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This by @hooks.bsky.social, about Trump's Greenland fixation, is a thoughtful musing on his second term and this moment of frenetic ferment in American politics. "Why are the Americans doing this? My worry is that the answer is simple: We're bored." newrepublic.com/article/1947...

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Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain. Words by @hooks.bsky.social Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social

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We sent @hooks.bsky.social to Greenland and he came back with a story about imperial folly, the return of the 19th century, and just what Donald Trump and his cronies are really up to there. It's the best thing I've read about Trump's second term newrepublic.com/article/1947...

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For the June issue of The New Republic, I went to Greenland and Denmark to think through Trump’s annexation obsession, Trumpworld’s love of the 19th century, why my country keeps hitting itself in the head with a hammer, and the world‘s best bar (Daddy’s, in Nuuk)

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This from @hooks.bsky.social is a rip-roaring piece of magazine journalism like from the old days. And yes, the @newrepublic.com sent him to Greenland! And he did reporting while there! newrepublic.com/article/1947... via @newrepublic.com

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"So many Americans live in a demon-haunted world, with unreal dangers in every corner." @hooks.bsky.social You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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On Pulitzer announcement today, remember that journalism still matters. It will always matter. For example, I just found out I’m cited on the German Wikipedia page for the Philly cheesesteak

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Park Slope trip report: there’s a Lambo outside and a private party inside my empanada loca

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Wanna hear something crazy? Eggs are cheaper in Greenland than they are in the U.S. No chickens within ~1,000 miles. Bottom row is $4.78 for 15

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my friends made a short documentary that raises a lot of questions youtu.be/8m78pjnAtNI

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[trying to order food at a restaurant] um, unfortunate this is paywalled

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Breaking: kalebhorton.ghost.io/good-lord-i-...

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Unbelievable. After fifteen years of continuous warfare and the expenditure of tens(?) of millions of dollars to halt it, the Texas House has once again elected a Republican speaker with more Democrat votes than Rs. 85-56, Dustin Burrows wins.

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The 89th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off today. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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this doesn’t seem right to me but I’m not sure I have the standing to argue

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happy new years. I mean it won’t be but hope springs eternal 🙏🏻

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had never before read the inscription on the grave of Thaddeus Stevens. born 1792. what an absolute freak of nature. maybe the greatest to ever do it

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Good news. They’re putting up a building just for the dames

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this is the greatest possible Christmas gift a white boy can receive

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For two decades, the only real political fight of consequence in Texas is over the identity of the Speaker of the House. We'll have the fourth one in six years in January: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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Leader McConnell encountered a new voidspace in the sleep-like rest he aspirationally calls his "Dreamtime." He has huddled with his cabinet of warlocks to determine a response should it reoccur. He has been cleared to resume his schedule.

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Feels like political hardball for a lot of Dems just means protecting people you like. This is why you still hear folks saying Franken should have stayed. Beyond being wrong in principle, this kind of thing doesn't actually build Democratic power. This isn't realpolitik; it doesn't hurt the right.

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Should Texans hope that their statewide leaders join the Trump administration to vex all Americans a little or stay there to vex them a lot? A debate: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

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you show at unexpectedly at your girl’s place and this is in the driveway. wyd

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back in far west Texas for the first time since the pandemic and my charging station has tumbleweeds

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Squirtle has been compromised to a permanent end.

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trying out a new feeld bio

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sir. sir, you will answer the question. did you kiss a mollusc with a little lipstick on it

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This is a historic shift — the EU is going to require local factories and technology transfers from Chinese companies that want to qualify for the EU’s green subsidies. China once required similar transfers from Western companies that wanted access to the Chinese market www.ft.com/content/f4fd...

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