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I read the world symbolically, through archetypes, to uncover what is hidden or not immediately visible. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters" Benjamin Franklin
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On Feb. 2, I published this Lucid essay, "A New Kind of Coup" about the Trump-Musk partnership. From my work on coups and #Strongmen I knew intuitively that this was an autocratic innovation. lucid.substack.com/p/a-new-kind...

submitted 5 hours ago • 20 comments

No no no! These university leaders don’t get it. If you negotiate one on one you don’t buy peace; you just expose the whole sector and yourselves to more shakedowns. See law firms. The only response is to unite in collective action and fight the Admin’s illegality. www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

submitted 9 hours ago • 67 comments

The inevitable trajectory: Helping trans people is problematic > helping Palestinians is problematic > helping any marginalized people is problematic > helping poor people is problematic > helping people who are struggling financially is problematic > helping anyone but billionaires is problematic.

submitted 8 hours ago • 34 comments

Back when I was an antipoverty policy nerd, asset tests were one of my things. They suck. 10 years ago I was criticizing Maine's rightwing governor for planning new asset tests. Newsom has jumped the shark. www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...

submitted 20 hours ago • 51 comments

Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway: collecting data on every American, potentially to wield surveillance powers over us. And the administration has been very quiet about these efforts. https://trib.al/IYmRKt2

submitted 23 hours ago • 22 comments

Trump-envy is a disease that has spread among Democrats. Some of it is relatively mild and benign. But more extreme cases lead pols and consultants to argue Dems need to go Trump-lite to win. That's a terrible mistake. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/why-dems-hav...

submitted 23 hours ago • 14 comments

He spent much of 2024 claiming that he was done with political spending while he was spending literally hundreds of millions of dollars to elect Trump. You have to be a grade A mark to take his claims that he's stepping away from anything at face value

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

THIS👇

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

As the Buddha says "when you meet the father, kill the father" In simpler words- young people challenge the old, and think for yourselves. Destroy idols and fake gods. That is what young people do. Peterson can't take being challenged, and acts like the "father."

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"The provision inside the BILL that neuters the federal courts is even worse. It would remove the last remaining constraint on Trump, and thereby effectively end American democracy. In other words, with this single measure, Trump will have crowned himself king."

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Supreme Court rulings on independent regulatory agencies rarely make waves. But this one should. By blessing Trump’s illegal firings, the Court has signaled it’s ready to shred 90 years of precedent. Austin Sarat explains.

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

@theguardian.com, keeping guard. Save this, you will need it.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...

submitted 6 days ago • 203 comments

“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far. In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...

submitted 7 days ago • 113 comments

I only wish the Dem establishment was smart enough to understand why AOC is seen as the leader…and to embrace it…and to realize those pushing back on her and her message are the problem.

submitted 7 days ago • 38 comments

"Rob from the Poor" because it's easier than ever. Using new instruments that lack transparency, such as crypto (made easy through the Genius ACT voted by some Dems as well)-- just go ahead and crush people, who not only don't know what is happening to them, but who have no recourse for change.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Growing the business of crime everyday: "The criminal infiltrations into victims’ computers were “controlled and deployed” by a Russia-based cybercrime organisation that has infected more than 300,000 computers around the world particularly in the US, Australia, Poland, India and Italy."

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

“You’re going to lose your health insurance because Trump and all the greedy motherfuckers who hang out at his golf course think you and everyone like you are a bunch of leaches. They’re gonna scheme and lie and break the rules to get this bill passed, and pocket all that money.”

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Phang: It’s time for federal judges to acknowledge that they have lifetime appointments—and that should give them the courage to uphold the rule of law, but also to put some damn teeth into the court orders they’re issuing. it’s time that we start seeing action from the judiciary. Grow some balls

submitted 9 days ago • 882 comments