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Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dr. Susan Monarez: “I could have stayed silent, agreed to the demands, and no one would have known. What the public would have seen were scientists dismissed without cause and vaccine protections quietly eroded…I would have lost the one thing that cannot be replaced: My integrity.”
April 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You may not like Murray or agree with all his views, but you have to take a win when you get one, and this was one of the fist times Rogan has been called out like this directly to his face on his podcast. Murray mostly on point in the debate, and here
EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Murray responds to Joe Rogan interview controversy
YouTube video by Sky News Australia
www.youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
You may not like Murray or agree with all his views, but you have to take a win when you get one, and this was one of the fist times Rogan has been called out like this directly to his face on his podcast. Murray mostly on point in the debate, and here
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Tonight Trump also revoked the clearances of the law firm Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion win a $787 million defamation settlement against Fox (the election wasn’t stolen; Fox lied about that)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tonight Trump also revoked the clearances of the law firm Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion win a $787 million defamation settlement against Fox (the election wasn’t stolen; Fox lied about that)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I could literally quote every single sentence of this commentary, so I'm not going to - just read the whole thing.
And thanks, Dr. Bieniasz, for saying it as it is and showing true leadership. We need that from more scientists and scientific leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And thanks, Dr. Bieniasz, for saying it as it is and showing true leadership. We need that from more scientists and scientific leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are witnessing the destruction of science in America | Paul Darren Bieniasz
If we stay on this administration’s course, future life-saving medicines may never be invented
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I could literally quote every single sentence of this commentary, so I'm not going to - just read the whole thing.
And thanks, Dr. Bieniasz, for saying it as it is and showing true leadership. We need that from more scientists and scientific leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And thanks, Dr. Bieniasz, for saying it as it is and showing true leadership. We need that from more scientists and scientific leaders.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Cory Booker’s filibuster didn’t 'accomplish' anything. But by God, Cory Booker’s filibuster mattered.*"
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-cory-b...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-cory-b...
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Cory Booker’s filibuster didn’t 'accomplish' anything. But by God, Cory Booker’s filibuster mattered.*"
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-cory-b...
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-cory-b...
"It is, therefore, startling to realize that the list of people with whom I can no longer safely share a dinner table is growing, rather than shrinking."
~Sam Harris
substack.com/home/post/p-...
~Sam Harris
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Failure of Character
In recent years, I’ve watched several friends who I once believed to be good, or at least good enough, become ethically grotesque.
substack.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"It is, therefore, startling to realize that the list of people with whom I can no longer safely share a dinner table is growing, rather than shrinking."
~Sam Harris
substack.com/home/post/p-...
~Sam Harris
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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When I said "read Orwell" I meant "Politics and the English Language" and "What is Fascism?"
intellectualtakeout.org/2015/12/geor...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
intellectualtakeout.org/2015/12/geor...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
Politics and the English Language | The Orwell Foundation
"Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
www.orwellfoundation.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When I said "read Orwell" I meant "Politics and the English Language" and "What is Fascism?"
intellectualtakeout.org/2015/12/geor...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
intellectualtakeout.org/2015/12/geor...
www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
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“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“I got DOGEd” will go down in American history. Perhaps the most ignominious in the country’s near 250-years.
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"Make no mistake: Removing the U.S. general from the SACEUR post would be a soft exit from NATO leadership, even if Article 5 commitments remain on paper." Take it from a general who's worked with NATO before.
The Supreme Allied Commander Must Be an American
There’s simply no realistic alternative.
www.thebulwark.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Make no mistake: Removing the U.S. general from the SACEUR post would be a soft exit from NATO leadership, even if Article 5 commitments remain on paper." Take it from a general who's worked with NATO before.
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This is becoming a Matt Taibbi factcheck account… 🙃
A massive alt-media retcon has been happening re: Russia, which you are seeing reflected in the lies that Trump has begun to tell about Ukraine.
The strategy is to discredit established facts, smear messengers, & create alternate realities.
1/4
A massive alt-media retcon has been happening re: Russia, which you are seeing reflected in the lies that Trump has begun to tell about Ukraine.
The strategy is to discredit established facts, smear messengers, & create alternate realities.
1/4
February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is becoming a Matt Taibbi factcheck account… 🙃
A massive alt-media retcon has been happening re: Russia, which you are seeing reflected in the lies that Trump has begun to tell about Ukraine.
The strategy is to discredit established facts, smear messengers, & create alternate realities.
1/4
A massive alt-media retcon has been happening re: Russia, which you are seeing reflected in the lies that Trump has begun to tell about Ukraine.
The strategy is to discredit established facts, smear messengers, & create alternate realities.
1/4
“They will rub his nose into everything, like a messy puppy... Then he will sign whatever he is told to sign.” Host Evgeny Popov chimed in, “But first, Daddy will flog him.”"
Russian Lawmaker Predicted the Trump-Vance Ambush of Zelensky
On Thursday, State Duma member Oleg Morozov guessed that “Daddy” Trump would “flog” Zelensky at the White House.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“They will rub his nose into everything, like a messy puppy... Then he will sign whatever he is told to sign.” Host Evgeny Popov chimed in, “But first, Daddy will flog him.”"
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Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about the current geopolitical situation"
Sam Harris | #402 - The Geopolitics of Trump 2.0
Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about the current geopolitical situation.
www.samharris.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"Sam Harris speaks with Niall Ferguson about the current geopolitical situation"
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"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End)
YouTube video by Daily Stoic
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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For our Sunday post, we published this fascinating conversation between @aaronrosspowell.com and @noupside.bsky.social on the right’s powerful propaganda machine.
Don’t miss this. We’ve got both the audio and the transcript inside 👇
Don’t miss this. We’ve got both the audio and the transcript inside 👇
How the Right Uses Social Media to Create a Powerful Propaganda Machine: A Conversation with Renée DiResta
Countering its messaging will require opponents to learn from its strategies while restoring truth-telling and decency
www.theunpopulist.net
February 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For our Sunday post, we published this fascinating conversation between @aaronrosspowell.com and @noupside.bsky.social on the right’s powerful propaganda machine.
Don’t miss this. We’ve got both the audio and the transcript inside 👇
Don’t miss this. We’ve got both the audio and the transcript inside 👇
