Orban does what Trump never did: accept defeat.

Trump just threatened genocide. Congress remains on vacation.

Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn

This can't be good for the Jews.

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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn

Good god.

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Tom Homan to critics: ‘Stop calling ICE Nazis’ | CNN Politics Border czar Tom Homan defends ICE’s use of masks and says political rhetoric is driving threats against agents while speaking to Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”

Then stop behaving like fascists.

www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/p...

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.

Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry

Nothing to see here. Never happened.

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Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes

And there we have it.

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How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

Great piece from two outstanding scholars.

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Opinion | ICE’s Brutality Is Its Weakness

The great Omar Wasow.

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Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.

Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

I think Maria Corina Machado will live to regret giving her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump. And fairly soon.

Of course Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump. That's the world we now live in. And of course Trump took it. Because that's who Trump is.

Opinion | In Venezuela, Trump Has Put Himself in a Box

I think this is the first time I have ever said these words, but I think John Bolton is (mostly) right here.

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After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It

This is deeply humiliating, for Machado and the for United States. I am sick to my stomach.

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I think Albertus is right that the opposition has an opportunity here, but it needs to mobilize now and push for change.

Opinion | Peace Is Unraveling

So important.

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Trump’s Goals in Venezuela Don’t Add Up Javier Corrales breaks down the four objectives of Trump's strike on Venezuela and explains why they conflict.

Nicely stated by Javier Corrales

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Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders

Fellow members of the tribe may disagree, but I fear this growing practice of labeling every criticism of Israel anti-Semitism will ultimately be bad for the Jews.

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Opinion | Harvard’s New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old

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Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say

Adam Serwer nails it.

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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’

Life under competitive authoritarianism.

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They haven't found the Brown killer. Is it unfair to say the Patel-led purge and politicization of the FBI might be a factor?

At a time when neighboring El Salvador and Nicaragua have plunged into dictatorship, Honduras holds a fair election and the incumbents lose. Not bad.

Brazil Defied Trump and Won

Standing up to authoritarian bullying works better than acquiescence.

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Nicolas Maduro is a corrupt, authoritarian thug who helped destroy his own country. He is not a foreign terrorist.

What Harvard Is Whispering About Larry Summers A jerk, yes. But a creep? The mood, post-Epstein emails.

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