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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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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
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 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...
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Who benefits from globalization?
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Who benefits from globalization?
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With multiple tariffs looming, farmers who support Trump grow nervous www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
With multiple tariffs looming, farmers who support Trump grow nervous
President Trump draws strong support from farm states. But the prospect of a trade war sequel has farmers who voted for him on edge.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
With multiple tariffs looming, farmers who support Trump grow nervous www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
February 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
THIS is good trouble!
Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.
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From United Humanists on FB
February 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
From United Humanists on FB
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Trump Unable To Focus In Meeting As Pressure Of Booking Kennedy Center Summer Jazz Series Looms
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Trump Unable To Focus In Meeting As Pressure Of Booking Kennedy Center Summer Jazz Series Looms
WASHINGTON—Amid efforts to prove himself as an effective chair of the performing arts organization, President Donald Trump was reportedly unable to focus in a national security meeting Friday, distracted by the pressure of booking the Kennedy Center’s upcoming Summer Jazz Series. According to sources, the sound of his Cabinet members’ voices was essentially white noise […]
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February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump Unable To Focus In Meeting As Pressure Of Booking Kennedy Center Summer Jazz Series Looms
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
Probably rehired with a fat bonus from HHS 'savings'
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/e...
Musk to rehire Treasury DOGE staffer behind racist posts after Trump endorses idea
Marko Elez was on the DOGE team formed by Elon Musk and tasked by President Donald Trump with cutting federal spending and reducing the government workforce.
www.cnbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Probably rehired with a fat bonus from HHS 'savings'
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/e...
Certainly no need to protect consumers financially nowadays. 🧐
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Russell Vought Taking Over as New Acting Head of CFPB
The agency’s union raised alarm over DOGE access to sensitive data of banks and individuals.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Certainly no need to protect consumers financially nowadays. 🧐
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...