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Dumas' FATHER was born to a French count and an enslaved African women in Haiti. The Père was then brought to France, was educated, served in the military, etc.

"The Black Count" is a fantastic book about him.

His son is the author Alexander Dumas, and he based Count of Monte Cristo on his Dad.🇭🇹

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

a photo of brilliant cartoonist Dan Moynihan with his work who passed away recently.

Dan Moynihan was a super nice guy, whip smart, and drew amazing comics. He passed away a few days ago. We are gonna miss him dearly and his family needs your help.

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Good read.

I hope Brian’s right; but the key is planning NOW for how to use committees if the Dems get either house of Congress, and on to 2028.

Just remember when they make false claims that #NoKings hates America - it's because they think THEY represent America.

Demographically, that's 100% false.

In 2016, John Cena teamed up with Love Has No Labels for their We Are America​ campaign. 👇🏼

I'm sure the stats are even more diverse today. ✊🏼🇺🇸

it’s possible to skydive without a parachute. in fact, you could probably do it every day for the rest of your life

Megachurch pastor and ex-Trump adviser pleads guilty to child sexual abuse Robert Morris to serve only six months in county jail after charged with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with child

The former spiritual advisor to a guy who bragged about watching underage girls change and who is actively suppressing the release of incriminating information about him in the Epstein files... just pled guilty to assaulting a 12 year old girl. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

Why not just link to the blog post?

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Mario Guevara

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

Hot dang! that’s so much better than my old gig!

The Jewish community had a generally mixed response. In the aftermath, many Jewish figures and organizations spoke out against violence and for gun control while denouncing Rockwell's beliefs.[30][45] Journalist Harry Golden called the murder deplorable,[45] and Samuel Samuels, the leader of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, said the killer "has done a great disservice to the nation in the elimination of Rockwell by making a martyr of a despicable enemy of America."[30] Arthur Lelyveld, the president of the American Jewish Congress, called Rockwell "a nuisance rather than a menace to American institutions", but said that the AJC "condemn the use of violence, even when it is directed against the enemies of democracy".[30][45] Ted Weiss, commented that he abhorred Rockwell's views but that "this violence has no political discrimination. [...] It hits left and the right, the young and the old. This carnage has to be controlled. How much longer do we go on killing people senselessly?"[45] Benjamin Epstein of the Anti-Defamation League stated that the ADL, one of Rockwell's "prime targets, hopes his killer will be brought to justice", but that it was "ironic that a man who for so long advocated and incited violence and trained his followers in the use of firearms, should himself reach a violent end".[45]

Interesting paragraph on the Jewish response to the 1967 murder of the US neo-Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell, who was shot by a disgruntled member of his own movement.

if by “american hamas,” she means “scapegoat to justify terrorism on american masses,” then yes.

I like to pronounce it “Fuck-o’s Pendulum”

I'm seeing some people post this and not realize this is PART of the radicalization. Building an audience from reasonable sounding videos and converting them into the pipeline. Weiss is doing this now as I get The Free Press ads about things like "low tech parenting" and workout fads.

Spencer Kuvin, Epstein's victims' lawyer, says the FBI interviewed 40+ girls, some just 14, and prepared a 54-count indictment. Then came the secret plea deal that let Epstein walk. Those interviews are in the files. Kuvin says Alan Dershowitz scoured the girls' MySpace pages to smear them as liars.

Graham Greene, Canadian Actor Who Portrayed Indigenous Characters, Dies at 73 The First Nations actor, who appeared in "Dances With Wolves" and other Hollywood blockbusters, remained active in Canadian film, theater and television.

I hope when Kevin Costner dies his obituary identifies him as “American Actor Who Portrayed White Characters”

aw maaaan! I thought you were going to sing the whole soooong!

the way firefighters treat property when lives are on the line is precisely how cops treat lives when property is on the line

there’s a massive push of dialogue by the ultra-wealthy (who would benefit if we, the masses, were unable to defend ourselves from private armies and co-opted national defence systems) to make us all violently terrified of each other. but go ahead and blame this one on guns? I guess? or the transes?

The authoritarian checklist It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy

New, from me:
America is no longer a functioning democracy. It is a competitive authoritarian system, hurtling rapidly toward authoritarianism.
This was a hard piece to write but we can't move forward if we don’t acknowledge where we are.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

I admit I don't follow this world too much -- I pay attention to the main fascists not the pseudo intellectual fascists.

But here's Curtis Yarvin, who JD Vance is reportedly a "disciple" of, arguing for the institution of slavery. He tries to dress it up in bullshit, but its slavery.

yes, yes. I *know* noah was impossibly old when he died. my point is, he *died*

yes, but consider this; uta-napishtim is superior to noah not only by dint of being a *much* older story, but by earning himself and his wife *immortality*

“replacement theory” is just another way of admitting without saying aloud that they’re afraid to become a minority because of possible reciprocation of their treatment of minorities for… always.

Oprah Winfrey counting beautiful young virgins she fed to Harvey Weinstein like David counting Philistine foreskins: just 100 and you can own the king’s daughter!

“Among the innumerable mortifications which waylay human arrogance on every side may well be reckoned our ignorance of the most common objects and effects, a defect of which we become more sensible by every attempt to supply it. Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things when they are shown their form or told their use; but the speculatist, who is not content with superficial views, harasses himself with fruitless curiosity, and still, as he inquires more, perceives only that he knows less.” — Samuel Johnson, the Idler (Sat, 25 Nov. 1758)

finally reading J. E. Gordon’s “structures: or why things don’t fall down”