David Hurwitz

UNLOCKED Making Sense #443 - What Is Christian Nationalism? Our interview with Pastor Doug Wilson is now free for all

UNLOCKED Making Sense #443 - What Is Christian Nationalism?
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Ayn Rand was an atheist! While it is possible he is too ignorant to know that about his supposed idol, it seems truth is not uppermost in the mind of the reputed plagiarist and recipient of Russian state funding.

"The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind." -Thomas Paine, Crisis V. Paine's admonition was ignored by the hypocrites.

"The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind." -Thomas Paine, Crisis V. Paine's admonition was ignored by the hypocrites.

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International Student Resource Center

This is a new and invaluable resource for international students in the US, or anyone thinking of studying in the US

The International Student Resource Center

It has a wealth of information about how to navigate all of the procedures and barriers, plus up-to-date information on shifting policy

Thought on documenting things: chest straps to hold phones are quite cheap. Also, relatively recent used phones are inexpensive and wont be such a 'my whole life is on there' hassle or privacy risk if confiscated or smashed

Thinking outside the box.

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YouTube video by The Daily Show John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate” | The Daily Show

BEST INTERVIEW of the YEAR So far ???

John Fugelsang - “Separation of Church and Hate”
| The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU

Do sociopaths feel embarassment?

How big a deal is California’s Proposition 50? UCLA School of Law professor Rick Hasen — a leading authority in election law and the founding director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at the law school — dives into the nitty-gritty to explain...

How big a deal is California’s Proposition 50? UCLA Law professor and voting rights expert @rickhasen.bsky.social weighs in on the congressional redistricting measure: law.ucla.edu/news/how-big...

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"The actions yesterday - in which FBI Special Agents were terminated and then reinstated shortly after - highlight the chaos that occurs when long-standing policies and processes are ignored. An Agent simply being assigned to an investigation and conducting it appropriately within the law should never be grounds for termination. Director Patel has disregarded the law and launched a campaign of erratic and arbitrary retribution. FBI Agents deal in facts, and we urge Director Patel to do the same. When leadership abandons due process, it doesn't just erode trust - it makes the American public less safe. FBI Agents must be free to focus on protecting the American people, not fear losing their jobs over third party social media posts." (edited)

Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies.

Complete shambles.

"The words "So help me God" in the oath and the word "swear" wherever it appears above should be stricken out when the appointee elects to affirm rather than swear"

My pinned tweet through Presidents of both parties: Sen. Leahy reminds an appointee that federal employees swear an oath to the Constitution, not of personal loyalty to any one man or woman.

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Pretty scary that a dottering man who wrongly thinks Russia and China are testing nukes, who doesn’t know which part of his government is in charge of US nukes, and assumes they can be tested “immediately” has sole authority to order their launch.

It has done immense Service; I am told by good Judges that two thirds of this City and Colony are now full in his Sentiments;..." 2/2

On Feb. 19,1776 Ward wrote: "I see no Advertisement in the Providence Paper for reprinting common Sense; that Pamphlet ought surely to be distributed throughout all the Colonies if it was even at the public Expence: 1/2

A walk in the Sierras.

Carson Pass, California. 2025

Wish I could be there! I'm currently reading "A book forged in hell: Spinoza's Scandalous Treatise and the Birth of the Secular Age." Recently, while doing unrelated research, I found that under Thomas Paine's editorship, a 1776 review of da Costa's Autobiography was published in the Penn. Magazine

Funny you put it that way, because presumably (IF he is a sincere believer in at least HIS version of Catholicism), which is highly questionable, then the unspoken part may be that if she doesn't, he believes she will burn in hell forever.

None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"

President for Life Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

And once you've read that, please read this one, too.

A stirring warning from the former federal judge @judgeluttig.bsky.social:

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

How Apple Sold Its Soul to an Authoritarian Regime | @patrickmcgee.bsky.social , author of Apple in China

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The Coming Election Mayhem Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.

Extremely important reporting from @dgraham.bsky.social in The Atlantic’s latest cover story. (So important that we published it ahead of schedule.)

Must-read, out today: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Since the war began, UK support for Ukraine has been vital. However, UK firms like Glasgow-based #Seapeak still transport Russian LNG, helping to raise £127M for Russia. PM Starmer must end all UK collaboration. Sign the petition to help.

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And yet, the size of the nuclear arsenals seems to suggest the powers that be don't take the risks coming from using more than that 1% all that seriously.

Moreover, the classics that have come down to us are the result of copies of copies of copies & etc. Even when unintentional, the true versions are distorted.

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I kind of wish we could have a straightforward midterm election where every House and Senate race is about the single basic question of whether to impeach Trump and remove him from office for outrageous and unconstititional abuse of power. Let's see where the country stands. It would be clarifying.

The Origins of a Warning from Voltaire In my view, the widely encountered Internet quote does check out as very much what Voltaire was trying to warn us about in this passage.

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Voltaire on Capitol Hill: ‘Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities’ Houdon’s bust of Voltaire still dominates the entrance hall of Thomas Jefferson’s house at Monticello, and last week Voltaire was being quoted on Capitol Hill. In the closing arguments of the impea…

While Voltaire did not exactly write:

"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities," he did write:

"Truly, whoever is able to make you absurd is able to make you unjust."

@walterolson.bsky.social got it right!

voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/v...