Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Thanks, J.D. Protect women and girls: release the Epstein Files!

Vance: "If you're a man and you see the pleading eyes of a girl looking up for protection, then we have to protect our girls and our women in this country."

Day one of our sit-in. Bring back the hostages and end the war!
Like David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil's Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in in Greensboro NC, it is time to stop and say enough is enough.

Thank YOU—not least, for injecting what should be common sense about how challenging this race will be.

I’m not an expert on Maine politics, but I’ve been teaching political science in the state for 18 years and my sense is that Amy is spot on.

Boom!

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Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."

All of Bluesky right now.

I don't know guys, there are a lot of scholars of authoritarianism in the United States and most of them are not yale history and philosophy professors, and most of them are not leaving the country voluntarily and then getting big nytimes write ups about it

Please take him.

There's a reason the White House didn't reveal the text of the "agreement" when making their big press splash announcing their agreement: It's a cup of tea without the bag.

Congrats to the journos who breathlessly reported on a US-UK deal that isn't. You got played (again).

Listen to Fran

A drawing of a perfect phone that only has three buttons on it, one of them says IS HE DEAD one of them says AM I BROKE and the other one says RELAXING PUZZLE GAME

I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

#WeAreKilmar

Brunswick Maine

Brunswick Maine

Brunswick Maine!!💙

Portland, ME showed up. #HandsOff

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

Your pants are on fire Tracy Flick. By which I mean you are a liar.

Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles In an email message on Thursday evening, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp reassured employees that the deal with President Trump was in keeping with the firm’s principles.

my t-shirt asserting that my assent to a protection racket is consistent with my firm's principles has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/b...

Dems should vote no on cloture on the CR, and they should publicly, and loudly, make the case that the Republicans are shutting down the government in the service of vandalizing the government.

French Senator Claude Malhuret:

"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

Shove the Presidency Down Trump’s Throat Liberals spent the president-elect’s first term trying and failing to kick him out of office. This time out, they need to turn the White House into a prison.

open.substack.com/pub/newrepub... Sage political advice for the anti Trumpers out there.

A blizzard of noxious executive orders? The sadistic circus has arrived!

President Biden should request an appropriately redacted report (to protect Walt Nauta’s and Carlos De Oliviera’s rights as defendants) and should then release it himself . . . The Trump DOJ might try to prosecute Biden, but wait, presidential immunity! 2 of 2

In light of Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report, a simple remedy: 1 of 2