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As a reminder: The same president who proclaims he wants to take back our capital during a historic 30-year low crime rate also couldn’t find the National Guard on Jan. 6.

This is a brilliant explanation by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas on why it is senseless to “negotiate” with russia. 1/n

MORNING REPORT: President Trump's DC takeover sends national shock waves trib.al/Yf02Cey

America's first family is conducting their grift in full view of the public, but the profits remain a guessing game. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

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India and Dance... indulgexpress.com/culture/dance

"What single film best represents a nation? Here, 12 writers choose the one work they believe most captures their home’s culture and cinema..." theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/…

Old Man Lefty

BREAKING: AG Pam Bondi declares that states' rights don't matter, as they're going to punish Blue states for non-compliance and “If they don’t comply with us… We’re going to… cut off their federal funding." Fascism is here, folks.

Sadly, we still have to explain that slavery was indeed bad. And you can’t understand American history without grappling with its wide ranging impacts.

I have just spoken with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. We share the same conviction: The military offensive in Gaza that Israel is preparing can only lead to disaster for both peoples and risks plunging the entire region

"I sometimes wonder whether academics in English literature have forsaken the primacy of the word for the world – rich in possibilities for impact, outreach and activism – that exists beyond the page." lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/why-repetition…

Also my thought process about 1995

Vance: "If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation." Washington Post, May 8, 1945: "Germany Surrenders Unconditionally."

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On the great Richard Wright: google.com/books/edition/…

"Heated controversy over what history books students and interested adults should encounter has a long history." thenation.com/article/societ…

"By the time Marlowe died in 1593, at just 29 years old, England was in the midst of a cultural and intellectual flourishing. Greenblatt credits Marlowe with sparking this transformation." harvardmagazine.com/books-literary…