krf
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi
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My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
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I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm waiting to hear some Turley type telling me it's not that Trump is worried about what's in these documents. It's about preserving the institutional statutory rape prerogatives of the office for future presidents.
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Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
Ask yourself this: How would the New York Times have covered the protests if it had been seven million MAGA supporters flooding the streets? We don’t even have to guess: We know how they and other mainstream outlets covered the Tea Party protests during Obama’s first term.
October 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Once again, the main day of Tea Party protests had about 300,000 nationwide, but saw endless coverage.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
The No Kings protests had about 7,000,000 nationwide, and many media outlets reacted with a yawn.
No Kings was nearly 25x as big as the Tea Party but the Tea Party got 25x the attention.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
August 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?
I don't know of any.
Humiliating.
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Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
July 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Hard to take seriously the red-white-and-blue rhetoric of freedom on a 4th of July where the US president has cut off aid to a democracy fighting for its independence against ferocious attack by a foreign tyrant.
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Trump parade vs No Kings march, San Diego
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump parade vs No Kings march, San Diego
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I have no expertise in government, but the piece of advice I give most to parents is “meh” - when you’ve got a toddler or a teen who’s trying to stir things up, the best thing you can do is be indifferent. Make sure they’re not hurting anyone and then just shrug. I think the USA did that today.
i'm surprised by how low energy and farcical that whole military parade situation was. I was expecting Moscow 1945 and we got Spirit Halloween instead.
June 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I have no expertise in government, but the piece of advice I give most to parents is “meh” - when you’ve got a toddler or a teen who’s trying to stir things up, the best thing you can do is be indifferent. Make sure they’re not hurting anyone and then just shrug. I think the USA did that today.
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The contrasting images of a DC ghost town/military parade and 1800 American cities and towns with well-attended protests is going to drive Trump batty.
June 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The contrasting images of a DC ghost town/military parade and 1800 American cities and towns with well-attended protests is going to drive Trump batty.
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headline construction masterclass
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
headline construction masterclass
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The backlash in Republican circles against Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter, and Anthony Kennedy meant that our pivotal justices were specifically selected to be people who were *not* pragmatic or responsible stewards of the nation as a whole---they were selected for radicalism.
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The backlash in Republican circles against Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter, and Anthony Kennedy meant that our pivotal justices were specifically selected to be people who were *not* pragmatic or responsible stewards of the nation as a whole---they were selected for radicalism.
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As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
May 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
As I often said to friends who backed Trump in 2024 for pro-Israel reasons ... Trump has broken faith with everyone else on this earth fool enough to trust him, wives, creditors, everyone. Why do you imagine you'll be any different?
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“Can you believe all this waste?! There’s a scientist studying *mold* and whether eating it can stop infections! We need DOGE to put an end to this!”
— dumdums in 1928 hearing about Alexander Fleming
— dumdums in 1928 hearing about Alexander Fleming
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“Can you believe all this waste?! There’s a scientist studying *mold* and whether eating it can stop infections! We need DOGE to put an end to this!”
— dumdums in 1928 hearing about Alexander Fleming
— dumdums in 1928 hearing about Alexander Fleming
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Two visits to prisons this Holy Week.
Pope Francis visited Regina Coeli prison like he does every year, telling inmates "Every time I enter here I ask, why them and not me?"
WV Rep. Riley Moore, who claims to be a "devout Catholic," posed thumbs up with the prisoners as props in El Salvador.
Pope Francis visited Regina Coeli prison like he does every year, telling inmates "Every time I enter here I ask, why them and not me?"
WV Rep. Riley Moore, who claims to be a "devout Catholic," posed thumbs up with the prisoners as props in El Salvador.
April 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Two visits to prisons this Holy Week.
Pope Francis visited Regina Coeli prison like he does every year, telling inmates "Every time I enter here I ask, why them and not me?"
WV Rep. Riley Moore, who claims to be a "devout Catholic," posed thumbs up with the prisoners as props in El Salvador.
Pope Francis visited Regina Coeli prison like he does every year, telling inmates "Every time I enter here I ask, why them and not me?"
WV Rep. Riley Moore, who claims to be a "devout Catholic," posed thumbs up with the prisoners as props in El Salvador.
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It's joke level stuff. You can lie all you want from the podium. In court they said his removal was an administrative error. They're lying.
The Trump administration still has not provided evidence of this —
Karoline Leavitt: "Abrego Garcia was a foreign terrorist. He is an MS-13 gang member. He was engaged in human trafficking."
Karoline Leavitt: "Abrego Garcia was a foreign terrorist. He is an MS-13 gang member. He was engaged in human trafficking."
April 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's joke level stuff. You can lie all you want from the podium. In court they said his removal was an administrative error. They're lying.
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Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
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“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
he is just the most obvious loser. a miserable mediocrity whose response to his own failure is to try to destroy institutions that rejected him
April 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Destroy the institutions that rejected them” sums up so many people orbiting this administration
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Vladimir Putin is the most successful investor in the history of the world.
April 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Vladimir Putin is the most successful investor in the history of the world.
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“How could Trump have bankrupted a casino?” is no longer a rhetorical question.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“How could Trump have bankrupted a casino?” is no longer a rhetorical question.
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The Fascist dictator: “Always right.” “Many enemies…much honor.” “Believe, obey, fight.” That pretty much sums things up in a dozen words.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The Fascist dictator: “Always right.” “Many enemies…much honor.” “Believe, obey, fight.” That pretty much sums things up in a dozen words.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
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Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed.
He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.
He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.
March 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Pete Hegseth is a f*cking liar. This is so clearly classified info he recklessly leaked that could’ve gotten our pilots killed.
He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.
He needs to resign in disgrace immediately.
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The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
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JD Vance, aka Vladimir Pudding, says (paraphrasing here) "We don't care if the country belongs to someone else - even our allies - we want it, so we'll take it."
Same as Russia in Ukraine, China with Hong Kong and Taiwan.
For anyone still confused - this is authoritarianism.
Same as Russia in Ukraine, China with Hong Kong and Taiwan.
For anyone still confused - this is authoritarianism.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
JD Vance, aka Vladimir Pudding, says (paraphrasing here) "We don't care if the country belongs to someone else - even our allies - we want it, so we'll take it."
Same as Russia in Ukraine, China with Hong Kong and Taiwan.
For anyone still confused - this is authoritarianism.
Same as Russia in Ukraine, China with Hong Kong and Taiwan.
For anyone still confused - this is authoritarianism.