How is it that some people so readily and knowingly betray their stated ideals to attach themselves to power and corruption, while others stand up to fight back?

I think about Anne Applebaum’s deeply reported answer to this question all the time:

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Today's verdict is a fire-bell in the night. The Republican Party now has one last chance to change course, and not nominate a convicted felon for President.

“Donald Trump is a convicted felon… historic and stunning, if not entirely unexpected.” Here’s David A. Graham:
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Not the justice the US needed after January 6 - but the only justice the US will get before November 2024. 'Wrong case, right verdict,' my latest for The Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

A Queens man has been indicted. queenseagle.com/all/2023/3/30/…

Last Sunday’s Meet the Press was dedicated to elections and democracy. A great discussion with Secretaries of State for Arizona, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia. Then @noupside and I talked about disinformation...here’s a link to the whole thing:
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“There is a battle going on between two worldviews, but the divisions aren’t geographical. They’re in people’s heads.”

Anne Applebaum talks with Hanna Rosin about Russia’s psychological warfare against Ukraine. Listen: theatlantic.com/podcasts/archi…

Important thread... deterioration of Mexico could have catastrophic consequences all around

1/ Important watch: Meet the Press hour on the threats to democracy. Powerful roundtable with Secretaries of State, then Anne Applebaum & Renee DiResta. Spoke about election lies, where those lies led us in 2021, threats to election workers, and what’s at stake.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

Required reading, at the end of Memorial Day.
A reminder of what Donald Trump really thinks about the people who serve in the American military

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For months, there were two big fears about Israel starting an offensive in Rafah: that it would lead to horrific attacks on displaced civilians and a crisis in Israeli-Egyptian relations. Both of those things have happened in the past 24 hours. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The best way to help Ukraine is to help Ukraine win, but instead we are shielding Russia's occupation. If we cannot get over our fear of success, we will only invite more failure.

Dziś PiS to jest partia świadomego bądź nieświadomego Polexitu‼️

💬 Minister Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺

WCK’s kitchens in Deir al-Balah and Al-Mawasi are cooking tens of thousands of meals for families displaced by fighting in Rafah and northern Gaza. Our Field Kitchen in Rafah, where we have cooked millions of meals since October, has had to close for now as Israel’s offensive in

the 'Polacks'...who wrote this for him?

On the Russian sabotage campaign in Europe, from New York Times World
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