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Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
I always thought Plato was pretty pollyannaish on this point, but this is decent evidence for the view that a man of bad character will therefore be unhappy even with every external trapping of success and good fortune.
President Donald Trump gifted the world with nearly 200 Truth Social posts (and counting) on Christmas Day, where he amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and called for a member of Congress to be deported.
December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Plato argued in the Republic that the 'tyrant,' or someone with unlimited wealth and power, would live the worst possible life because his soul would be devoured by lawless, unlimited desires that could never be sated. I think we've gotten confirmation of this from more cases than Trump lately
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Mark your calendar for the first performance of our new season of free concerts on New York's Upper West Side.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM.
Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Reena Esmail: Rosa de Sal featuring Clyde Daley, trumpet
Tchaikovsky: Second Symphony, "Ukrainian"
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM.
Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Reena Esmail: Rosa de Sal featuring Clyde Daley, trumpet
Tchaikovsky: Second Symphony, "Ukrainian"
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Mark your calendar for the first performance of our new season of free concerts on New York's Upper West Side.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM.
Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Reena Esmail: Rosa de Sal featuring Clyde Daley, trumpet
Tchaikovsky: Second Symphony, "Ukrainian"
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM.
Bach/Stokowski: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Reena Esmail: Rosa de Sal featuring Clyde Daley, trumpet
Tchaikovsky: Second Symphony, "Ukrainian"
Please do not pass this bill!
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Please do not pass this bill!
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The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/08/t...
The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California - emptywheel
Stephen Miller is transparently using the chaos he created by his demand for impossible arrest numbers from ICE to, first, federalize response to mostly-peaceful protest and, in turn, use the chaos cr...
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June 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/08/t...
So interesting...
The current administration is going after institutions that allowed mostly peaceful campus protests. And yet January 6 rioters gets free passes, as does the administration in charge at that time. Hmmmm
The current administration is going after institutions that allowed mostly peaceful campus protests. And yet January 6 rioters gets free passes, as does the administration in charge at that time. Hmmmm
May 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
So interesting...
The current administration is going after institutions that allowed mostly peaceful campus protests. And yet January 6 rioters gets free passes, as does the administration in charge at that time. Hmmmm
The current administration is going after institutions that allowed mostly peaceful campus protests. And yet January 6 rioters gets free passes, as does the administration in charge at that time. Hmmmm
Great day for a No Kings rally in NJ!
April 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great day for a No Kings rally in NJ!
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Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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April 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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Kudos to Harvard University for standing up!
April 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Kudos to Harvard University for standing up!
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
April 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
March 1, 2025 at 4:05 AM
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
He has the resources to end disease and famine in many parts of the world. His choice is to remove even basic needs from millions of people.
Children will die.
He could go down in history as a philanthropist and generous person.
How does someone with so much make such cruel choices?
Children will die.
He could go down in history as a philanthropist and generous person.
How does someone with so much make such cruel choices?
February 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
He has the resources to end disease and famine in many parts of the world. His choice is to remove even basic needs from millions of people.
Children will die.
He could go down in history as a philanthropist and generous person.
How does someone with so much make such cruel choices?
Children will die.
He could go down in history as a philanthropist and generous person.
How does someone with so much make such cruel choices?
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The closest thing Trump had to a mandate was about the price of eggs
February 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The closest thing Trump had to a mandate was about the price of eggs
So honored to have been given the Spirit of Sisterhood Award from the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom today, along with my friend Nausheena. What an amazing group of women.
November 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
So honored to have been given the Spirit of Sisterhood Award from the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom today, along with my friend Nausheena. What an amazing group of women.