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Political scientist, co-host of Words Matter podcast, contributor to The Contrarian

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Kristi Noem is out.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/kristi-noe...

06.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

This such a great organization. Thanks for promoting it, Norm.

06.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this. I was an extemporaneous speaker along debaters at our high school in 1975 this is great for kids learning how to speak civilly and research facts.

06.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! 100% of the kids who go through this debate camp graduate high school, compared to 60% of other kids in the area. And all of them who want to go to college get scholarships. @normornstein.bsky.social

06.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immutable Students from Washington D.C. push themselves to become top-tier debaters and change their lives.

And here

www.pbs.org/video/immuta...

06.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Washington D.C. Urban Debate League Students Lives are Changed Through Debate | Immutable
Washington D.C. Urban Debate League Students Lives are Changed Through Debate | Immutable YouTube video by Well Beings

Our wonderful documentary on debate, immutable, is now available for streaming at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASeD...

06.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Grrrr
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06.03.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 0

9 PM Eastern. But not every PBS station will be carrying it then. It will stream for free at pbs.org.

05.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Preceded by this enjoyable interview on 1A.

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Another guess the last letter
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05.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 0
MAGA Senator BREAKS Marine's Arm At Hearing
MAGA Senator BREAKS Marine's Arm At Hearing YouTube video by Really American

@normornstein.bsky.social

youtu.be/0u0YnodC1BM?...

05.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

05.03.2026 02:15 πŸ‘ 812 πŸ” 236 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

One thing about these big camp systems is that they inflict a tremendous amount of harm through sheer momentum. When a system is built to be both negligent and punitive, it tends to cause suffering by default.

05.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 736 πŸ” 258 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 7
Survivor SPEAKS OUT and REVEALS Epstein’s DARK SECRETS
Survivor SPEAKS OUT and REVEALS Epstein’s DARK SECRETS YouTube video by Katie Phang

Dani Bensky was a 17 year old ballerina when she met Jeffrey Epstein. His horrific abuse scarred her for life. And yet, she continues to publicly share her experience so that the β€œsecrets are brought out of the shadows.”

Please listen & share this incredible conversation.

youtu.be/Ta49VohT2lo?...

04.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 2698 πŸ” 1116 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 39
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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred Gov DeSantis from designating CAIR as a terrorist organization and punish those who associate with the group.

β€œOnce again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment,” Judge Walker writes.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

04.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 8869 πŸ” 2651 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 124

An absolutely essential column from @jilldlawrence.bsky.social. We have learned nothing.

04.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

οΏΌοΏΌ Actually, Tom Cotton is not stupid. He is just venal and evil.

04.03.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 152 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4
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PBS: Public Broadcasting Service Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

Our Remarkable documentary on urban debate, Immutable, will be broadcast on many PBS stations Friday night. But it will also be available for streaming at pbs.org and add this YouTube link

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASeD...

04.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Perfect

04.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

To paraphrase the great LA Times columnist Patt Morrison: "Among the bottom-feeders of the House, no one scrapes his chin more than James Comer."

04.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

In the Lickspittle Olympics, James Comer is a serious medal contender

04.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Up is down. Black is white

04.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 1784 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 8
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Kristi Noem Misled Congress About Top Aide’s Role in DHS Contracts Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Noem denied that Corey Lewandowski had any role in approving contracts. But internal DHS records and interviews with current and former agency staffer...

NEWS: Kristi Noem misled Congress yesterday.

She said that Corey Lewandowski isn't playing a role in DHS contracts.

That's not true.

(N.B. She's testifying today in front of the House. Someone might ask her about this.)

www.propublica.org/article/kris...

04.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 476 πŸ” 128 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 4

Are they applying it with a roller?

03.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 262 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 5

Jenna Griswold played a key role in arguing for Trump’s 14th Am Sec 3 disqualification from the presidency after he was found guilty in a state court of insurrection agnst the Constitution. That she wasn’t the oral advocate is obviously irrelevant. Accusing her of misleading anyone is indefensible.

03.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 449 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

Make sure he is under oath.

04.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

So another gift to Vladimir Putin

04.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump’s war just blew up his own talking points about cheap gas and the 50,000-point Dow.

πŸ“Œ Oil is surging.
πŸ“ŒThe Dow is sinking.

You cannot pound the war drum and promise discount prices at the same time.
#TrumpsWarOnOurEconomy

03.03.2026 20:06 πŸ‘ 755 πŸ” 293 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 7

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