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I like ratios, particularly those per capita ones. Meyrink was a German writer living in Prague. His sarcasm targeted arrogance esp. in academia & the military.
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A MORAL CRISIS “The rule of law is being trampled. Innocent people are being disappeared. Court orders are being ignored. If you claim to love this country—if you believe in the Constitution, due process, order, and justice—this must be your line in the sand.” Take 3 minutes. This is important.

submitted 7 hours ago • 217 comments

In der alten Welt würde eine Regierung, die irrtümlich einen Migranten mit Abschiebeschutz in einen ausländischen Gulag deportiert hat, alles tun, ihn leise zurückzuholen. Bei Trump muss er in der Hölle schmoren. Die allgemeine Verängstigung ist das Ziel. Die Botschaft: Jedem kann das passieren.

submitted 17 hours ago • 8 comments

between this and Chris Van Hollen saying he'll travel to El Salvador, congressional dems have entered the chat

submitted 17 hours ago • 56 comments

I can’t help recalling how rude and confrontational the Oval Office meeting with the polite and cooperative Zelensky was in contrast with how meekly Trump sat silently while the President of El Salvador mocked the notion of helping Donald abide by a unanimous Supreme Court order.

submitted 16 hours ago • 80 comments

Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.

submitted 1 day ago • 1334 comments

“Germany is willing to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, the country’s chancellor-in-waiting has said, as he stressed the need to put Kyiv on the front foot and force concessions from Russian President Vladimir Putin.”

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

The Lincoln Project just decimated Elon Musk with one ad...

submitted 3 days ago • 42 comments

BREAKING: 36k people showed up in LA for Bernie and AOC’s rally. In the off year. Americans are pissed — and anyone ignoring that is making a big mistake.

submitted 2 days ago • 1399 comments

This is what republicans christian nationalists beliefs are. 👇👇👇

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Captain Pavlo Ivanov, F-16 pilot, died during a combat mission today. Pavlo was 26 years old. Ukrainian F-16 pilots work in incredibly difficult conditions to defend their land and risk their lives every day. Eternal glory and eternal memory to Ukrainian Hero.

submitted 2 days ago • 175 comments

Sometimes a technology changes political and social spaces. I expect weaponized drones to make violent dictatorships impossible, but all our lives more dangerous too. Guns may become irrelevant. Haiti turns to weaponized drones in fight against gangs www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

🥴🥴🥴

submitted 6 days ago • 455 comments

President Trump is using the Abrego Garcia case to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop him from imprisoning anyone he wants anywhere else in the world never to be seen or heard from again. His dream is to preside over a police state. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...

submitted 6 days ago • 204 comments

Seems less scary than in the original German, but don’t be deceived michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/i...

submitted 5 days ago • 434 comments

Top level.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Kaja Kallas: ◾️"It takes two to want peace, but it only takes one to want war." It is clear that "Russia wants war." ◾️What is clear is that China is the key enabler or Russia's war. Without Chinese support, Russia wouldn't be able to wage the war in the amount that they are waging"

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments

This is good

submitted 5 days ago • 202 comments

Think about how much of an entitled prick you’d have to be to think calling other human beings “peasants” when you’re the Vice President is an ok thing to do. The world’s worst diplomat strikes again. Also: we don’t borrow money from them. That is nonsense.

submitted 5 days ago • 2128 comments

Once you get into business with the Mob, you can never get out.

submitted 6 days ago • 158 comments

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

submitted 5 days ago • 2278 comments

The US got what they voted for, a kleptocratic mob administration.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment