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Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides: Who cover faults, at last shame them derides. William Shakespeare It’s from King Lear but today it’s about Mitch McConnell

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gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

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I've been wondering about the base rate of plane crashes lately given how much they are showing up in the news. My takeaway is that the DC crash is definitely an outlier event, but the rest of the stories are strictly due to narrative gravity. There's actually been *fewer* this year vs. last year.

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Sinking the SS United States in the Gulf of Mexico - not a metaphor. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

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Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November. No newspaper would print it. It now deserves an outing.

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Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward. They can't just wish it away unless we let them.

submitted 22 days ago • 931 comments

America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting. My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️

submitted 23 days ago • 36 comments

All US Government flags to fly at half staff for 30 days following President Carter‘s death. This will include the inauguration. Well played Jimmy.

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My home, Canberra. So beautiful it takes no particular talent to capture. For one moment the sound of wind in the trees was louder than the traffic

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ADIEU, S.U.V.! #Paris Council demands that government of #France fully ban S.U.V.s in urban areas. Cars over 1.6 tonnes already pay 3 times as much to park in #Paris. eutoday.net/paris-calls-...

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In Swiss elections today, voters rejected a referendum that would have dedicated $5.6 billion to expanding highways & building new roads. Green & left parties, which argued instead for spending the funds on transit & active mobility, successfully campaigned against the measure.

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