Looks like someone is determined to drag Iran into all this

Outstanding analysis by Ali Vaez

Türkiye but make it cute

One thing the student protests bring into focus is that American authoritarianism doesn’t flow from Trump.

And the award for MSM tone-deafness goes to….

I’ve long argued—contrary to the dominant narrative—that Iran is not all that interested in a nuclear bomb. But now I think that might be changing. I write about this in today’s The New York Times : via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2024/05/23/opi…

The death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, “has created an opportunity for the hard-liners in the country who are far less allergic to the idea of going nuclear than the regime has been for decades,” writes John Ghazvinian. Read: nyti.ms/3wXATr0

New ep. of History As It Happens: How might the death of Ebrahim Raisi influence Iran's nuclear posture? Who was the "butcher of Tehran"? John Ghazvinian and Gregory Brew on the past and future of the Islamic Republic: washingtontimes.com/news/2024/may/…

Notice anything interesting about the tip calculations on this receipt?

Maybe Bolivia has some ideas for us?

The CIA manual on disrupting activist groups largely explains most meetings in academia.

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Americans: Our nation leads the world in innovation Also Americans:

When did this become the typical American experience of getting one’s own money?

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