Alberto (Tico) López-Carrasquillo
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
La meta de MAGA no solucionar los problemas comunes sino buscar un enemigo a cual exterminar.
March 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
La meta de MAGA no solucionar los problemas comunes sino buscar un enemigo a cual exterminar.
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“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected — he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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March 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected — he wasn’t a tattooed monster.”
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We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.
This is just fantastic.
This is just fantastic.
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
We need more Jon Ossoffs in the Democratic Party.
This is just fantastic.
This is just fantastic.
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Anna Paulina Luna didn’t want to talk to her constituents. So I did.
March 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Anna Paulina Luna didn’t want to talk to her constituents. So I did.
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"The closed-door gathering of 34 army chiefs, including NATO alliance and EU members as well as Japan and Australia, was a rare - and possibly unprecedented - convening without the U.S."
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In rare meeting without U.S. ally, Western army chiefs meet to show Ukraine unity
More than 30 army chiefs among Washington's closest allies met in Paris on Tuesday without their U.S. counterparts, seeking to take on more responsibility over the Ukraine war given President Donald Trump's unpredictability and rapprochement with Moscow.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"The closed-door gathering of 34 army chiefs, including NATO alliance and EU members as well as Japan and Australia, was a rare - and possibly unprecedented - convening without the U.S."
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The real president always keeps watch over his puppet
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Jimmy Carter library abruptly cancels three upcoming book talks on civil rights history, homelessness, and climate change. It appears this is related to the new requirement to get approval from DC for all events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...
Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event
After President Trump put in new leadership at the National Archives, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta abruptly canceled several events.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Jimmy Carter library abruptly cancels three upcoming book talks on civil rights history, homelessness, and climate change. It appears this is related to the new requirement to get approval from DC for all events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...
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A good discussion (I think!) of the significance of last night’s purge—on top of everything else that’s going on.
BLUF: Be alarmed. Be very alarmed.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fire...
BLUF: Be alarmed. Be very alarmed.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fire...
Trump Fires Top Military Brass in Friday Night Purge
Sam Stein and Bill Kristol talk about the wild military firings that went down Friday night!
www.thebulwark.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A good discussion (I think!) of the significance of last night’s purge—on top of everything else that’s going on.
BLUF: Be alarmed. Be very alarmed.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fire...
BLUF: Be alarmed. Be very alarmed.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fire...
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
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We could’ve had Tim 😭
February 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We could’ve had Tim 😭
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Out of 330,000,000 people in the U.S. how is RFK Jr. the best person Donald Trump could find to be in charge of HHS?
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Out of 330,000,000 people in the U.S. how is RFK Jr. the best person Donald Trump could find to be in charge of HHS?
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He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
January 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
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January 25, 2025
January 25, 2025
We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
January 25, 2025
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JUST IN: The U.S. added 256,000 jobs in December, surpassing expectations and bringing the total for 2024 to 2.2 million. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%, and wages grew 3.9% over the past year, far outpacing inflation.
January 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
JUST IN: The U.S. added 256,000 jobs in December, surpassing expectations and bringing the total for 2024 to 2.2 million. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%, and wages grew 3.9% over the past year, far outpacing inflation.
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These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
44 Republicans Voted Against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention in December
The funds allow states like California to create barriers to stop the spread of fires
meidasnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These 44 Republicans voted against forest management wildfire prevention in December.
Puerto Rico sin luz, esto es algo inconcebible.
December 31, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Puerto Rico sin luz, esto es algo inconcebible.
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A federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict finding Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll.
Second Circuit Affirms E Jean Carroll Sexual Abuse Verdict Against Trump
Unless the Supreme Court takes the case, Trump will be forced to pay the judgement to Carroll in short order
meidasnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:28 PM
A federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict finding Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll.
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“He was on display for everyone to see in the biggest staged perp walk I've ever seen in my career. What was the mayor doing at this press conference.. the mayor should know more than anyone about the presumption of innocence that he, too, is afforded when he is dealing with his own issues.”
December 23, 2024 at 7:25 PM
“He was on display for everyone to see in the biggest staged perp walk I've ever seen in my career. What was the mayor doing at this press conference.. the mayor should know more than anyone about the presumption of innocence that he, too, is afforded when he is dealing with his own issues.”
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....and another thing.
December 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
....and another thing.
