"A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight:" The Day the American President Threatened Genocide The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to enc...

A must read on this war and on Trump

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I'm writing a new biography of Dorothy Thompson right now. She is utterly fascinating and often so prescient.

“Like prime, but with human beings”

ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.

I don’t know why we’d trust the federal government again.

This is evil for the sake of it.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A very powerful piece.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

The National-Park Tours of Trump’s Dreams The rule: Only mention the good parts of American history.

New, Approved National Park Tours!!!

Indeed.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Yes--Germany invented the modern university. In the 1930s its universities were the best in the world until the Nazis destroyed them. German universities have never recovered their preeminence. We risk repeating this history here in the US.

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

2016, 2020, 2024—and they still don’t realize they’re on the menu…

At least 12 universities now have hiring freezes and nearly 30 have cut PhD admissions this year

If you hear of other places you can add them to this google doc:

Yes.

‘To Adolf Hitler in Loyal Subservience!’ The chancellor rewarded loyalty with loyalty. Until he didn’t.

"Anyone with an interest in the history of political vengeance should pay a visit to the rare-book room at the Library of Congress and request the bound volume with the call number DD244.R6."

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Gov. Pritzker SLAMS Trump and Musk in closing remarks of State of the State address YouTube video by NBC Chicago

youtu.be/hS66O1C7Gp4

This is the model for what our leaders should be doing. Governor JB Pritzker: please continue to lead. Sign me up to support you!

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.

This is a manifesto against disability.

This is the language of eugenics.

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”

Albert Camus

"Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins"

Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.

Jon Stewart & John Oliver Welcome America to Its Trump Monarchy Era | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

youtu.be/IdygrcFcyyY

This is the first thing that has made me laugh in 3+ weeks.

Deserves a follow.

Now this is important. We knew, but this most reliable confirmation is devastating.

Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...

On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

Truth.

Revisiting “The Plot Against America” I read and reread Philip Roth’s book to try to understand the present, to make sense of what may happen.

Brilliant

Revisiting “The Plot Against America” www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...

Distorting Trump's Language MAGA's terminology is an inaccurate means of describing our state of affairs--together, we must reframe and rename our political vocabulary

More examples of Nazi-Deutsch, version Tr*mp 2.0

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Trump the wrecking ball brings chaos to order, executing a parade of grievances Planet-sparing Paris agreement goes out the window, along with punishment for January 6 insurrectionists, as Donald Trump glories in his return to power

This needs to be widely known.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...