Sean McNall

I think Mamdani did an amazing job with Trump, he was charming & warm but also disciplined, on message. I also think it’s a mistake to think there’s a cheat code with Trump, that when he abuses someone, it’s the target’s fault… you cd do everything “right” & the man can still explode

Opinion | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption

If this behavior becomes normalized, it will erode trust in democratic institutions, damage the economy, and entrench kleptocracy in American governance. Ultimately, voters—and a politically mobilized opposition—are the last remaining check on Trump’s misuse of power.

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3.75 Kentucky Cycles?

The NEA has updated its Assurance of Compliance, a required declaration for all applicants, incorporating new, chilling language in a section related to anti-discrimination that places restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and gender-related programming:

“The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power.” – Julius Caesar

When leaders discard accountability and conscience, tyranny follows. Democracy depends on check authority, not unchecked rule. #RuleOfLaw #Democracy #Shakespeare

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” – Shakespeare’s Henry VI

A stark warning about the perils of dismantling legal institutions. In the play, it’s uttered by a rebel sowing chaos, highlighting that eliminating those who uphold the law paves the way for tyranny.

“Let them hang! Let them stab! Let them drown! Let them break!”

Shakespeare’s Coriolanus warns us: democracy dies when power is handed to those who weaponize fear and division.

You know people are really having a bad mental day when they're lashing out at Phil Williams, one of the best mainstream reporters when it comes to tearing down Nazi groups. I understand everyone is on edge but there's really no need to be so cruel to each other.

Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.

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After finishing The Zone of Interest, it occurred to me that as much as I admired it, I’d likely never choose to view it again. However, having listened to this episode I’m now eager to revisit it. Thank you.

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The final episode in our great political films series explores Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (2023), his haunting take on the home life of the man who ran Auschwitz. This is a film like nothing else.

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Building a theatre begins with moving earth.

“They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.”
— The Merry Wives of Windsor (Act 5, Scene 1

I know that "adaption" has been showing up in print since the early 17th century, but I bet that in the early 17th century they thought it was a typo too.

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“Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast” - The Comedy of Errors

Shakespeare’s line distills an essential human truth: joy is not measured by abundance but by the spirit of generosity and connection.

Did the Opioid Epidemic Fuel Donald Trump’s Return to the White House? New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the fentanyl crisis and the Democrats’ failure to respond to it. The Party was “a little too ready to dismiss the hubbub over opioids as partisan hysteria, and a little too slow to notice that people were actually troubled.”