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From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
From Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free"
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
I first read it in November and I'm rereading it now. It crushing feeling the exact same things as this academic did. It's the same process.
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the joke that got Kimmel kicked off ABC isn't even at the expense of Charlie Kirk. the way the US is accelerating in fascism is truly scaring the shit out of me!
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
the joke that got Kimmel kicked off ABC isn't even at the expense of Charlie Kirk. the way the US is accelerating in fascism is truly scaring the shit out of me!
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
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honestly does seem like the basic dynamic in american politics right now is that a critical number of voters treat Democrats like their (nagging) mom or their (bitch) wife and treat Republicans like the “cool” dad or husband who is at best a deadbeat
June 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
honestly does seem like the basic dynamic in american politics right now is that a critical number of voters treat Democrats like their (nagging) mom or their (bitch) wife and treat Republicans like the “cool” dad or husband who is at best a deadbeat
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We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
June 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We bombed Iran without congressional approval and I still have chores and work and kids in sports and supper to make.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
Living through autocracy and another possible forever war while living day to day is wild.
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Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
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I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.
Trump declares war on cities
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
“We must expand efforts to detain & deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as LA, Chicago, & NY, where Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, & other Cities, are core of the Dem Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base”
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm trying to imagine a Democratic president saying openly and proudly that he would be sending federal agents to target the 'Republican Power Center' in Texas, Florida, and Tennessee. We would be in the midst of a civil war before he'd finished saying those words.
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The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight
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This! This! @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social the things we wrote in February seem so quaint now: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
June 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This! This! @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social the things we wrote in February seem so quaint now: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The enemy of my enemy is a deranged, dictatorial, dickhead with whom I have absolutely zero reason to align because my cause is freedom for all.
But, by all means, carry on and fracture MAGA.
But, by all means, carry on and fracture MAGA.
June 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The enemy of my enemy is a deranged, dictatorial, dickhead with whom I have absolutely zero reason to align because my cause is freedom for all.
But, by all means, carry on and fracture MAGA.
But, by all means, carry on and fracture MAGA.
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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
May 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious.
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Trump is having a hard time keeping his eyes open in Saudi Arabia
May 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump is having a hard time keeping his eyes open in Saudi Arabia
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Has anyone ever gifted you a plane?
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Has anyone ever gifted you a plane?
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it was not right that Hasan was stopped however his encounter seems to have ended when he asked if he was being detained. if this happens to you the script is simple
am I being detained?
If no: may I go
If yes: invoke the 5th
am I being detained?
If no: may I go
If yes: invoke the 5th
May 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
it was not right that Hasan was stopped however his encounter seems to have ended when he asked if he was being detained. if this happens to you the script is simple
am I being detained?
If no: may I go
If yes: invoke the 5th
am I being detained?
If no: may I go
If yes: invoke the 5th
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AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
May 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
May 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My love of reading is strongly link to this man…
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Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
May 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump's post is a federal crime. 26 USC § 7217.
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Raskin: Our chairman… How does one go from a libertarian railing about the deep state and the fbi and the doj coming down on the rights of the people to becoming a supine submissive authoritarian who votes against providing basic due process rights for the people against the government?
April 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Raskin: Our chairman… How does one go from a libertarian railing about the deep state and the fbi and the doj coming down on the rights of the people to becoming a supine submissive authoritarian who votes against providing basic due process rights for the people against the government?