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Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

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So now that we're in the absolute dead-zone of the #NBA calendar, I'm gonna highlight a few great local articles to revisit from last year. Starting off what will likely be a strongly Chicago biased thread is the legend, Sam Smith (formerly of the Tribune, now Bulls.com) www.nba.com/bulls/news/s...

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Gary Oldman as John Rawls

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George Orwell’s “1984” predicts a state of things far worse than any we have ever known. New Yorker By Lionel Trilling June 10, 1949 But, here we are…

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From December 2023: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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"Canada's relationship with the U.S. can't be saved" From the former vice chief of the Canadian defense staff nationalpost.com/opinion/mark...

submitted 7 days ago • 119 comments

The @telegraphnews.bsky.social says it has the document Zelensky was asked to sign www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 158 comments

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

submitted 7 days ago • 2726 comments

One of the most perceptive observers of our times, Jonathan Rauch, joins me to discuss Christianity's role in democracy. www.thebulwark.com/p/christiani...

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

Hugely thrilled by this - huge kudos to entire team @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @sonnybunch.bsky.social Tim (who I think is mostly Over There), @adamkeiper.com, @monacharen.bsky.social and of course the great @sykescharlie.bsky.social; glad to have shared occasional contributions.

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I haven’t lived through the collapse of a civilisation before I study history so I have read the guidebooks, but they don’t quite capture the experience of being there

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I've seen quite a few people saying Trump is going to lose out to Putin in negotiations over Ukraine. But nothing we've seen in the last decade indicates that Trump is remotely invested in a good outcome for Ukraine. He is invested in normalising relations with Russia.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

Good to see Charlie Sykes back in the podcast game. Getting back in the groove of things with Tom Nichols. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Looking forward to welcoming the great @sykescharlie.bsky.social to The Jim Acosta Show today at 4p ET/1p PT on Substack Live. You can watch later on YouTube and listen on Apple Podcasts. See you soon.

submitted 12 days ago • 73 comments

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Since leaving #CNN @jimacosta.bsky.social has been raising up on social media podcasts. Here's why... #BlueResisters The Jim Acosta Show - Wed. Feb. 12 w/ Charlie Sykes and Alexander Vindman. Watch here: 📺 youtu.be/XonnpyxXqJg?... 👇

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I agree with Charlie Sykes. I'd rather have fire ants attack my scrotum then watch Marjorie Taylor Greene on C-SPAN 2. (Or even on C-SPAN The Ocho for that matter.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Olivia Troye: Standing Up to Kash Patel open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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When so many others kissed the ring, Danielle Sassoon and her colleagues stood athwart Trumpism and shouted: Not on my damn watch. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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Behold the Strange Spectacle of Christians Against Empathy www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

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With all due respect: This is a terrible idea… removing a democratically elected official from office … even an awful one… w/o trial or conviction… While claiming o defend democracy… Backfire.

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Disgusting 🤮😡🖕

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www.mediaite.com/trump/axios-...

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What a disgrace. Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them. This is how democracy dies.

submitted 7 days ago • 868 comments

Tim O’Brien with Charlie Sykes - excellent illumination of Trump’s mind faced with current decisions. “Living in Donald Trump’s mind you find there’s not much in there other than a putter, a cheeseburger, a porn video and someone else’s credit card.” —Tim O’Brien youtu.be/KqBVejmtBn4?...

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NEXT Wednesday: Join the CCCCT for our first installment of the Marx 13/13 Keynote Lectures with philosopher Seyla Benhabib. Online from Zoom. February 19 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit marx1313.law.columbia.edu/seyla-benhab...

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Hi, Mark Zuckerberg. I have some beefs with Facebook. Well, I don’t really, since I’m not on Facebook. But I’m sure I would have issues if I were on. Anyway, to set things right please send $25m to my “WK Library and Museum” pronto. To keep it simple, just Venmo me the money directly. Thanks! 😊

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It's not a "pause." It's not a review. It's a naked power grab to seize spending powers from Congress. Russ Vought is the unelected bureaucrat who wants to contol all of the government's spending decisions. Make him famous. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/russ-vough...

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But chaos will be permanent www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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“Tulsi would look to whatever source of information made her out to be correct,” said a former aide. “It was annoying at the time; now being nominated for the top spy position in the country makes it dangerous.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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“Toward the end of the November dinner, Trump raised the matter of the lawsuit, the people said. The president signaled that the litigation had to be resolved before Zuckerberg could be “brought into the tent,” one of the people said.” They’re in the tent now. Cowards.

submitted 26 days ago • 55 comments

Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

submitted 26 days ago • 1630 comments

Wait till all the Trumpers call for their social security/medicaid/farm subsidy/veterans benefit checks and there’s no one there to answer the phone. Forget the price of eggs; these morons are tap-dancing barefoot on the third rail of American politics ….

submitted 27 days ago • 263 comments

I wrote a love letter to my mom and about her struggle with dementia www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738849...

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"If we were to dispense with birthright citizenship, we would erode the sense of equality that Americans enjoy and replace it with tiers . . ." Why America Needs Birthright Citizenship www.thebulwark.com/p/why-americ...

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Does the Law Allow Trump's Power Grab? www.thebulwark.com/p/does-the-l...

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You know what I wouldn't want in my army? 8,000 soldiers who won't obey legal orders. www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...

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Trump’s DEI Crackdown Is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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Excellent dissection of the pros and cons. Trump’s DEI Crackdown Is a Bad Solution to a Real Problem www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-dei-...

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The halt is part of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid last week, and instructs organizations overseas to stop distributing HIV medications bought with U.S. aid, even if they have already been acquired and have made it to local clinics. https://newrepublic.com/post/190773/trump-hiv-a…

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#NeverForget

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Breaking - Caroline Kennedy speaks out on RFK jr. calls him a “predator” www.threads.net/@jackuno/pos...

submitted 27 days ago • 381 comments

Excellent piece by @saletan.bsky.social: How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence www.thebulwark.com/p/how-republ...

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“It’s pretty clear that Trump is attempting to lay the predicate for broad deployment of U.S. military assets inside the United States and an unprecedented use of the military in domestic law enforcement.” www.thebulwark.com/p/two-words-...

submitted 31 days ago • 19 comments

Secret Podcast preview. I join JVL. You want dark, we've got dark. Also, JVL explains why as an Eagles fan he expects them to lose; I explain why as a former non-Redskins/Commanders fan who's now converted because of Jayden Daniels, I expect them to lose. Cheerful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xq0...

submitted 31 days ago • 12 comments