Huh, never knew Calibri was so "woke." Or that Calibri made reading easier for people with disabilities, such as low vision and dyslexia.

"Mr. Rubio’s directive to all diplomatic posts around the world blamed “radical” diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs for what he said was a misguided and ineffective switch from the serif typeface Times New Roman to sans serif Calibri in official department paperwork."

" “One of those things is behind every bubble in U.S. history,” he said. “It just so happens that this time we’ve got both.” "

“And right now, there’s this sense among economic development officials that by building a data center you’re joining the future. If you’ve been trying to land a Hyundai plant for years, a pitch like Jupiter will seem irresistible.”

" “It’s a very speculative real estate game, but it’s sold as a no-brainer for municipalities desperate to land the next big industrial project,” Mr. Kedrosky said.

"Blaming the egregious behavior of men such as Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on their German or Norwegian backgrounds would sound comical to the same people who treat the president vomiting out similar generalizations about Somalis as sound observation."

As the author rightly observes:

"The logic of this racism is relatively simple—the individual bears the guilt of the whole, and the whole bears the imprint of some alleged crime that deserves collective punishment.

History teaches that the circle throughout much of American history, including in 2025, often falls along the color of one's skin. The White segregationists of the 1950s American South would be so proud of Trump and his administration.

It all sounds familiar to this White Southerner. The ethnic group with an almost exclusive hold on power gets to pick and choose who is in the circle of empathy and who is not.

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