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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2h

Born ready

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 7h

This is capitulation. It is not the "Department of War." If CNN concedes on this point, they'll concede on any point.

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 7h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 12h

A special good morning to the city of Barcelona. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Is the Sagrada Família a Masterpiece or Kitsch?

In the century since Antoni Gaudí died, his wild design has been obsessively realized, creating the world’s tallest church—and an endlessly debated icon.

www.newyorker.com

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Duquann Sweeney @duquannsweeney.bsky.social · 4d

LEVITATE. Jersey City, 2021.

Photograph by Duquann Sweeney

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 12h

Gym music

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 14h

👍🏿👍🏿 I cannot tell you how much perilous light/reflector negligence I encounter during the pre dawn hours.

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 14h

You have a light on the back of your helmet - yes?

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 15h

The Trump plan for a Civil War unfolds
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

open.substack.com

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

Brooklyn Bridge Park 3:06 PM

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

Brooklyn, 11:08 AM

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

Showed a clip from a documentary about Korematsu this morning and managed not to yell back during the part where Justice Anthony Kennedy explains that presidents should never be granted unlimited powers or blindly trusted when they say it's an emergency situation.

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 2d

Gym music

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 2d

In 1787, Hamilton dismissed fears that the national government would establish a military despotism. I do not think he would be as sanguine today.
(Federalist 28)
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...

For a long time to come, it will not be possible to maintain a large army; and as the means of doing this increase, the population and natural strength of the community will proportionably increase. When will the time arrive that the federal government can raise and maintain an army capable of erecting a despotism over the great body of the people of an immense empire, who are in a situation, through the medium of their State governments, to take measures for their own defense, with all the celerity, regularity, and system of independent nations? The apprehension may be considered as a disease, for which there can be found no cure in the resources of argument and reasoning.

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday Backyard #1

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 3d

Especially those of us who have been Black for a long time….

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d

Ford CEO on tariffs: “I mean, it's frustrating 'cause we're the most American auto company, and we export the most, and yet, we have this $2 billion headwind, which prevents me from investing even more in the US.”

finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ce...

Ford CEO says $2 billion in tariff costs prevents more US investments

Ford CEO Jim Farley says tariffs on imported parts are driving up costs on the company's cars.

finance.yahoo.com

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 4d

Evening music

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 4d

Yes: the MSM commentariat is in deep denial on just this point.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if you’re black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?

Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels

Critics blame GCSE English for deterring teenagers from the subject, describing the literature syllabus as boring and repetitive

www.thetimes.com

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Brent Staples @bstaples.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder to African Americans, apropos of the moment: The white press has a long history of venerating racism, racists and white supremacy. My NYTimes essay from a few years back. www.nytimes.com/2021/07/10/o...

Opinion | How the White Press Wrote Off Black America (Published 2021)

www.nytimes.com

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