The other day I saw a young person deftly jump the reinforced turnstile/gate at my suburban DC Metro stop and I was like, no I didn't.
"special" in a really bad way.
No rally-round-the-flag effect so far here in the US but possibly one emerging in Iran. Incredibly sad and also predictable.
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The single most American thing you can do is come to America with a burning desire to live in the land of your dream of freedom, crossing jungles and rivers and mountains and deserts because of your unshakable belief that a better life awaits through the golden door. That’s the core ethos.
The idea that America isn’t for everyone who wants to be an American is something that makes my blood boil. Posting a photo of yourself as a Congressman smiling next to these words is wicked. It’s antithetical to the concept of America.
Hegseth insistence on referring to U.S. service personnel only as "my brothers," guys, men, etc. is so incredibly disrespectful to all the women who have served and died in combat, including Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor, who was killed in Kuwait last week.
I saw them on that tour in August at RFK Stadium but sadly it was not the Pixies opening. It was Primus.
Yes! Sinners for the win in all its categories at the Oscars. It's truly about SOMETHING, unlike, say, OBAA.
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
Iran: Who knew that striking our Arab neighbors would make them angry?!
US: Who knew that starting a war in the Middle East would spike oil prices?!
Narrator: Literally everyone
As we approach Saint Patrick’s Day, it’s time for my annual, friendly, reminder that the Irish were never slaves so stop it with your bullshit about how “there was white slavery in America, too!” because no the fuck there wasn’t.
No deliberation occurred prior to the war's start by Congress on whether We the People Congress represents wanted a war at all much less wished to make sacrifices for a war.
My grandads were born in 1899 and 1904—too young for WWI service, too old for the rest. One owned/operated a hardware store in Chicago for ~40 years, played pool, and was a taciturn Republican; other was a self-taught oilfield chemist in Texas. He had polio as a kid, orphaned at 14, and loved FDR.
Interesting! My grandads were born in 1899 and 1904—too young for WWI and too old for all the rest. One owned/operated a hardware store in Chicago for 40 years and was a taciturn Republican; other was a self-taught oilfield chemist in Texas. He had polio as a kid, was a raconteur, and loved FDR.
I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
I joined from a melange of needed money for college, patriotism, wanting to understand what was actually happening, and needing some discipline/direction. Most I served with were similar w/ a surprising (to me) number whose choice were military or jail for misdemeanors. No wanton killers.
"Khamenei could have talked about economic development, the Non-Aligned Summit opening the following day, or any number of noncontroversial issues related to the U.N. ... Instead, he used the entirety of a rare meeting with the top U.N. official to indict the United States."
In January on the Current podcast, @asliaydintasbas.bsky.social asked Iran expert Suzanne Maloney what would happen if Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei died in a U.S. bombing campaign. Watch part of their discussion 👇
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I like to start this excellent thread here at the end, and then go to the start.
Never has so much US combat power been assembled with so little explanation to the public, allies, or Congress regarding why or how it will be used. Never.
Reduced immigration has played a major role in slowing U.S. population growth.
William Frey examines how recent declines are reshaping demographic trends nationwide, with most states experiencing slower, or negative, growth.
First public comment due tomorrow!
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No. If someone makes a movie of my work, it’s because that someone was a human who found something in the work that spoke to them — and that they felt would be a story that spoke to a whole AUDIENCE of actual humans.
beautiful.
Shattering and beautiful art. "On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” — a tribute and act of artistic dissent — at the Lincoln Memorial, followed by a guerrilla performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts." (Orig from Instagram)
R.I.P., Rev. Jackson. I shook his hand once in a parking lot in California. I was attending the 2000 DNC as an exhibitor and so while waiting in a giant line to get into the arena, way out in the car lot, he showed up and walked down the line of us, shaking hands with people. In the exhibitor line.
Sounds like at least two new steps interposed between a woman and her right to vote (for states that already require ID to vote, like mine does). Anyway, who has their birth certificate anymore?
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