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A year ago, I wrote a review of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts," an account of the US Ambassador to Germany's tenure there in the early-mid 30s.

I shared lessons from the account that feel more relevant now than ever.

Here is a snippet of them:

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“Extreme politics acts as compensatory mechanisms to project masculinity when it is lacking otherwise.”
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"When the system protects those who look, think, and act like you, you don’t fear history—you assume it will always be on your side." @savannahlocke.bsky.social & @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social They leave us so much data - you just have to go through it.

The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.

I've be struggling to comprehend how the sweeping disruptions to federal programs and mountain of executive orders is having a real-time effect on people here in Indianapolis.

So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact.

Let's go.

NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.

By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

Trump indicates he would “declare a national emergency” and then activate the military against migrants in the United States.

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

Hang on, we're childless cat ladies or we don't want people to have pets to the point of "murder"??