Our Chamberlain? | Aryeh Neier It is probably not fair to the British prime minister of the late 1930s, Neville Chamberlain, to compare him to President Donald Trump. When he tried to

A comparison with Ribbentrop would be closer to the mark.
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I think Russian intelligence services cannot believe their good fortune at everything that is happening right now. This is a bonanza across the board. The vicious attack on Ukraine, nutters at the FBI, Gabbard at DNI, shredding of CI capabilities. A monumental tragedy for the West.

Russia has been working on this for decades. It's finally paying off.

"I'm burning America down and making it illegal for you to complain about it."

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The Contrarian's "weekly standout" -- Anthony Blinken. This summation of the Secretary of State's character and achievements is a fine example of principled and thoughtful journalism.

China pushes ahead with huge — and controversial — dam in Tibet Beijing has approved plans to dam a gorge in the Himalayas that is three times as deep as the Grand Canyon, despite concerns about the impact on Tibetan and India.

Beijing has approved plans to dam a gorge in the Himalayas that is three times as deep as the Grand Canyon, despite concerns about the impact on #Tibetans, India, and Bangladesh @cdcshepherd.bsky.social/Pei-Lin Wu www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1... (WashPo)

MEET LITTLE SHREW... - Kate Bush In 2022, with war breaking out in Ukraine, I decided I wanted to make an anti-war animation. In particular, I hoped to draw attention to the children caught

Kate Bush's animated film, Little Shrew, is winning awards around the world. Proceeds benefit War Child, which helps children caught in war. Here she explains how the film was created. Please consider donating to War Child.
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Trump confirms plan to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations President-elect Donald Trump is emphasizing his plan to declare a national emergency to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations.

Here's what this will look like:

Our military being used on Americans (citizens WILL be caught up in an operation this large)

Mass surveillance

Families ripped apart

Closed businesses, soaring prices, empty grocery shelves

This will hurt all of us.

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How was the ride?

Do not obey in advance.

The report must be absolutely devastating.

Was there today for the H.R. 9495 vote (bill that would have allowed labeling nonprofits as terrorist supporting organizations).

Voted no, of course - but I do want to report that the activism DID work and persuaded members.

I thought it’d be a lonely NO vote, which we take often. It wasn’t.

The party that is obsessed with child sex offenders, & is close to a cult that claims child sex offenders run the government, just nominated a guy once investigated for allegedly sex-trafficking a 17 year old girl to be in charge of the country’s legal system.

Beyond parody.