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Autocrats vs. Democrats: In the News & On Air
Clips and takeaways from recent discussions about my new book
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30.10.2025 16:28 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Powell: "If you listen to the reports of big public consumer-facing companies, many of them are saying there's a bifurcated economy and that consumers on the lower end are struggling and buying less and shifting to lower cost products, but that at the top people are spending."
29.10.2025 19:02 — 👍 1305 🔁 349 💬 107 📌 55If you told the average American this time last year that the border patrol chief would be doing barely-disguised nazi salutes while communicating “we will not be stopped,” they would think you’ve lost it. And yet, we are here.
29.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 35 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 2
The US Attorney who authorized the plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, sat for his first deposition with House Oversight and defended his decision to sign off on the federal non-prosecution of Epstein. Katie Phang brings us some of the most damning details of Acosta’s deposition.
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We are $38 trillion in debt, millions are about to go hungry, and he's busy building himself a gilded ballroom.
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Kardinal Marx im Fokus neuer Missbrauchsstudie
"Eine Studie der Uni Trier kritisiert das Versagen der Bischöfe im Umgang mit sexuellem Missbrauch im Bistum Trier. Besonders unter dem damaligen Bischof Marx gab es Defizite – dieser räumt Fehler ein und reagiert... "
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in evading justice or in continuing harmful behavior.
Mandatory Minimum Penalties for Federal Sex Offenses - Published January 2019
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I conclude that the main problem lies with republicans who are willingly protecting a sex offender: for this reason the law should be expanded to include provisions holding individuals legally accountable if they knowingly protect, assist, or support convicted sex offenders
30.10.2025 15:38 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Nuclear testing isn’t something you greenlight in a post, but turning national security into a fear show is how authoritarians rule.
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Trump's efforts to put a blindfold on the Federal Reserve so they would have no data during the Shutdown to know how poorly the Trump Economy is doing to harm Americans, backfired.
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Russian attacks on #Ukrainian civilians in the areas closer to the frontlines are "systematically coordinated actions" - a report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Ukraine presented to the UN General Assembly.
📹: Shelling of Kherson by Russian forces
Great, thank you.
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Adverse effects of herbal drugs in dermatology url: academic.oup.com/bjd/article-...
30.10.2025 11:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Pence is right about one thing.
Chump Should Never Be President
Of The United States 🇺🇸........
Despite fully knowing who Trump was before 2016, Pence was still eager to become his running mate.
30.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's surprising how often projects are undertaken by Republicans that offer little real benefit or necessity to the public.
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The house was built by the Reagans and meant to be the California governor’s mansion, but no state leader has ever lived there.
29.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 737 🔁 172 💬 67 📌 14There is no indication of whether any brain matter was found beneath the cranium.
30.10.2025 11:13 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Trump's perception of 'dirty lies' may stem from a lack of historical knowledge or understanding of the law—both of which may also be influenced by his declining memory—ultimately leading his followers down a dead-end road.
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I’m grateful to Steve Gardner for introducing me to the concept of "confirmation bias"—a valuable lens for understanding how people often process health information in ways that can hinder progress. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Ys...
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The Fed's data blackout has deepened during shutdown.
The lack of information is especially troubling now, with the central bank facing so many mixed signals on the economy.
Everything has an end.
As J.R.R. Tolkien reminds us, even Sauron’s dark power crumbled when the One (golden) Ring was cast into the fire.
A photo of a juvenile great horned owl flying toward the camera against a dark background. The owl's legs are extended down, its tail feathers are fanned, its eyes are big yellow saucers, and its wings are almost entirely out of frame.
My single greatest regret in life is that I wasn't able to get more of this great horned owl's wings in frame when it surprised me on a trail.
#owls #wildlife #birds #nature 📷
I once lived among the majestic barn owls, screech owls, and great horned owls of California.
29.10.2025 20:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0He really needed an MRI as far back as 2017.
An MRI in 2017 could have made a significant difference.
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
