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Hysterical red baiting has been an engine of the rise of fascism. Will there ever be a liberal reckoning over this?
Just saw a video of Bill Maher calling Mamdani a “straight up communist” and I continue to be struck by the depiction of policies associated with the New Deal Order as far-left extremism, which goes along with a refusal to depict Trump’s unprecedented authoritarian actions as far-right extremism.
Hysterical red baiting has been an engine of the rise of fascism. Will there ever be a liberal reckoning over this?
Just saw a video of Bill Maher calling Mamdani a “straight up communist” and I continue to be struck by the depiction of policies associated with the New Deal Order as far-left extremism, which goes along with a refusal to depict Trump’s unprecedented authoritarian actions as far-right extremism.
Dr. Dmitri Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC says that RFKJr said he believes that Avian flu should be allowed to "burn through" the chickens and then children and others, so we can propagate a "stronger species". RFKJr believes in eugenics.
RFKJr needs to resign or be fired.
People were saying "5% of the population dying is worth avoiding restrictions" and people pretended not to hear them
Huge judgement. Volkswagen ordered to pay R$165 million for using slave labor in the Amazon during the 1970s-80s.
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/08/volk...
Justiça do Trabalho condenou Vokswagen pelos episódios ocorridos entre 1974 e 1986 na Fazenda Vale do Rio Cristalino
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
“[Lisa Cook] was very vocal in a field where many people are sceptical that race and gender matter,” said Claudia Sahm ... “If you stand up and say it out loud, there’s a target on your back.” on.ft.com/45FGL6Z
Economist’s legal showdown with the president will have sweeping implications for US central bank
A lot of us have been struggling to reconcile our criticisms of Fed independence with the fact that defense of the Fed is, at this moment, critical to the defense of liberal government. Tooze’s latest grasps this nettle more firmly than anything else I’ve seen. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists.
Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter.
We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
Join some Nobel Laureates and sign this petition to remove RFK Jr. from office. He is a danger to the people of the United States and a national security threat.
www.change.org/p/demand-rfk...
Demand RFK Jr. Resign: Petition for a Healthy America
