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The High-Born Rebel Who Took Up the Cause of the Commoner A new biography details the secrets and scandals of the Mitfords, a notorious family of aristocrats—and of the one sister who broke away from the rest.

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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

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Maureen Dowd: The world is in peril. Don’t worry about it, they say In a world steeped in violence and menace, the people in charge constantly tell us not to worry

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How the Ivy League Broke America The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

An interesting read. A brief history of the educational system here and its roll in creating today’s political debacle.

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A must read. The best explanation yet of the political debacle we’re living in and how we got here. He ends it with optimism about the future. Hard to see from here but I’ll believe him.

Sunday thought: Green Shoots? The past week

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Donald of Deliria is wallowing in brute force Trump Redux is tumescent with the power of the world’s greatest military

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Why a former federal judge calls Trump ‘uniquely dangerous’ Podcast Episode · On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti · 12/04/2025 · 35m

This is a rebroadcast but worth hearing twice. A conservative federal judge appointed by Reagan explains the dangers of Trump.

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American Coalition for Public Radio American Coalition for Public Radio - Tell your lawmaker, save your public radio station

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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.

Hard to believe Yarvin’s ideas have any real influence but I keep seeing these articles. Does he?

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Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving...

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The Dark Enlightenment: the Tech Oligarch Ideology Driving DOGE’s Destruction | Common Dreams President Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t just tearing down institutions—they’re laying the groundwork for an experimental new kind of authoritarian rule.

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Europe's largest pension fund sold Tesla stake over Musk's pay Last month, Musk’s record-setting Tesla pay package was struck down once again by a Delaware judge even after shareholders backed it.

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Charles Spencer on X: "“The running of the deer….” The black fallow herd at ⁦@AlthorpHouse⁩ this morning - my beautiful neighbours, looking so very well on a stunning spring morning. https://t.co/6B33KLrQS5" / X “The running of the deer….” The black fallow herd at ⁦@AlthorpHouse⁩ this morning - my beautiful neighbours, looking so very well on a stunning spring morning. https://t.co/6B33KLrQS5

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Video: Trump, Zelensky and Vance Argue Over Ukraine War President Trump and Vice President JD Vance scolded President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, claiming he was not grateful enough for U.S. aid.

We’re doomed.

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How Denmark’s Social Democrats Are Succeeding With Stricter Immigration Policies Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?

In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning?

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The Art of The Deal YouTube video by Jonathan Pie

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My wife and I, @cheeseheadgardener.Bluesky, our ancestry is from Scotland and Ireland. We’re both addicted to the Neolithic sites and anything pre Christian there. Little is really known from then so, in a way, this is a made up Solstice celebration we do. Honoring our ancestors is sincere however.

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House Democratic Super PAC Creates $50 Million Fund Targeting Working Class The new investment for the midterms is a shift from 2024, when the House Majority PAC’s initial funds were earmarked for battleground seats in California and New York.

Mind numbing. Democrats who signed NAFTA, destroyed the middle class, eliminated pensions and lied about health care reform. Then Feingold, who actually voted for John Roberts, the author of Citizens United. They actually think their problem is messaging?!?!?!

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