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Martin Amis discusses the importance of political correctness and how it has done a great deal of good. We argue that the idea of being 'politically unconstrained' is just an excuse for being prejudiced and discriminatory.
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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From November 2024: "That is the main thing they are after now: your empathy. They want you to hate each other so you don’t hate them first."

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The End of Days Inn
What Trump’s team wants to do to America, and how to fight it.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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If you're not reading Lisa Needham on Public Notice, you're missing out.
New in PN: Trump tries to restore a grim era for workers

"Let’s pretend that unlike his first term, everything goes right, happens fast, and factories are ready to start pumping out products in record time. What would those jobs look like?

Bad. They’ll look bad. There’s no other way to put it."
Trump tries to restore a grim era for American workers
Make Black Lung Great Again.
www.publicnotice.co
April 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The SAVE Act is a poll tax.

Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act—all of which, except military IDs, cost money.

As @mcclellan.house.gov explained, whether it’s $1,000 or 1¢, no one should have to pay to vote.
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.

Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.

Incredible.
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM