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For those of us with privilege, whether we choose to be an upstander or a bystander reflects our character. I always come back to the C.S. Lewis quote: "integrity is what you do when no one is watching." Except these days, and in these moments, everybody's watching.
What about the part where he blames Joe Biden and Obama?
SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
“GREAT & ACCEPTABLE”!!!
I get that Noem’s firing at DHS is important. But it only hints at consequences when she is given another assignment rather than her walking papers.
The “shit happens” presidency. Every real and potential consequence is met with a shoulder shrug.
I continue to be gobsmacked at 1) how common this formulation is 2) how antisemitic and generally bigoted it is 3) and how for all the talk of anti-semitism this is never cited as an example even though it’s quite literally the original incarnation.
The image, for one. Also the subtext feels like they’re suggesting anthropic is to blame for strategic missteps, including targeting.
It saddens me that I feel like I cannot rely on WaPo or other venerable outlets to report news in good faith.
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BREAKING: Local Person Solves Middle East With Canva Pro.
Max Scherzer's daughter wrote a heartfelt letter to the Blue Jays - and put a stamp on it.
I wrote about why her parents never sent it.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...
Evergreen statement.
The families and friends of the fallen would like a word. Curtains on this man and his administration can’t come soon enough.
This is actually a pretty good summary of where we’re at, and how we got here.
Trump starts a war with Iran that few Americans support
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Boebert: Mr. Epstein comments, "Hey, Hillary Clinton is much prettier in person."
Clinton: I’m not going to object to that.
So far we’ve heard 12 different primary reasons for the war, 7 different main objectives, and 5 different exit strategies.
The cartoonists always show us what’s up.
Image of explosions across Beirut, Lebanon.
Who could have seen this coming? Thousands will be dead and hundreds of thousands displaced by the end of this cynical distraction.
I’m sure there is a concept of a plan being conjured up somewhere.
Hegseth just shot down a DHS drone with a laser because he thought it belonged to a Mexican cartel, but let’s let him preside over a radical shift to unrestrained AI on our most advanced weapons systems. What could go wrong?
“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trump: “It’s the first year of my second term—should be my third term.”
Violating constitutional rules and democratic norms is so commonplace for Trump it’s an unremarkable parenthetical that will barely get reaction.
Congrats, USA. Well played, Canada. And 3 on 3 is a stupid way to decide a Gold medal.
Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation's most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at 84. Follow live.
This story alone makes the case for why we need a free press. :-)
The United States needs a Free Press: www.linkedin.com/posts/rbosmo...
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
In a moment that calls for courage, we get this:
