Moving my blog brb
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If Trump's America Was a Mean Girl
“Like, oh my God, have you talked to America lately? She’s like, suuuuuper weird now.
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Why the Mafia Controlled Stonewall and the Other Gay Bars in 1960s New York
“They charged ridiculous cover fees and generally served cheap, lousy alcohol in exchange for the masquerade of protection from police raids.”
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Trump Was Not An Anomaly
“Republicans have whispered racism and hatred and fantasies of loss of unearned power and status in the ears of fearful and ignorant white people. ”
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60+ Russia/Trump Connections
“It’s hard for me to see any U.S. ties to Russia…except for the Flynn thing and theManafort thing and the Tillerson thing and the Sessions thing and the Kushner thing and the Carter Page thing and the Roger Stone thing and the Wilbur Ross thing and the Felix Sater thing and the Boris Ephsteyn thing […]
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Academic Politics vs Corporate Politics
From /r/askacadmia: “Compared to the corporate world, there are three unpleasant things about academic politics. One is that there is no clear common goal. In the corporate world at any moment of time usually there’s a well defined goal (profit, saving, market expansion, sales, loss reduction etc.), and if something doesn’t work, it least in […]
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Suggested Messaging for Democrats
“Wall Street [is] keeping you down, we’ll kick their asses for you and you can become awesome all by yourself.”
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Adam Curtis on the 2016 US Election
“A right-wing president has been elected, and he’s created a brilliant machine that captures liberals and keeps them completely preoccupied. ”
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The Fantasy That Makes Them Feel Better
Discussion on Metafilter: “You say ‘Hi working class and/or poor white person, I’m here to offer you a higher minimum wage, better healthcare, and free/cheap education so you and your children can have more life opportunities!’ And they say ‘Fuck off and die Commie scum!’ “The Republicans say ‘Hi working class and/or poor white person, […]
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Trump Voters and "Why Should I?"-ism
Talk with them long enough and they will say ‘why should I…’.
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Why They Turned to a Demagogue
“Better to be victims than responsible.”
Got any book recommendations?