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Retired high school and college English teacher
I wrote this days after Trump was sworn in. Reposting now.
The pro-democracy movement will not survive four years of Trump if its members cannot or will not stand up and do their work. The steps I have outlined are essential if that movement is to thrive. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...
From Marc | Donald Trump will insist on using the powers of the state to attack his political opponents.
Trump to America: Putin wants peace.
Putin to America: Trump is my useful idiot.
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Trump: "Mayor Muriel Bowser must immediately stop giving false and highly inaccurate crime figures, or bad things will happen."
Yesterday was a momentous day for American democracy, with the state of California having taken official steps to cancel out the U.S. House seats that the Republican Party is trying to steal in Texas. The Governor of New York is now hinting that she’ll try to do something similar. It’s exactly what we need. But…
Ukraine’s new Flamingo (FP-5) cruise missile, 3,000km range, 1,000kg warhead, can hit all major Russian bomber bases and vital oil refineries. Panic in Moscow is rising, with estimates suggesting Ukraine may already have hundreds, if not thousands, in stock. #StandWithUkraine
Tell me again how hegseth tattoos aren’t related to Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Podcast host Joshua Haymes voices range of extreme views and says liberalism a greater threat to US than neo-Nazism
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"There’s a whole literature about 'rent-seeking' that was supposed to be about third world countries, but now applies to us ... companies design their strategy not around what makes business sense, but around what will please the dictator. That can be a pretty significant drag on the economy."
"The thing that’s extra damaging now is the craziness."
