Simonetta Liuti

Wag the Dog › Film synopsis Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands in the middle of a sex scandal. In need of outside help to quell the situation, presidential adviser Winifred Ames (Anne Heche) enlists the expertise of spin doctor Conrad Brean (Robert De Niro), who decides a distraction is the best course of action. Brean approaches Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman) to help him fabricate a war in Albania -- and once underway, the duo has the media entirely focused on the war.

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Welcome to the American petrostate I’ve long said that the obstacles to stabilizing warming below catastrophic levels aren’t physical or technological; they are entirely political in nature, and political obstacles can be overcome. But...

Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Nov 7, 2024
@BulletinAtomic

The U.S. is now a failed Democratic state. With the reelection of Donald Trump..the U.S. is now poised to become an authoritarian state ruled by plutocrats & fossil fuel interests.
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It’s disheartening to see the level of hypocrisy and political strain in some of the official responses from Europe, most strikingly Ukraine

World reacts to US strikes on Venezuela

I love to be with people here at the beach near the lab in Brookhaven because it is diverse, because it is equitable, because it is inclusive, fully embracing Colbert’s eloquent statement

Very disappointed in Sabine Hossenfelder’s endorsement. Either a complete lack of integrity on her side, or does she not understand the issues involved for good?

I don’t think @solymedia.bsky.social meant that

Have an opinion, speak it, it gets ignored. Rich white guy steals it, it gets heard. Sad but true.

“I don’t know how we’ve come to demonize the idea that people deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water and have access to environments that are non-polluting.”

The House & Senate majorities have immense responsibility for enabling this administration.

Every day. Every decision. They permit it. They enable it. They own it.

With Pope Francis gone - and I am not the religious kind - we are losing a pillar in the fight against the rising fascism around the world

We just walked out of the state of the Union. My shirt showed Trump an important message: NO KINGS LIVE HERE.

In the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement, I’m proud to have protested and walked out with many of my colleagues. This is NOT a normal time.

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Opinion | The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To (Gift Article) Amid an onslaught of bad ideas, Democrats need to muster a better vision for the future.

“Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones. His attack on the government has to be contrasted with a vision of how the system could work and should work — for the people, not the emperor-in-the-making.” — M. Gessen

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It’s kind of hard to post anything these days, trying to avoid platitudes. Hard rain is falling on us like in this gray winter day…What’ll you do now, my blue eyed son?

Hello everyone! This is my first post