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Momentary hopefulness.

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The party of family and Christian values. www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

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Steven Levitsky read Dr. Garber’s letter before a class about authoritarianism and democracy. “It looks like Harvard has decided it’s time to fight,” he said when he began. The room of about 100 students, he said, erupted into applause.

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"We proceed now, as always, with the conviction that the fearless and unfettered pursuit of truth liberates humanity—and with faith in the enduring promise that America’s colleges and universities hold for our country and our world.” - Harvard’s president Alan Garber

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Approach each day with the childlike wonder of a New York Times reporter reading a new press release from a demented 30-something right-wing basement blogger wholly devoted to the reversal of civil rights

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Some Jewish people feel gratified to hear the president say he’ll defend us, but today’s ruling authorities will not be good for the Jews.

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That’s why the “instrumentalization of Jewish fear” is so pernicious. Those who attack people like Mahmoud Khalil today will be breaking bread with the “Ausländer raus!” folks tomorrow. They will seek new targets. Who’s next?

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Packed the streets in several cities? Come on NY Times, do better.

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He bankrupted casinos and several businesses. Why is anyone surprised about the tariffs?

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You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

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Wow - to Trumpers, white South Africans are worthy of refugee status, but all others "keep out?"

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Knowing history is essential to overcoming current challenges. Please read. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

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Explain it to me. Musk committed a felony in Wisconsin and is not being arrested why?

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Slimy, lying cretins are running this country. Argue with me.

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Tell me again how voting for Trump doesn't make you a racist. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

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Imagine...

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Thomas Paine wrote in “Common Sense” in 1776, “in America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”

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My sentiments exactly.

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Joe Biden on life support would have been better than this

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No kings.

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90 million people didn't vote in 2024. I would like to know who they would come out to vote for, and then we can run with that candidate and win. Right?

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"Horwitz, who was born in Munich in 1984, is the child of a Holocaust survivor. 'I grew up with this idea that I could always go to the U.S. if the Nazis came back,” they told me. That no longer seems like an option.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

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"Everybody should do their own thing." The fish stinks from the head.

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Tell me again why people believe that a man who ran a fake university, bankrupted casinos and is prohibited from doing business in NY due to corrupt business practices will do anything other than ruin the economy? Right. Cult. Got it.

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Mr. Green, who is Black, also put his protest in the context of the civil rights movement. “I remember what it took to get me in this House — I’m not here because I’m so smart,” he said. “I’m here because people made great sacrifices, and it was incivility, it was disruption.”

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Perfection.

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This piece by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social at the NY Times nails it. "Trump Derangement Syndrome...a term often used by people who study cults to describe ideological formulations that short-circuit critical thinking." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/o...

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A president should help people rise above their base instincts. Trump encourages base instincts.

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Nobody uses the word mistruth. Using it is ridiculous.

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Finally, @jamellebouie.net calls a lie a lie & a liar a liar. "And Donald Trump’s past behavior tells us that he is a liar who will say whatever he needs to get a vote." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/o...

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