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February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Not even hiding it.
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For @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice, I write about MAGA’s authoritarian-friendly view of “free speech.”
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MAGA's Orwellian notion of "free speech"
They only value it insofar as it advances authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For @atrupar.com ‘s Public Notice, I write about MAGA’s authoritarian-friendly view of “free speech.”
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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February 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Our defense secretary is a political pundit, doing punditry while being in charge of the world's most powerful military. That's how insane our current moment is. The frog has clearly been boiling too long, because very few powerful people seem alarmed. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...
Fox News Chyron Reads ‘Europe Plots To Stop Trump From Taking Greenland’ as SecDef Hegseth Says, ‘We’ll See What Happens’
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth joined Wednesday's Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News, where he was asked about the U.S. potentially acquiring Greenland.
www.mediaite.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our defense secretary is a political pundit, doing punditry while being in charge of the world's most powerful military. That's how insane our current moment is. The frog has clearly been boiling too long, because very few powerful people seem alarmed. www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...
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When Roosevelt said "speak softly and carry a big stick", he was underscoring the importance of soft power, with the credible threat of hard power—if necessary. Threatening hard power as a primary piece of leverage in international affairs is destabilizing and brings danger.
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When Roosevelt said "speak softly and carry a big stick", he was underscoring the importance of soft power, with the credible threat of hard power—if necessary. Threatening hard power as a primary piece of leverage in international affairs is destabilizing and brings danger.
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What’s doubly stupid about this is how Twitter’s *own lawyers* contradicted Musk’s cherry-picked narrative from “the Twitter Files” that Trump had used to try to revive the Twitter suit, as I wrote at the time edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/t...
January 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What’s doubly stupid about this is how Twitter’s *own lawyers* contradicted Musk’s cherry-picked narrative from “the Twitter Files” that Trump had used to try to revive the Twitter suit, as I wrote at the time edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/t...
Merit based? This guy has no qualifications for this position, other than he looks the part of a no DEI hire in this administration. Zero stars, wants to take away Milley's stars? Wtf are we even doing here, people?!?!
I would love to see Pete’s Princeton transcript
Pete Hegseth: "Diversity is not our strength"
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Merit based? This guy has no qualifications for this position, other than he looks the part of a no DEI hire in this administration. Zero stars, wants to take away Milley's stars? Wtf are we even doing here, people?!?!