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Holy shit
June 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts key government services, we found it aims to spend on sand traps and clubhouses. interc.pt/3QXf5SM
March 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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How to defeat autocratic regimes:
(1) Defend the rule of law.
(2) Fight corruption.
(3) Pluralistic government.
(4) defend elections.
(5) Fight disinformation,
(6) protect media,
(7) explain that democracy delivers better than dictatorships.
Beating Trump in court reminds people that there's still a system in place that's supposed to stop him from becoming a dictator. Will it ultimately work? I don't know, but on the pod, @normeisen.bsky.social suggests one way it might.

Our exchange on this:

newrepublic.com/article/1913...
February 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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🚨THEY’RE CUTTING BILLIONS IN SCIENCE & DISEASE FUNDING🚨

“I think it’s going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that,”

“dismantle the biomedical research system, stifle the development of new cures for disease, and rip treatments away from patients in need.”
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets (Gift Article)
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.

It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.

The goal is destroy US universities.
February 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin?

Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps.

Please share below 👇🏽
November 25, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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I honestly thought this tweet was disproven when he lost in 2020, when he was convicted on the 34 felony counts, when the other indictments came down, etc.

I was wrong. @jessefarrar.com wrote our collective epitaph.
There have been tens of thousands of news reports and opinion pieces written about Trump but you could just put this tweet in a history book and it would cover the last 8 years
November 23, 2024 at 12:58 PM