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University Prof, anonymous account so that I can talk politics without making students feel unwelcome in my classroom

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@semaforben @daveweigel @ShelbyTalcott It can’t be easy for Trump: he wants competent people but requires sycophants. Not a lot of overlap in that Venn diagram.

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@geraldposner Voices on the right calling for BLM adjacent rioters to be arrested are not trying to get them assassinated, are they?

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@LizMair @Kasparov63 The grad student union activists with the most ridiculous demands here in Boston tend to be people who are already getting paid more through student stipends than they could command in the market based on zero experience and BAs in sociology, gender studies, etc.

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@OptimoPrincipi Just like he missed the chance to work in an obvious “one eyed snake” reference in Polyphemus’ cave. Those two scenes could have really bookended the trip home nicely.

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@shannonrwatts @Mikel_Jollett He gets away with this BS because as bad as many Americans are with our own history, they are way worse with Asian history. Historical illiteracy is no good for democracy.

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@RobGeorge No one voted for Churchill either. Or Thatcher, Blair, Johnson, etc. Marc really is the worst columnist at WaPo. Consistently bad.

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@kellykeegs Safdie might have been acting the shit out of his role. Impossible to tell due to helmet.

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@daveweigel In a perfect world Moreno would take some time to think reflect on whether his judgment is terrible or, not mutually exclusive, the White House is feeding him a bunch of BS.

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@dcsandbrook @ARLinklater @bookclubpodhq @holland_tom It’s worth seeing, if for nothing else, to contrast Nolan’s take on Cerci with that in Miller’s book. Very different views of the witch despite somewhat similar modern takes on Odysseus

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@trishaposner @geraldposner How can the political views of current college students be the result of a decade of campus indoctrination?

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@beebeewood @TheAtlantic @davidfrum Care to elaborate? The national debt has basically doubled over the last 10 years and young people aren’t the ones benefitting. Seems like its the current generation that feels entitled to live large by creating debt its kids will have to pay, not the other way around.

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@gtconway3d “Not sure what my colleagues were seeking…” 🙄

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@TerryinSoCalif @berniemoreno @abcnews @NBCNews Because this is the USA not North Korea.

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@CesarConda @RobGeorge It is. But it’s also true that these Justices eagerly participated in nakedly political appointment and confirmation processes and have, for the most part, acted in accordance with the politics that selected them. They bear some responsibility for the current state of affairs.

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@JustineBateman Sure, it’s the Dems who hold zero of the three branches of government but are somehow secretly directing the DOJ to investigate Newsom, and not the POTUS who controls the DOJ and has made it clear that he wants it to indict his political enemies 🙄

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@CorieWhalen Subsidize loans for first time purchasers? It was possible for me to buy my 2nd house (in Cambridge MA) on a postdoc salary because I’d already built equity on a house in Austin. Help people get onto on this virtuous treadmill.

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@crampell The only thing that surprises me about this whole story is that they didn’t start printing them during the 4 years that Biden was in office. Dems are good at virtue signaling, bad at doing.

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@Yantosays @RadioFreeTom Ok, but as a neuroscientist I have to quibble. Neurons use ionic, rather than electronic, conduction. An “electron zipping across the brain” cannot explain Trump.

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@ZioFacciatosta @TheRickWilson I think this is it. The new plane doesn’t have the full suite of defensive capabilities and was deemed too risky that close to Iran now that hostilities have restarted. They won’t give details for obvious reasons.

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@CorieWhalen Meanwhile both sides are racing to find new groups who don’t have to pay taxes. Our kids will be on the hook for whatever subsidy is paying for this “freedom gas”