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A new era of government censorship has begun. It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 145 days ago • 404 comments

🚨🚨🚨Blockbuster paper out today! Bear with me as I explain why this one is so important. 🤔 The economic anger about immigration is based on the false notion that immigrants take jobs or lower wages. A major misunderstanding behind this view is that immigrants only increase the supply of labor.

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Why are no headlines focusing on the unconstitutional and dictatorial nature of this action?

submitted 3 days ago • 1297 comments

I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.

submitted 3 days ago • 216 comments

Unique analysis and far and away the most powerful rationale for not going to war: www.theatlantic.com/internationa... American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The Atlantic

submitted 4 days ago • 31 comments

Might seem wacky. But appoint the right special counsel, and Trump gets official U.S. government report supporting one the key founding myths of his authoritarian movement: That the 2020 election was or may have been rigged. Useful as they prepare to rig 2028 under the guise of election integrity.

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“The president cares nothing for the military, for its history, or for the men and women who serve the United States. They are, like everything else around him, only raw material: They either feed his narcissism, or they are useless.” Read 👇🏻:

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

This is going to be an absolute must-read, as everything by either author tends to be.

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Outrageous backroom deal between Abbott and Trump after TX legislature refused to deny undocumented, tax-paying Texas residents the right to an education. I’ve met with many Dreamers who contribute to our economy as nurses, lawyers, teachers & more. These are our neighbors; they deserve our respect.

submitted 20 days ago • 4 comments

This is very bad Once they start screwing with the data, that’s the whole ballgame

submitted 21 days ago • 161 comments

"For 142 years, the merit-based civil service survived because both parties recognized that functional government requires professional expertise. That consensus is dead. We're watching the transformation of public servants into party servants, of a government of laws into a government of loyalty."

submitted 23 days ago • 22 comments

How bad will it be? Catastrophic. Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come. But, this is the WH's proposed budget. Speak up now before it is too late. (inflation adjusted $-s below)

submitted 25 days ago • 77 comments

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

submitted 25 days ago • 463 comments

This👇 is exactly right But I think it’s even worse than the hard working staff at Drezner’s World lets on. And will take longer to repair

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Ronnie Dugger revealed “the operations of the state Legislature, the courage and disarray of a pathetically small political opposition in the state, the effect on Texas’ culture of highly organized know-nothing groups working on civic clubs, school boards and high school government classes.”

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

On this Memorial Day, at a time when immigrants are being demonized, thinking of all Mexican & Mexican-American service members -& their families- in the US Armed Forces who sacrificed everything for their country. Their courage was remarkable, and the debt of gratitude Americans owe them is immense

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As Trump focuses on his trade war, Brazil and China forge closer ties: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed up to Xi Jinping’s vision of a multi-polar world, as Beijing expands its influence in Latin America. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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🎥 La ley presupuestal aprobada en la Cámara baja de EEUU por apenas 1 voto debe ocupar y preocupar a México en varios frentes, además de las remesas. Es en el fondo un mensaje palmario: si no los podemos deportar, haremos su vida imposible. Mi videocolumna @latinus_us hoy latinus.us/mexico/2025/...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

It’s crucial to keep emphasizing that these EOs were lawless. There was never a plausible argument they were constitutional. This administration has nothing but contempt for the constitution and the rule of law.

submitted 33 days ago • 48 comments

They unlocked the doors, turned off all the alarms, dismantled the guardrails, fired the watchers, and have damaged or removed endless safeguards across the spectra of our daily existence. All so, presumably, the rich get richer, and Trump doesn't have his feelings hurt with "bad news."

submitted 35 days ago • 21 comments

Even two months ago this would have been a leading US and international news story. Today it's already so normalised that its not breaking through.

submitted 35 days ago • 15 comments

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

submitted 41 days ago • 616 comments

Personalization, The Vastly Bigger Story Behind the Pimpmobile Jet Bribe talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/perso...

submitted 42 days ago • 76 comments

Fed or not? Hard to tell from this pic, but I say fed. Should this man think they are militia or vigilantes & resist, he will be beaten to a pulp & have added charges. 1/

submitted 45 days ago • 18 comments

Surreal corruption… this reporting deserves attention and plaudits

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

The scene is set

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Important thread

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A crypto company part-owned by the Trump family stands to earn millions of dollars from a business deal involving a state-backed investment fund from the UAE. The arrangement amounts to “foreign policy for sale,” critics claim. www.wired.com/story/as-tru...

submitted 54 days ago • 38 comments

Alarm bells should be ringing in the 2 other North American capitals & across the EU w/ the Mexican gov's new telecom bill seeking to control & censor media & digital platforms. Don't be fooled. It's yet another turn of the screw on the slippery slope of democratic erosion we've seen in 🇲🇽 since 2018

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"Mexico Struggles for Security under White House Duress" www.crisisgroup.org/latin-americ..., @crisisgroup.org

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"Trump DEA Pick Terry Cole Could Complicate U.S.-Mexico Relationship" www.propublica.org/article/trum..., Tim Golden @propublica.org

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Here's what I said for this story, which is very much worth your time. Because this flight was stopped, reporters have had the chance to actually dig into the government's claims of gang membership — and they are EXTRAORDINARILY weak.

submitted 56 days ago • 7 comments

We have not even begun to find a way to politicize the gross corruption of the Trump Administration. Just the outright firesale of impunity for people who pay him for it.

submitted 57 days ago • 21 comments