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Masha Gessen: Rules for Surviving Autocracy
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Masha Gessen is a Russian-American dissident who writes for the New York Times and the New York Review of Books. She wrote this article right after the election, on November 10. This consists of her six rules for surviving an autocracy. Here are a few excerpts: “Rule #1:…
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The Latest Trump Twitter-Tantrum Alleges the Press Isn’t Covering Enough Terrorist Attacks
The Republican Party holds the majority in both Houses of Congress and is doing little to nothing to safeguard the U.S. Constitution from its lying, con-man president who won an obviously rigged election that favored him.
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WSJ: McCain Will Stand Up to Trump
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: While other Republican senators and congressman cower, Senator John McCain will not bow and scrape to Trump. The Wall Street Journal writes today (sorry, can’t find the link–if you do, send it): Sen. McCain has served notice he is the Republican lawmaker most willing to defy the new…
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The Nightmare for Everyone on the Planet that some Clinical Psychologists call A Dream Come True
If you are hearing about malignant narcissism for the first time, you may be wondering how is that different from narcissistic personality disorder or simply narcissism. Isn’t narcissism malignant in itself?
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Does Tulsi Gabbard represent the future of the Democratic Party and the United States?
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: I was introduced to another rising star in the Democratic Party today. Her name is Tulsi Gabbard. She represents the 2nd District of Hawaii in the House of Representatives; she is a combat vet and a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard. Tulsi is impressive; quite…
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The Scorpion and Frog Fable Updated
The worker is satisfied because of the promise, and they set out, but close to the opposite bank of the raging river Little Fingers Donald Trump stings the worker.
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A Clear and Present Danger to the Republic
Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: As a U.S. Marine, I came back from the Vietnam War in 1966, and PTSD followed me home like an evil, second shadow, and that PTSD conspired to wreck my life and drove me close to suicide a number of times. There was no support for combat…
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Mike Klonsky: Trump’s War on Civil Society
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: ? ? Mike Klonsky, a longtime political activist in Chicago, warns that the rise of Trumpism in the US and Europe signals a dangerous white nationalism that threatens the fabric of civil society. ? The rise and seizure of political and military power by a narrowly-based clique of white…
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A Petition by Members of the Technology Industry: Never Again!
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: This is an astonishing petition, created and disseminated within the technology industry, to protest the use of technology to carry out abhorrent policies against Muslim Americans, immigrants, and others who displease the incoming Trump administration. Please read the statement to see the links, recommended readings, and organizations. Some…
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An American talisman — Isham Cook
A talisman has appeared in 21st-century America, one with astounding magical powers. Fitting in the palm like a mini crystal ball, it can summon people on its screen to talk to live. To young kids submerged in the dreamy developmental phase of childhood, the shiny glass pebble must seem utterly bewitching and miraculous, a veritable […]
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