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Hometown: Key West, Conch Republic 33040 Associate Professor of Political Science, Songwriter. "The [oligarchy] will not be televised." Fascism has been normalized in the U.S. This is the new normal. Enough people wanted this. This is what we have now.
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I’ll say this as many times as I have to. No tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself. Not a one.

submitted 25 days ago • 205 comments

Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works

submitted 32 days ago • 412 comments

WSJ EDITORlAL BOARD: “He’s treating the North American economy as a personal plaything .. It’s doubtful Mr. Trump even has the power to impose these tariffs, and we hope his afflatus gets a legal challenge.” www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

submitted 109 days ago • 80 comments

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

submitted 41 days ago • 464 comments

It’s incredible that now the *best case* scenario is basically Trump engaging in a humiliating climb-down, but having already inflicted permanent damage and uncertainty that never be undone.

submitted 61 days ago • 459 comments

The US has three branches of government: 1. The guy who does whatever he wants 2. The people too scared to stop him 3. The courts he openly ignores And introducing: 4. An impotent 4th Estate.

submitted 68 days ago • 21 comments

I knew Trump’s EO’s sounded Bill of Attainder-y!! “How could a president alone have the authority to issue by executive order what would be unconstitutional if enacted with his signature and congressional approval?” www.justsecurity.org/110109/presi...

submitted 74 days ago • 23 comments

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

submitted 82 days ago • 503 comments

"The [oligarchy] will not be televised." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-f...

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

“What President Trump is doing is insane. It is absolutely insane.” @steveliesman.bsky.social @cnbc.com

submitted 105 days ago • 82 comments

The Brutal American open.substack.com/pub/anneappl...

submitted 110 days ago • 10 comments

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

submitted 110 days ago • 485 comments

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

submitted 111 days ago • 1728 comments

WATCH: “I don’t give a fuck what the wears… Forgive us. I can’t believe what I just witnessed in our White House.” Powerful reaction to Trump & Vance ambushing Zelenskyy as Marge Greene’s bf Brian Glenn attacked him for not wearing a suit. Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2HmYxmH/

submitted 115 days ago • 280 comments

❗️ "Without the U.S. and our weapons, this war would be over in two weeks," – Trump. Zelensky: "I heard 'three days' from Putin. Now it's 'two weeks'."

submitted 116 days ago • 95 comments

It’s time for people of faith, morality, and conscience to hold the people in our lives accountable for their willing partnership with this filth. FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-may-nee...

submitted 133 days ago • 66 comments

DOGE is a virus that’s actively and maliciously spreading through the Federal Government. It’s a weapon to allow Elon Musk to take over the basic mechanisms of government and bring them under his power. A constitutional crisis is unfolding now. Here’s what’s happening & how you can fight back. 🧵

submitted 138 days ago • 8 comments

"Autistic people don't use burnout to be lazy. We are burnt out & struggling most of the time because the world is not designed for us." Find out more in @emergentdivergence.com's upcoming webinar Thur, February 20th 6-7:30pm GMT Tickets: buff.ly/4hshNLq

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe this can help someone: youtu.be/E5488fUMLXs?...

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submitted 225 days ago • 100 comments

Fascism is here. How did it happen? Francis Fukuyama, one of the most important scholars in my field, explains one reason: youtu.be/e3gnFu7mQVU?...

submitted 226 days ago • 0 comments