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While everyone is focused on Israel, the world’s worst ongoing civil war is taking place in Sudan. Over 8 million people have been displaced.
02:52 PM - May 22, 2024
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The current Arab world was largely created by violent conquest over 1000 years ago.

Putting groups into "oppressed" and "oppressor" classes ignores historical complexity, and its turtles all the way down. Letting everyone relitigate historic territorial claims is a path to endless conflict.
11:22 AM - May 20, 2024 (Edited)
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Given the events in Iran over the weekend, thought this chart breaking down the power structure in Iran would be helpful.

The country is essentially a religious monarchy with policy being set at the top, so don't expect any major changes.
10:53 AM - May 20, 2024
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Trump's court jesters are even color coordinating now
02:15 PM - May 14, 2024
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Russia has talked a lot about historic territorial claims in the last few years, which is interesting since China has a historical claim to large portions of the Russian Far East. Of course, Putin doesn’t like to talk about that. . .
02:59 PM - May 13, 2024
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When you break down data by country subdivision, you get interesting results. The highlighted areas together account for 50% of global GDP.
02:55 PM - May 13, 2024
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I’m supposed to be worried about Biden being senile and this dude goes off and says stuff like this
10:53 AM - May 12, 2024
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Fun science fact: different elements emit light at different frequencies (i.e. colors) when their electrons are energized. This is how you get the different colors in the aurora.
11:49 AM - May 11, 2024
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Parking garage views are underrated, especially in south Florida.
09:10 PM - May 07, 2024
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New post explaining why China hawks who think we should abandon Europe are narrowly focused on one threat to the exclusion of others, and fail to see the connections between them.
#foreignpolicy #ukraine #russia #china

https://currenthistory.substack.com/p/we-cant-abandon-europe-to-focus-on
03:06 PM - May 03, 2024 (Edited)
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Campus protests are going national (photo from the University of Texas at Austin). Can’t just use them as culture war fodder against the Ivies anymore
10:41 AM - Apr 25, 2024
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One of the notable things in the first $1 billion aid package to Ukraine is the supplying of long-range ATACMS missiles that can strike deep into Russian territory. Signals an end to self-deterrence by the U.S., and that is great news.
03:03 PM - Apr 24, 2024
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Texas is over here doing violence to political narratives. Why is this?
1. Lots of empty land
2. Little to no red tape
3. Lots of sun and wind

The right-wing government wants to subsidize natural gas, but they won’t keep west Texas ranchers from making money on leases for wind/solar
11:15 AM - Apr 14, 2024 (Edited)
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I’m not a Reagan stan, but the modern GOP is objectively worse on this issue.
10:22 AM - Apr 14, 2024
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The House schedule next week. This is not a serious country.
09:33 AM - Apr 12, 2024
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Here's a map to show how stupid and contrived this "border crisis" is. The Texas National Guard set up shop on a tiny 2.5 mile stretch (blue dot) of the 1200 mile Texas-Mexico border. This is the only part they control, and yet red state governors are doing Civil War cosplay.
03:56 PM - Jan 27, 2024
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Looking at the big picture, the MAGA movement is, in my opinion, part of the the backlash to Obama’s election. Hope that it’s about to run its course.
01:44 AM - Nov 05, 2023
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Thankful for hard-hitting American journalism
04:00 PM - Oct 31, 2023
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So the AI summary nailed the point I was trying to make better then I did, and now I'm awaiting the AI apocalypse.
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A few thoughts on the #IsraelPalestineConflict
1. Israel was the victim of a horrific terrorist attack by Hamas and has the right to neutralize that threat.
2. The situation of the Palestinians is heartbreaking and not tenable.
3. There is no easy way out of this.
05:08 PM - Oct 12, 2023
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Really disappointing that he would insult clowns like this.
05:14 PM - Oct 12, 2023
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The woke conspiracy of events happening and everyone responding sequentially as they happen.
03:01 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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I’m not sure complaining about the Democrats not saving the GOP from itself is a good look.

Like most things the House GOP does, this will blow up in their faces.
01:35 PM - Oct 05, 2023 (Edited)
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We all just witnessed Kevin McCarthy have the culmination of his political life ripped away from him so that Matt Gaetz could send fundraising emails. An appropriate end to his career.
06:38 PM - Oct 03, 2023 (Edited)
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Strategy >> Tactics

Trump thinks open defiance will shore up his political support, but admitting that Jan 6th was a crime undermines his legal standing and legitimacy in the long run.

Trump has a feral cunning, but is not wise or particularly intelligent
02:35 PM - Oct 01, 2023 (Edited)
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The woke conspiracy to hide the things you would have known if you paid attention in your high school history class
10:21 AM - Sep 29, 2023 (Edited)
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I don't agree with John Fetterman on everything, but having followed him since he was the mayor of little Braddock, PA, he is one of the most genuine people in national politics. This statement is just one example of that. #politics #fetterman #accountability
05:47 PM - Sep 24, 2023 (Edited)
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Looks like he’s determined to rule over the ashes of the Republican Party
11:06 AM - Sep 16, 2023
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