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Alan Cole

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Retired prof of Chinese Buddhism. If you like your histories of religion on the spicey side, have a look at my (fairly) recent Patriarchs on Paper: A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature (UCal Press, 2016). Into art, lit, music, and history.

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A president who has the power to send an innocent human being to a foreign concentration camp, but claims he lacks the power to bring them back, is committing the crime of false imprisonment.

12.04.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27688    ๐Ÿ” 6986    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 728    ๐Ÿ“Œ 204

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.

03.04.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11752    ๐Ÿ” 2384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States WASHINGTONโ€”Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a โ€œhighly credible terrorist threat,โ€ the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...

FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

03.04.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24140    ๐Ÿ” 5349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 309    ๐Ÿ“Œ 325

"Waltzโ€™s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world" No wonder they added a stray journalist, I have problems keeping track of just a handful of signal groups.

Also: WTF???

02.04.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1393    ๐Ÿ” 326    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

So let me get this straight: as he was framing Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic as lowlife scum for accurately reporting on him, Mike Waltz was frantically checking his _19_ other secret, national security-threatening Signal chats to make sure he hadn't accidentally invited any journalists to those?

02.04.2025 19:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11963    ๐Ÿ” 2977    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 82

Bless Cory Booker for staying up all night to speak out against these evil morons. This is the kind of fight that we are all looking for.

01.04.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32239    ๐Ÿ” 4525    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 417    ๐Ÿ“Œ 157
Monty Python - Hitler Scene
YouTube video by ramm91 Monty Python - Hitler Scene

I believe Monty Python saw it that way -- see Cleese doing a Hitler speech on the balcony is classic. Jump in at 3:40.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQkc...

31.03.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | For Godโ€™s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump (Gift Article) The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.

Senior partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, a firm of 115 lawyers, write: "partners at big firms โ€” who often earn millions a year โ€” must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession & the rule of law itself is at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

30.03.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9343    ๐Ÿ” 2447    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 175    ๐Ÿ“Œ 91
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Is "unusual" really the best the New York Times can do?

30.03.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23434    ๐Ÿ” 5017    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 293

Right, there was a lot of technical military jargon in Hegseth's comments that I doubt are part of his regularly vocab.

29.03.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What's with the Megyn Kelly soft-porn vid on the front page of the NYTs? How did we get here?

29.03.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.

29.03.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32521    ๐Ÿ” 8762    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 859    ๐Ÿ“Œ 331
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Yep

28.03.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49563    ๐Ÿ” 15367    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 746    ๐Ÿ“Œ 595

Ok, but does he bring his mommy to these sensitive meetings?

29.03.2025 04:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth included wife in sensitive meetings: report In a report by the Wall Street Journal, Hegseth is accused of bringing his wife to two meetings involving foreign officials.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Included Wife in Sensitive Meetings: Report https://twp.ai/1Vddde

29.03.2025 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 121    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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RFK Jr. Says Heโ€™s โ€˜Having Funโ€™ on Day He Axes 10k Jobs - NewsBreak Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was โ€œhaving funโ€ on the same day he announced the Department of Health and Human Services would cut 10,000 jobs. The remark

RFK Jr. Says Heโ€™s โ€˜Having Funโ€™ on Day He Axes 10k Jobs
Source: TheDailyBeast
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28.03.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 257    ๐Ÿ” 139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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Judge Says DOGE Has No Right To Sensitive Personal Data Held By Federal Agencies Read more here.

A federal judge ruled that DOGE has no right to access sensitive personal information at various government agencies, including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, banking and income information and more.

29.03.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8817    ๐Ÿ” 2590    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 341    ๐Ÿ“Œ 162

These people were totally compromised before they even made it to their desks, the first day.

27.03.2025 02:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gabbard is so shameless and seemingly indignant -- she has something of Pol Pot about her.

27.03.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

27.03.2025 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64677    ๐Ÿ” 20506    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1633    ๐Ÿ“Œ 971

I had legit completely forgotten this.

25.03.2025 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42732    ๐Ÿ” 13097    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1626    ๐Ÿ“Œ 639
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Let it begin.

26.03.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33249    ๐Ÿ” 5879    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1989    ๐Ÿ“Œ 512

Hegseth, Waltz and company texting war plans to a reporter on signal is just the tip of the iceberg. This whole administration is full of incompetent, inexperienced, and unqualified clowns. Our national security is compromised in ways weโ€™re just beginning to understand.

25.03.2025 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37029    ๐Ÿ” 9573    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1520    ๐Ÿ“Œ 493

John Ratcliffe, Director of the CIA, didnโ€™t identify the risk, didnโ€™t take appropriate action.

25.03.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein

25.03.2025 18:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51848    ๐Ÿ” 10448    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 518

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