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This is on point.
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is on point.
Trump just turned Venezuela into a proving ground for autocratic power. Just as Russia is doing with Ukraine, and China wants to do with Taiwan. We pretend there is a line he will not cross. Institutions are only as strong as our willingness to defend them.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Trump just turned Venezuela into a proving ground for autocratic power. Just as Russia is doing with Ukraine, and China wants to do with Taiwan. We pretend there is a line he will not cross. Institutions are only as strong as our willingness to defend them.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Trump’s role in January 6 is not a footnote. It is a case study in how damaged leaders test the guardrails of a republic and how citizens either rise to meet the moment or look away.
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January 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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I saw an elderly woman today say the best thing to do in these times is be kind. I liked that, it undercut my bitter contemptuousness a tad. I thought, we can all do with some random acts of kindness.
Not a solution, but helpful and affirming maybe.
Not a solution, but helpful and affirming maybe.
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 AM
I saw an elderly woman today say the best thing to do in these times is be kind. I liked that, it undercut my bitter contemptuousness a tad. I thought, we can all do with some random acts of kindness.
Not a solution, but helpful and affirming maybe.
Not a solution, but helpful and affirming maybe.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
We wrote this week on the issues of resolutions and what we can do. theporcupinepress.com
Me thinks a little too hasty. The change is still happening.
“This time last year, leaders like [Sam] Altman were making it sound like we’d raced over a technological cliff, and that we were tumbling chaotically toward an automated workforce. Such breathlessness now seems rash,” Cal Newport writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/k2Fp3C
Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Me thinks a little too hasty. The change is still happening.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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December 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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December 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Why Russians haven't risen up to stop the Ukraine war
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December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is profoundly un-American.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
No—that's not right.
It's *anti*-American.
It's hatred of the United States and its founding documents and all its people and all its traditions.
The person who wrote and approved this is a weirdo who detests everything that America stands for.
This is the kind of thing that makes people give up on democracy. Because govt has been way too soft on the wealthy and corporate raiders. Not rocket science.
After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1.
Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is the kind of thing that makes people give up on democracy. Because govt has been way too soft on the wealthy and corporate raiders. Not rocket science.
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If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
When you've been appointed to a position you really should not be in.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When you've been appointed to a position you really should not be in.
When leaders confuse convenience with progress, we trade resilience for ease and call it winning. Today’s headlines are a highlight reel of what we lose when nothing gets lost.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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It's a Wonderful Life premiered on Dec. 20, 1946.
Steven Spielberg said of the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and that’s a very powerful message."
Steven Spielberg said of the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and that’s a very powerful message."
December 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's a Wonderful Life premiered on Dec. 20, 1946.
Steven Spielberg said of the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and that’s a very powerful message."
Steven Spielberg said of the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and that’s a very powerful message."
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