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Why America Got a Warfare State, Not a Welfare State How FDR invented national security, and why Democrats need to move on from it

Out from paywall (and super-relevant imho) - my latest newrepublic.com/article/1961...

Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The War Trump Chooses That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason

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Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.

The MAGA War on Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Appeasement at Munich World Wars, Past and Possible

"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

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Trump proposes ‘clean out’ of Gaza population - on.ft.com/40A0rFs

Why is the media like this?

In Memoriam: Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024 : Up First from NPR Former President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100 years old, a modest man with an unforgettable ear-to-ear grin. Carter was the country's 39th president, serving only o...

In this special episode of Up First, we consider the legacy of the man widely called "America's greatest former president."

Douglas Murray: Saving the west, one polemic at a time Over many years, the writer has built a huge following as a darling of the global illiberal right. His intellectual journey is a reproachful mirror fo...

New profile of Douglas Murray in @prospectmagazine.co.uk. "What is striking is how little the core of his thinking has evolved. Instead, it has calcified, expressing itself in an ever-belligerent posture of ethnic and cultural chauvinism." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

Agreed. A modern classic!

Can Trump do a deal with Iran? The aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social looking at the aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon deal.

Can it lead to a virtuous cycle with peace deals in Gaza and between the US and Iran?

A super helpful overview of relationships across the Middle East.

(Free to read).

samf.substack.com/p/can-trump-...

The Phantom Campaign Digital Oligarchy vs. the Democratic Future

"I remember when the phantom Kamala ad hit me. It drew me in with a photo of Vice-President Harris and a positive and appealing summary of her policies. Then the ad exposed me, to a policy that I would not like – and which the candidate did not in fact advocate."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...

International law and failure in the context of Gaza A few days ago a discussion developed on Twitter (as these things do) about whether Gaza (and specifically the failure to prevent or halt the ongoing

criticallegalthinking.com/2024/04/02/i...

With Navalny’s death, Russians lose their last hope Without him, Putin’s transition to total political invulnerability seems complete.

Alexei Navalny's death marks the end of an era in post-Soviet history and draws a definitive line under Russia’s short-lived experiment with democracy.

Read the obituary here:

A struggle for the souls of two nations Once members of an alliance founded on shared ideological and religious values, Israel and the United States now find themselves in a fractious relationship. Only the most reactionary are set to gain ...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/64789/...

Opinion | A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending. There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. So why is everyone behaving like normal?

A well written but terrifying forecast.
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Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss

Look at the horror of the Israel-Hamas war, then at Elon Musk’s X site. It’s clear he’s not fi... He took Twitter, sacked staff and reduced its checks and standards. Now, in this time of crisis, it’s clear why that matters, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Great commentary