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Commentator and nonfiction reviewer at medium.com. Author of The Straight Dope - What I Learned From My First Thousand Reviews (Free with Prime).
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"Perhaps the most important question facing human civilization has been ... what characteristics of human nature cause civilizations to so consistently choose the most dangerously inadequate and elevate them to positions of authority where they can inflict the greatest harm.” - Charles Pellegrino

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Idiocracy undersold it

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Life is good! And we're all gonna die anyway! Taco President Trump 47 USA tariff trade politics GOP Navarro Bessent Musk Ernst

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We have filed over 70 legal actions against the Trump-Vance administration and we're not slowing down. Judges nominated by both Republican and Democratic presidents have ruled against the administration's lawlessness. We'll continue to prove that in court.

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Nice country you have there. Be a shame if anything happened to it, don't you think? thehill.com/policy/inter... Canada Trump Dome extortion crime corruption Carney Rae missiles protection money

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RFK's gold standard study that is the epitome of evidence-based medicine cites totally made up, nonexistent studies, studies that have been completely mischaracterized, and studies where the authors deny ever having heard of them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Trump HHS health kennedy fraud

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Wow. University research can only be done at the pleasure of KOTUS (who has so little understanding of the world that no further research is necessary).

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Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' is the most dangerous legislation in U.S. history. Here's why...

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Is it perjury to swear an oath to a Constitution you’ve never read?

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Canadian woman IN TRANSIT through Washington DC to Brazil denied "entry" to USA because she didn't have a visa!!??? Canadians don't need visas to visit let alone transit through USA. Visit Canada. It is welcoming and safe. dailyhive.com/canada/us-vi... DHS ICE immigration border CBP politics Canada

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USA warns on lack of due process in Venezuela, while conferences cancel US dates and relocate to Canada where it knows participants will be safe. Welcome to the New Golden Age.

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This video is less than 7 minutes long and should be required viewing for everyone youtu.be/EwZWCk1ytPU

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The Tesla Cybertruck song is glorious. www.instagram.com/motorologist...

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TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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Source: Prime Minister of Canada #Canada’s #PM announces govt will strengthen #CBC, protect reliable #Canadian #publicforums, so we can tell our own stories in our own #languages; protect and #fund more #local news, including those with #Indigenous perspectives. #cdnpoli www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

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The rest of the world has learned to wait 72hr after Trump outbursts, because he reverses himself all the time. And to price and execute new debt before US markets open, because he manipulates them something fierce. Welcome to the New Golden Age - of duck and cover. finance.yahoo.com/news/72-hour...

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