David Potter

YouTube video by Keen On Why Julius Caesar was anything but Trumpian: How Rome's 'Dictator' Actually Saved Roman Democracy

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ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses The agency responsible for President Trump's mass deportations agenda is launching a recruiting campaign.

No money for Medicaid but lots for the SS.

ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses elkodaily.com/news/nation-...

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He's too stupid to know what the word means in this context (like his boss who said he didn't need an intelligence briefing because he was smart)

Today in Ann Arbor

"Trump’s narcissism is exceeded only by his relentless quest for victory.Trump can’t win this battle, and he won’t. But his sheer ruthlessness is far more anti-American than anything going on in Harvard Yard."

Noem on Habeus Corpus. She says all that needs be said about the capacity of the current administration: www.facebook.com/share/r/16dw...

Harvard Law School’s ‘copy’ of Magna Carta revealed as original - Harvard Law School British researchers have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300.

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This discovery seems especially poignant in the current situation at Harvard. Pity Trump and his handlers don't understand the deep roots of the rule of law based on the institutional limitations on autocracy.

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s.... So possible extraterrestrials not working for Trump.

Roman Empire Skeletons Found Under Vienna Soccer Field Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome battled Germanic people nearly 2,000 years ago.

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Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in Group Chat With Atlantic Journalist The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

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White House claims this isn’t a problem. A new demonstration of criminal incompetence

Letter: Thucydides and his Melian Dialogue — an explainer

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Trump cabinet: Who has joined his team so far? Trump's latest picks include a former NFL player, a House legislator, and Wall Street financer to lead housing, labour, and the treasury.

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He wanted to name the
Gulf of Mexico after himself but
Bay of Pigs was already taken 😂

Very true

Saw Gladiator II tonight. Like all good Latin epics it relies on allusion to create a sensible plot. Reality irrelevant.