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A.D. Blair
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Rootless (American) cosmopolitan. “The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” -T. Paine
The Times under the current Sulzberger is utterly beyond parody.
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm holding out hope that in 10 years you'll hardly be able to find anyone who was ever a Trump supporter in the same way that in the post-war years everyone you talked to in France had been a maquisard during the war.
December 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I mean I don't know the future, but I do know it's still susceptible to influence, even grassroots influence.
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
As with a lot of the things they're doing, it's not remotely legal. Which is why high on the list of our first tasks when we retake power will be to overturn Trump v. U.S., reform the pardon power, and hire lots and lots of prosecutors and investigators to hold these people to account.
December 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This kind of societal self-harm brings to mind The Cultural Revolution. The Nazis purged Jews from their universities and imposed very definite ideological red lines, but even they didn't burn them to the ground the way this will.
December 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Here’s @goldwagnathan.bsky.social on planning as if there will indeed be a democratic tomorrow, and making sure to remember all the wrongs that have been done www.liberalcurrents.com/je-me-souvie...
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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On remaining steadfastly pro-democracy even when voters choose very poorly www.liberalcurrents.com/defending-de...
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Second, @adblair.bsky.social says “despair is a lie. It says that we know for certain that nothing will ever get better.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Despair
In politics sometimes you’re in government, sometimes you’re in the opposition, and sometimes you’re a dissident.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM