so glad your father is alive to witness this. He has been instrumental in bringing democracy to Eastern Europe. Hope Central European University and free media will thrive in Budapest again!

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

We can do this too!!! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

"You lose your country with multiple small acts of complicity!"

"Bullshit is the glue that binds this country together." Never missed George Carlin more than right now!

Oh, and of course, he was following orders, "executive orders."

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These people were making decisions about grant cancellations!!! www.instagram.com/reel/DVtUHcN... A grant to study Jewish women's slave labor during the Holocaust is "inherently discriminatory" bc it's gender-based & about "Jewish culture." Ignorance + power= evil. #NEH #doge #justinfoxdeposition

Loved the interview and all your writing! Thank you!!!

A total pro!

How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All The Golden State has an opportunity to save American democracy from big corporate money

How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All
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Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging

Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u... Thank you @nytimes.com for openly calling out the overt and brazen racism of this administration. We need more media to do this!

If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist This morning, I stumbled across an amazing poem by a wonderful man named Michael F.

If They Call Me A Domestic Terrorist
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French governmet to ditch US's Teams and Zoom for 'sovereign control' France announced that it will roll out the Visio platform across all government departments by 2027.

www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...

U.S. Population Growth Slows Due to Historic Decline in Net International Migration U.S. population growth slowed to 0.5% between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, according to the newly released Vintage 2025 population estimates.

In the meantime, US is experiencing demographic changes that undermine its future: historically low fertility rates (1.6 per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate) and net negative migration. Shooting itself in the foot. www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

CBS: where you go to see BS. Living up to your name. Shame!

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

State Terror Has Arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o... M. Gessen knows what she’s talking about.

‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis

‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u... these photos are from an American city!!! We need to stop this now! Where is our democratic leadership?!

George Saunders Says Breaking These 3 Delusions Can Save You | The Interview YouTube video by The Interview

Includes a great quote from Chekhov: the work of art doesn't have to solve a problem, it just has to formulate it correctly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGWC.... Applying to futures work: foresight doesn't have to provide predictions, it has to formulate good insights.

Opinion | The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Battle for Your Attention Is Built on a Lie

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o... “True attention cannot be measured by a machine. The fullness of our authentic human attention, shared with others, is the power with which we make the world.”

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... neo-royalist order centers on an international system structured by a small group of hyper elites (cliques). Such cliques seek to legitimize their authority through appeals to their exceptionalism in order to generate durable status hierarchy #backtothefuture

www.kyivpost.com/post/67441 Are we really back to the Monroe doctrine?! Welcome to 1826!

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

This must be watched!

From @humanrightswatch — This is what CBS News(Max) chief @bariweiss just yanked an @60Minutes segment about to please Trump.

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Testifying during Army-McCarthy hearings, Joseph Nye Welch chief counsel for the US Army, asked McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?" This was a turning in media and public opinion of McCarthyism. Will attack on Mark Kelly and other democrats be such a moment?

Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o... “Shaming the public as rubes for succumbing to conspiracy theories misses what people are trying to tell us: They no longer feel included in the work of choosing their future.” Spot on!

What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”

As if the right-wing manosphere weren't enough, we now see the rise of the "mainstream manosphere." www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... Ross Douhat of course has the answer: it's extreme feminism 🥲

“Among intellectuals,” Hannah Arendt observed of the early days of Nazi rule, “Gleichschaltung was the rule” — in other words, the intellectual form of anticipatory compliance. 1/3

Wall of shame!

Some people still have integrity and conscience. We need more like them!