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A skeptical historian of the evolution of Judaism and Christianity, from a scientific anthropological perspective. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Evidence should precede belief. Crazy, right?
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What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?

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I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

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“.. has played golf nine out of the 30 days that he has been president ..” www.thedailybeast.com/trump-golfsa...

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

submitted 4 days ago • 617 comments

Well said, Joe. To understand today's Trumpists, we should heed the lessons in Daniel Goldstein's 1996 bestseller "Hitler's Willing Executioners-Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust." There is no red line, no daddy-leader depravity that will turn the lemmings from the cliff

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Well said. A great book to illustrate current Republican inclinations is the 1996 bestseller "Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust" by Daniel Goldhagen. Similarly, there is no redline for trump cult members, no limit to their support of daddy-leader's depravities

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

submitted 9 days ago • 240 comments

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

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Musk claims they are combating waste and fraud, but U.S. government already has the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an independent, nonpartisan agency that audits, evaluates and investigates government programs for Congress. in 2023 the GAO returned $84 for every $1 invested in it.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

No notice by for-profit/Big media, big surprise. Should be the lead story on all channels

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The United States is no longer a democracy, a rule of law jurisdiction, a constitutional republic, a reliable trade partner or a faithful ally. The defeat of the U.S. at the hands of fascist Russia is complete.

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submitted 19 days ago • 38 comments

Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

submitted 19 days ago • 2319 comments

A lesson as we look to the future

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

So. Yeah. It was #DEI. That damned #Quasimoto. Why did #Obama hire him to run the tower? We all know only umblemished white men can polish bells and keep ropes tight. Otherwise #God gets angry and throws #helicopters at #airplanes. Or #something.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

if dems dont all just blame trump for this and fill the void, the voters that decide elections will think the plane crashed bc of dei

submitted 23 days ago • 54 comments

the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”

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