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Everything he touches turns to shit. I love the U.S. team but cannot root for them tomorrow. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
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Neo-Nazis in Washington DC for Trump July 4 event. What a photograph.
We shouldn't need to say this, but Venezuela is not--and should not be--a colony of the United States. We are so many people in the media acting as if it is? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/w...
U.S. Officials Said to Be Frustrated With Machado’s Call for Help
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James Dolan is a piece of shit. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/n...
Knicks Accept a White House Invitation to Celebrate Title, Owner Says
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We should be clear: The Trump administration does not seek democracy in Venezuela. It seeks a colony. Colonialism and democracy don't mix.
Yglesias: "The 2024 election showed that the party is simply not large enough to command a majority of the country." Gaslighting. Democrats won popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections before 2024 and Senate popular vote in EVERY 6 year cycle since 2000 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...
Opinion | The Democrats Need Better Candidates. This Guy Knows How to Find Them.
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Fujimorismo wins in Peru. This is the biggest threat to Peruvian democracy since...Fujimori.
I voted for it. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
70% of Faculty Vote to Overhaul Harvard Grading With A Cap | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard faculty voted to impose a roughly 20 percent cap on A grades beginning in fall 2027, approving the College’s most aggressive attempt to reverse grade inflation and reshape academic standards.
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Corruption without parallel. Outside of dictatorships in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, this could not happen in any other country in the hemisphere. wapo.st/4wB2OqJ
Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars.
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Grading final exams for my Latin American politics class, I encounered a reference to the human rights activism of the Mothers of the Cinco de Mayo.
I don't share her political views, but Maria Corina Machado is the unambiguous leader of Venezuela's pro-democratic forces. She needs to go back to Venezuela
Good god. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn
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120 Harvard Jewish Affiliates Condemn Justice Department Antisemitism Lawsuit | News | The Harvard Crimson
120 Jewish affiliates at Harvard have signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest lawsuit against Harvard, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism co...
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Over 100 Jewish professors, staffers at Harvard condemn Trump administration’s ‘weaponization of antisemitism’ - The Boston Globe
The Jewish professors wrote that Justice Department’s “characterization of Harvard as fostering a climate of ‘hostile antisemitism’ paints a portrait of a Harvard that we do not recognize.”
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Even though Freedom House gave USA a pass this year, downgrading it by only 3 points and still calling it "Free," it's worth noting that Freedom House now considers USA less democratic than Argentina, Belize, Mauritius, Mongolia, Panama, and Romania. And tied with Suriname.
Freedom House annual report gives USA a pass. Overall freedom score declines just 3 points, from 84 to 81, and US is still scored as Free. Freedom House is funded in part by the U.S. government. But it's still chickenshit.
Nothing to see here. Never happened. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
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And there we have it. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes
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The great Omar Wasow. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
Opinion | ICE’s Brutality Is Its Weakness
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