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Rupert Chapman
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Archaeologist and Lover of English Literature
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SlaughterHouse 9
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SlaughterHouse 9
The Unitary Executive Theory Ascendant – Sort of
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December 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Slack jawed Nepo Mogul
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David Ellison appears to be mortified that CBS/60 Minutes is “going rogue” by covering the news and by keeping him “in the dark” about a segment critical of Trump.

Because Ellison doesn’t realize that’s how it’s supposed to work.

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Sources say Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has told people close to Trump he was unaware of the broadcast until the day it ran, as was Jeff Shell, president of Paramount Skydance, and Weiss. • "They're saying those guys went rogue and when Paramount Skydance found out about it, they were caught flatfooted," said one person with direct knowledge of the matter. The sources say paramount's brass insists that "60 Minutes" staffers kept them mostly in the dark about the controversial interview that aired Sunday night - which provoked Trump to declare that Paramount Skydance and its management "ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP." "Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE!" Trump added of the Ellisons.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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The Unitary Executive Theory
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The Unitary Executive Theory
Thoughts on constitutional history
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December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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90 Years Since Its Discovery, a Stone Age Human Still Holds Lessons
A paleoanthropologist reflects on England’s oldest human cranium—and what its changing interpretations say about science.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
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Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order
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December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her
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December 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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December 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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AD FREE: How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order
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December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Opinion | This Is What It Looks Like When Your Coalition Is Coming Apart at the Seams
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December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Republican Women Suddenly Realize They’re Surrounded by Misogynists
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December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Why does Tucker Carlson hate Britain?
His garish fantasies about our country are starting to infect our own conservative movement
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December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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In the autumn of Salman Rushdie
The author’s late style in The Eleventh Hour, his new collection of fiction, reveals a venerable writer displaced by time
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December 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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England's literary Catholic converts
Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene thought it was the “real” faith even when they disliked it
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December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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World War 3 began some time ago.
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‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
From digging trenches and building walls, to learning survival skills, Poland is increasingly aware of risks posed by its eastern neighbours
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December 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
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December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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December 6, 2025
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December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care
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The Three Dumbest Republican Self-Owns on Health Care
How the party hurts itself, its voters, and the country.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Liberals: Stop the Masochism
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Liberals: Stop the Masochism
Why liberalism romanticizes the Forgotten Man and is reluctant to take its own side in the fight against authoritarianism.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Talking With Paul Kedrosky
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Talking With Paul Kedrosky
So, about this AI thing ...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Trump’s Authoritarian Innovations by Ruth Ben-Ghiat @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/zNYyvUO
Trump’s Authoritarian Innovations
Ruth Ben-Ghiat examines three additions to the autocrat's playbook that set the US president apart from his contemporaries.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Connections and Conflicts With Seals in a Scottish Archipelago
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Connections and Conflicts With Seals in a Scottish Archipelago
An environmental archaeologist investigates deep-time, mythical, and contemporary relations between seals and Orkney Islanders.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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From the Editorial Board: The impulse to help families is worthy. But a program that delivers money 18 years from now while adding to today’s debt burden isn’t a solution to the affordability crisis parents face today.
Editorial: ‘Trump Accounts’ give babies a boost — but do nothing to help parents with today’s costs
The impulse to help families is worthy. But a program that delivers money 18 years from now while adding to today’s debt burden isn’t a solution to the affordability crisis parents face today.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
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December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM