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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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"is this market manipulation?"

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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

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Det er jo lov å lure på hvem som visste om Trump sine planer og har fått en god fortjeneste på børsen? Nepobabys, soyttslikkere og broligarker juger og trikserom alt annet, så korrupsjon og insidehandel er vel ikke noe unntak?

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In many ways this was another horrific week. Like a terrible hurricane, the Trump dictatorship is sweeping more people into its maw while further destroying our public institutions and wrecking what’s left of our civil norms. Yet this week also featured 11 reasons for modest optimism.

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What Canada, Mexico, Japan, the UK, and the European Union should do in response to Trump’s grossly irresponsible tariffs https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-canada-mexico-japan-the-uk-and

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Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races. Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.

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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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TRÅD! 1/ Slik troller Det hvite hus i sosiale medier – gjør deportasjoner til underholdning

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March 27, 2025

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"Hei chatgpt! Jeg trenger en kilde til en påstand om at store skoler gir best læring" - er både praktisk, problematisk, og sier noe om hvor lett det kan være å finne forskningsbelegg for nesten hva som helst. Men så er det jo helt avgjørende at man faktisk sjekker om kilden du får oppgitt stemmer...

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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

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I’ve asked this question before. Now I’m SHOUTING it. Where the HELL are the Democrats? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-the-democrats

submitted 19 days ago • 294 comments

It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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March 18, 2025

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Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. They’re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

submitted 28 days ago • 133 comments

It may be too late for Hungary. Can we please do this in America before it's too late here?

submitted 31 days ago • 88 comments

March 15, 2025

submitted 31 days ago • 79 comments

«Jeg hadde ikke ord for å beskrive det jeg nå følte, og derfor gjorde jeg det eneste jeg i denne situasjonen fant det forsvarlig å gjøre. Jeg reiste meg opp og BRØLTE.» Kanskje vi er flere som burde gjøre det nå? Vekk følelser i etterlivet også, skjønt jeg tviler at du trodde på det, Dag Solstad!❤️

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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.

submitted 31 days ago • 941 comments

There is no point in Senate Democrats voting to fund the government only to let Trump and Musk do whatever they see fit with those funds. Dems should only vote for a continuing resolution if it stops DOGE pillaging and fully funds services. Call your Dem Senator 202-224-3121

submitted 33 days ago • 221 comments

Cartoon by Dave Whamond

submitted 33 days ago • 65 comments

«Aftenposten 13.3.25: «Det er verdt det, sa Lutnick, men la til at hvis det blir resesjon i USA, skyldes det tidligere president Bidens politikk.» Jepp, for Trump er jo et geni og gjør aldri feil…

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London streetart. #banksy

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Nearly 13 million people in the U.S. hold green cards. Tens of thousands more are here temporarily as foreign students and professors. All are now in danger of being arrested by the Trump regime if they exercise their First Amendment rights.

submitted 35 days ago • 97 comments

At least 20 Ukrainian civilians have been killed just this night by Russian missiles and drones. Hundreds of soldiers were killed on the frontline in recent days. These are the first results of the US suspension of military aid and intelligence to Ukraine: more deaths time.com/7265679/sate...

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"The two parts of Bezos' editorial line would be contradictory in practice. The 'free market' and 'personal liberties' would have to contradict one another in editorial decision-making, to the point that they could not be enforced together." snyder.substack.com/p/unfreedom-...

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Jeg trenger tips om butikker som selger ukrainske varer av alle slag – og hvor inntektene går til ukrainerne selv. Både på nettet (Etsy osv) og fysiske butikker #slavaukraini 🇺🇦

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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

submitted 44 days ago • 410 comments

Mer, ikke mindre satire. Her, Marvin Halleraker. Lik og del!

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Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

submitted 45 days ago • 1096 comments

Mer, ikke mindre satire- Dagens: Roar Hagen!

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En ønsker seg jo at flere sentrale republikanere reagerer nå, en gjør jo det. John McCain må snu seg i graven.

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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

submitted 46 days ago • 455 comments

The reckless Republican budget will be debated on the House floor today. It represents the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Children, families, seniors, hospitals and nursing homes will be devastated. House Democrats are a Hard NO.

submitted 49 days ago • 896 comments