Michael Kaplan

Those would be Chomsky’s
filters 1 & 3

the lesson here is that we need a lot more skilled agitators

which begs the question of whether students think this sounds fine

devaluing Palestinian lives by exchanging nearly 4000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds convicted of violent crimes, for *hostages* including women, children and elderly people held in appalling conditions with the sole aim of influencing maximum suffering.

Infrogious Basterds

If I ever start a Substack, I will call it “Beyond the Paywall”

Just as Noem intended

Why resolve an issue when you can simply endorse the unitary executive without making any clear decisions?

really more of a DC type

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genocide:

yeah if you're a Biden-to-Trump voter, you signed up to fight your fellow Americans. that is literally what you did.

no one is on FB anymore; it's too popular.

when you're not too embarrassed to trumpet your involvement with the AGI boondoggle in your profile…

idk. when you're deliberately causing inflation, doesn't that mean you have it under control?

I came here as a refugee from totalitarianism in 1978, only to discover that most Americans I met were *eager* to sell out democracy to indulge their bigotry. that seemed to change for a while decades later, but that has turned out to be a mirage.

so, like The Athletic but for politics?

now that Armenia and Cambodia are enjoying peaceful relations, Trump deserves a Nobel.

so hedge funds moving heavily into treasury basis trading is fine, right?

one of my favorite places in the country

umm, maybe find a better way to frame this? Trump is not "helping" anyone. this is like saying "here is how rapists are helping women learn self-defense."

if you voted for Trump, you are not Christian

instead of arguing about whether MCM deserves the Noble Peace Prize, we should be arguing about whether the prize should exist in the first place.

"I have people skills!"

I used to drive out of my way en route to New Trier to go by the temple every morning. it just made me so happy to see it coming around the bend.

Democracy is the freedom of being represented, and to enjoy the spectacle of representation.

Make it Chicago deep dish

So I’m watching a random episode of Chicago Fire, which I’ve never watched before. I see a shot of an apartment building on fire and immediately think “That’s in Hyde Park.” A few minutes later another shot momentarily shows a street sign: Hyde Park Blvd. You can take the boy out of Chicago…

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no, Democrats are not looking for candidates "willing to position themselves" as opposing Trump. they're looking for leaders to oppose Trump. not everything is a branding strategy.

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

leave it to the #BrokenTimes to frame organizing resistance to authoritarianism as a campaign gimmick