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No to war in Iran!

Beshear is latest 2028 contender to write a book, focused on faith The Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky will rebuke “how faith has been hijacked” by Donald Trump and other figures, his publisher says.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear plans to publish his first book, joining a slew of potential Democratic presidential candidates releasing memoirs that could set up future campaigns.

The book, set to publish Sept. 22, will focus on Beshear’s Christian faith.

"[W]e perceive in the ashes imposed on us the weight of a world that is ablaze, of entire cities destroyed by war. This is also reflected in the ashes of international law and justice among peoples, the ashes of entire ecosystems and harmony among peoples." Leo XIV, 02/18/26.

As both reporters and administrators claim the original Clean Air Act never dealt with climate change, we might all take a look at Naomi Oreskes's 2024 article showing the exact opposite. www.ecologylawquarterly.org/print/climat...

Using a new economic geography approach, Cao Ting examines the impact of Chinese infrastructure investment in Latin-America. He finds that Chinese infrastructure investment in Latin America has significantly benefited the region economically.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts

"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe

MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:

“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"

@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC

The normies are radicalizing

The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s Jobs are stagnating, prices are skyrocketing, and many states are already in recession. But the president and his investor-class cronies don’t care.

The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s newrepublic.com/article/2018... via @newrepublic.com

No, they haven't. The media is just cowed. Even The Independent!

He also admitted he's going way beyond what he was elected to do.

Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”

More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Even W did a spot on Colbert after the 2006 WHCD

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Opinion | Kathy Hochul: Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani

Proof that left-liberal coalition still possible (and preferable to Brown-Red alliance). www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

FDU Poll Finds Sherrill leads by Single Digits in Governor’s Race

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But what happens when all the laws are already down? Do you then plant new trees to give the Devil the benefit of the laws you never benefitted from?

1/ Ok, a word to the good people of San Francisco. Guess what, on the renewables front we're both great and SUUUUUCK. As @billmckibben.bsky.social notes in this piece, SF is one of the hardest place to get through solar (and green appliance) permits. www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Opinion | Israel Must Open Its Eyes

Israel Must Open Its Eyes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...

Es legal que ICE arreste a los solicitantes de asilo en las cortes? YouTube video by La Voz Hispana CT

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Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state Italy agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enou...

Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/va...

Democrats Catch a Break in North Carolina Roy Cooper can flip the Senate seat

Democrats should fully embrace a big tent party, one that has a place for Cooper AND Mamdani. Democrats need both vs. corrupt oligarchy, No one expects a Mamdani to run in NC or Cooper in NYC so why attack a candidate who is suited to his jurisdiction?

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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

How The Restraint Movement Lost Its Way The restraint movement's attachment to Trump has compromised its ability to offer a credible alternative to American foreign policy orthodoxy.

www.liberalcurrents.com/how-the-rest...

Hey! Check out my piece in @liberalcurrents.com today critiquing the movement for restraint in US foreign policy.

My argument is much less about the ideas of restrainers (which I agree with in many areas) and more about their institutional failings, esp the/

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.

Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? forward.com/opinion/7575...

How to solve a refugee crisis There are always some good people who try to help out when disaster strikes. Tents, blankets, medicine and food enable refugees to survive at a minimal level. But none of this solves the underlying qu...

How to solve a refugee crisis | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/how-to...

YouTube video by Breaking Points Saagar X Andrew Schulz: Do You Regret Voting For Trump?

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Thom Tillis isn’t mad — but he is prepared to tangle with the ‘disrespectful’ The North Carolina Republican senator sat down with Semafor to discuss his pre-retirement conversation with Trump and his views on his leverage now.

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