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Where have I seen this before, oh right.
December 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Where have I seen this before, oh right.
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Oh my god
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Oh my god
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Aim is to advance “America first agenda”
Africa is the continent most affected by the removals, with ambassadors from 13 countries being removed: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda.
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Africa is the continent most affected by the removals, with ambassadors from 13 countries being removed: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda.
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Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully...
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Aim is to advance “America first agenda”
Africa is the continent most affected by the removals, with ambassadors from 13 countries being removed: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda.
apnews.com/article/dipl...
Africa is the continent most affected by the removals, with ambassadors from 13 countries being removed: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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60 Minutes CECOT Segment Axed by Weiss (Aired in Canada)
YouTube video by JayyRodd
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December 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
I don’t self-promote enough, so here goes: check out my review of Brandy Schillace's The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story. It's an incredibly well-researched and accessible work on the politics of gender and sexuality prior to and during the rise of Nazism - with chilling relevance to modern America.
Weiss on Schillace, 'The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story' | H-Net
Schillace, Brandy. The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story. : W.W. Norton & Company, 2025. x + 340 pp. Ill. $31.99 (cloth), ISBN 9781324036319. Reviewed by Ben Weiss (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Sc...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I don’t self-promote enough, so here goes: check out my review of Brandy Schillace's The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story. It's an incredibly well-researched and accessible work on the politics of gender and sexuality prior to and during the rise of Nazism - with chilling relevance to modern America.
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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I didn't manage to write the newsletter yesterday, but I have a strong idea I'm working on this morning - fleshing out the thought that the trans rights movement's greatest strength in the face of a sudden, cruel backlash is the large cohort of people who transitioned between 2010 and 2020.
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I didn't manage to write the newsletter yesterday, but I have a strong idea I'm working on this morning - fleshing out the thought that the trans rights movement's greatest strength in the face of a sudden, cruel backlash is the large cohort of people who transitioned between 2010 and 2020.
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Things are grim in the American academy. Even if a program is in the black, universities only want the study of:
1 AI
2 AI
3 AI
4 Finance
5 AI
6 AI
7 AI
8. PR (w an AI minor)
9 Roman history (as a MOOC co-taught by JD Vance and Joe Rogan)
10 AI
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
1 AI
2 AI
3 AI
4 Finance
5 AI
6 AI
7 AI
8. PR (w an AI minor)
9 Roman history (as a MOOC co-taught by JD Vance and Joe Rogan)
10 AI
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UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
dailytarheel.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Things are grim in the American academy. Even if a program is in the black, universities only want the study of:
1 AI
2 AI
3 AI
4 Finance
5 AI
6 AI
7 AI
8. PR (w an AI minor)
9 Roman history (as a MOOC co-taught by JD Vance and Joe Rogan)
10 AI
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
1 AI
2 AI
3 AI
4 Finance
5 AI
6 AI
7 AI
8. PR (w an AI minor)
9 Roman history (as a MOOC co-taught by JD Vance and Joe Rogan)
10 AI
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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It's a whole of government effort to eradicate trans people from society. This is just the first step. They're coming for all of us.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's a whole of government effort to eradicate trans people from society. This is just the first step. They're coming for all of us.
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Meanwhile, I am still in therapy talking about the racism I witnessed in a hiring process and simply didn’t have the votes to stop
The way hiring is rigged against Black candidates is fucking wild, up to and including just saying completely racist shit to people’s faces during the interview.
The way hiring is rigged against Black candidates is fucking wild, up to and including just saying completely racist shit to people’s faces during the interview.
The fact that it at least anecdotally seems to be a semi-regular practice to tell white people a minority got the job in order to soften the blow of rejection really should put the elite woke panic into perspective.
December 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Meanwhile, I am still in therapy talking about the racism I witnessed in a hiring process and simply didn’t have the votes to stop
The way hiring is rigged against Black candidates is fucking wild, up to and including just saying completely racist shit to people’s faces during the interview.
The way hiring is rigged against Black candidates is fucking wild, up to and including just saying completely racist shit to people’s faces during the interview.
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Trump’s immigration agenda is rooted in racism. Ending Temporary Protected Status for predominantly Black and Brown nations tells you exactly who this administration is targeting. Racism is not immigration policy, and we deserve better.
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Trump’s immigration agenda is rooted in racism. Ending Temporary Protected Status for predominantly Black and Brown nations tells you exactly who this administration is targeting. Racism is not immigration policy, and we deserve better.
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NOT GOOD 🫠
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
JetBlue pilot narrowly avoids 'midair collision' with Air Force plane near Venezuela
A JetBlue Airways pilot said he narrowly avoided a "midair collision" with a U.S. military aircraft that entered his flight path.
abcnews.go.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NOT GOOD 🫠
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
‘the air traffic controller noted not seeing the military aircraft on their end, as it had the transponder off and was not transmitting its location.
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the pilot said, according to ATC recordings. "They passed directly in our flight path ..."’
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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In order to "protect women" Texas made it so that women have to go through armed guards with an ID check. They literally created a potty police.
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In order to "protect women" Texas made it so that women have to go through armed guards with an ID check. They literally created a potty police.
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“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.”
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Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy
The university is investigating whether the second instructor engaged in "viewpoint discrimination."
www.advocate.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.”
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
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"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
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it has to be the case that they are already trying to figure out how to circumvent grand juries
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
it has to be the case that they are already trying to figure out how to circumvent grand juries
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The people smiling and nodding while Trump makes racist comments about Somali folks
OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:
Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
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December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The people smiling and nodding while Trump makes racist comments about Somali folks
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life