, all of which will be described in more detail in the weekly summary I…
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April 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
An autocratic movement depends on a myth of its own inevitability and the helplessness of its opposition. Trump's version of that myth took some big blows this week. weeklysift.com/2025/04/07/i...
Who is paying attention?
In the new media environment, manipulating public attention is more important than changing public opinion. Trump is the master of the new techniques, which favor autocracy over democracy.
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Politics in the Attention Economy
What happens to democracy when directing and misdirecting public attention becomes more important than convincing voters to agree with you? Chris Hayes’ recent book The Sirens’ Call is …
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March 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Who is paying attention?
From sea to shining sea…
Can't let Yosemite and Joshua Tree stand alone in their distress signals! Solidarity from the right coast.
March 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
From sea to shining sea…
“No kings since 1776!” Thank you to all who marched ❤️
This is what democracy looks like!
2,000 plus people at the #WomensMarch in Boston.
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#ResistPersist #Vote
2,000 plus people at the #WomensMarch in Boston.
@50501movement.bsky.social @squirrely22.bsky.social
#ResistPersist #Vote
March 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“No kings since 1776!” Thank you to all who marched ❤️
Go Boston!
Boston 💕💪
From Boston Commons -
March 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Go Boston!
As usual Pete Buttigieg has the right words
Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As usual Pete Buttigieg has the right words
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the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, by Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
Ukraine agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons on its territory. In return, the signatories provided Ukraine with security assurances, including:
Ukraine agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons on its territory. In return, the signatories provided Ukraine with security assurances, including:
March 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, signed on December 5, 1994, by Ukraine, the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom.
Ukraine agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons on its territory. In return, the signatories provided Ukraine with security assurances, including:
Ukraine agreed to eliminate all nuclear weapons on its territory. In return, the signatories provided Ukraine with security assurances, including:
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What happened to Little Marco?
March 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What happened to Little Marco?
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No Senator was elected to let the President or some unaccountable billionaire decide how YOUR tax dollars get spent.
Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.
Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No Senator was elected to let the President or some unaccountable billionaire decide how YOUR tax dollars get spent.
Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.
Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.
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It's very reasonable for normal, upstanding Americans to make clear that they won't stand for unAmerican trash like JD Vance. Everyone has their limits.
🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's very reasonable for normal, upstanding Americans to make clear that they won't stand for unAmerican trash like JD Vance. Everyone has their limits.
Good trouble locally
This is excellent.
JD Vance is skiing at a Vermont resort this weekend. The resort’s snow reporter took the opportunity to make some good trouble, sending out a message of resistance against an administration “threatening our democracy, our livelihoods, our land”. [kottke.org]
March 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good trouble locally
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What a shameful day.
BREAKING! Trump & Vance Pick NAUSEATING Fight with Zelensky! SHAMEFUL Moment in History!
Sam Stein, Jonathan V. Last and Will Saletan react to the shameful confrontation between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join
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February 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
What a shameful day.
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Happy Economic Blackout Day!
February 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy Economic Blackout Day!
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One of my favorite days at the JFK Library is the Presidents’ Day Festival where we celebrate our democracy! #America250
Last week, JFK Library visitors met Presidents John Adams & Abraham Lincoln, and First Lady Abigail Adams! They participated in history-themed crafts, attended a state dinner, and joined the Okra Dance Company for a Dancing Journey of Africans in America.
#PresidentsDayWeek #BlackHistoryMonth
#PresidentsDayWeek #BlackHistoryMonth
February 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
One of my favorite days at the JFK Library is the Presidents’ Day Festival where we celebrate our democracy! #America250
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This week: democracy v. autocracy, Musk attack, Ukraine, generals, tax proposals, and a different kind of emergency. weeklysift.com/2025/02/24/w...
Winged Victory
NO SIFT NEXT WEEK. THE NEXT NEW ARTICLES WILL APPEAR ON MARCH 10. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible. – George Orwell”Second Thoughts on James Burnham…
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February 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This week: democracy v. autocracy, Musk attack, Ukraine, generals, tax proposals, and a different kind of emergency. weeklysift.com/2025/02/24/w...
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First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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February 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
First nuclear weapons management, now this. No one - Democrat or Republican - voted for this kind of incompetence.
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Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"
February 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party
thx in advance
thx in advance
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?