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This is absolutely wild! Anti-immigration politics in some red states is engendering a society where the act of voting can be punished with a custodial sentence "A new law in Tennessee makes voting for a sanctuary-style policy a felony punishable by up to six years in prison" Source: The Economist

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I was led to believe that the two most important issues to American voters were the price of eggs and the risk of dementia in an aging president.

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Art can be revolutionary. But any work of art is not inherently revolutionary. In fact, a lot of art is revolutionary by accident. As in "It's not what you look at, it's what you see" in an artistic work, as an observer.

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Back to the blog writing board aucontrairevoltaire.com/2025/02/05/a...

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Collins: He said that Canada is going to be implementing a $1.3 billion border plan, where they talk about reinforcing the border. I should note that's actually something that was announced back in December

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Does this help explain how they work? Because this is exactly how they work.

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Question: Why do you hate immigrants who pay taxes and admire billionaires that don’t.

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I really would not be surprised if there is a chart like this hanging up somewhere in the West Wing

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I have to return some videotapes

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Olivia Rodrigo rocks and the music snob in me is not ashamed to say it! Women are making the best and most interesting #music and it's been that way for the past 10 years.

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"Beyond all this good is the terror The grip of a mercenary hand When savagery turns all good reason There's no turning back, no last stand Heart and soul, one will burn" It's a singular mark of a man who can compose something at once beautiful, but also terrifying.

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Night night ❌ ichigan

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#Trump swears an oath to uphold the US Constitution during his inauguration, like every President before him, and then just moments later signs an executive order which is flagrantly unconstitutional. It's quite the new height of shamelessness and audacity in #politics

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We should normalise calling #Trump's anti-immigration and expansionist policies and objectives "Lebensraum 2.0". The fascist cycle of history #Lebebsraum2

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I need to be more active here and stimulate some flowing juices (...eeewww terrible choice of words) Recommend so interesting and insightful people to follow on the subjects of music, current affairs, art, social commentary and humour, please

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Daniel Ash from #Bauhaus and #LoveandRockets is the most underrated guitarist in rock music. Can't change my mind

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